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JDDavis

(725 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 05:06 AM Jan 2015

"My Flavor of Atheism" a video



Published on Jan 30, 2015
When one considers the scribblings of the ancients and places that against a background of the cosmos, the contrast is stark. Read a holy book, and then study the universe- you will see that the structure and behaviors of nature are not the modus operandi of the gods. What is written about the divine is better suited to a background of primitive and barbaric nations than it is to a background of mathematical harmony.
Your gods, like the people who invented them, is primitive, brash, and unrefined.
My god, if it exists, is at least as sophisticated as the universe that it created.
(To be clear, I don’t have a belief in the latter deistic entity, but I would have little objection to adopting one should the evidence be forthcoming.)

Also, I should point out that I took some poetic liberties toward the end of this video. They were heavily inspired by quotes from Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen) and Matt Smith’s Doctor (Doctor Who.)
Finally, the mood of this whole video was inspired by the following quote:
"Suppose there was an intelligence, vast and unknowable. Suppose it lit the big bang, suppose it wrote the laws of physics, and has been subtly molding the universe for 14 billion years. Now keep a straight face and tell me that it cares where you stick your dick." -Prof. Dr. Michio Kaku

Music by Biosphere, “The Third Planet”
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"My Flavor of Atheism" a video (Original Post) JDDavis Jan 2015 OP
Wow...well put... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2015 #1
I love this! Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #2
Great idea! Glad you liked it. n/t JDDavis Jan 2015 #3
It kinda boils down to: AlbertCat Feb 2015 #4

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. I love this!
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 02:27 PM
Jan 2015

I intend to keep this one close at hand, and every time that I am asked about why I am an atheist, or how I can not believe in god, I am sharing this with the questioner.

I can't wait to see how they react.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
4. It kinda boils down to:
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 07:58 PM
Feb 2015

One has actual proofs and one is a guess.


It does acknowledge the self centered ego and hubris inevitably connect to religions.

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