Tom Capuder / is on Nostr

A New York Boomer, but don't hold that against me.
#faith #music #guitar #baseball #Yankees

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2024-03-24 13:33:28

#Theists:
God (Santa Claus) will reward you with #heaven (presents) if you’re good, and punish you with #hell (a lump of coal) if you’re bad.
Belief in invisible magicians belongs in childhood.
Grow up and deal with #reality.
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2024-03-22 13:16:40

#Theists:
If holy books and #religions disappeared along with our memories of them, would we in time reach the same #beliefs?
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2024-03-16 13:50:52

#Theists:
1) Think of why you don’t believe in Zeus
2) Apply that to your god
3) Congratulations on your atheism!
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2024-03-15 13:56:35

#Theists:
There's no act of charity or good work you can do that can't be done by a nonbeliever.
#GoodForGoodnessSake
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2023-12-25 13:15:01

A Belated Happy Winter Solstice to all secular free thinkers who know myths when they see 'em.
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2023-10-04 11:30:20

The #Bible tells us to be like #God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.
—Robert Anton Wilson
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2023-08-27 13:42:03

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub1820…tzkq
There is credible evidence that I've been a Yankees fan since the '60s. What is the "evidence-free" portion?
How is sports an evidence-free activity, exactly? What evidence are you looking for and not finding?
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2023-08-27 13:19:53

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
One thing the religious have over the non-religious is community. The dark flip side to a religious community is that it almost always devolves into simple tribalism: “us vs. them.” The sense of community religious leaders impart to their flocks requires subservience to *their* interpretation of *other men’s imaginations.”
The idea that religions provide social cohesion is laughable. Look at what Christian Nationalism is doing to this country right now. Does Afghanistan, for example, provide the kind of cohesion that you assume religion provides, and it that a good thing for a thriving humanity?
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2023-08-27 13:19:36

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People have constantly invented, reinvented, and adapted "evidence free activities," and no doubt would continue to do so.
There's no protective wrapper for theists. Believers generally think they have evidence for their beliefs (of course, it's not good, credible evidence, but mainly personal "revelation," anecdotes, or ancient books of fables.) It's only those outside a belief system who have the protective wrapper.
All "evidence free activities" are blind faith by definition.
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2023-08-27 12:46:54

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Why is it necessary to use evidence-free methods to understand how ancestors saw the world? We have enough evidence in writings and archeology to make informed judgements about ancestors' behavior.
I often experience "a sense of mystery" when I contemplate the world and universe. There's nothing wrong with not yet having answers to mysteries. It isn't advisable, however, to provide pat, soothing, imaginary "answers."
We've learned so much as a species that it's no longer necessary to revere religious traditions of the past, none of which have any place in the real world of today, IMO. They should be assigned to the dustheap of discarded mythologies.
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2023-08-27 12:18:20

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Exactly, which is a good reason to oppose it.
For instance, in the case of evolution vs. creationism, evidence favors one side, and nothing but imagination is responsible for the other.
Faith is pretending to know things you don't know. And that's never a good basis for decision-making.
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2023-08-27 12:03:36

#Theists:
Some of you think the evidence for #evolution is insufficient.
Where’s sufficient evidence for a #god
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