"athiests believe there is NOTHING"?

ok, so this guy who goes to my school (he is way to christan) starts to aregue with me about me being athiest and he says:

"well athiests believe in nothing"

me:

"duh, thats what its all about"

him:

"therefore you dont believe that earth exists, nor any other thing"

he then ignored all of my objections and corrections and walked off.

is there any explaination?

Atheists believe in lots of things, just not gods.

You're both idiots.

quote:Originally posted by mouser55:

"duh, thats what its all about"

You lost as soon as you agreed with him. If you're going to defend atheism, you'd better at least be able to define it.

I seriously suggest you do some reading on atheism from reputable resources, Mouser. Put simply, atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods; keep that in mind when some religionist tries to debate you.

Secondly, religionists cannot be reasoned with the vast majority of the time. Sadly, the only thing they seem capable of understanding is excessive violence. Unfortunately you'd probably be outnumbered... just tell him he's an ignorant twat and ignore his dumb ass.

quote:Originally posted by Surak:

religionists cannot be reasoned with the vast majority of the time. Sadly, the only thing they seem capable of understanding is excessive violence.

Next time punch him in his fucken mouth and don't stop punching until he starts crying. Then when he asks why tell him it was gods will

[This message has been edited by THE ONLY SANE MAN (edited 11-16-2006).]

You should tell him to shove it up his ass.

[LostCause]

Idiots arguing idiots about things niether one of them know anything about.

How original.

Cheers,

Lost

[Real.PUA]

Just say you dont believe in anything supernatural. Tell him god is nothing but santa for adults.

[KikoSanchez]

It's always more fun going on the offensive. Ask him what it means to be a christian(good chances are he won't even understand his own religion's belief system) then attack his beliefs.

If you really wanna *** it up, tell him you're a nihilist too and just fuck with him for fun's sake.

He confused nihilism with atheism. But you need to read up on your beliefs a bit, man.

quote:Originally posted by mouser55:

ok, so this guy who goes to my school (he is way to christan) starts to aregue with me about me being athiest and he says:

"well athiests believe in nothing"

me:

"duh, thats what its all about"

him:

"therefore you dont believe that earth exists, nor any other thing"

he then ignored all of my objections and corrections and walked off.

is there any explaination?

Yeah. It's that he is a moron who does not know what he is talking about; as others have said, NIHILISTS believe in absolutely nothing. Though there is no concrete definition most atheists lack belief in a deity.



I know the reason that some Christians believe atheists believe in absolutely nothing is because they often get into a religious discussion with an atheist...

"So you don't believe in God?" ...

"Nope, I don't believe in any of that."

In their simplified, black-and-white minds, this means that atheists are simply too lazy and/or afraid to claim ANYTHING so they come to incorrect conclusions and "debunk" atheism with half-assed arguments like that. Try to enlighted him. If all else fails, ignore him.

~Chaos

quote:Originally posted by ChaosSlayer:

Though there is no concrete definition most atheists lack belief in a deity.

There is a concrete definition. ALL atheists lack belief in a deity.

[RAOVQ]

quote:Originally posted by Martini:

There is a concrete definition. ALL atheists lack belief in a deity.

you schooled him!

people just call themselves athiests now, and then twist its definition to fit thier mood. like a sleeping bag.

nihilists belive in nothing. for the record, thats me.

well,

"Atheism believs nothing"

or

"Atheism believs that god doesnt exists"

both are wrong,

atheism isnt a belief. You cant say that "atheism believs..."

"Atheism doesnt believe that there is a god."

<<< that is the true saying =).

Or it would be if you said it correctly....

It's spelled atheist. Just theist, with the a prefix.

[stormshadowftb]

quote:Originally posted by RAOVQ:

nihilists belive in nothing. for the record, thats me.

so you would think it ok if a man rapes a baby boy? and that if you decided to rape a baby you should rape that baby if you want to?

quote:Originally posted by THE ONLY SANE MAN:

Next time punch him in his fucken mouth and don't stop punching until he starts crying. Then when he asks why tell him it was gods will

That reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Apu was being pinched or by Flanders in Homer's car and every time Flanders does that he says, "Where your gods now?"

I always wondered why Apu didn't cold cock Flanders saying, "Where is your god now?"

Because if Apu did that he wouldn't be treading the path towards enlightenment would he?

Often I start a theological discussion by exclaiming, "God hates you." The ignorant Christian sheep often replies "he hates you more" or even the occasional "no, he hates you and loves me."

I then explain to them, that in the Christian religion God cannot hate. He can be spiteful or vengeful but he cannot hate- for he is all forgiving.

It is not often that I am the one pausing to think of a reply in a theological discussion.

Lead your Christian friend into a trap by starting with innocent questions.

Are your parents Christian?

There are several ways to go from this point.

You can innocently feel around them or go straight to their heart.

Do you think it’s a coincidence that you’re Christian too, or do you believe it to be part of His divine will?

You do realize that if your parents were Jews, you'd be worshiping god with the aid of the torah instead of the bible?

Often I never have to go much farther than that because many of my peers that I talk with hold this silly notion of a being who dwells in the sky, yet can't defend their beliefs any better than a paraplegic gladiator.

Christians are stupid.

There's a difference betwenn believing and know. We know that the world exists, we don't have to believe it exists.

quote:Originally posted by Ra-deus:

Christians are stupid.