Is God off his game?

Aren't you forgetting the promise not to repeat that kind of flood? ;)

As more and more people become brave enough to admit their atheism we will see the power of the religious start to falter and, given time, fade.

Tax exemption? Sure.

Avoidance of criminal prosecution for abhorrent acts? No problem.

What a horrendous waste of time, money, and life it is.

How so? How could the belief in something for which there is no evidence, who resides outside the physical universe, and which we are told is beyond mere human comprehension or understanding, actually help guide you in any meaningful way?

Sure , it may make you feel all warm a fuzzy inside, but so does a good scotch.

"Christ's rule is that it actually brings joy, peace and freedom…"

LIke when Jesus/God/Ghost condemned all humanity because we ate fruit? I know you will probably say that is symbolic (or something), the "fact" remains – your god created something which later displeased him, so he cursed us into a fallen world. Or at least that's how the myth goes.

"A true Christian has Jesus as their King."

That is correct. God is a totalitarian dictator, who does not rule because his creations desire, but because he demands eternal worship.

There is no requirement to believe in anything else.

The Australia historical hung parliament demonstrated the big gap of inequality society between the small educated elite groups who get highest pay by talk feast used mouth work controlling live essential resources of the country in every social platforms against the biggest less educated groups who get lowest pay by hands work squeezed by discriminative policies that sucking live blood from poor/less wealth off?

Voters’ voices do not hear?
Voters’ pains do not ease?
Voters’ cries do not care?

Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)

The historical hung parliament demonstrated deep in voter’s heart a fixed must to carry on in vision and action immediately:

Voters’ voices do not hear?
Voters’ pains do not ease?
Voters’ cries do not care?

1.Poverty will not be phase out if no fairer resources to share;
2.Illness will not be reducing if no preventive measurement in real action;
3.Agriculture will not be revitalize if urbanization continuing its path;
4.Housing affordability will not be reach for young generation if government continues cashing from young generation debt by eating out the whole cake of education export revenue without plough back;
5.Manufacture industry will shrink smaller and smaller if no new elements there to power up to survive;
6.Employability will not in the sustainable mode for so long as manufacture and agriculture not going to boost.

Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)

Please don't desecrate the Holy Scriptures.
Thank you.

"I believe in God the Almighty.

I do not believe He has ever sent a message to man by anybody, or delivered one to him by word of mouth, or made Himself visible to mortal eyes at any time in any place.

I believe that the Old and New Testaments were imagined and written by man, and that no line in them was authorized by God, much less inspired by Him.

I think the goodness, the justice, and the mercy of God are manifested in His works: I perceive that they are manifested toward me in this life; the logical conclusion is that they will be manifested toward me in the life to come, if there should be one."

It will be interesting to see what comes out in his full auto-biography, as he kept some of his opinions on this subject (among others) private. He most certainly was not a Christian, so according to some Christians, I'll get to meet him in hell. Hell will have much more interesting people in it. I'll take Mark Twain and John Lennon over Jeffrey Dahmer and George W Bush any day.

Or is it just anecdotes and wishful thinking on your part?

Pascal's Wager makes a number of mistakes. It assumes that people can choose what their beliefs are. They can't. People's beliefs are based on what they are convinced of. The will has nothing to do with it.

Which god or gods do I choose? There are thousands to choose from. If I pick Christianity, which denomination? There are about 38,000 denominations in the world, with a wide variety of theologies and plans for salvation. Pascal was a Catholic. Many Protestants think Catholics go to hell. Some Christians think hell doesn't exist. Some Christians think people of other religious faiths and atheists can go to heaven if they are good people.

If an all-good, all-knowing god exists, he will know who I am better than I do. He will know why I don't believe. He will know that I tried to live a good life; that I did what i could to leave the world a better place. If he is just, I have nothing to worry about.

A god who demands worship over works, and punishes those who do not worship him with eternal torment is a tyrant the likes of which Kim Jong Il cannot even imagine is his wet dreams. I am a finite, imperfect being. A "perfect" being who punishes his imperfect creation for not being perfect and not worshiping him is absurd. I can't take your God seriously. If he is real, I weep for humanity.