one less god than a Christian

[juldea]

Just had to share this one: "It has been pointed out that most believers are atheistic with respect to rival pantheons, and that an atheist merely believes in one less god than a Christian."

From one of the comments to this rather good read: An Athiest Manifesto

Comments

[etherfinker.livejournal.com]

Well, wouldn't'cha know it, I didn't actually go read the stuff you referred to, but when a subsequent comment referred to the Epicurean paradox, I sheepishly had to go look it up (the trouble of resolving an omnipotent creator with the presence of evil in the universe) - and upon reading this article after a Google search, I realized again, just how freaking cool is Wikipedia. This after finding lots of useful stuff there relating to obscure topics in abstract mathematics and early aviation that you couldn't hope to find in any single compendium in print.

By the way...

Even if religious belief isn't a root cause of mass participation in inhumane behaviors including war, it certainly has encouraged them with regularity... Excising irrational supernatural beliefs from society probably wouldn't fix everything - not that it's practical or even theoretically possible - but it would be a good start. Regardless of its net influence on mankind, religion fails on its own (lack of) merit - as a source of ethics, a system of enforcement of such mores, and a means of understanding the universe. The good things about organized religion are qualities which exist outside of it as well as in - a sense of community or extended family, a social support structure, or a source of personal, "spiritual" guidance, if you will - and in a religious framework, those qualities always come with a helluva string attached.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, for the most part - if you'll pardon the expression... I just can't help myself sometimes when it comes to this topic.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Dude, Wikipedia is awesome. I have a feeling I will soon have instinctual searchings of Wikipedia similar to going to maps.google.com for directions :)

*looks down at her choir robe* Yep, pretty much. :)