A New Creed for the Uncertain but Faithful

[MineralMan]

"I believe in some sort of Creator, I think. I mean, where did all this come from, really? I believe that whatever that Creator is, it had something or another to do with making the Universe that surrounds us. I don't know its name, what it looks like, or where it might be, but I have a solid, unwavering hunch that the Creator probably exists, or existed at one time, or maybe more than one. I don't know, but I sure do believe. I'm not an atheist, anyway. Amen."

[Pope George Ringo II]

1. What about spies?

They're also often uncertain that somebody somewhere might have done something. Are you saying they can't be atheists?

With tongue planted firmly in cheek.

[MineralMan]

2. The fear of atheism can make people powerfully afraid.

It can shake them to their core, apparently. Enough that faith in something...anything...is needed to assuage the terror.

[Pope George Ringo II]

3. You knew there was an irrelevant "What about..." coming with that topic.

I just got it out of the way.

[MineralMan]

4. LOL!

[Pope George Ringo II]

5. Also, it was easier than the alternative

There's no way I could have kept a straight face trying to mis-define "atheist" as "somebody who is certain where the creator came from".

[marylandblue]

6. Atheists believe the creator came from people

Theists don't know where the creator came from, so that's actually a pretty good definition.

[Pope George Ringo II]

7. There's at least an argument that's just mis-defining "creator" though.

As the created, rather than the creator.

Admittedly, getting things backwards is still in the spirit I had intended.

[Bretton Garcia]

8. So the unwritten 11th Commandment for ecumenists?

"Believe in anything. Just don't be an atheist." Or a critical thinker.

[MineralMan]

9. More or less.

"Faith in anything is better than belief in nothing." I think that's how it goes.

I'm going to call my new creed "The Indecisis Creed," I think. It's universal, and can replace all the others. It will create a new, unified religion, perhaps - one that doesn't require any specific doctrine or scripture.

"Whatever works for you works for the Creator!"

[guillaumeb]

10. I see that some of the faithful have recommended this post.

[Act_of_Reparation]

15. I see that you have commented on this post.

[MineralMan]

16. True dat.

Not surprising, really.

[Permanut]

11. A solid, unwavering hunch..

perfect. Gonna take some getting used to, though, calling the Creator "It". After all these centuries of patriarchal hegemony.

[MineralMan]

12. Why would a deity have a gender?

It's not a human. It's not even an animal. It's an entity. An it.

A non-existent it, I think.

[Permanut]

13. I'm thinking of the followers of the new creed..

gonna have to abandon some of the old ideas. The Bible is full of nonsense, of course, but one of the most absurd ideas I see there is the notion that a creator would somehow be a "he".

[MineralMan]

14. Well, when the men created their deity, they made it

in their own image. Since they were men, they gave it a godly penis. I mean, one of godly proportions, just like theirs, no doubt. Since they were the creators, why wouldn't they, after all?

[MineralMan]

17. Same as a "sure and certain hope."

[Permanut]

18. Zackly..

oxymoronic, is the word that comes to mind.

[edhopper]

19. But we can be sure

Jesus had most of the answers and was somehow related to the Creator.