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es35

(132 posts)
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 09:50 AM Apr 2016

Let's all start using the phrase "God-myth" instead of the word "God" from now on

If all atheists started saying "God-myth" instead of "God" we might be able to finally change the obsession of our country with religion. This would force believers to have to prove what they are referring to day in and day out. They would have to present objective evidence for their god and for their claim that he gave them the right to rule over society or else continue to hear us say "God-myth" each and every time.

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Let's all start using the phrase "God-myth" instead of the word "God" from now on (Original Post) es35 Apr 2016 OP
How about God Smith? Cartoonist Apr 2016 #1
Well... AlbertCat Apr 2016 #2
You would get done for hate speech, mr blur Apr 2016 #3
Or one could name some specific god like Zeus, or Odin, or Shiva. Binkie The Clown Apr 2016 #4
Better to keep the deists+anti-theists+agnostics on your side in this fight. Freelancer Apr 2016 #5
Then they're part of the problem, aren't they? mr blur Apr 2016 #6
+1 cleanhippie Apr 2016 #7
I wasn't trying to antagonize. Freelancer Apr 2016 #8
And thanks for patronising, I guess. mr blur Apr 2016 #9
You're welcome. Freelancer Apr 2016 #10
 

mr blur

(7,753 posts)
3. You would get done for hate speech,
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 11:09 AM
Apr 2016

Or attacking peoples' religious freedom to believe, or whatever bullshit the Xian-Privileged can find to throw at you.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
4. Or one could name some specific god like Zeus, or Odin, or Shiva.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 11:16 AM
Apr 2016

"Do you believe in god?"
"I don't believe in Zeus, do you?"
"No."
"Then you're an atheist too."


Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
5. Better to keep the deists+anti-theists+agnostics on your side in this fight.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:48 PM
Apr 2016

Using the term "God-myth" is pretty loaded. Even if it may accurately reflect your take on the Universe, it's not a very inclusive choice of terms. The problem is that it peels your rhetoric away from at least three groups that are, otherwise, allies of atheists on a number of issues. A lot of deists, anti-theists and agnostics aren't going to be with you if you go there.

 

mr blur

(7,753 posts)
6. Then they're part of the problem, aren't they?
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 02:44 PM
Apr 2016

So you're suggesting...what? That we should be nice quiet atheists and not antagonise the privileged, the fantasists and the fence-sitters? Have fun with that.

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
8. I wasn't trying to antagonize.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 09:31 PM
Apr 2016

I'm pointing out the downside of antagonizing the very people who would stand with you and support you in about 85% of what you'd like to accomplish. That's all.

If you're all about getting as many people pissed at you as possible, that's your prerogative. Go for it. But, IMO, the suggestion that substituting "God-Myth" for "God" in the course of discourse is just... coarse.

All of your conversations with anyone will just hit a brick wall right at that interjection. Whatever good ideas were bracketing that phrase -- before it or after it -- will be lost. It's like going to a job interview with a neck tattoo sticking part way out from under your collar. It just stands out in competition with your mad skills and resume -- unless, of course, you're applying to do ink at a tattoo parlor.

Is 'parlor' even correct parlance now? I dunno. I enjoyed the digression, though.

Thanks for engaging.

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
10. You're welcome.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 04:04 PM
Apr 2016

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