ATHEISTS: Do you realize that discussing a non-existent being are the symptoms of a mental illness?

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Well, if something seems pretty wacko to you, then it probably should be considered for inclusion in the next edition of the DSM-R.

"Either you've got a mental illness or you really DO believe in God!"

Isn't that the same as saying, "Either you've got a mental illness or you've got a mental illness!"?

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i do think there's something wrong with the atheists that hang out here just to bash and deny. what's the point? they don't know the meaning of the words communication or dialogue.

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The atheists who come to places like this regularly are a tiny self-selecting proportion of all atheists, and we do it because it's fun, worthwhile and intellectually stimulating.

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Neither, I try to keep your beliefs out of secular govt so that everyone else doesn't have to live by them.

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If you lived in a country where 80 % admit to having the mental illness of religion, wouldn't you be talking about the nuts around you? But, congratulations, you are able to twist the facts around like a professional believer. Not convincing, but you can at least hold your own with other believers.

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We are mostly.... trying to come to your rescue... as humanists! We believe that you have delusional minds... Yes! mental illness for sure!

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Calm yourself.

You know arguing with other people about things whether or not something that you believe in is real or not is also a sign of mental illness.

What's wrong with you dude ???

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Are you a psychologist? I only take psychiatric advice from a professional. I don't discuss your god. I leave that up to you. I merely answer questions asked of atheists and if the subject comes up, it's the asker's fault. If asked, I will give my opinion on the subject.

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If discussing a non-existent entity, do Christians have a mental disorder? Atheists (at least the ones I know) do not have a mental disorder, we just talk about it because you guys force it on us. Does talking about Homer Simpson, how he's so cool, be considered a mental illness then? I am not fighting against your God, because how can I if he does not exist? I am merely fighting against you people, who try and shove your God down my throat. Maybe you're getting confused with that? And if you say atheists asking questions about God, that is merely a debate technique, asking a question that causes you guys to think, but unfortunately, it does not seem to work that well. Do you have a mental illness then?

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I love these (christians) that keep asking this same lame question and not even wanting a real answer. These people can not comprehend a true response to this so I give up in trying to explain it to them!

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Actually, it is the theists who spend more verbiage in discussing a non-existent being. But the real point is that people should think rationally, as it is the capability to do so (and ONLY that) which has permitted the race to escape the fate of the woolly mammoths and other species that didn't survive the Ice Ages. So, the purpose of atheists to participate in this forum is to try to teach people to think rationally, and encourage them to do so -- for their own benefit, and that of society as a whole. Once they do so, it is impossible to draw any conclusion other than that religion is nonsense -- in the literal meaning of that term.

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Your argument is idiotic.

Your god is not real, but the damage caused to the world by belief in him is very much real.

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We discuss a non-existant being which is perfectly sane. You BELIEVE in a non-existant being. How sane is that. Its right up there with santa claus and the tooth fairy.

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People should be free to believe whatever they wish--however when those beliefs encroach on everybody else's lives--like banning stem cell research--it must be questioned.

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we do not have the mental illness we are not brainwashed we do not believe in a fairy tale god

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"Do you realize that discussing a non-existent being are the symptoms of a mental illness?"

Then I guess we can't talk about TV characters either?


"If you atheists don't believe in God, then why do you talk about Him so much? "

1) I don't believe that the show 'Heroes' is real but I talk about that plenty. Perhaps the topic is interesting, even if it isn't real?

2) Do you think every atheist in the world comes onto Yahoo and discusses God all day long? LOL. You see atheists in the real world every day - you just don't know it because most of the time atheists talk about other things.

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I prefer to think of this whole 'Atheism-Christian' thing this way:

Christians are like the crazy uncle of the family, the one that kept his imaginary friend FAR past childhood. Atheists are like the unstable uncle's concerned brother, always trying to take care of the uncle by constantly trying to convince him that his imaginary friend isn't real.

We're doing it for your own good.

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It's simple. We are just trying to talk you out of believing fairy tales.

If God existed, you would think that we wouldn't have the option to argue about it.

And instead of just showing up and proving himself, God sends weak minds to defend him in his absence.

Not very wise for an all-knowing God.
WHO has a mental illness?
YOU DO!!!!

Let me put it this way...
If, at the ripe age of 40 years old, I told you that I still believed in the myth that a fat man in a red suit climbed down the chimneys of every child in the world with toys and candy, after landing on the roof in a sleigh pulled by nine tiny, flying reindeer, the lead reindeer having a glowing red nose, every Christmas Eve, you would call me crazy, superstitious, and immature.

Yet, you believe (I assume) that a man named Jesus was born from a virgin mother, regenerated limbs, healed leprosy, raised the dead, commanded the weather, was himself raised from the dead after being hung on a cross, and was physically lifted into heaven.

And the difference in mental deficiency is........?

El Chistoso

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Actually I believe it is anger. Atheists want to blame God for their "lot" in life and so what better way to "get back at Him" than to deny his existence and bash those who still believe.

But see, it's more than believing. Satan believes, he just chooses not to follow. But he lies to people to give them doubt and then once the seed is planted, out and out denies his existence by "proving" things like evolution.

I know what you are saying though. I don't believe in purple unicorns, but I'm not going on every website screaming they don't exist either.

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First, people attack the belief in the non-existent being...not the being.

Second, if one is mentally ill for discussing said non-existent being, what does that really say about the faithful?

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