Atheists & Agnostics

Farmer-Rick

(11,875 posts)

18. My existence stops at the end of my fingers

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 09:58 AM

Nov 2022

I do not currently exist in France. My existence stops here where I live and interact with others.

So, for me, my existence ending or stopping is easy enough to imagine. It happens everywhere I am not.

Primitive humans may have needed a god because there was so much out of their control. But more technologically advanced civilization don't need a god anymore. Just like they don't need a king to tell them how to organize their civilization, we don't need an imaginary being to control us and blame.

God is more frequently invoked to force others to obey than it is to help others. It is a very toxic and manipulative concept today.

It will eventually die but unfortunately it is forced on all of us as children to keep us under control. And people are reluctant to give up ideas ingrained in childhood.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

38 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How long do you think it will be before religion is no longer a significant part of our culture? [View all] 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author jimfields33 Nov 2022 #1

Far longer than we will be alive. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #2

not til after the rapture unfortunately msongs Nov 2022 #3

It never will. It comes with being human. PSPS Nov 2022 #4

nope Skittles Nov 2022 #9

My existence stops at the end of my fingers Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #18

When we find a way to become immortal? qazplm135 Nov 2022 #5

I don't see that Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #19

Pretty narrow frame qazplm135 Nov 2022 #21

You framed it I did not Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #22

You didn't give evidence you gave qazplm135 Nov 2022 #24

I disagree Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #25

Lol qazplm135 Nov 2022 #26

Religions have a million and one ways of conning people Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #28

I'm agnostic lol qazplm135 Nov 2022 #29

Agnostic isn't a belief position Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #32

In spite of your qazplm135 Dec 2022 #34

We are NOT born with an idea of an afterlife Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #33

So when you think about qazplm135 Dec 2022 #36

Seriously? Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #31

Lol qazplm135 Dec 2022 #35

It's not going away. RockRaven Nov 2022 #6

+1 Auggie Nov 2022 #12

I don't see it coming back if we could stamp it all out Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #23

Not soon enough! PortTack Nov 2022 #7

not soon enough Skittles Nov 2022 #8

Like a bad penny, it always seems to come back Warpy Nov 2022 #10

One can only hope, SOON! joshdawg Nov 2022 #11

Christmas has become a secular holiday Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #20

The twelfth of never Walleye Nov 2022 #13

I don't know, but we need to TAX churches NOW. vanlassie Nov 2022 #14

9 grandkids.... 3 are adults. None of them go to church or even talk about religion. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #15

Since Trump is considered a god by some Cartoonist Nov 2022 #16

there always seems to be a 35% that hang on to the old ways. rurallib Nov 2022 #17

When the religious nuts finally blow everything up and no one is left. BluesRunTheGame Nov 2022 #27

Too long Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #30

within 10-20 years RussBLib Jan 2023 #37

Stop sending money to televangelists and mega church "Pastors" Sessuch Feb 2023 #38