give up hope

When do you give up hope. At some point we have to give up our losses, but when? And what do you hold onto next?

Do you see I ask not about gods, but about people.

Originally posted by apathist
When do you give up hope. At some point we have to give up our losses, but when? And what do you hold onto next?

Do you see I ask not about gods, but about people.

Originally posted by sonship
Giving up hope is like leaving a job. The best way to quit a job is when you know you have another waiting for you. ...

Originally posted by apathist
Good enough, except what if another is not known to be waiting for you?

Btw, I specifically said we're not talking about gods here, but you had no self-control at all. Could it be you suffer from a mental disease. Every religion in every culture at all points in time had their share of fanatics. It's a human thing.

Originally posted by apathist
When do you give up hope. At some point we have to give up our losses, but when? And what do you hold onto next?

Do you see I ask not about gods, but about people.

Originally posted by Fetchmyjunk
Interestingly enough, the lunatic at times thinks that everyone else is insane,

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Originally posted by apathist
Good enough, except what if another is not known to be waiting for you?

Btw, I specifically said we're not talking about gods here, but you had no self-control at all. Could it be you suffer from a mental disease. Every religion in every culture at all points in time had their share of fanatics. It's a human thing.

Originally posted by sonship
Every religion in every culture at all points in time had their share of fanatics. It's a human thing.
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Some comfort can be derived in blanket generalizations. Let's say that all chess players are as eccentric and paranoid as Bobby Fischer. Better stay away fr ...[text shortened]...
Ah, that feels good ... good rationale to entirely dismiss chess as not being anything worthwhile.

Originally posted by divegeester
... I would rather have my hope in what turned out to be an imaginary benevolent God, than real narcotics.

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Do you derive comfort sir from the blanket generalisation that atheists reject God so they can lead sinful lives, rather than being actually unconvinced of His existence?

Originally posted by Tom Wolsey
In my observation, most atheists reject the idea of God in part because they reject what God is about--as described in Scripture. Taken further, they reject what God commands, including what God forbids. For example, many atheists reject God because God condemns the homosexual lifestyle. "No loving God would forbid someone loving another." Right? This i ...[text shortened]... atheists reject God because they feel like people should be able to do things that God calls sinful.

The upper bound for gods believed in is in the trillions. People today who claim they are in direct communication with any of them are known as nuts.

Originally posted by apathist
Atheists merely believe in one less god than you do. Your rationalization doesn't work.

Originally posted by Tom Wolsey
In my observation, most atheists reject the idea of God in part because they reject what God is about--as described in Scripture. Taken further, they reject what God commands, including what God forbids. For example, many atheists reject God because God condemns the homosexual lifestyle. "No loving God would forbid someone loving another." Right? Thi ...[text shortened]... ists reject God because they feel like people should be able to do things that God calls sinful.