your IDOLS and what you worship as an atheist.

I consider people who genuinely follow a religion to be an idiot the reason lack of any proof either for or against the existence of a God, so with that on mind how can anyone make an informed decision either way?
So obviously religious people are weak gullible sheep that need the comfort and safety of a larger group however crazy that group may be

I do no go to any church? I have the truth. Like the early church a minority. Yes we are sheep. We know the shepherds voice. Jesus. The world is full of malevolent people. Most are what Satanists call cattle on Utube. Oblivious to the greater reality. They see the bible as another book. If yoh lived in the pset in the 14th century. Your forest of knowledge had less trees. Novels did not exist. Reading for entertainment was nil.   books took years to make. Hand written. Knowledge was for a certain class. Books under lock and key. Attached to chains. For kings and popes.

The bible is the stand out book. Copied out endlessly by hand. Withextreme amount of dillicence. Men died ad the ppigments were poisonous. Lead. Arsenic . I paint in oil and I breath in turps. Open tturpentine bottles are a hazard?  Your aancestors died to hold onto a book. Men were execuTed for translating it. Tynedale. These men were not idiots. No xbox. Tv. No mad imagery thrown at their brains. They survived a hard existence. They tamed the wworld you live in.  no fantasy. No boob tube.

You are in the century of fake. All you are is fake. Paper or ddigital money. An agreed convention. Based on nothing. Can vanish overnight. Glass bottles are plastic. Paper is now digital. From gold to a pin nnumber. You are vapid. Not grounded. The world is now ready to pull the rug. In recent months a preview of what is coming. Fear of no bog paper? The rOman soldier had no toilet roll.  You will obeh the  coming prince. or you won't eat.
Jesus dictated your future. You dismiss his warnings.
Aimed at our last generation . Newton gave 2016 as the start. The end could be 2024. Or 2039. Seven or twenty one yrs. Jacobs troubles. Israel will be in trouble for years, when God withdraws his bride. A rescue. Millions ddisappear.  Will you still be in denial?  Or was it caused by something else. Maybe Brian cox will tell yoh it was dark matter?  Or aliens. Or too much bran.

I warn. I know it ssounds ludicrous. A cosmic beam out of millions in a split second. But Jesus described it. Paul saw it. 1 Thessalonians 14-17.

Israel is back. That starts a clock. 70-80 years. We are at yr 72. ..
The world is anxious. Mental hhealth rates in uk have jumped 600 percent in 15 yrs.  Every nation affected by covid. Famine of 150 million mentioned as possible. Vital elements for tech is running out. Animal nnumbers down by half in wild. Wars in almost every country. Civil wars. Fertiliser running out. Soil erosion and ffertility issues. On and on.  My man Jesus had hit the bbullseye fRom 2000 yrs away. He said.. The poor will aalways be with us. Have we solved that?  2000 yrs to prove him wrong. In fiction like starters we have solved it. But in reality it's on tv every night in adverts. Send ther quid a month or a kid dies. Famines were ttalked about in the seventies when I was young. Not solved. So God will solve it. No more bs.

macarony - Why about if being religious makes those people feel better about themselves , their family  , and the wider community , as well as providing comfort and support throughout the whole  of their lives ?

Are these people really idiots as you say  ?

The actual existence of a God or otherwise is irrelevant.

There can be no greater idiot than a man who believes in a God in the sense that we are talking about.

The fact that it gives someone comfort, enables them to live a better life or whatever, is what's irrelevant. That outcome could just as easily be achieved by early citizenship education than indoctrination into superstitious identitarian cults.

Man can never move on while he is constrained or influenced by the self-denying moralistic strictures of prehistoric belief systems.

Most off the laws which bind society together are based on Christian tenets.

The handmaids tale?  Nobody is holding you back.

Atheists believe Christians are constraining them... James Clerk Maxwell and Blaise Pascal added to the science books. Most of our science is Jewish inspired.  a Belgian priest came up with the cosmic expansion theory. Now called the big bang.    Say that the catholic church did hamper progress. What about the rest of the world. The Japanese were isolated. Did nit know how to mmake glass windows.

Your interpretation is that we can steer the ship. Mine is that there is no wheehouse. Brian Cox world class pseudo brain. Puts it like this... In the history of this world 99.9 percent of all species are dead. Mankind most likely too will perish. But maybe we won't?

That is just great . Here's Conrad Twitty... I see  the want to in your eyes#.     Atheism is derelict. It's d ream stuff. Starters and startrek. It's idealism and humanism. Belief that we can be good. . Six tthousand yrs of wars. Some about religoon. And most about territory. Australia a large landmass . USA huge. The religious wars of America. .. Hitler wanted the Vatican?    Men kill because they like it. Anzio.   
My way is only way out.  You see it as unlikely. I see it as a cert.
Bets down. Spin the wheel.

Jeesus. The bible is divided into two sections. OT and NT. The old covenant is LAW. The power of sin is the law. By following the law you chose death.  God gave Moses the law as a stop gap.  Like a painter or a decorator? You quickly throw paint on to the wall as an undercoat. Then you refine the process with care. Man loves the law. He has law libraries. More than ten laws. Every law is basically a constraint. I imagine god laughing at us? Don't shag a goat on a Tuesday. What wwould some people do?  Ten ccommandments And we cannot keep them?  so the Jews asked for more laws. Again and again they failed. 613 rules later.  Break a law and be punished. Why are you breaking gods rules Mr Israel. You saw the red sea parted.  You ate manna. You had the ark. You had the brass serpent. You lived with God.  Why can't you observe the laws, . God is telling us we are incapable. Humans cannot be angels. Paragons of virtue. We see a tall blonde and think dirty thots. (my spelling)  nobody is lawful. An example. A regime says you cannot wear a hat . You break the law. China right now says if you mock the national anthem. You get a fine of thousands of dollars.  Laws. . Gods solution is Grace. NT. Jesus hands us grace. A free pardon. Everything is ppermitted. But not efficacious . Why would you steal knowing that yoh are part of God's family. Got takes our old stone hearts and gives us back flesh. By cholding Christ yoh kill off your old ways. You cchoose death. To be liberated fRom the world. To no longer care about impressing people. Manipulation. Control etc.  This world is not the prize. It's prison.  Pilate asked Jesus where is your kingdom? Not of this world. Jesus was tempted by Satan the angel. Worship me and I will give yoh all the kingdoms of the world. They belong to me.  God is a liberator. We are Satan's children till we defect. Only by choosing the messiah are yoh saved. Hollywood has mare messiah a ditty word. Christopher Lambert plays a cop hunting down a serial killer trying to create the body of Christ from his victims? Who thot that up? Well done.  Evil is gold. Good is evil.  Lucifer is a cop's assistant in La. Season three available. AAmerican gods. Handmaids tale. Supernatural Alistairr Crowley. west world. ... Distorting god. The Lord God is now dead? Or a woman.  They have painted god black. He is responsible for every priest who ttouches kids. While scout leaders,teachers,doctors,and other professions with aaccess to kids get a pass?  Your god is Lucifer. In god we trust. Presidents do nit say Jesus. They say god. Think lucy. In lLucifer we trust. Then flip the dollar over and see a pyramid and the all seeing eye. Novus ordo seclorum . We buy using the ddollar. The reserve currency of the world. It is world power. Buy sex. Buy drugs. Buy opinion.

I've always thought Satan was misunderstood and seemed quite a nice guy personally compared to God . In order to enter the kingdom of God you have to believe in him or if you don't relinquish your philosophical outlook  to Gods narcissistic personality ( no faith) you're hellbound. Seems a bit harsh you are condemned to eternal damnation of you don't believe in such a benevolent lovely being whilst you can murder rape pillage but as long as you believe you float up to the golden gates at death. I'm on lucifers side … at least satanists have a bit of fun with drinking, orgies wearing goat masks with huge drums banging like the wicker man , the odd sacrifice etc... harps and songs of praise 24/7 worshipping the lord and his ego- no ty

We worship:

Bread and circuses become Greggs and Strictly
Weakening religions give way to stronger newer ones,
Jupiter gave way to Jesus.
Jesus will give way to Mo...eventually.
Mo will give way to something else, who knows?

The point of atheism is that you don't " worship " anything. Isn't it?
And yes, I'm sure, there's good and bad in all.
For me, personally, peace and tolerance is king.
Seemples.

During the time of the Crusades, Jesus was strong. No one imagined him being turned out of his European strongholds. Now he is weak and has lost his powers of coercion over the masses. Christian strongholds have been overturned, the rest are teetering. Not long now.

as the days of the Mongols are well & truly over; "something else" is highly doubtful. Unless Israel find a few billion residents

May 27, 2020 -- 4:29PM, Foinavon wrote:

During the time of the Crusades, Jesus was strong. No one imagined him being turned out of his European strongholds. Now he is weak and has lost his powers of coercion over the masses. Christian strongholds have been overturned, the rest are teetering. Not long now.

Yep, could be. Don't really give throw personally. It doesn't concern me.

You condemn yourself by free choice. You live in Satan's kingdom which offers you many flavours of mutiny.  You get to go to orgies. Black masses. All is permitted. God has stepped back to allow you free rein.   Life here can be good for 120 yrs. Then you take your chance.  God offers as immortality and a future we cannot imagine. This is the words he uses
Satan says god is a stick in the mud. Hell Is a party. Butt Satan rules earth. Hell is not his.  An abyss. Falling forever is hell.
God has spent 2000 yrs preparing our place in heaven. Six days to create the world.  You have accepted a bribe of a copper coin. To refuse your inheritance. Instead of investigating your estate. You got distracted by online xxx rated babes, which are very nice. But it's not the be all and end all of life. God gave us ducks ? Penis loaded wwith nerves. He wants us to enjoy sex. Otherwise we would be like flowers. Enjoyment is part of a full life. Jesus sat by prprostitutes and partied . The pPharisees were upset.  Paul.Saul. ... Everything is permissible. But not efficacious. . We are allowed to do anything. But if you screw around. You get a itch.  Doctor time.
God created a trillion suns. We have trillions of planets to explore as recreation. We have higher ddimensions. And stuff that is unimaginable. You throw that away to watch porn, do drugs, commit small crimes?  god is nit interested in your deeds. It's about trust. Not about how nice you are. Fk nice.  he enlisted working fishermen. Who would swear and be men. Truth. Jesus is not interested in men who lie to themselves. Puffing up their egos. Self righteous entities like Satan. Self. Serving.   The family of god does not need narcissists. God is nit a dictator. But he is not an enabler of evil. Why swould i steal in this world. When I have a universe that belongs to me. I have a ffather Yahweh-jehovah and a brother called Jesus. I have millions of brothers. A huge family and the flesh is dying. We shall be given new bodies that will put superman to shame.  I will be on plantes you do not know exist. A planet full of tigers? A planet dedicated to elephants. God creates. He would have catried on?  You all are lawyers and aaccountants. Keeping score. You chose to lose. To believe Dominic. Or Richard. Or some other idiot with a red face. Instead of Jesus and god. Who keeps their word.

Imaginary friends always keep their word...in your imagination. Dedicate your life to them, you will not know you wasted it... unless you wake up.

You are imaginary. You existed foot a max of 100 yrs on old earth. I'm a citizen of eternity with god.

Israel has arrived in time to meet the 6000 yr ceiling. Adam 4000 bc. Us in 2020. That is timing. Sir Isaac newton calculated the tribulation to begin in 2016. The trib aka the troubles of Jacob. Jacob changed his name to Israel. A period of 7-21 yrs , interpretations vary,  we had 1,877 yrs without an Israel. It arrived on time.  Jesus is to rule on earth from the throne of David. A promise made to Mary by the angel that visited her.
You consistently have denied God his place. You want Satan to continue with the sstatus quo. A minority prosper. The majority suffer. The elites and their servants. The class ssystem.god values all souls equally.  He warns again and again against treating others badly.
Turn the other cheek  . Treat others as you would be treated. Evil has a time constraint. 
Luke 16. The rich man and the beggar.