I understand your logic and I understand why someone might say that (even though I don't personally agree). My comment I guess is in the wording of the parent post:
...therefore, god, who did this to me and made my life a personal hell...
The poster sounds like he is convinced that God caused the affliction, therefore I would say he believes that God exists and is not a true athiest. He is just angry with the god he does believe in.
Also, as you say, many religious folks are not good at understanding logic, but I find that many non-religious people are quick to dismiss things that are hard to take:
...its easier to believe in nothing than to believe in a sadistic god...
Please don't take this as a criticism of you, I just wanted to clarify what I meant in my previous post.
It would be interesting to have them not limit the matches returned to just celebrities, but to return matches to other users of the system. Then you could see if you have an evil (or good) twin out there somewhere.
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I understand your logic and I understand why someone might say that (even though I don't personally agree). My comment I guess is in the wording of the parent post:
...therefore, god, who did this to me and made my life a personal hell...
...its easier to believe in nothing than to believe in a sadistic god...
The poster sounds like he is convinced that God caused the affliction, therefore I would say he believes that God exists and is not a true athiest. He is just angry with the god he does believe in. Also, as you say, many religious folks are not good at understanding logic, but I find that many non-religious people are quick to dismiss things that are hard to take:
Please don't take this as a criticism of you, I just wanted to clarify what I meant in my previous post.
Don't you think that not believing in God because you think that He caused you pain is a self-defeating argument?
It would be interesting to have them not limit the matches returned to just celebrities, but to return matches to other users of the system. Then you could see if you have an evil (or good) twin out there somewhere.
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