I didn't say it, but Voltaire did. There's no reason to invent God when we do not disavow him and believe in his existence and love. Every time I come on here, there is some internet atheist beotching about his miserable life and then wanting evidence for God. Why should he care if God doesn't exist? If I was an atheist, I wouldn't care. I'd call myself jbburnsinhell and wouldn't waste my time on religious forums. Thus, why should an atheist care if God doesn't exist? It's because he needs the answers. And the atheists scientists write books to give him the answers. None of it is science. There is no evidence. All of it is philosophy to put it kindly. It's scientific bullshat to separate atheists from their hard earned money.
And your understanding of Voltaire is even worse than your understanding of science and theology. Voltaire was claiming that we would need to invent a God story to keep the ignorant people like you in line. Have you actually *read* any Voltaire? Do you have *any* idea what he lived for and what he thought about? Or are you simply copying a quote you got from somewhere else, misinterpreting it, and passing it along as something that supports your beliefs?
I am an atheist. I have a very happy life. I am successful in my career, have a wonderful wife, have a lot of love around me, and have been able to think deeply about subtle ideas.
My main *complaint* is about all the theists out there trying to push their ignorance down everyone else's throats. I really don't care about whether a deity exists or not. It is beside the point. What I *do* care about is what believers do. They bomb clinics, crash airplanes into buildings, bomb innocents who believe other than they, and stir up rivalries when we need more cooperation. THAT is what bothers me.
Back to the misery. The typical internet atheist disavows God, so there is no evidence he will accept.
Oh, there is evidence I could accept. If you want a creator of the universe, I could accept a collection of millisecond pulsars distributed across the sky, synchronized from the position of the Earth, and patterned so as to look like the first verse of Genesis. Now, *that* would be evidence for a designer.
Or, how about a segment of DNA that appears in all organisms, is preserved under any conditions, and can be read as a binary transcription of the New Testament. That would be convincing evidence that life on Earth was created.
Instead, what we see is vague signs that are easily misinterpreted, have easier and more mundane explanations, and are only seen if you believe ahead of time. Sorry, that just isn't up to the task of a real proof.
Instead, he has to accept responsibility for all the cr*p that goes on in his miserable life and try to make his life better. Not only is his life miserable, he has to go find reasons for why his life is so. How did he get here? Why does the planet work this way? The internet atheists do not read books to find the answers. They just come on here and beotch and hope someone gives him the answers. He doesn't even know where his worldview comes from. It's laughable.
On the contrary, there are a great many atheists that are attempting to build a better world. One without the superstitions and bigotry shown by almost all religions. One where people are taught how to think rationally, are encouraged to investigate new ideas, and to challenge those who state things they *cannot* know. Where peole demand evidence and accountability from not just scientists and politicians, but from business leaders and, yes, ourselves.
It is the *theist* who longs for an after-life that has given up on this world. Where the lust for eternal life has blocked any attempts to make life better here and now. Maybe you should look within and ask yourself if you have done as much as you can to help bring about a better world rather than complain about atheists and the fact that they disagree with you.
