Who wants to argue about pink and purple unicorns?

[We Never Know]

For real I don't think anyone would want to argue about something they don't believe in..
Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

For real I don't think anyone would want to argue about something they don't believe in..
Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

Yes, you are.

 

[lukethethird]

Who wants to argue about pink and purple unicorns?
Are they invisible, otherwise not interested.

 

[lukethethird]

For real I don't think anyone would want to argue about something they don't believe in..
Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

Atheists can't help it, for them it's like slowing down to look at the train wreck.

 

[Suave]

Who wants to argue about pink and purple unicorns?
Are they invisible, otherwise not interested.

Agreed, unicorns are invisible! Who has ever actually seen a pink or purple unicorn?

 

[JustGeorge]

I'm disappointed, as I really do want to argue about pink and purple unicorns...

But... its just another theist/nontheist relation thread...

 

[Psalm23]

For real I don't think anyone would want to argue about something they don't believe in..
Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

Perhaps they are discussing for their lack of belief and what they believe supports unbelief.

 

[Psalm23]

Agreed, unicorns are invisible! Who has ever actually seen a pink or purple unicorn?

I think that would be lovely to see. Unicorns look beautiful.

 

[Suave]

I think that would be lovely to see. Unicorns look beautiful.

Based on the feel of their body shape and horn, here is an artist's rendering of how an invisible unicorn would appear.

 

[We Never Know]

Yes, you are.

Fill me in.

 

[We Never Know]

I'm disappointed, as I really do want to argue about pink and purple unicorns...

But... its just another theist/nontheist relation thread...

Don't give up

 

[JustGeorge]

Don't give up

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Oh, I think the body is pink, and the hair is purple.

Lets argue about it.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Fill me in.

It's a topic oft-raised around here, and mileage may vary but a brief summary.

I wasn't raised to believe in purple unicorns. I didn't spend time in purple unicorn buildings, hearing stories and parables designed to secure my belief in purple unicorns.
I didn't see families split when one member declared he quite liked unicorns but of the pink variety. Or that he quite liked purple unicorns, but boys were sexy.
Purple unicorns commandments weren't listed on the court walls.
Indigenous peoples didn't have their language, culture and worship of yellow birds forcibly changed to purple unicorns worship.
No cartoonists were threatened over depictions of the purple unicorn, no offices attacked.
Climate change wasn't seen as contrary to purple unicorn belief. Neither was sex before marriage. Or vaccination. Or use of blood products with children. The purple unicorn and his worshippers couldn't give a crap if I believed in him or not, and none of them threatened eternal damnation to me for my lack of belief.
You can look at it from the other angle too, of course. Purple unicorns didn't encourage us to love one another. They played no role in helping abolish slavery. They forged no bonds across national borders.

Regardless of your belief in purple unicorns, they are an irrelevance to the world.
Regardless of your belief in God, religions are not irrelevant.

 

[sun rise]

Regardless of your belief in purple unicorns, they are an irrelevance to the world.

I don't think they exist in those colors but who knows.

Not to young children who can actually interact with such wonderful nature spirits. A song from a local private school has this:

The ray of light we call their horn points to the dawn
if you would see him feed him laughter and song
God's guidance in it's most delightful form
protecting friend, unicorn.

https://www.meherschools.org/videos-songs - song #20

 

[Spirit of Light]

For real I don't think anyone would want to argue about something they don't believe in..
Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

Can I prove or disprove unicorns exist or not No i can not.
So could they have existed or is it 100% clear they dont have existed. Yes they could have existed but I can not give scientific or religious proof of it.
So I will answer "I do not know" but "they may or may not exist without my knowledge about them"
It could be as simple as "My vision isn't clear enough to see them"

 

[lukethethird]

I don't think they exist in those colors but who knows.

We know they exist in those colors by faith.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Im going put that Pink Unicorn's head on my wall for all those missing socks. She's a notorious thief, her mass thievery must come to an end.

 

[Sedim Haba]

Agreed, unicorns are invisible! Who has ever actually seen a pink or purple unicorn?

We're not invisible, just no one cares. I mean, who even sees their fellow human?
On a train, in a store, on a street, the homeless holding up pathetic cardboard signs...
All invisible. All not seen by those who decide not to see. Faceless non-entities.

Besides, I'm white not pink or purple. WTF are you smoking to think I'm purple????

 

[viole]

For real I don't think anyone would want to argue about something they don't believe in..
Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

Yes, if believers in pink unicorns would affect my life, for instance by lobbying for religiously motivated legislation (e.g. abortion, gay marriage, euthanasia, etc), then I would try to knock down the pink unicorn, too.

Ciao

- viole

 

[PureX]

Believers argue about what they believe in which is their god. So why do many like arguing about a god they don't believe in/lack the belief in?

Isn't that what virtually every atheist on here is doing, including you?

Hey I'm with you in lacking the belief but I can't figure out why so much time is wasted arguing about what's not believed in.

Am I missing something?

I see very few theists arguing with each other about gods they don't believe in. I see atheists arguing with theists about gods they don't believe in all the time. I'm puzzled that you can be so blind to this.