Recently on our @AtheismUK Twitter feed we posted the following meme:
OK, it is a bit of a silly meme, after all we don’t believe that there is a god nor a Satan, but it does spark some conversation about the silliness of the whole concept. Well, we got a reply from a Tweeter called @sallyforthe who replied:
OK, it is a bit of a silly meme, after all we don’t believe that there is a god nor a Satan, but it does spark some conversation about the silliness of the whole concept. Well, we got a reply from a Tweeter called @sallyforthe who replied:
Satan was once a perfect angel. He made himself an enemy. “But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn sin, when it has been carried out, brings forth death.” James 1:14,15.Firstly, always a bit of a mistake replying with a Bible verse because, see our Video Podcast Episode 2: The Bible… Fact or Fiction, we don’t really take the Bible all that seriously as we can demonstrate how almost all of it was simply made up! And given how fantastical this story is there is no question that it is made up. But, some people seem to take this seriously… However, once you actually examine the answer, it does not make sense of the point being made in the meme.
- Did the god character create the Satan character in the story? Yes
- Would the god character have the omniscience to know that the Satan character would “make himself an enemy”? Again, given the attributes ascribed to the god that would also be a yes.
No living soul has seen or heard from any god… Oh yes many will claim so but as Prof. Richard Dawkins says there are many delusional people on Earth. Oh forgive me, I forgot to mention Abraham, Moses and Ezekiel, It is in the good book that they were spoken to by a god. Ezekiel claimed he came to see him in a vehicle which he described in great detail. It does leave us wondering why any god would need a vehicle to travel around in.. So these few chosen people of many thousands of years ago were given the task of spreading the word. It must have been a daunting task for illiterate tent dwellers.
Nowadays of course we have WiFi. Alas no one has yet taught a deity how to use the Internet to spread his word. How wonderful if we could all witness an epiphany on our PC’s, Laptops, Tablets, Mobiles etc.. Ah well we must remain Atheists.