For former Mormons who became atheists

[_Themis]

Tobin,
Can you take your usual "you need to ask and seek god" thread hijack to another thread?

I talk and hang with Exu all the time, and he never concurs with you.

Thanks!

Sorry

[_Themis]

As do yours.

I doubt he will even try.

But at least mine have something demonstrable, and measurable.

And it is only what we see going on in the body when someone is experiencing love. I am not sure why the OP even suggests an atheist doesn't know love.

[_Themis]

The intellect, although very useful, cannot prove or disprove the Divine.

Actually the problem is that the divine is not defined well enough to prove or disprove.

God/Goddess is Love. The purpose of life, in my opinion, is to learn to love, despite suffering. When in harmony with love, the being is filled with light and peace. When out of harmony, the being is sickened with darkness and despair.

I admit I haven't really seen atheists as a group filled with despair, and they seem to understand and employ love as well as any others.

So, with all of that being said I would like to pose a question to atheists. How can you define love? How can it be described scientifically? How can your intellect grasp it?

We can start here http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/love?s=t

Perhaps you can provide what you think it is.

[_SteelHead]

I think the OP is trying to suggest that without god it is impossible to experience true love, and so atheist can not know love. But I could be wrong.

I'll wait for Lightworker to clarify.

[_Themis]

I think the OP is trying to suggest that without god it is impossible to experience true love, and so atheist can not know love. But I could be wrong.

I'll wait for Lightworker to clarify.

I thought true love was so rare not even one couple in a century has that chance.

Perhaps he can clarify what he thinks it is

[_Tobin]

Tobin,
Can you take your usual "you need to ask and seek god" thread hijack to another thread?

I talk and hang with Exu all the time, and he never concurs with you.

Thanks!

Actually, I was responding to Themis and his charges/attacks as usual. Thank you for carefully reading and comprehending what is going on as usual. I can see that isn't your strong suit.

[_Tobin]

Why would I ask anyone at this time as one who is agnostic. They can if they like, but my experience is that they may be confusing certain things as being from some deity. They certainly have a hard time getting along with each other. That's a big reason why we have so many religions out there.

Ah, so your answer is there may be something, but you don't know what and it certainly can not talk to us - has no resemblance to us and that is the extent of your contribution to our understanding of God. Wow. That is useful. You might was well worship a stone idol in my opinion. At least you can see that and interact with it somewhat.

[_SteelHead]

Tobin,
Did we read the same second post in the thread? You know the one you wrote.....

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[_Tobin]

Tobin,
Did we read the same second post in the thread? You know the one you wrote.....

Yeah, what about it? Atheists don't believe in God. That should be obvious. Is there really a need for me to further comment about it?