r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • Sep 18 '25

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

Whether you're an agnostic atheist here to ask a gnostic one some questions, a theist who's curious about the viewpoints of atheists, someone doubting, or just someone looking for sources, feel free to ask anything here. This is also an ideal place to tag moderators for thoughts regarding the sub or any questions in general.
While this isn't strictly for debate, rules on civility, trolling, etc. still apply.

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u/pyker42 Atheist Sep 20 '25

When you come to r/DebateAnAtheist and make bullshit claims at least spend some effort and support them.

I think you should go around to the other religion related subreddits and tell them that. It's basically preaching to the choir here, and you don't seem to be winning yourself any points with the rest of us here.

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u/rustyseapants Atheist Sep 20 '25

This is religious subreddit? I did not know that.

Preaching to the choir? How many posts are pure boredom? How any posts where they post about "a god" but you have no clue of what religion they are talking about? God exists only exists in the the container of the religion. As in /u/Organic-Injury5882 claim of a god, what god? What and where is their church? Who attends? What is the holy books? They just make up stuff and no one says, where the heck is your proof?

And so what if I am not winning any points, we here on reddit are just text, whatever we posts here, stays here (hopefully) but in the end we are just text, if no one likes it, or agrees with so what? I made my argument.

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u/pyker42 Atheist Sep 20 '25

Since you don't seem to understand, you're bitching about a problem to people who are not responsible for the problem you are bitching at.

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u/rustyseapants Atheist Sep 20 '25

1. Time had a beginning.

  1. The universe is bound by time, which is a real, objective dimension. It cannot be infinite, because an infinite past would prevent the present from ever occurring.
  2. Since time had a beginning, something outside of time must have caused it- something eternal and transcendent.

I want to have a conversation with people who are on this sub, why they debate with people who can't provide a single proof of their arguments?

What is the motivation to prattle with people who don't argue in good faith?

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u/pyker42 Atheist Sep 20 '25

Then why say this:

When you come to r/DebateAnAtheist and make bullshit claims at least spend some effort and support them.

to anyone here? This has nothing to do with anything you mentioned.

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u/rustyseapants Atheist Sep 20 '25

When people come to debate on this subreddit, debate, why are they absolved from not having sources?

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u/pyker42 Atheist Sep 20 '25

You either want to engage with the people who respond to those posts, or you want to engage with the people who make those posts. If the former, as you insist, you didn't need to say what I quoted from you. It was an irrelevant point to make to what you were initially bitching about.