What does an atheist...

[Minimalist]

You submit to the will of your bladder to go pee several times a day.

My bladder exists. If I ignore it, I wet my pants.

I have ignored any idea of god for over 40 years and all I ever hear from xtians are silly threats about their idea of hell. God remains silent on the issue.

Speaking of bladders.....excuse me.

[leo-rcc]

If a burning bush showed up and told me God wanted me to cut off my right arm, I'd probably try and find a way to do it because that's an easy sacrifice for 100% proof of God's promise.

If a burning bush tells me to cut off my right arm I'd tell that bush to go fuck itself en then go in for medical treatment because I hear voices in burning bushes.

[tackattack]

If a burning bush showed up and told me God wanted me to cut off my right arm, I'd probably try and find a way to do it because that's an easy sacrifice for 100% proof of God's promise.

If a burning bush tells me to cut off my right arm I'd tell that bush to go fuck itself en then go in for medical treatment because I hear voices in burning bushes.

to each their own

[leo-rcc]

If a burning bush showed up and told me God wanted me to cut off my right arm, I'd probably try and find a way to do it because that's an easy sacrifice for 100% proof of God's promise.

If a burning bush tells me to cut off my right arm I'd tell that bush to go fuck itself en then go in for medical treatment because I hear voices in burning bushes.

to each their own

Just never go camping with a ventriloquist with a lighter is all I can say.

[fr0d0]

Actually fr0d0, that was a mistake, i didn't mean to suggest he said condoms cause aids - of course they don't, what i did mean was what i had said on all of the other occasions, he claimed condoms exacerbate AIDS - which is an outright lie used to enforce an agenda.

Fair enough

[Tiberius]

A moral ideal remains constant that monogamy is good.

I highly doubt this. Divorce rates simply don't back up the assertion that monogamy is good. Either it's a bad idea, or we're just not very good at it as a species. I tend towards agreeing with the latter. People can be much happier in open relationships.

[fr0d0]

Modern civilisation has failed at it big time. I'm pessimistic about our efforts compared with our ancestors.. I have a good friend who married late.. she had the works a girl dreams of, but seems to have ignored what it's really about, not considering what commitment or compromise would be involved. She wants out already after a few months.

I don't think marriage is necessarily the answer. Commitment is possible outside marriage. I certainly couldn't be happy in an open relationship. I'm just not built that way I think. I do think humans are overwhelmingly monogamous. We crave societal grouping which is increasingly denied in civilisation where there always seems to be mobility towards isolation.

[Rhizomorph13]

fr0d0,

I feel the same way about monogamy but I bet it is due to social programming rather than how I am "built". There is no way to differentiate between the two so I don't really know. Just looking at how marriage seems to progress I would say that it is poorly engineered and have given thought to open relationships. Open relationships would be the way to go IF society was set up that way. As it is I would say that there are too many barriers (Boyfriends of girls I would like to, um, get to know better) to happiness along that path.

I love this sentence, "We crave societal grouping which is increasingly denied in civilisation where there always seems to be mobility towards isolation." I feel it is true and yet enjoy the benefits from my isolation.

Rhizo

[chatpilot]

Whatever sacred sentiments were once involved with marriage are long dead and gone. It is evident that marriage in our day and age has lost its meaning. People are getting married any old way these days and don't respect their vows to their partners. There are so many factors that influence a marriage and can lead to unhappiness, infidelity, etc. As a religious rite marriage was a sacred oath that one held before god to their future partner, but now even oaths to god have no meaning.

I personally think that marriage is an insignificant matter these days and although I was married once I would never marry again. Just like religion marriage just doesn't mean anything to me anymore. I have had several open relationships and am comfortable with them since they don't involve all the seriousness or the drama that a marriage entails.

[tackattack]

Whatever sacred sentiments were once involved with marriage are long dead and gone. It is evident that marriage in our day and age has lost its meaning. People are getting married any old way these days and don't respect their vows to their partners. There are so many factors that influence a marriage and can lead to unhappiness, infidelity, etc. As a religious rite marriage was a sacred oath that one held before god to their future partner, but now even oaths to god have no meaning.

I personally think that marriage is an insignificant matter these days and although I was married once I would never marry again. Just like religion marriage just doesn't mean anything to me anymore. I have had several open relationships and am comfortable with them since they don't involve all the seriousness or the drama that a marriage entails.

I understand your sentiments on this and I'm proud to be the exception to this rule.