I mean, to be fair, if there was a god like the ones Christians claim to have, it most certainly would be evil. The funny thing is you can't use the Problem of Evil argument on a dystheist so they're one philosophical argument better than your run of the mill theist.
(Edit: my auto correct made the christian god plural and I'm keeping that phrasing out of spite, haha)
It really fucks me up how anyone with more than two brain cells can read the bible and not immediately see how fucked up it is. I'm certain people turn to religion out of social despair the same way people turn to drugs.
Dog that’s literally why they indoctrinate their kids so early. Private religious elementary with a church run youth group after school, “vacation bible school” over summer break, the whole nine yards. A healthy adult is a lot more likely to realize the inherent problems before they dedicate their entire lives to being delusional.
It is said that religion is a natural antidepressant. Religiosity spiked after the Christchurch earthquake, for example: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0049648
What's a dystheist?
Someone who believes that God exists and is evil.
For anybody curious to know, the term is Dystheism.
I prefer Deweytheism
This isn't equivalent.
This person believes in a god that is evil or malevolent.
Atheists argue that there is no god that is either good or evil
I don't believe there is a good god nor do I believe there is a bad god ... or a child god, or an intelligent god or a dumb god.
I just don't believe there is any god
Atheists argue that there is no god that is either good or evil
Depends on the flavor of atheist, in my experience. I'm an atheist, but I've never argued that there is no god, because how the hell would I know that?
Some use the term "agnostic atheist" to describe this kind of atheist, but I'm of the mind that it doesn't need the qualifier "agnostic" since atheism is simply lacking a faith in any god, in contrast to antitheism, which is the active belief that there is no god. Antitheism is, ironically, a belief system rather than the lack of one.
Pedantically, agnostic atheism means that you don't assert you know there isn't a god ("I don't believe there's a god") vs gnostic atheism having a positive assertion there definitely isn't one ("There is no god", usually followed by some logical argument).
Antitheism is the position that theism should be opposed, not what you described and it's a philosophical position (which could be argued is a type of belief but that's straying from the topic).
If you don't believe it's real then you certainly don't think it's the source of all that is good and sacred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3koeHN-6mU apparently some early christians thought that's what the god of the old testament was, and jesus came to save them from him
Well if you think some sort of gods exist, then look at things like child cancer, it's obvious they are evil. Luckily gods don't exist so with the advancement of science such evil will no longer exist some day.
I have the feeling the ancient Egyptians thought a little like him. All their gods seem to be kinda evil
Same with greeks
Sounds kinda Gnostic, they referred to him as Samael, or the Demiurge, a blind diety/angel who falsely thought he was god
I was about to say "protest atheist" but that might be different in that it's someone who acknowledges a higher power, but believes this "god" is either evil or incompetent so it doesn't deserve the respect or acknowledgement of being a god.
Basically if they saw god they'd say "idk man I don't see no god here I just see a lil' bitch"
Dax Riggs sang "god is a child" but not sure if it was original now or not.
When it comes to the range of theistic possibilities, the popular and historic religions of humanity only occupy a tiny section. Far greater are the theistic suppositions considered in philosophy (or not yet considered) in which God is indifferent to or even opposed to the affairs on earth, whether the conflict between Palestine and Israel or the countless wars between and ant and termite hives.
bro I'm an adult and still fry ants with a lens
God? Is that you, oh Lord?
Atheists saying God isn't great is implying they believe in God which means they're not atheists. 🤔
You can argue with theists and assert that their god sucks on their terms without believing in god.
We can assert that their idea of what God would be like, if he existed, is bad.
