Needless to say that would be a problem for anyone who thinks God is above human morality or that since he has more knowledge he sees the big picture.

If there is a God, your actions could very well go down the memory hole.

Not a reason to be an atheist, but just to realize that theism is a little more… disturbing than first glance.

Care to clarify?

And on the matrix thing, why would my good deeds in helping to end hunger or poverty in the world result in god restoring a backup to overwrite my actions?

Just because someone put in a book that chuck norris can explode the heads of fifty men with a single clap of his hands doesn’t mean he he can.

And, before you ask, I am an atheist. I have just been infected by the “suspension of disbelief” debating method used at Stardestoyer.net. Currently the Bible and the Star Trek series are tied for internal contradictions and stupidity.

It is believing that there is no god.

For me god is as relevant as Chuck Norris. Shit, at this rate, alien civilizations may think he a diety based on our online and broadcast re-run worship.

If there is a god it could be like anything. Literally. But there isn’t.

So what that being the case, there being no god, what do we do about what is wrong in the world? Who’s responsibility is it to fix things?

Suspension of disbelief refers to a method used to deal with literary works in a vs debate. Sorry if I carried it over to hear. I was doing the “if god was real then…”

You need to fear Chuck Norris- or stick him with Rielly, Kirk, Bond, Rambo and the Governator. It is an alien vs predator level of unknown.

Whose responsibility? That sounds dangerous close to opening up the season of finger pointing.

For me, responsibility is less important than having the job get done. Of course, given my family history that is self serving.

That is the whole point. . .

Since there is no god, and we individually will make realizations to this effect, then the woes of the world fall squarely on the shoulders of we individually.

The scapegoat is gone.

It’s up to us. . . individually, together.

Don’t you think?

What is responsibility without accountability.

Are we not accountable?

The activism definitions are my subjective opinion though- weak and strong atheism are dictionary.

I suppose then that the point of my queries in the original post represent a new shift in my thinking.

I have only recently moved from weak atheism to strong atheism. Mainly a confidence thing. I am less concerned about the .001% possibilities.

With that shift has come a desire to be a strong activist as well. This post represent my thinking when I realized that the 2 were intrinsically tied together.

It seemed like something worth exploring.

For others who want to learn about it, here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_a_Christian_Nation