A very important discussion by Engels about materialism:

1892 English Edition Introduction to Frederick Engels' "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"

[General Introduction and the History of Materialism]
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/int-mat.htm

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Great debate, including a discussion on fine tuning in #physics #philosophy #theism #atheism

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Theological concepts like "The Problem of Evil" aren't just atheist gotchas. The contradictions within certain theologies can exist unawares within the minds of believers, causing dissonance that comes out in ways that perpetuate and allow harms to continue.

For instance, even if a Christian believer has not consciously considered the Problem of Evil, they will still feel this contradiction whenever it is encountered:

1. God is good.
2. God is omnipotent.
3. God allows evil to exist.

They will have many sideways methods of resolving this discomfort, which will vary from person to person and from situation to situation.

They may, for instance, lean on Just World views (the feeling that the world is automatically fair and so if someone is disadvantaged they must have done something to deserve it) when it comes to LGBTQ issues. God is good, and omnipotent, so if a queer person is suffering, it isn't because their church community has stigmatized them or because church doctrines about God's will are wrong (or further, that God might not exist or might not be good), no it must be proof that being queer is sinful and they deserve their suffering.

This same formula applies in many other areas, including towards abuse victims.

The contradictions within many popular forms of theism are not harmless. They get resolved, usually unconsciously, by organizations and individuals. When they are resolved without mindful consideration of the consequences, people get hurt.

For abusers and powertrippers? This is by design, to their benefit, and more likely to be conscious.

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I'm now an apatheist (actually, I've been one for a while now, but I just found out what apatheism is). I just don't care about arguing with people about if god exists or not. It doesn't matter. If god exists, it clearly can't or won't do anything. If it doesn't, then it doesn't. Who cares!?

There are serious problems (capitalist oppression and exploitation, climate change, racism, sexism, etc) that we should be focusing on instead.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism

Let that sink in.....
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Stephen C. Meyer on an Intelligent Cause https://buff.ly/3Uaq3Gx #IntelligentDesign #theism #science

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I went to r/DebateAnAtheist, and I completely lost any desire to debate or converse with any theist. I'll just keep it at this: if there's no evidence, I'm not going to believe it.

I have no idea if there is a God or an afterlife. All I know is that I have no rational reason to believe in them because there is no sufficient evidence to support the existence of either. Therefore, I am an atheist and a materialist. I have no burden of proof. The burden of proof is on the theists and believers in the afterlife.

Friedrich Engels discrediting the biblical creation story and the biblical flood by pointing out that they were stolen from other religions.

"...the whole biblical history of creation and the flood turns out to be a part of the old heathen religious myths which the Jew have in common with the Babylonians, Chaldeans and Assyrians."

"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the mand who finds it." --H. L. Mencken

There has never been a scientific theory that was later replaced with a supernatural explanation, but there is a long and extensive history of things having supernatural explanations that were later replaced with scientific theories. Humanity has yet to provide any rational or logical reason to accept supernatural explanations over scientific explanations.
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-- Atheists Debunk Christian Mathematician John Lennox --
(Alex Malpass, Daniel Linford, Phil Halper)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7yuY_ViUOQ