tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146711506977707778.post959847304991028452..comments2023-04-09T02:14:10.055-07:00Comments on Zen Pizza: How Can You Hate God....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146711506977707778.post-71880405238536593712007-07-02T12:31:00.000-07:002007-07-02T12:31:00.000-07:00I'm with you, I can't hate what does not exist.I'm with you, I can't hate what does not exist.Garden State Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990374136605207993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146711506977707778.post-82160241166866821342007-06-01T09:23:00.000-07:002007-06-01T09:23:00.000-07:00I think there's some substance to "hating god." M...I think there's some substance to "hating god." Many former believers used to feel a relationship with God. Even if god is non-existent, the believer perceives an emotional connection and invests considerable trust in the imagined relationship. This situation is made more complex when religious society, institutions and human intermediaries are added to the mix.<BR/><BR/>The experience of deconversion for former believers like me is often one of betrayal. I had a phase where although I acknowledged cognitively that god didn't exist, the void in the relationship, the feeling of betrayed trust and broken promises, the sense of abandonment were all very real, and it was easy to feel anger at an entity in which I no longer believed.<BR/><BR/>So, even though it's a rational contradiction, I think it is possible for <B>some</B> atheists to 'hate god.' But then I'm introducing a level of nuance and empathy that those theists who are making such a blanket accusation probably aren't willing to bother with.JohnRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822899155130408891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146711506977707778.post-70543756439645546902007-05-30T19:39:00.000-07:002007-05-30T19:39:00.000-07:00Just for the record, the essay is not by me but by...Just for the record, the essay is not by me but by my esteemed contributor, James F. Elliott.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.com