The Real God: An Epiphany

theresa is attracted to anthony she asks anthony out on a date anthony isn't interested maybe he isn't attracted to her or he's married for whatever reason he declines was theresa rejected yes when someone is rejected they're prone to feel despair and frustration typically she'll feel resentment and anger toward anthony the rejection affected the dopamine and cortisol activity in her brain which can actually cause physical pain some short-term effects of this rejection are aggressiveness and anti-social behavior this type of emotional reaction can also explain why atheists are one of the most hated groups of people theresa is a theist and a billboard reminded her that atheists exist or perhaps theresa discovered that her acquaintance anthony is an atheist or theresa is in an argument with anthony about the existence of god any one of these things can cause theresa to feel despair and frustration typically she'll feel resentment and anger toward anthony because of this she may even exhibit aggressiveness and anti-social behavior as you can see there is a fascinating parallel between the typical reaction of someone who is romantically rejected and the typical reaction of a theist who encounters an atheist but the parallel is practically shouted from the rooftops as the theist actually describes the atheist's disbelief as rejection the atheist rejects god they say it is no coincidence that the theist chooses the word rejection because there is a disconnect between the inaccurate use of the word rejection to describe the atheist's position and the theists reaction which coincides with the exact same symptoms of rejection thereby compelling them to use that word even though it's inaccurate the inaccuracy can be easily seen from the romantic perspective the analogy would look like this theresa tries to set anthony up on a blind date with gloria anthony doesn't think that theresa even knows gloria or that she's acting as an agent on gloria's behalf did anthony actually reject gloria no what if anthony doesn't even believe that gloria exists perhaps theresa described her as being too attractive described her personality as too perfect to be believable so if anthony doesn't believe gloria actually exists did he reject her even if she does exist no all gloria would need to do is show up and ask anthony in person for him to accept or perhaps theresa described gloria inaccurately is anthony rejecting the real gloria or the inaccurate portrayal of gloria which doesn't actually exist even though she does in all accounts anthony is not actually rejecting gloria and in all accounts theresa would have no reason to feel rejected at all so why then does the theist typically show the classic signs of rejection and even misuse the word rejection when encountering an atheist because gloria is theresa the believer is god your relationship with god is actually a profound dynamic relationship with the self with your ego it is why god knows you so well it is why his opinions are so often your opinions and why a different believer of the same god is yours can claim that he agrees with god's opinions but not yours it is why god can seem so very real to you because he is real he is you and believer before you deny this ask yourself are you truly in a position to be able to deny it this confusion of skepticism with rejection has caused the persistence of christianity's fundamental flaw a foundational flaw that has fatally detrimental implications for the religion the religion itself is based on a false dichotomy the notion that you must either choose god or reject him but belief is not a choice it's a compulsion beyond the realm of choice achieved through convincing arguments evidence and trust i do not choose what i believe because i perceive it as the more attractive option i'm compelled to believe what i think is true whether i like it or not because desirability is not a requisite of the truth this takes honest introspection to truly make a choice i must clearly be given the option if i can doubt whether the option even exists then the option hasn't been clearly presented to me thereby preventing me from being able to make a choice an omniscient god would easily see this flaw in his system but god isn't omniscient he only seems that way because somehow some way he knows exactly how to answer your doubts he knows exactly how you think and if you were paying attention then you'd know exactly why that is

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Keywords: rejecting, God, rejection, jesus, christianity, atheist, atheism, skeptic, skepticism, theist, theism, believer, disbelief, subconscious, hated, hatred, ego, id, emotional, epiphany, debate, creationism, creationist, false, dichotomy, choice, choose, darkantics

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Length: 6min 59sec (419 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 11 2011

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

I've seen this before, it's very good.

However, "Theresa" is pronounced Teh-ree-zah regardless of there being a TH at the start.

[u/r1ym]

I don't know, it sounds like this is one explanation, but it doesn't seem to hold for every situation to me. He extrapolates a bit further than I'd be comfortable extrapolating.

[u/kalegreen]

Great video.. but it should have ended at 5min 10 secs. Floating shadowy half face was a little disconcerting.

[u/EvOllj]

this starts very boring, but thats just because its adressingpeople who lack most critical thinking skills. the last third is great, wait for it.

[u/aluminaplus]

"TL; DR... you are god." so does that make it okay to be douches?

[u/bryan567]

Couldnt stop thinking about Christopher Walken while watching this.

[u/BrainTroubles]

Who the fuck is THURResa? That's not how it's pronounced, not ever.

[u/androidgenius]

TL; DW

[u/frank27white]

Damn he broke that down in a totally understandable way that I had not thought about myself. I just had a convo with an unshakable fundie in my Aunt and she basically projected all of her ego through the word God and Jesus Christ. It really makes a lot more sense why people act so offended when someone else is skeptic of their world views.