Tedious Talk with Scott Bryan

 This is a copy of a conversation between ChatGPT & Anonymous. Report content You said: I came across a meme posted to Quora and want to correct it: “Religion asked Atheism. Atheism, why do people ove me, but hate you: theism responded, because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.” I’m hoping you can evaluate my response and perhaps we can improve it into a more poignant and thought provoking meme. I admire the meme, but would have put it differently. Religion is a debilitating lie, by promulgating the conjecture that our world is ruled rather than inviolately lawful. Which explains why atheism is an empowering truth, because it embraces an admittedly inflexible reality rather that pretend faith can overcome it. ChatGPT said: That’s a strong and thoughtful response. You’re clearly aiming for a concise and resonant contrast between the two worldviews—one framed as comforting but misleading, the other as demanding but liberating. I think we can refine your version...

  This is a copy of a conversation between ChatGPT & Anonymous. Report content You said: The initial question: “Are we Christians really that bad?” My Answer: Can’t you answer this yourself? Try to imagine not being a Christian and analyze the tenets of Christianity objectively: How you behave, how you treat other people, whether you’re honest or deceptive, whether you’re more asset or liability to our world doesn’t matter as much in how you’ll be judged as whether or not you believe that only Jesus can redeem you innate sinfulness. Are you honestly incapable of seeing how extremely immoral this assertion is? Because it couldn’t be more backwards in my mind. What you choose to believe is utterly irrelevant. The only thing that matters is how you live your life. And that’s just the tip of an iceberg of what’s wrong with Christianity. It just happens to be its central tenet which is why I started with it. The whole notion of an opaque and unaccountable authority is also exactly...