Questions to Believers

My first post in my questions series.

yes I realize incest was used incorrectly in that one part of it.

They will get better I swear :P

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• Atheist
• Christian
• religion

[Sophiethefembot]

4 (cont)..deny a God in anyway- God could have prchestrated the process. 5. Well thats a tricky thing: I see no proof for evolution, only data which is interpreted according to one's worldview. If you have presupposed already that there's no God, you will find the evidence "overwhelming!". Personally, as a theist I do not find that. Also the layers you speak of - some of them have found to have tree trunks upright going throughout all of them. Hmm not sure bout the animals have to look into tht

[glitterbypink]

@Sophiethefembot You get your evidence of god from personal accounts or from a book. I'll take my evidence any day. Most of gods laws are love god. I find it hard to follow rules which flatter their creator.

[Sophiethefembot]

@glitterbypink I understand. Well actually I get my evidence from a multitude of places. Have you ever heard belief in God being referred to as a 'meta belief'? This is when there are several components making up your belief in God. These include philosophical arguments, interpretations of data collected from observation of the universe and natural world, personal experiences and much more. This is what makes belief in God hard to dismantle...

[glitterbypink]

@Sophiethefembot I think that actually makes it easier to dismantle, since, all of those types of "evidence" could equally support other gods or mythical creatures.

[Sophiethefembot]

@glitterbypink well yes technically you are right but thats not the point I was trying to make. My point was that you have to attack EVERY facet of a believer's meta belief in order to weaken their faith or else make them deconvert altogether. Say If you showed why my personal experiences of what I concieve to be God were invalid, I could then still hold to my belief by means of the other compartments of it such as philsophical arguments.

[glitterbypink]

@Sophiethefembot True that.

[paradigmentropy]

@Sophiethefembot If it requires multiple proofs to validate the existence of a "god", then it stands to reason that your proof is WEAKER than the "bible thumpers". Why is that? What happens plant, and detonate, explosives on the first floor of a skyscraper? What happens if you light just one square centimeter of your CPU on fire? DEPENDENCIES ARE WEAKNESSES, NOT STRENGTHS.

[karadan100]

@Sophiethefembot No you don't. You just have to ask few very simple questions and mock their belief to the point they go out and research stuff to prove you wrong. Because there are certain points of logic which cannot be refuted by religion, the only way a religious person can get round it is to ignore it completely, or try to engage it in rational dialogue/research. The former retains their faith and the latter begins their de-conversion process. Most christians have never read the bible.

[karadan100]

@Sophiethefembot But that's a common belief in a 'grand creator' which in my opinion, isn't a silly proposition at all. It's probably quite logical to assume something must have created everything, or at least, initiated a creation process. This is, however, an unknowable element as our brains cannot comprehend infinity or 'before time'. For religion to claim rights to *insert any demented belief here* and then act on those beliefs is one of the most terrifying concepts humanity has to offer.

[karadan100]

@Sophiethefembot I believe in evolution because anyone can test for it themselves and get the same results as the rest of the scientific community. That's science; testable and repeatable through experimentation and observation. Crucially, it is consistent in its approach to understanding reality. I've only rejected god after applying scientific criteria to it and I've kept an open mind to its possibility (I still do) but religion has yet to provide any supporting evidence for god's existence.

[ikawpipa]

You have no proof that I exist therefore I do not exist. what you are reading is just your imagination.

[Sophiethefembot]

@Sophiethefembot Yeah it will look that way if you don't know Who God really is and by rights He should be flattered well...because He is perfect!! But He in Himself is humble. He showed us in the person of Jesus Christ that He was willing to serve US His Creation, purely out of His love for us. He cares deeply for every person on this planet, Laura and that includes you too - He wants to flatter YOU!! :)