RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter"
October 13, 2015 at 11:29 pm
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2015 at 11:42 pm by jenny1972.)
@jenny1972
So why do you believe something with no proof? You recognize that you can't distinguish a scitzophrenic person from someone "talking to god", you realize you have no proof, you realize that by believing in a deist god that has not contacted humanity in any form such as the Bible or Quran, you realize that you wouldn't believe anything else without evidence.
Seems to me you are just being stubborn, you have developed a mindset that allows you to accept logic, and then still deny the outcome it provides. You've basically admitted in everything you've said that all the evidence points towards you being wrong, but you still believe it. That's not faith, that's childishness to put it bluntly. To realize that all the evidence points otherwise and still deny the outcome it gives, that's simply the inability to accept being wrong.
That's a much less respectable opinion than any than any religious based one. At least religious people think they are right, or think they have a credible reason to believe. Don't fool yourself in to thinking you are holding a "progressive view" on god, or are more nuanced than the old stone aged scriptures, you're not, you're just being stupidly stubborn, just because you have this broad concept of God does not give you some type of pass to claim you accept the positions that disprove yours, but continue to believe otherwise.
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@heatiosrs
i already told you that i do have proof that is the reason why i believe if i didnt have it i would not believe id be an athiest like you . I dont know whats going on in anyone elses head or what their relationship with God is all i know is my own experience just like you cant determine if i am having a spiritual experience or if i have a mental illness you dont know whats in my mind or have any idea what exactly my experience details all you have is an uninformed opinion based on your atheist belief which is worth less than nothing. I do believe that God contacts people all the time outside of the Bible Quran , exc.. and thats right i wouldn't believe anything else without evidence either why do you assume those who believe in God dont require the same proof that you do as if we were another species people dont believe unless they are convinced . I would be stubborn if i did not believe something that has been proven to me to be true , logic is believing what has been proven . what evidence , not your opinion or the opinion of others , points to me being wrong about God or proves that my experience with God isnt real ?
So why do you believe something with no proof? You recognize that you can't distinguish a scitzophrenic person from someone "talking to god", you realize you have no proof, you realize that by believing in a deist god that has not contacted humanity in any form such as the Bible or Quran, you realize that you wouldn't believe anything else without evidence.
Seems to me you are just being stubborn, you have developed a mindset that allows you to accept logic, and then still deny the outcome it provides. You've basically admitted in everything you've said that all the evidence points towards you being wrong, but you still believe it. That's not faith, that's childishness to put it bluntly. To realize that all the evidence points otherwise and still deny the outcome it gives, that's simply the inability to accept being wrong.
That's a much less respectable opinion than any than any religious based one. At least religious people think they are right, or think they have a credible reason to believe. Don't fool yourself in to thinking you are holding a "progressive view" on god, or are more nuanced than the old stone aged scriptures, you're not, you're just being stupidly stubborn, just because you have this broad concept of God does not give you some type of pass to claim you accept the positions that disprove yours, but continue to believe otherwise.
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@heatiosrs
i already told you that i do have proof that is the reason why i believe if i didnt have it i would not believe id be an athiest like you . I dont know whats going on in anyone elses head or what their relationship with God is all i know is my own experience just like you cant determine if i am having a spiritual experience or if i have a mental illness you dont know whats in my mind or have any idea what exactly my experience details all you have is an uninformed opinion based on your atheist belief which is worth less than nothing. I do believe that God contacts people all the time outside of the Bible Quran , exc.. and thats right i wouldn't believe anything else without evidence either why do you assume those who believe in God dont require the same proof that you do as if we were another species people dont believe unless they are convinced . I would be stubborn if i did not believe something that has been proven to me to be true , logic is believing what has been proven . what evidence , not your opinion or the opinion of others , points to me being wrong about God or proves that my experience with God isnt real ?
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today 
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
