(July 12, 2011 at 9:34 am)Autechre Wrote: Hi Alastor - allow me to welcome you to the forum. Seems that you have ruffled a few of the bigger birds feathers, as well as causing offense (which I find deliciously ironic, given the amount of criticism religious folk get for being similarly offended). Relating to why Atheists choose NOT to believe in god, I think that each person would have varying reasons. Possibly that for a creator to exist then that entity would also be subject to design is the most prominent argument. I think it is obvious the the sexist, greedy, easily offended gods that monotheistic religions pimp out can be ruled out by ANYBODY of reasonable intelect. I would be interested to hear about what religious background you/your parents have. Anyways welcome !
Thanks man. Actually I was originally raised as a Christian. I began question these beliefs during adolescence for the very reasons you suggested (sexist, greed, ego etc.) and now admit that I simply do not know. I remember asking my dad why women can't be priest, when their mental capacity is the same as a mans, and I think he said because their period makes them unholy or something like that. My own personal belief about God is that God can only be known through personal self discovery. There is no general library you look for to find God. You can only know through your own journey, if is its possible.
Many of these guys think I'm calling them ignorant when I was actually saying "isn't it ignorance to say you know something when you know you do not". No one can disagree with this and if it does not actually apply to anyone here then there is no reason to get upset over it, especially you agree the claim ,that this ignorance, yourself.
