RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 15, 2012 at 5:10 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2012 at 5:14 pm by spockrates.)
(August 15, 2012 at 3:57 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(August 15, 2012 at 3:12 pm)spockrates Wrote: How have I not sincerely considered any of your answers?
Still no sign whatsoever that you get that they contain the reasons I don't believe Christianity is true or God is real. You don't have to agree, but some indication that you read them for anything but defensive purposes would be nice.
(August 15, 2012 at 3:12 pm)spockrates Wrote: How have I not worked through what you are saying and figured out how to weed out the truth from the lies of your opinions?
Here's a question for you: why don't I believe in God? You haven't addressed that at all, focusing only on my most minor points about the way you are conducting your investigation.
You were a devout Pentecostal who read the King James Version of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, but you could not understand it. So you tried reading a more modern version. You then became what you call an agnostic theist, but (for reasons not explained) could no longer believe the Bible was inspired. You were gullible and interested in all things fantastic--UFOs, Nessie, hauntings, Yettie and the like. Then you became more skeptical and open minded. A teacher of your made a fool of himself trying to defend his liberal, Orthodox Christian beliefs. So you decided a closed mind was more rational. The proper application of the burden of proof that you learned in a class on logic was also helpful. The class taught you that you should believe nothing until it meets that burden of proof. You then made up your mind to not even provisionally consider God as a possibility. The whole trip took you 20 years without the aid of the Internet.
Does that pretty much sum it up?
(August 15, 2012 at 4:03 pm)catfish Wrote: And the number one reason is....
To bring about the true "New Covenent™".
According to the Bible, we're not under the new covenent yet...
How does the new differ from the old?
(August 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm)MountOlympus Wrote: Ah, see that is where it makes sense! Socrates has always annoyed me with his "do nothing but think" attitude. You are very much the same, minus the annoyance.
I'm glad that you are not just a troll, Spock.
Glad to be here, MO!
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
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