(October 9, 2012 at 1:42 am)Godschild Wrote: In some ways I agree with Insanity X, spirituality has become a go to word for anyone who wants to make a point about what they believe yet can not prove. For me it is not a requirement of God that I have to nor need to prove His existence, what is required to be spiritual is having an ear for God and living the truth He places in my life, actually I believe that is a requirement for all Christians. So, when I use the word spiritual, I'm not trying to prove anything other than I listen to God and try to live as He desires, which mostly I fail at.
Nice admission "what they believe yet cannot prove".
NOW that you have been honest enough with yourself to make that admission, you should understand WHY the only difference between you and an atheist is that we simply reject one more god claim than you do.
Argument from tradition is a fallacious argument.
Argument from popularity is also a falacious argument.
You are not a Muslim or Jew or Hindu and would not buy their arguments from tradition or popularity if they argued for their god.
Befor you get to word one of any book of myth that claims a non material being you are STILL stuck with no evidence. If you wont buy the other arguments for other gods then that lack of evidence standard, should also apply to the position you hold.
YOU ARE on the right track with the attitude of not accepting something without evidence, now take that same RIGHTFUL standard and dont be afraid to apply it to your own claims.
If you do that you will understand why we do what we do and where we are comming from as skeptics.
If the gods of others "sound too good to be true" what makes you think you are not making the same mistake they are?
