Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually not interested in trying to convince believers that they are "wrong". In fact, although I enjoy watching the debates, I find them utterly pointless. Taking a step back from these debates, one has to acknowledge that the believers must promote their agena, or their religion dies. "Atheists" have no such agenda, or "calling"...and that set of ideals continues if all believe it...or none.
I have a friend that is now "certified" to teach the apologetics classes at his church. Apologetics...I dare not open my mouth in regard to that subject around my Christian friends, as I am afraid I will unleash the fury of the PEARL model (physical evidence and reasoned logic), and set them into a defensive stammer. Apologetics is a bastardization of science, and it uses REAL science, although at times "cherry-picked", to justify, and promote dogma.
But, I do enjoy healthy discussions...unfortunately, these are hard to have with someone who will not budge from what they have been told is "true". I hope there is a God...that might be nice. But, I don't see it as a reality. It's a strange thing...a dark-hearted atheist open to pretty much anything that can be observed and quantified...versus...a light-hearted, bubbly Christian, standing firm on a belief for which there is zero evidence. Yet...the "atheists" are the close minded.
I have a friend that is now "certified" to teach the apologetics classes at his church. Apologetics...I dare not open my mouth in regard to that subject around my Christian friends, as I am afraid I will unleash the fury of the PEARL model (physical evidence and reasoned logic), and set them into a defensive stammer. Apologetics is a bastardization of science, and it uses REAL science, although at times "cherry-picked", to justify, and promote dogma.
But, I do enjoy healthy discussions...unfortunately, these are hard to have with someone who will not budge from what they have been told is "true". I hope there is a God...that might be nice. But, I don't see it as a reality. It's a strange thing...a dark-hearted atheist open to pretty much anything that can be observed and quantified...versus...a light-hearted, bubbly Christian, standing firm on a belief for which there is zero evidence. Yet...the "atheists" are the close minded.
Let your anger be as a monkey in a piñata; hiding with the candy, hoping the children do not break through with a stick.
