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What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 12:45 am
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2015 at 12:45 am by Shuffle.)
Theists, what would it take for you to convert into another religion? I am not sure what religion, but just for now, another one of the Abrahamic religions.
This question is always asked of atheists, so I thought it was about time to flip the script and have the theists answer.
Thanks!
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 12:53 am
Yeah, good luck with that question. They can't conceive of converting to another religion because they're right and theirs is the One True Faith.
You knew that, silly.
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 1:08 am
If I was religious I'd go for the one that doesn't molest kids as part of its canon.
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 1:18 am
They'd have to steal a pagan holiday like the Christians did, and turn it into something pretty awesome that most of the world celebrates. That'd be a good start.
Having to wear something over my head at all times and not being able to eat bacon is kind of a deal breaker, but I'm not much into the rules of these religions anyway.
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 1:26 am
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It's tricky, isn't it?
The problem is that whatever amazing events may occur, people are automatically going to attribute them to the mythology they've been brainwashed with. But there's no way to distinguish which godly force was involved, if any.
PS: something just happened which I thought was sort of relevant. I got up and went downstairs. I looked into my garden, and I saw my black rabbit sitting patiently by the door of his run waiting to be let out onto the garden. But then I also saw my black rabbit at the other end of his run, moving about. How could this be? I looked back to where I saw him sitting still by the door. He wasn't there, it was some shadows that looked a bit like him.
It's interesting how within less than a second I'd already decided there was not only a rabbit there, but a very specific rabbit, with a specific intent. Had I looked away more quickly after this, I could have come away with that incorrect conclusion and would have been happy to tell people all about that experience.
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 8:13 am
Rob, don't get carried away! Remember, we're all brains in vats.
Do we then imagine the rabbits as being real in our minds or do they have their own little vats too? The scientific jury is still out on that one...
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 9:05 am
(September 9, 2015 at 12:45 am)Shuffle Wrote: Theists, what would it take for you to convert into another religion? I am not sure what religion, but just for now, another one of the Abrahamic religions.
This question is always asked of atheists, so I thought it was about time to flip the script and have the theists answer.
Thanks!
10grams weed and 5 pills LSD will do the trick I guess.
whatever floats your goat
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 11:18 am
Convert NOW and get the salvation of your immortal soul 50% OFF!!!!!
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