(September 24, 2015 at 9:38 am)Whateverist the White Wrote:

(September 24, 2015 at 2:05 am)Ronkonkoma Wrote: Anyway. People who believe need little explanation and people who don't believe will never be content with all the explanation in the world.

Translation:  People who believe already do so before anything is explained or understood.  Those who don't believe are not impressed with any of the rationalizations given for unexplained belief.

You're absolutely right. It's a mater of TRUST. Trust vs. no trust is completely irrational. Mostly mediated by oxytocin at the level of the more "primitive" parts of the brain. Not the logical part at all.

By the way, women tend to be less trusting than men, initially. Are you a woman?

(September 22, 2015 at 8:23 pm)Aractus Wrote: So what does the Abrahamic God actually do, if anything?

He provides comfort to the gullible.

(September 24, 2015 at 2:05 am)Ronkonkoma Wrote: Anyway. People who believe need little explanation and people who don't believe will never be content with all the explanation in the world.

Confirmation bias.

(September 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm)Godschild Wrote: I thought I made that fairly clear, guess not, sorry.

GC

You're clearly not accustomed to thinking.

(September 24, 2015 at 9:09 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: "Interpreting"? The Bible makes it pretty fucking plain women are seen as the inferior sex. You don't have to "interpret" anything, it's there written plainly for you to see.

This applies to a lot of things in the Bible and the Quran, so I'm bit tired of this "interpretation" argument. The most you can do to "interpret" these texts it leave out the bits you don't like. You can't re-word them, twist them, or pretend they have symbolic meaning that means advocating rape of virgin daughters actually means something else. For the most part, these texts are written plainly and there's no "interpretation" needed, it says exactly what it says.

When the Bible says this;

Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. 1 Corinthians 14:34

It is quite plainly saying "women must be in submission". You can't "interpret" (read: spin) that to mean something completely different when it is very clear about what it means. That's far from the most misogynistic quote from the Bible btw.

Will women really get into the gaudy bejeweled golden cube called New Jerusalem?  Remember, there's no sex there so is there any need for them?

Quote: What does your god actually do?

It would seem that standing on the sidelines is a favorite past time of his; given the absence for the first 200,000 years of humanity's life, and his subsequent silence after briefly cosplaying as a rabbi with a martyr complex.

(September 24, 2015 at 9:48 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:

(September 24, 2015 at 9:47 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: Damn, who is the hotty in your avatar?

Yeaux mama.

Fix'd.

(September 25, 2015 at 2:53 am)Ronkonkoma Wrote:

(September 24, 2015 at 9:38 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: Translation:  People who believe already do so before anything is explained or understood.  Those who don't believe are not impressed with any of the rationalizations given for unexplained belief.

You're absolutely right. It's a mater of TRUST. Trust vs. no trust is completely irrational. Mostly mediated by oxytocin at the level of the more "primitive" parts of the brain. Not the logical part at all.

Well, at least you're being honest here.

(September 25, 2015 at 2:53 am)Ronkonkoma Wrote: By the way, women tend to be less trusting than men, initially. Are you a woman?

What's wrong with being a woman?