(October 3, 2015 at 4:23 am)houseofcantor Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 4:14 am)bambi_swag Wrote: Little thing you need to know here. The Bible, regardless of what happens or is, always makes sense to me because my life even if time machine existed to prove the Bible wrong. I'll tell you why.

I was a normal, intelligent skeptical unsheeple dude weary of organized religious idiots that are stuck to to one single book and can't get their close-minded off of it. I really do know how you feel about people like me who want to shoe horn their God into Science.

I can't say a big 3 page life story but I have become exactly what I have dreaded so I'm uncontrablly stuck with the Bible ever since two years.

.I've only been this faithy creatard Evolution-twister for only 2 years now so if you met me a long while back you would have been happier and met an open-minder  person.

But I'll remain this way for life. It's like I've been put under an uncontrollable faith-spell. I just no longer simply CAN'T view life outside the Bible.

Likely a function of repetition and ritual. If you're in an environment of "Bible," you're gonna have to get out of that environment to get out of it. And at 18 it's too early to tell if remaining that way for life is an actual consideration.

I was actually in an Environment of Hinduism and Islam most of my life. My parents gave up on prosletyzing me for being so caught in the Theosophic and New Age bullshit thay flies around. You may think I'm crazy or lying, but I literally became a Christian all of a sudden one fine day after a prayer.

Scratch what I just said then, you're an anomaly

I don't think you're lying, but I do think you're assigning agency to events that have none, and spotting patterns where there are none. Humans are extremely vulnerable to both of these.

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(October 3, 2015 at 4:31 am)robvalue Wrote: Scratch what I just said then, you're an anomaly

I don't think you're lying, but I do think you're assigning agency to events that have none, and spotting patterns where there are none. Humans are extremely vulnerable to both of these.

You're right. I have tendancy to jump to conclusions and find meaningless patterns out of random unrelated shit. Such as that retarded thing conspiracy theorists do like #barcodesarethemarkofthebeast

(October 3, 2015 at 2:53 am)houseofcantor Wrote: I generally assume I'm full of shit, that way no feelings are hurt. 

I know I was full of shit recently when I suffered constipation.

You seem remarkably self aware. I wouldn't write off the rest of your life at such a young age.

It's up to you whether you want to train yourself to think more logically, or if you're happy with how you are now

(October 3, 2015 at 4:53 am)Irrational Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 2:53 am)houseofcantor Wrote: I generally assume I'm full of shit, that way no feelings are hurt. 

I know I was full of shit recently when I suffered constipation.

Yikes. My shit's metaphorical. And metaphysical. 

(October 3, 2015 at 4:30 am)bambi_swag Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 4:23 am)houseofcantor Wrote: Likely a function of repetition and ritual. If you're in an environment of "Bible," you're gonna have to get out of that environment to get out of it. And at 18 it's too early to tell if remaining that way for life is an actual consideration.

I was actually in an Environment of Hinduism and Islam most of my life. My parents gave up on prosletyzing me for being so caught in the Theosophic and New Age bullshit thay flies around. You may think I'm crazy or lying, but I literally became a Christian all of a sudden one fine day after a prayer.

It's not about what you "feel is right", it's about what you can prove.
Do you know how many supernatural things that have been properly investigated have turned out to be supernatural.....zero.
There is literally no evidence that supernatural is a thing.
On the other hand if it makes you feel better and your views are not inflicted on any one else knock yourself out.

(October 3, 2015 at 5:04 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 4:30 am)bambi_swag Wrote: I was actually in an Environment of Hinduism and Islam most of my life. My parents gave up on prosletyzing me for being so caught in the Theosophic and New Age bullshit thay flies around. You may think I'm crazy or lying, but I literally became a Christian all of a sudden one fine day after a prayer.

It's not about what you "feel is right", it's about what you can prove.
Do you know how many supernatural things that have been properly investigated have turned out to be supernatural.....zero.
There is literally no evidence that supernatural is a thing.
On the other hand if it makes you feel better and your views are not inflicted on any one else knock yourself out.

He's kinda stuck in his environment, though. :/

(October 3, 2015 at 5:04 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 4:30 am)bambi_swag Wrote: I was actually in an Environment of Hinduism and Islam most of my life. My parents gave up on prosletyzing me for being so caught in the Theosophic and New Age bullshit thay flies around. You may think I'm crazy or lying, but I literally became a Christian all of a sudden one fine day after a prayer.

It's not about what you "feel is right", it's about what you can prove.
Do you know how many supernatural things that have been properly investigated have turned out to be supernatural.....zero.
There is literally no evidence that supernatural is a thing.
On the other hand if it makes you feel better and your views are not inflicted on any one else knock yourself out.

Reminds me of a thread I wanted to pos which you guys will be super skeptical about. I won't do it today as I tired of forum notifications on my phone. But still, Thnx for the good advice. [emoji122] [emoji120]

Bambi ... I think you're smart enough to understand both sides of the theist/atheist equation.
Emotionally you have chosen theism. That brings you inner peace... That's a good thing...
You need not have to prove anything to us ...

Let me ask you something... Do you think something as complex as a "God" who can make the universe in 6 days just spontaneously appeared?
Even if there are gods, they too had to evolve from a single celled life. This is abiogenesis ... Either way you look at it ...it's real ...