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Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 7:58 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 7:11 pm)IATIA Wrote:
(May 10, 2016 at 1:47 pm)Losty Wrote: When Squishy kudoses me I always assume it means he's giving my butt a cyber squeeze.

Everytime I see "squishy', it brings this to mind.




Close... Big Grin but this is me...



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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 7:59 pm (This post was last modified: May 10, 2016 at 8:20 pm by IATIA.)
(May 10, 2016 at 7:14 pm)Losty Wrote: Well that was creepy

And BTW, Squish ends up being a hero.
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 8:01 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 7:59 pm)IATIA Wrote:
(May 10, 2016 at 7:14 pm)Losty Wrote: Well that was creepy

And BTW, Squish ends a being a hero.

For mine he just ends up getting drop kicked to kingdom come...  Big Grin I like yours better  Wink
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 8:08 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 7:28 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:
(May 10, 2016 at 7:14 pm)Losty Wrote: Well that was creepy

It has been a little creepier here lately than usual . . .


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Gross D:
(August 21, 2017 at 11:31 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: "I'm not a troll"
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Hammy Wrote:and we also have a sheep on our bed underneath as well
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 8:09 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 8:01 pm)Emjay Wrote:
(May 10, 2016 at 7:59 pm)IATIA Wrote: And BTW, Squish ends a being a hero.

For mine he just ends up getting drop kicked to kingdom come...  Big Grin I like yours better  Wink

Teehee not in Losty's world. I don't mind a little sting, so you're stuck being my Squishy till the end of time
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 8:12 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 8:09 pm)Losty Wrote:
(May 10, 2016 at 8:01 pm)Emjay Wrote: For mine he just ends up getting drop kicked to kingdom come...  Big Grin I like yours better  Wink

Teehee not in Losty's world. I don't mind a little sting, so you're stuck being my Squishy till the end of time

Yeah, and also you only ever call me bad squishy if I ask you to  Big Grin Blush
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 10, 2016 at 8:14 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 8:12 pm)Emjay Wrote:
(May 10, 2016 at 8:09 pm)Losty Wrote: Teehee not in Losty's world. I don't mind a little sting, so you're stuck being my Squishy till the end of time

Yeah, and also you only ever call me bad squishy if I ask you to  Big Grin Blush

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(August 21, 2017 at 11:31 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: "I'm not a troll"
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 11, 2016 at 12:13 am
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 11, 2016 at 2:04 am
(May 9, 2016 at 9:05 am)Emjay Wrote: What are your most convincing reasons for not believing in god? I don't mean convincing to other people (necessarily) but convincing to yourself... what reasons stop you going back (if you are an ex-theist) even if you wanted to?

I'm an ex-Christian so I have baggage and I admit that very occasionally I am tempted back but one of the reasons that prevents me is simply the fact of contradictions in the Bible: if there are contradictions it can't be infallible, and if it's not infallible but only 'inspired' then how can you trust any of it (or know what to trust)? Ultimately it is that reason that stops me in my tracks if I'm ever tempted to read the Bible again... I literally cannot get past the first few pages of Genesis without thinking 'this is silly' even if I actually want to go back to Christianity.

I'd love to hear what other core reasons people have for not believing... reasons that act like mental blocks to ever returning. Ashamedly I do have doubts from time to time and so am not 100% certain like Rob, but I'd like to be, and I think having a few more core reasons (rather than superficial/semantic reasons) would help  Smile
Do you believe in the Living Goddess Kumari Unikia Bajracharya?  She's right before you.  http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries...-10#980240

Do you believe that Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie I is your savior?  If not, why not?  http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries...-10#980239

You gotta believe in the pagan god Yurya.   http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries...d18#979602
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
May 11, 2016 at 2:36 am (This post was last modified: May 11, 2016 at 2:37 am by robvalue.)
(May 10, 2016 at 4:53 pm)JerryBerry92 Wrote:
(May 9, 2016 at 11:45 pm)Losty Wrote: There now that that's over. I wish I had some cool interesting thing but I don't know anything convincing. My only convincing thing is a lack of convincing reasons to believe in god.

What's wrong with believing in something unprovable that you can just feel in your heart?

It depends how much you care about the belief being accurate. Emotions are very unrealiable in this regard.
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