(November 4, 2015 at 10:14 am)robvalue Wrote: OK so I've been on this forum for over a year now. I've listened to hundreds of hours of The Atheist Experience and other theistic discussion type stuff. The results so far:
Step 1: Define god. What is a god?
Answer.... lsdkfmlsdfmwegnwiegnpwiegnwipengpdnsfnsfspdf
So, yeah. I haven't even been able to move on to asking any questions about it because even people who talk to it constantly have no idea what it is.
Also, I realized that religious theists have barely been able to make me understand why they are part of their religion. The only two things I've heard which sound actually honest and convincing to some degree are:
A) That's how I was raised
B) I'm scared to leave the religion
Everything else I've been told does not sound like the real reason. I feel people either don't know the real reason themselves, or are loathe to discuss it. They may fully believe they are telling me the real reason, but I am not convinced that it actually is. Often they present rationalizations that wouldn't convince a drunk zebra. And logical arguments which fall way short of their particular religion, even if they were valid.
Weird. If anyone truly wanted to convince me to join a religion, they should really be able to explain to me exactly why they are part of that religion. If that explanation sounds bogus, what chance do they have of recruiting me?
You are correct Rob.
When i was little and my sex hormones didn't yet kicked in i could not understand why two people kissing would have fun.
It took few more years to understand that.
To understand God require one to grow up too.
You just can't pretend that a small consciousness can grasp the importance to merge into the big consciousness.
