(November 30, 2015 at 7:57 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:I'm not weighing in on your views, frankly this isn't the proper thread to debate something like that, however if you want to debate or at least have a back and forth conversation I think you need to stop being so general and actually explain what that personal experience is/what that supposed evidence is, otherwise anyone could have guessed those two would be your reasoning, it's not really adding to the conversation, and if you are going to be on an atheist forum you should probably be prepared to open up about your views as from what i've seen you've seemed rather reserved on explaining your religious beliefs.(November 30, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: A "con" or "confidence trick" is when a person gains another's confidence in order to take advantage of or defraud the other person, so in that respect I agree with Cathy that one cannot "con" oneself.
What Simon is describing sounds more like self-deception.
Since you brought it up, what are your beliefs based on?
A large part of it is personal experience/evidence.
Which is better:
To die with ignorance, or to live with intelligence?
Truth doesn't accommodate to personal opinions.
The choice is yours.
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