(November 30, 2015 at 8:32 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:I would not want to exclude anyone from joining this forum, or tell you to get off, regardless of what you believe. However, if you did not join an Atheist forum for the purpose of expressing or talking about your beliefs, why did you join? I'm genuinely curious, i'm not saying this to try and make you leave or anything, I just don't see a real purpose based on what you described, considering the subject matter of the forum is made clear as day with the name and website address.(November 30, 2015 at 8:28 pm)Heat Wrote: I agree with that and all, but for lack of better words, I think it's rather contradictory to come on an atheist forum and embrace religion whilst never opening up or explaining why.
It's my personal belief, that the pathway to truth is to open yourself up to other possibilities, and maybe, if you explained why you believe what you believe, people could have a chance to help you recognize faults in your logic regarding the evidence aspect. I don't think it's good to close your belief off because you have come to know and love it so well, that you don't want to even give others the opportunity to change it.
That's just what I think though, I mean all of that with respect, of course.
I don't disagree with the principle of what you're saying. I just don't think an atheist forum is a good place to do this, especially when I've personally seen things turn very nasty here. I did not join to talk about my own beliefs.
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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There is God and there is man, it's only a matter of who created whom
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The more questions you ask, the more you realize that disagreement is inevitable, and communication of this disagreement, irrelevant.
