RE: So your an Athiest
December 2, 2015 at 11:09 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2015 at 11:16 pm by Simon Moon.)
(December 2, 2015 at 10:55 pm)marko Wrote: I don't claim personal appeals, or quote holy books. But I believe, and also believe Athiests are driven to their beliefs firstly by rejecting God. Not that theres anything wrong with that. Whether evolution is factual or not does not interest me. I was raised Christian, have altered what I believe, and am looking for Athiests to be honest how they arrived at what they believe.
Oh please...
I don't "reject God". I simply do not believe any god exists.
Do you reject the Hindu, Muslim, Zoroastrian gods? Or do you simply disbelieve they exist?
I honestly arrived at my disbelief by never being presented with demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument to support the claim that a god does exist.
I am open to being convinced, but it will take more than ancient texts, anecdotal stories, fallacious philosophical arguments and all the other poor evidence provided by theists so far.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
