(April 19, 2016 at 11:33 am)Esquilax Wrote:(April 18, 2016 at 8:01 pm)AJW333 Wrote: You would see a changed set of values, ie more of the "fruit of the Spirit" should be evident in your life,
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Gal 5:22
Oh, and falsified on the very first hurdle! Wonderful!
So, my family has three case studies in it for this: my wife, my brother-in-law, and my father-in-law. The latter two are devout christians with beliefs that roughly align with yours, as far as I've seen what you believe here: they are also highly depressed, aggressive people that lash out at their family, isolate themselves from others, and say the most hateful things. So much for "joy, peace, kindness," and so on there.
My wife is no longer a christian, but she was for many years, and before you begin baselessly speculating about how she totally wasn't, I will tell you that my wife spent several months in an intensive care unit, refusing medical treatment in favor of praying to your god, while her organs shut down and she drew ever closer to death. If faith in god nigh unto death doesn't make you a christian, I don't know what will. She also reports being much happier now than she ever was under your religion, and that now she doesn't spend her life in fear of demonic influences and the supernatural. Her stress levels have fallen, her instances of hateful behavior have reduced, and her love, joy, patience and so on have increased, since becoming an atheist. The opposite of what you said.
So, you made a testable claim, and right away, I have three examples of that not being the case. Your evidence is falsified. Good job.
Do you think that the experiences of three people constitutes scientific proof of anything? For a guy who bangs on and on about the scientific method, your appeal to anecdotal experience is quite a turnaround.