Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.

[emjay]

Because it's an idea that people talk about, not something I could directly observe in nature or even validate on a philosophical level.

There are lots of irrational ideas you could entertain and suspend reason for, if only for entertainment purposes, but this one isn't even interesting. It's disgusting on a moral level and terrifyingly banal. It makes my mind gag.

I actually do feel like compiling a list now - you know how much I love collating stats and stuff   - and that's gotta go on there: 'lot's of irrational ideas you could entertain and suspend reason for'. It's so true, that's in essence what it's all about. As to it being morally disgusting, I didn't see that until I came to this site... I'd never seen that perspective before because I'd never read the bible objectively like that before... but now I fully agree. And banal too... if there's one thing I associate most with Christian teaching it's total and utter boredom.