(May 9, 2011 at 8:06 am)Dan Wrote: People will believe things if them try hard enough. If you want to believe that arhaeology has disproved the Bible then that is up to you. The fact is, I cannot prove it is true to you if you do not want to accept it is. It is about faith, faith is irrational, but it dooesn't mean it is wrong in comparrison to what we know through science etc.
Any sane person reading this can instantly understand why most atheists do not want to give time to religious nut jobs.
You are correct, faith is irrational, BUT it IS wrong in so much of what science has to say because no where in science does it imply that a god exists. What you're saying is completely and utterly ludicrous, simply saying 'it doesn't mean i'm wrong' in now way legitimises your claims.
Example:
It's my belief that an invisible pink unicorn orbits the moon. Can you prove me wrong? No. Does that mean my belief is justified? NO.
For all we know there could be an invisible pink unicorn orbitting the moon, but seen as there is no way of knowing one way or another (UNLESS IT PRESENTS ITSELF) then all belief in such a thing is entirely irrational and unjustifiable.
No matter what some piece of text says.
Quote: For example, as I previously mentioned, people used to think the earth was flat and thought it ludricrous that it was anything but that. It is being close-minded to think there is nothig beyond what we can see with out own 2 eyes. Everyone has a soul, what happens to that when the body dies?
The example you used of people thinking the world was flat is a complete and utter myth, it was known by many astrologers and scientists for thousands of years that the world was round, it was only a small minority who believed the earth to be flat. Don't believe everything you see in films.
And it is being more close minded of you to just assume that we have something such as a soul. Science has already told us what happens when the body dies, go read a book, nowhere will it say we have a soul and we go to heaven. Unless you are using the bible as reference DOH!
Quote:And the reason I believe in God is because he has changed my life, and I know this because of things that have happened to me. Furthermore, the Bible does not make sense if you are without faith, but if you have faith it makes sense and you suddenly realise that it is not irrational. I do not expect you to agree with me, or understand the faith I have. You will probably think I am a lunatic but if there was no God, things that I have come to know and experience would be unexplainable by science. At the end of the day, you belive what you want, I'll believe what I want, I just feel it is my duty to stand up for the gospel, which has given me a much happier life than I once had.
Oh believe me my friend science has an explanation for what you believe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusional_disorder