RE: Do you see any benefits to religious faith?
September 16, 2016 at 9:56 am
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2016 at 10:36 am by Mudhammam.)
(September 15, 2016 at 9:20 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: Did I not quote several popular historical non-biblical sources that used it in the same manner and supported my original claim that the founders of the Christian religion meant it in that manner from the source document the Christians use to support their entire religion??? Yes. I have.My "atheistic confirmation bias"?!? That's so cute! Did you come up with that one all on your own? Probably, because like so much else of what you've said, it's irrelevant here. Nothing in my remarks hinges on whether or not I believe in this or that god, or no gods at all. My point has been simple. I'll repeat it once more so please pay attention this time:
You want it to mean what you want it to mean due to your atheistic confirmation bias. It's plain as blinding day light.
I have accepted the burden of proof and provided a plethora of evidence from relevant source of the time. But you, just like the spitting flip image of a religious fundamentalist cannot change perspective even when confronted with overwhelming evidence.
Unless you've demanded and received the same evidence that Thomas requested and was granted, then your belief in the claims of the books (including the words and "works" of "the founder") rests, according to Christ himself, on blind faith. And this is what both he and yourself would seem to encourage.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza