RE: How to convert Christians to atheists in 30 seconds (ironically, using bible)
December 6, 2016 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2016 at 1:30 pm by Cyberman.)
(December 6, 2016 at 1:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 6, 2016 at 1:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: But never tested, because they can't be.
That is correct.
Though I also can't "test" a lot of other things that I believe to be true. Such as the fact that my husband loves me.
Indeed, which is why it's vital not to conflate the two categories - things we believe are true and can be tested for validity, and things we believe to be true because that's all there is to go on.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
