question about the bible

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I believe this is very well put fr0d0, I would say you have a good grasp of realtiy on this point. I haven't believed that there is a God just because someone told me there is. It took me a long time, a lot of investigating and soul searching until I arrived at my own conclusions about a creator. It was entirely MY choice.

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So if no one told you about a god, why would you do so much "investigating and soul searching?"

And if, having decided you need to do that, did you study all religions (Islam, Judaism, the variations of Christianity, Wicca, animism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Shinto, &c), or just one version of Christianity? And if the latter, why did you decide to accept that and reject all the others without even looking at them? What makes you an atheist on all religions except yours?

The atheists here would say that there is only one difference between you and them: you believe in one more god than they. They would say I have two more than they. So do I win with a pair?

If you decided to give Christianity "a fair shake" and study it intensely, I wonder why you did not do that with all religions. Organised ones like yours, unorganised ones like mine, and many others. And to be fair to yourself (the only fairness that matters in such things), atheism should also get much "investigating and soul searching" as well.

Then when you have done that, most folk here would be more likely to accept your premise that "you arrived at your own conclusions." As you describe it now, you limited yourself to intense study of one aspect of the question of religion, did not study any other, nor atheism, and made a "free will choice." In fact there was no other choice or conclusion to make (you only studied one), there was no will (you chose not to study anything else), and I'll bet the study wasn't free either (atheism, Wicca, and many other religions do not have collection plates).

WOW. An amazing response to my post. Should I take this personally, is this just a personal bias on your part about every Christian in existence? Are you taking my entire life’s teachings out of context and are you trying to make some ridiculous analogy about what I believe? Well, from now on I promise that every time I post in this forum, that I will include an elaborate, comprehensive biography of my life and ALL my tutelage. (please note the sarcasm in this statement).

How do you know by what I said just how many religions I did study? Also about my choice of religious beliefs, how did you arrive at the conclusion that I “did not study any other, nor atheism”. What about, as you said, “What makes you an atheist on all religions except yours?” These are your words Anymouse.

I suggest you consult a dictionary to look up the word atheist, and also another word I stated in my post, investigating.

Is all of this an attack on me to try and support your beliefs?
Perhaps you should remember how you yourself arrived at your choice of religious beliefs before you question others.