(February 20, 2017 at 11:19 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(February 17, 2017 at 5:26 pm)Drich Wrote: Omg...
Can one of you non retarded atheists please explain it to him...
I can. Drich is incoherent babbler, whose willful ignorance and name-calling show that believing in god does precious little to help behavior or morality. Unless he was a REAL prick before...
(February 19, 2017 at 8:26 pm)SteveII Wrote: This is only "believing because it feels good" if the claims of Jesus are false. Actually, even that is not true. As long as people believe the claims to be true, their belief is based on the perceived truth value of the claim and not because "it feels good".Oh, please. Existential nihilism? Not true. Look at the gullibility of America during the last election. Too many people want to feel good, and will believe anything to feel that way.[2] And whats the down side? Believing in god costs you nothing, you don't have to give up anything, and all is forgiven anyway. When somebody claims a personal relationship with a deity, and acts like a bigoted, narrow minded egotist, why would I buy it? [3]
It seems you are judging an ideology on the how well a sampling of its adherents have put it into practice and asserting motives beyond what you could possibly know. Seems like you are full of opinions with very little reasoning and facts.
Perceived truth value is meaningless if it has not been determined such a truth exists. Since there is not objective evidence to the claim, What other reason is there to believe? [1]
And the last comment just blew another irony meter.
Except many people apparently can't cope with the Existential Nihilism that atheism leads to. Perhaps that is why, despite the "information age" your message isn't resonating with as many people as you might have thought.
1. Why isn't there objective evidence for Christ? What do you call the NT? The life of Christ is the most attested to series of events in ancient history. Christian beliefs are rational and therefore not "wishful thinking" as you charged.
2. You are spouting nothing but opinion. Are you disputing that atheism leads to existential nihilism? Judging by the fact that atheists account for such a small tiny segment of the world's population, it seems like people are not entirely satisfied with what you have to offer--despite the "information age" premise of the OP.
3. You misunderstand Christianity. You probably should know more about what you mock. Again, you keep conflating people's failure to keep to the very clear tenets of Christianity with Christianity. Poor argumentation.
