(November 29, 2017 at 1:26 pm)Lek Wrote:(November 28, 2017 at 9:22 pm)curiosne Wrote: This is argument is terribly worded and executed. What you mean is, belief in magical deities have been around since time immemorial but belief in the Jewish God has only been around since 1500 BCE while the Judeo Christian God started in the 1st Century CE.
Ofcourse everyone fears the unknown and that's why magical explanations have been put forth as a comfort blanket. How is your reply above a good argument for the existence of your Juedeo Christian God since all beliefs in the different types of magical explanations can't all be right.
I don't understand how you can determine your's is right above all others, unless you've looked into every magical explanation which is nigh impossible in a single lifetime.
I wasn't making an argument for the existence of the Judeo-Christian God, but since you mentioned it, that God has been around from infinity. He didn't just appear around 1500 BC. My point in my post is that if a person has any belief that there might be a god, that belief will will be a factor in what he expects to experience after death. It's impossible to totally ignore the possibility of an afterlife in that case. If a person is totally convinced that there is no God, then he doesn't have that concern.
So many lies in a single post.
"God has been around from infinity" Where the hell did that claim come from.
"He is the one who created the universe in which we exist" Nope. Where do you get that from?
"He didn't just appear around 1500 BC" Wow, you are unable to add.. Explain chinese history. That is a lot older. How about the Mingo people of Australia? 40 kya?
"My point in my post is that if a person has any belief that there might be a god, that belief will will be a factor in what he expects to experience after death.". That would be nothing.Disagree ? Feel free to share your experiences after you died.
"It's impossible to totally ignore the possibility of an afterlife in that case." No,it isn't. A moment's brief thought would elaborate that for you.
"If a person is totally convinced that there is no God, then he doesn't have that concern." And there you fall flat. I am an atheist. Do I claim there is no god? Nope.