(August 30, 2011 at 12:40 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(August 30, 2011 at 12:09 pm)salty Wrote: I respectfully disagree on many points with a Buddhist I know, I respectfully disagree on many points with an atheist I know (in person) and yet, I never once ask for evidence for their beliefs,
Maybe you should start. Would help to cut through the bullshit in life. Please, I'm begging you, tell me what's so absurd or insulting about evidence?
My point is that I don't ask them for evidence, because I'm not trying to convert them to my side, I am trying to understand how they got to where they are, what really changed in their lives because of their faith, but if I want evidence for their claims, I take note of the claims and I look for myself.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6