(April 28, 2020 at 12:14 am)ignoramus Wrote:Quote:However, I do not consider myself an atheist. At least not yet.
Do you think it's intellectually honest to be "not" an atheist until further examination?
Shouldn't one "be" an atheist until they make up their mind?
If one already carries the baggage of religion, then all bets are off. Their logic circuits are already damaged and no logical discussion can be had.
It always ends up as trolling.
Do you think you may be a troll?
> Shouldn't one "be" an atheist until they make up their mind?
Of course - but some of use were indoctrinated into a religion as children and have deal with such baggage. I am definitely not a troll.
I spent 10 years at Catholic school and was raised by a very religious mother. I owe it to myself to examine all avenues.
As I said at first, most people would already consider me an atheist. In fact, I bet in any other forum I *would* be an atheist.
I think the OP is at least a reasonable and logical question. Why do we have the ILLUSION of free will? Perhaps you think free will is real. I can't see that. So such an illusion could be provided by a 'divine' spark, no? I'm not saying it is - but nearly every theist "proof" I have seen can be refuted. I came up with this one myself.
If I posted this in a religious forum, I'd get a bunch of rambling kumbya come-back-to-us useless responses.
So...what do you think?
