(July 28, 2020 at 4:24 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:I repeated it because the thing with you is that you don't answer questions directly. you answer with a question of your own or a statement pertaining to my beliefs. but you don't actually answer.(July 28, 2020 at 4:10 pm)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: I didn't mean it that way. How do you explain why things happen without bringing God into it.The same way that you do with god. Asking the same question won't get you a different answer.
Quote:How do I delete my account?
The same way that any of us would.
Honestly think about what you're asking us. Let's say that you apprehend the world through teleology - which is to say that you explain an event by the purpose it serves rather than the cause by which it arises. God's plan, the ultimate purpose. Well, purpose and teleology aren't restricted to gods. Other people, who don't believe in gods, might also find reason and use in explaining things by referring to their purpose. Why is there a hammer here? Because I intend to strike a nail. Why do fish have gills? To breathe. You might notice that you can understand these explanations, and see nothing obviously wrong with them. They don't refer to any gods.
How often, if you really worked it out, do you refer to god in your own life? I'd be willing to bet that the difference between yourself and an atheist, with respect to your question, is small to non-existent. We may as well ask you how you do x without believing in the aztec gods - and you'd instantly grasp the problem that you're facing here, with us.
I feel like you take whatever I say as an attack or you twist it some way when it was really meant to be a innocent question.
I'm serious about deleting my account, I don't think any of this is gonna benefit me. sorry for wasting everybody's time. I cant find a delete account button, can somebody help??
