RE: open minded to opinions
September 30, 2020 at 9:12 pm
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2020 at 9:13 pm by ignoramus.)
OP, firstly welcome.
As a sceptic, I will dive right in.
You are already making logical fallacies, probably without realizing it. (As is usually the case).
Don't let this put you off. It takes practice. Remember we didn't choose to become atheists.
Our logical intellect demanded it of us.
OK, You saw a saucer move. That's weird, right?
You know what's weirder? Ghosts? Divine intervention? Fairy healing crystals?
Occam's razor basically states (to paraphrase) that you can't explain away something unlikely by introducing even more complexity (unlikeliness) to the explanation.
What you are experiencing/thinking is just plain confirmation bias. We all have it.
Basically because you can't think of any other reason for why the plate moved, then you automatically gravitated to your favorite (subconsciously) fairy tale.
Have you even asked yourself: even if it was divine intervention, why would it automatically be "divinity" which you can relate to?
Why couldn't it be the devil or one of the other 3,500 soul stealing Gods
Careful what you wish for matey.
Until then, as an atheist, I'm on the sidelines as far as picking a God. Too many to chose from and I'm not playing Russian roulette with my "soul" with the God that my parents inherited.
That would just make the ONE TRUE GOD™ a simple geo political issue. Is that all God is to you?
As a sceptic, I will dive right in.
You are already making logical fallacies, probably without realizing it. (As is usually the case).
Don't let this put you off. It takes practice. Remember we didn't choose to become atheists.
Our logical intellect demanded it of us.
OK, You saw a saucer move. That's weird, right?
You know what's weirder? Ghosts? Divine intervention? Fairy healing crystals?
Occam's razor basically states (to paraphrase) that you can't explain away something unlikely by introducing even more complexity (unlikeliness) to the explanation.
What you are experiencing/thinking is just plain confirmation bias. We all have it.
Basically because you can't think of any other reason for why the plate moved, then you automatically gravitated to your favorite (subconsciously) fairy tale.
Have you even asked yourself: even if it was divine intervention, why would it automatically be "divinity" which you can relate to?
Why couldn't it be the devil or one of the other 3,500 soul stealing Gods
Careful what you wish for matey.Until then, as an atheist, I'm on the sidelines as far as picking a God. Too many to chose from and I'm not playing Russian roulette with my "soul" with the God that my parents inherited.
That would just make the ONE TRUE GOD™ a simple geo political issue. Is that all God is to you?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Know God, Know fear.
