RE: Atheists in church
September 20, 2021 at 7:45 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2021 at 7:47 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 18, 2021 at 11:31 am)Ahriman Wrote:Quote:there should be no reason for Christians to be wary of atheists in their midst, asking challenging questionsI'm not a Christian, but go ahead and ask the most challenging questions you can think of. I won't stop believing in God no matter what you ask.
Are you saying that you will not give up your god beliefs, even if they are shown to be based on flawed (unsound and invalid) logic, and lack of demonstrable, falsifiable, and verifiable evidence?
And there seems to be this pretty widely used (false) stereotype, that those of us that are unconvinced that gods exist, are the closed minded ones...
Ask anyone here if our minds could be changed about our disbelief in gods, and the overwhelming answer will be "yes".
I am open to being convinced that a god or gods exist. All I need is evidence, reasoned argument, and valid and sound logic to support theist's claims. Without these, what else should be my justification to believe?
Oh, and about the idea that an atheist, or even someone asking the 'wrong' questions being escorted out of a Catholic Church... Yeah, I have stories....
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.