(May 12, 2023 at 2:09 pm)Kingpin Wrote:(May 12, 2023 at 1:59 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: No. Kind of a double whammy, right? I have no reason to believe that these gods exist and they're all moral trash as the faithful tell it. Looks like it's rubbed off on you, too. The OP insinuates that anyone who doesn't believe the silly shit you believe..is fronting. Let's be honest.
I'm not clear how my post insinuated anything of the sort. I simply asked if there was any argument given that caused you to pause and believe there to believe in a deity. Einstein's Spinoza God as an example. Rejection of religion, indoctrination, God of the Bible, but was a deist in terms of there seems to be an intelligent being out there responsible for what we see/experience.
You know, I believe that wholeheartedly. Just like I believe you don't see how you continue the same in the response to another poster above. Yet another demerit for this whole business?
Spinoza was an atheist who had his work published posthumously...for reasons. No, I don't find that a spinozan philosophy makes me think a god does or might exist, and it's pretty clear spinoza didn't either.
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