(May 6, 2025 at 5:30 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: It's ironic that a bunch of atheists are trying to say my theory is wrong by claiming they have no relationship with God. As if that isn't precisely what I'm predicting.
The correlation can't reasonably be in dispute. The key thing here is that I see that correlation as causal.
But what you actually said was...
(May 6, 2025 at 2:57 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: I think, in practice, most people believe or disbelieve for one key factor—relationship. This is something like a heuristic people follow on both ends. You will rarely find someone who believes God is megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, and capriciously malevolent, as Dawkins alleges, and is also a believing Christian. And you will rarely find someone who thinks the God of the bible is merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, as the Bible alleges, and is also a militant atheist.
I think there is a genuine correlation there: For every Christian that says they prayed and were heard, there is an atheist saying they prayed and weren't. The Christian will say God exists because good has happened to them, the atheist will say God doesn't exist because evil happened to them. In other words, the kind of relationship you have with God spills over into a judgment regarding his existence.
Emphasis mine.
So yes, that's precisely what you predicted, to the word. Fun fact: If you have zero girlfriends, you aren't in a relationship.
