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Speaking In Tongues
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RE: Speaking In Tongues
(October 23, 2008 at 1:01 pm)chatpilot Wrote: I dont believe in heaven,hell,God,Satan nor angels simply because I believe we get all of these concepts from the scriptures and ancient mythology.Man has always tried to personify good and evil all it takes is a little trip through ancient myths and beliefs and you will see how true that statement is.I live in a simple natural world which in and of itself poses enough of a challenge to keep me occupied till the day that I die.I don't need religion to waste my time and make my life just a little bit harder by trying to live to the standards of a fictional being.

I can certainly see where you're coming from - I believe I've been there.
However, I believe my disbelief in God is certainly much stronger and less shakey (but not unshakeable, that would be fundamentalist) than it used to be thanks to Dawkins' book, TGD. Particularly the arguments about Evidence, lack of evidence, the ideas of Russel's Teapot and the FSM....but more than anything else the argument from improbablity is probably what has strengthened my disbelief the most(to a reasonable extent). I know some people say "How can you strengthen disbelief?" But all I mean is that I understand God's improbablity more now...and I now think his existence is extremely improbable. So I don't think his existence is as probable as I used to (some months back), nor do I think his existence is disproved.
I 'just' think his existence is 'merely' extremely(probably close to infinitely)improbable.
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Speaking In Tongues - by Meatball - September 7, 2008 at 5:59 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Tiberius - September 7, 2008 at 6:06 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Meatball - September 7, 2008 at 6:24 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Mystic Monkey - September 7, 2008 at 6:27 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Meatball - September 7, 2008 at 7:08 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Mystic Monkey - September 7, 2008 at 10:02 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Jason Jarred - September 7, 2008 at 11:23 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Ace Otana - September 8, 2008 at 6:15 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Tiberius - September 8, 2008 at 6:23 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Darwinian - September 8, 2008 at 8:38 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by dagda - September 8, 2008 at 10:49 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Meatball - September 8, 2008 at 4:13 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Tiberius - September 8, 2008 at 4:55 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Zapata - September 8, 2008 at 8:29 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by birdmanislord - September 8, 2008 at 8:31 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 16, 2008 at 11:23 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by bozo - October 16, 2008 at 12:49 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 17, 2008 at 3:58 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 20, 2008 at 6:49 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 20, 2008 at 8:13 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 21, 2008 at 4:16 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 21, 2008 at 6:49 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 22, 2008 at 12:39 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 22, 2008 at 7:59 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 12:51 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 12:54 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 1:01 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 1:21 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 1:33 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 2:03 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 24, 2008 at 12:36 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 24, 2008 at 4:42 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Bungy - October 24, 2008 at 7:05 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 24, 2008 at 9:20 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Jason Jarred - October 25, 2008 at 5:54 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 25, 2008 at 6:49 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Bungy - October 25, 2008 at 7:13 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 25, 2008 at 8:13 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Bungy - October 25, 2008 at 5:39 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 25, 2008 at 6:00 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 29, 2008 at 12:20 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 29, 2008 at 1:19 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Jason Jarred - October 29, 2008 at 6:24 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 29, 2008 at 8:58 pm
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - October 31, 2008 at 10:33 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2008 at 11:44 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by leo-rcc - October 31, 2008 at 11:47 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2008 at 11:49 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - November 5, 2008 at 10:50 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by Edwardo Piet - November 5, 2008 at 10:56 am
RE: Speaking In Tongues - by chatpilot - November 6, 2008 at 11:26 am

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