Quote:Like I said, I went from strong atheist to weak atheist; and then from weak atheist to theist.I know, you said. No matter how often you repeat yourself, I don't believe you. I can't see how a strong atheist, someone who is absalutely certain that there is no god, to end up later as a Catholic. One of the dumbest of the dumb. It's just not very credible. I don't think you ever were a strong atheist. I think you're lying.
Quote:But then I also realized that if I really did replace God with a teapot in space, I would have no problem whatsoever in believing.That's nice, however you still didn't answer my question. What convinced you that god exists?
Quote:And its also a rather intense emotional transformation as well, though I am sure you know that.You know what causes an intense emotional feeling for me? Learning how things work. From gravity, to energy/matter to the very making of the cosmos. To grasp and understand something that I didn't before, getting wiser and wiser about my surroundings. For me, that is an amazing feeling. Somehow, I don't find it at all amazing to say 'goddidit' because I don't know any better, I'm none the wiser, I would of learnt nothing and I would of done nothing. But if something as simple and non progressive as that gives you that 'wow' feeling, then I can't help but compare your level of intellect and drive to learn as that of an uninterested 5 year old child. Someone who'd state that santa did it and leave it as that.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.