(July 11, 2012 at 12:47 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote:(June 21, 2012 at 4:19 pm)c.P.u1 Wrote: I dunno if I ever had any actual or true beliefs in God in the past. But yes, I did use to pray during the tough, tensed times, say, when the exam results were coming out. From the past three years, I'm very much confirmed that there is no such thing as God. I don't make any prayers anymore(not even false ones). When I see people making any references to God, I feel that they are stupid. That they are dependent on something that doesn't exist. I also don't believe in the saying: As you sow, so shall you reap. Since there is nobody watching us. We live, do whatever we want, eventually die and disappear from the world. There's no such thing as a soul or rebirth.
From the points I stated above, can I be considered as an Atheist?
I believe in God. I have been extremely skeptical about all of my beliefs, especially about my belief in God and yet I still believe and give a significant amount of money to my Church and the poor in general as a result. I also received a cumulative GPA of 3.7 (a 4.0 is perfect) in college and I am not stupid.
You can be stupid in one field and bright in another.
For example, you are downright retarded when it comes to justifying a belief in God and understanding the burden of proof, but are intelligent in book studies.
I am stupid in more areas than I am learned- but then, so is everyone.
You just happen to be ignorant in a rather important area.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
