(September 10, 2009 at 3:33 pm)ecolox Wrote: Christians admit to not knowing the answer when they claim to have faith (they have a best guess, and they will (ideally) live as if they're sure). You assume that there is no reason for your existence because you don't know, and you assume that there is no god because you cannot see one. You then go on to make up your own reason for living that doesn't make any sense - because no one can live for no reason - you need something to grasp to...
Ace, I hope you don't mind my interjecting,
To clarify, We are not assuming there is no god. We disbelieve the notion that there is a god. There is a distinct difference between the two.
Quote:If everyone made up individualized reasons for existing then we would have conflict in the world, perhaps worse than we do - but if everyone accepted that God made this world and His will is for us to do unto others as we would be done by, then there could be no conflict.
In your pefect world maybe, but in the real world that never could and never will happen. In any case, what make you think the christian god is the only god if there were such a thing to begin with? Nibble on that for a while.
Quote:I can give evidence for God that suffices for you as easily as you can give an explanation as to why you exist that suffices for me.
We can't explain the inside of the universe, much less the outside. I think it's reasonable to stop trying to explain things once we have explained the universe.
How about you provide us with this evidence you talk about?
The dark side awaits YOU...AngryAtheism
"Only the dead have seen the end of war..." - Plato
“Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it...” - Richard Dawkins
"Only the dead have seen the end of war..." - Plato
“Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it...” - Richard Dawkins
