Craveman Wrote:What about the inconsistancies in the Bible?OK, let me clear that up: So if we forget the fact that the Bible was man-made, probably mostly forged, written well after Christ's death, the inconsistancies I mentioned would be al the contradictions (there are many) and the fact that a moral and loving God created Hell. Noah's ark story: A loving God killing thousands? O, sorry they were all sinners so they deserved it then? What about the poor "innocent" animals then?
rhj4 Wrote:Have you read the article I cited?Yes and what a fucking waste of time it was!
Here are some of his quotes:
You, of course, do not expect me to bring God into the room here so that you may see Him. If I were able to do that, He would not be the God of Christianity Why not? Why can't God reveal himself to us? He DID appear to people back in the good old days...
I was "conditioned" in the most thorough fashion. I could not help believing in God -- in the God of Christianity -- in the God of the whole Bible! "Conditioned" is just another nice name for being brainwashed which he just admitted to!
Shall we say then that in my early life I was conditioned to believe in God, while you were left free to develop your own judgment as you pleased? But that will hardly do. You know as well as I that every child is conditioned by its environment. You were as thoroughly conditioned not to believe in God as I was to believe in God Bullshit! I was raised a Christian and converted to atheism when I started asking questions.
If the God of Christianity exists, the evidence for His existence is abundant and plain so that it is both unscientific and sinful not to believe in Him. Bullshit. Give some examples. Please spare us the "faith" and "I was in awe of complex life"...
You see then that I might present to you great numbers of facts to prove the existence of God. I might say that every effect needs a cause. I might point to the wonderful structure of the eye as evidence of God's purpose in nature. Natural selection...
So you see when I was young I was conditioned on every side; I could not help believing in God. Now that I am older I still cannot help believing in God. I believe in God now because unless I have Him as the All-Conditioner, life is Chaos. Again, admitting he was conditioned (brainwashed) so how can he form an unbiased opinion?
Spinoza Wrote:God is the Asylum of Ignorance
