Reasons for God

[ecolox]

ecolox said:"This merely shows that faith in God is consoling, and that such consolation is enabling to people who desire to give more of themselves here on earth."

In other words you are admitting that faith in your god is a crutch? If I need consolation I can get that from family and friends. Also, I don't need your god to inspire me to do good deeds and make the most of this life I do just fine without the imaginary guy in the sky.

If you want to call it that go ahead. I get consolation from God through faith, I can always rely on this - and, when they volunteer, from friends, family, fellow believers, and others.

I'm sure you don't need my sky daddy to live as you'd like. I don't know what good you think you're doing though.

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Enabled to do more good.

I couldn't disagree with you more. I can be as able or as you say "enabled" to do as much good as any christian or really any theist can. Belief in a magical invisible flying man in the sky does NOT in anyway make you a better person.

Ok.
How?

Can you give examples of this good that we cannot do? I can do good on the same level as you can. Prove me wrong.

Sustained, secret good, such that you are not rewarded. This isn't a competition, by the way...though I'm sure you'd put on a great show in order to "win" against me.

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I don't feel enabled to do any of those things.

So you are admitting then that you don't agree with the needlessly killing of innocent people?

I'd rather innocents live. I can do my best to figure things out, but ultimately I'm not the Judge.

I wonder where I went wrong.

You are not obeying the "Word of God" (Bible)

Show me.