(February 14, 2013 at 11:18 am)AtlasS Wrote: I just say what I think is the most logical thing to my mind .
The problem with logic is that it is only as good as the person using it. If you don't have all the parameters, your logic is flawed. It might seem that you have come to a good conclusion, but if you're missing vital information, the conclusion you'll come to is not the right one.
(February 14, 2013 at 6:13 pm)TheLameMayWalk Wrote: one of the core elements in religion is faith. If God did this, then there would be no challenge to remain faithful. We'd all hold a belief in God because we would all think he was real. That would eliminate the "faith" element in Christianity.
I think I speak for most of the 'unfaithful' here, we don't want to believe, we want to know. There is no glory in the competition of who is the most deluded and willing to alter their lives for something that 'cannot be known' and isn't even proven to exist. No thank you, faith is a silly reason to stay ignorant.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura