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Question(s) for the Religious
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RE: Question(s) for the Religious
August 9, 2013 at 2:39 pm (This post was last modified: August 9, 2013 at 2:46 pm by Bad Writer.)
As far as I'm concerned, even if a being that is greater than us all actually created our Universe, either he didn't do a very good job of signing his work of art, or he doesn't care whether or not we know of him. The conclusion to be reached is that he is not real until proven to be so, and whoever brings the evidence to the table will win the Nobel Prize. Until then...
(August 9, 2013 at 2:38 pm)Godschild Wrote: It's time to put the Santa argument to bed. John V stated above if a person doesn't believe what their trying to sale, why should anyone else. You have brought up the solution to this through John V's statement. Children buy into Santa for a while, then they hear things that make them doubt. When they ask Mom and Dad about Santa they begin to see their parents waiver more doubt for the child, then after enough questioning on the child's part and they see the parents do not really believe and they quit believing.

This is an apt analogy, GC, and it can be ascribed to the Scientific community in relation to the religious community. In this situation, the scientists are the adults, and the religious just haven't grown out of their childhood fairytale fantasies. Wink

GC Wrote:With Christianity it's different, when young Christians hear things that may make them doubt, they go to their parents and the parents tell them with conviction about Christ.

That's what generations of brainwashing does. If you torture a prisoner long enough, he'll tell you any kind of lie with conviction. Yes, I'm saying that religious people are tortured prisoners, and God is their captor.

GC Wrote:The Christian faith has infinite answers to questions the children have, because the questions are about an infinite God.

Yes! With God, anything is possible. Even walking on water, becoming a Zombie, and even using ad hocs as defenses to their shoddy claims after reality proves them wrong.

GC Wrote:With Santa their are only so much that can be said to a child because Santa is a limited imagination to begin with and the parents show doubt and show they are uncomfortable with the deception.
Truth is a powerful thing!

But if I believe in Santa hard enough, and get millions of people to follow me in this belief, he will be real, right?
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Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 8, 2013 at 8:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 8, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Captain Colostomy - August 8, 2013 at 11:04 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 2:35 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 10:31 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 10:38 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 11:33 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 11:39 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 12:18 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 7:40 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 11:41 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 9, 2013 at 9:12 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 9, 2013 at 9:38 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 10:28 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 4:44 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:59 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 6:30 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 6:50 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 7:16 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Esquilax - August 9, 2013 at 11:10 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 9, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 11:45 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 12:34 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 12:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 12:45 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 1:08 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 1:37 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 12:38 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 1:15 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 1:47 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 1:24 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 2:04 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 2:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 2:16 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 2:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by CleanShavenJesus - August 9, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 3:26 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 4:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 4:02 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by CleanShavenJesus - August 10, 2013 at 11:14 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 3:08 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 3:09 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 3:13 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 3:54 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 4:09 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 8:46 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 3:15 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 4:13 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 4:34 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:42 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 5:02 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 5:40 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 6:00 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 9, 2013 at 8:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 8:14 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 8:42 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 8:54 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 9:37 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 10, 2013 at 11:33 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 9:41 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 9:57 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 10:10 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 10:24 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 10, 2013 at 10:13 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 11:25 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 10:19 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Faith No More - August 10, 2013 at 12:35 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 10, 2013 at 12:42 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 12:45 pm

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