Quote:What is kind of the idea? That you have to believe in things to believe in things? No shit.
It's either that or say "Cus I ain't seen it then it ain't rul" to just about anything that is possible. It's like say aliens, are we to assume they don't exist based on the fact that we happen not to have seen any yet? We can't see God does that mean he doesn't exist? No. You will need a better reason than this to discount something as even being possible or reasonable to believe.
Quote:What do you mean you might as well be an atheist? Look, for all the supernatural effects Christians have on reality, they may as well be atheists.
They have had a big effect on reality if you look at world history. Massive effect right there, you must be seeing it. And of course you can see the effect on their lives individually, this is undeniable you can see it. Harry Potter doesn't do this. Lord of the Rings do this. Christ does do this. Sure so do other religions but you will find the teachings of Christ in all of them. But the one that had the biggest impact, your proofs in the pudding. Now atheism aside from helping to found something the Soviet Union, aside from Richard Dawkins and his God Delusion book hasn't done Jack really. No fruits of any note have been produced, as Christ told his followers to look out for. He knew what he was talking about.
Quote:You don't know any of this. But you're not content with saying you don't know. You're making speculations about everything and pretending they're worth more than just a person's imaginations.
A UFO is an unidentified flying object, unidentified flying objects apparently do fly around from time to time. I don't actually know what they are myself. But this is what I mean, it's not necessary to flat out deny everything that is even remotely out of the ordinary until you know for certain. It isn't good science to do this, you have to be open to the possibility of a new discovery to begin with. If we were to set out under the assumption that something is horseshit and wait for someone to prove it isn't we would get nothing done. In years to come perhaps new light will be shed on UFOs, Big Foot and the Lochness Monster. As it is we don't know, that's fair enough.
