(October 9, 2013 at 5:28 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: You keep claiming not to have a belief/opinion on the existence of God? A lack of a belief as you like to call it. Again if you're on the same playing field you have to play by the rules, you have a belief in something you feel to be true and can't be demonstrated scientifically. So what you have to do explain why you think this true and why it's better to believe in it. If it isn't better then just have faith in a loving eternal God instead it won't kill you. Try it for a week you might like it, if you already tried have another go with a better understanding of what a faith is. It's not something particularly different to what you're doing now it's just the other way.
You still don't understand the atheist position. Let me use a metaphor from the atheist experience:
I have a jar of sweets.
You and I don't know how many are in there because we haven't counted.
But I think we can both agree that the amount of sweets in that jar is either odd or even.
You following me so far?
So know, I tell you that the amount of sweets in that jar is even.
Do you believe me?
The only honest answer you can give is no.
Why don't you believe me?
But does that mean you then 100% believe that the amount of sweets is odd?
The only honest answer again is: no.
Now apply that to god and atheism
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
