RE: Believers don't believe
December 5, 2008 at 11:05 am
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2008 at 11:23 am by Daystar.)
(December 4, 2008 at 12:47 pm)LukeMC Wrote: I'd say alot of people believe there is a god, but a very small percentage know anything about it.
They know "God will save me. Love thy neighbour. I will go to heaven. Pray. Jesus rocks. God has a plan. Sin is bad." But very few of them take the time to analyse their gods and beliefs properly. My parents being a great example of this. They just cherrypick a few facts and look no further, then check the "catholic" box on the surveys having never read the bible. I'm sort of in agreement with Dotard, not many people have thorough, concrete beliefs, just a few abstract ideas which could be torn to pieces in 5 minutes by any one of us (because they haven't thought in enough depth to defend their position).
Might be different in other countries. But here in England, most people believe in heaven, god the father, and beyond that they have nothing to say on the matter (but still tick the christian box on a survey).
Of all of the posts I have read in this thread I agree with this one. I would reply but I couldn't have said it better myself. That is pretty much the way I see it in America as well.
(December 4, 2008 at 11:34 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: Well, because the bible says God is Omniscient. Meaning, 'He knows everything.
Can you show me where that is in the Bible?
(December 4, 2008 at 11:34 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: I get this gut feeling sometimes.. I can know what God is thinking.
I would never think like that. That is spiritually dangerous. There is too much danger that you think for God, religious or demonic influence.
I agree with some things you say, though. I really liked this . . .
(December 4, 2008 at 11:34 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: Gee, Do I believe in atoms? Why of course I do. Have you read the bible lately? It says, "God prepared the worlds with things that cannot be seen." What created the universe? Invisible atoms?
Science laughed and scoffed at the bible verse. They claimed, "How could invisible materials create the Universe??" lol. Who's laughing now?
I love it when someone points those sorts of things out to atheists. Then talk about cherry picking response. They start stammering and trying to explain why that can't mean anything. Of course they could see it's meaning before science proved they were the ones that were wrong, but afterward they become blind.
