Ok I admit it

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I don't understand why it had to be extant esq. Extant like I had to learn language you mean? Sure... we are all machines acting upon the information that we've been fed. I know parts of the UK exist. I believe Australia exists. I believe God exists.

Again, your thoughts, especially conclusions about reality, don't happen in a vacuum: to come to a conclusion about the universe, you would have to have had something within it that prompted your line of reasoning. How would you determine that the universe was created without discussing, in your premises, features of the universe itself?

I began from atheist roots. I questioned hard and discovered an overwhelming amount of evidence against my lack of belief. I could not the continue to disbelieve, the cognitive dissonance was too great. Can I tell you one fact to change your mind? No. You have to balance all of the facts together.

Well, we are in a discussion forum, you could at least give an overview from which one could begin an investigation.

There has been presented on this forum enough information for anyone to work out the same conclusion as me. As you know, nearly all people here cling on to their preconceived ideas. Most develop them.

As a true skeptic, how much time do you spend doubting your own position? I would say that your position is groundless if you do not. How much time do you devote to entrenching your position? Isn't that a dangerous game?

I specifically chose an atheist forum that brings in theists too, so that I could scrutinize my position. Not finding presented evidence convincing is not the same as having a bias.

Oh, and incidentally, how do you know Tony's metaphysical creature has no purpose?