RE: Totally NOT a debate about the veracity of the gospels
March 11, 2014 at 7:11 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2014 at 7:15 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 11, 2014 at 6:51 pm)discipulus Wrote: But I cannot help but wonder, if it is all just bull as you say, why are you so interested in it?
What you are doing is akin to me spending time in a forum arguing and debating with people and asking them questions about gnomes and leprechauns.
So tell us, if there were a billion people that were trying to force their 'gnome and leprechaun' morality on you, were trying to get 'gnome and leprechaun' based pseudoscience taught to your kids in public schools, trying to get 'gnome and leprechaun' prayers mandated in schools, persecuted minorities based on 'gnome and leprechaun' scripture, etc, you wouldn't be a bit vocal about it?
Quote:If it is all bull, as you claim, why are you so interested in asking people about bull?
Can't speak for everyone here, but I love debate. I am very interested in what people believe, and why they believe it.
I want to believe in as many true things and as few false things as possible. I want my internal beliefs to map to reality as closely as possible. If someone has a good reason (evidence based) to believe something I don't, I want to know about it.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
