Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 19, 2014 at 5:45 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2014 at 5:55 am by Rampant.A.I..)
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: How did God created the universe.
I'm responding on topic in this thread. You want to troll every thread with the same vague question.
The questions asked have been reasonable. You express a belief in something you define as by nature as lacking supportive evidence, I ask how your stated belief is parsed from superstition, mythology and fairytales.
You refuse to answer.
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: You defended your fellow atheist here who stated something unsupportable. Anyone making positive claims has to bear the burden of those claims.
What fellow atheist? What positive claims?
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: My belief isn't supernatural. I believe in
a supernatural entity defined as the Christian God.
Your belief isn't supernatural, and you believe in a supernatural entity defined as the Christian God. This seems like a redundant statement to me.
You do not believe in the supernatural, yet do believe in the supernatural.
You express a belief in the supernatural, yet cannot explain your disbelief in other supernatural entires, such as unicorns, leprechauns and fairies, without good reason, which you seem unable to provide.
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Why not believe in any absurd idea of the supernatural: because I have the ability to reason what those ideas are, as we can all know what they are.
That's a nonsensical statement. Your ability to reason is able to dismiss the supernatural as absurd, and yet you entertain and hold to a belief in the supernatural for [unknown reasons].
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Is it beyond your intellect to understand the meaning of leprechauns, for example?
Is it beyond your intellect to understand <I reject supernatural beliefs> except for <supernatural beliefs> which I maintain is a nonsensical distinction?
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Moreover, studying Christian doctrine is an in depth study of the supernatural. It's my subject. So I'm better equipped to consider questions of supernatural origin. Someone ignorant of the field wouldn't be as equipped to consider such problems. Practically, I will be more aware of superstitious practice and able to avoid them. That's my experience.
You're speaking to someone degreed in comparative religions, from the time the degree was considered "magic, witchcraft and religion." Your appeal to authority is invalid.
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: If you want to dismiss supernatural entities, I would expect you to have some idea why.
As equally as I would expect you to have an idea why you reject leprechauns and unicorns, except your reasons for rejecting both and maintaining a belief in the supernatural have yet to be presented.
(April 19, 2014 at 5:11 am)fr0d0 Wrote: If you have no reason, then I'm happy to acknowledge your lack of opinion.
So we've come full circle from arguments from opinion to a lack of an opinion, in lieu or compelling evidence.
What evidence is there for your specific deity that does not equally apply to other supernatural entitles?
Why should I believe you are anything but superstitious when you retain such superstitious behavior?
