RE: A Serious Question For Theists
June 14, 2014 at 12:54 am
(This post was last modified: June 14, 2014 at 12:55 am by naturestubbs1.)
(June 9, 2014 at 10:59 am)Insanity Wrote: Humans can't make tree's, somebody has to make tree's therefore God. Or Bigfoot sneaking round in the woods building tree's and being all blurry. The real reason for global warming is Bigfoot being an asshole and having too much time off. I say we kidnap Bigfoot and make him work 24/7, maybe clone him too. Then we have an army of Bigfoot's fixing the planet like at asshole is meant to be doing. Then we send a team of them to the moon and mars obviously. Need to terraform that shit with tree's. I think the lock Ness monster is responsive for making water so naturally we need to get that guy too.
The idea of "faith" in itself is completely counter-intuitive and not at all inherent in human reason. With that being said one of the main reasons I joined this site was to try to find ONE theist who has the ability to be INTELLECTUALLY honest with themselves. I really want to know at what point in their lives they came to the conclusion that some bearded leprechaun has created everything and continues to play a role in the everyday life of said everything. The majority of religions make it a practice to manipulate the emotions of very young children who are still a "blank slate" to be filled with beliefs. Religions accomplish this with tales that make kids just flat scared (the fear factor) and continue by illustrating that "if you just love god" then nothing bad will happen to you and your eternity will be all butterflies and rainbows (the love factor). It's no accident that religions appeal to arguably the two strongest emotions of fear and love. I have yet to find a single theist who has the intellectual honesty to look back in their lives and check the circumstances that were attached to their indoctrination. Please pass this to your friends and hopefully at least one theist out there is intelligent enough to understand how ridiculous their faith looks to the unfaithful and can be honest enough to identify when, where and the circumstances behind their indoctrination. I would love to have a truly friendly discussion.
(June 14, 2014 at 12:54 am)naturestubbs1 Wrote:(June 9, 2014 at 10:59 am)Insanity Wrote: Humans can't make tree's, somebody has to make tree's therefore God. Or Bigfoot sneaking round in the woods building tree's and being all blurry. The real reason for global warming is Bigfoot being an asshole and having too much time off. I say we kidnap Bigfoot and make him work 24/7, maybe clone him too. Then we have an army of Bigfoot's fixing the planet like at asshole is meant to be doing. Then we send a team of them to the moon and mars obviously. Need to terraform that shit with tree's. I think the lock Ness monster is responsive for making water so naturally we need to get that guy too.
The idea of "faith" in itself is completely counter-intuitive and not at all inherent in human reason. With that being said one of the main reasons I joined this site was to try to find ONE theist who has the ability to be INTELLECTUALLY honest with themselves. I really want to know at what point in their lives they came to the conclusion that some bearded leprechaun has created everything and continues to play a role in the everyday life of said everything. The majority of religions make it a practice to manipulate the emotions of very young children who are still a "blank slate" to be filled with beliefs. Religions accomplish this with tales that make kids just flat scared (the fear factor) and continue by illustrating that "if you just love god" then nothing bad will happen to you and your eternity will be all butterflies and rainbows (the love factor). It's no accident that religions appeal to arguably the two strongest emotions of fear and love. I have yet to find a single theist who has the intellectual honesty to look back in their lives and check the circumstances that were attached to their indoctrination. Please pass this to your friends and hopefully at least one theist out there is intelligent enough to understand how ridiculous their faith looks to the unfaithful and can be honest enough to identify when, where and the circumstances behind their indoctrination. I would love to have a truly friendly discussion.
Sorry Insanity I accidentally replied to you and meant it for someone else. My bad.
