Quote:It doesn't matter what he would DO if there were a sexy woman in his bed (ok it would matter to the two of them, but you know what I mean). What matters is that there was no actual sexy woman in his bed at the time he wrote it. Saying there is won't change it if there isn't. And if he pretends that she's there in his mind, sure he'll have fun with a bit of self-entertainment and feel good, but she isn't really there! To pretend otherwise is silly and delusional.Quote:is a part of me is more or less claiming there's this really attractively sexy woman in my bed right now - I'm not denying her presence, she just isn't fucking there Watson! Much to my dismay and frustration.No, it isn't like that at all. The analogy doesn't work because I can't predict what you would subjectively do if there was a sexy woman in your bed right now- though I can guess- but I can predict what you would subjectively do, or what anyone would subjectively do in certain scenarios if they denied God.
Quote:Like-wise, what I am stating here is that God is a part of all of life; you instincttually believe in your own life upon birth, you instinctually believe in your parents love upon birth; you do not need to be told to believe in these things. Since God is an integral and ingrained part of life, from my POV at least, you are born with the belief in God right off the bat.If that were true, there would be no atheists, no believers in non-deity religions (like buddhists and ancestor worshippers), etc. No need for bibles or churches since everything would be instinctual. I have never believed in gods. When the concept was first presented to me, at a very early age (it's one of my earliest memories), I laughed and immediately wanted to hear the details of this fun fictional cat-in-the-hat-like tale, so I asked who created God, etc. They couldn't answer these things that showed the story made no sense. My amusement turned to confusion when it seemed they were treating this tale as real, and then even a bit of anger when they expected me to treat it as real also, which is not something I've ever been likely to do since I prefer not to lie unless there is a good enough reason to.
