(May 16, 2010 at 9:32 pm)padraic Wrote: Frodo has no more choice in his theism than do I in my atheism.What you said about childhood influence would be all well and good if any of what you said was true. I was brough up in a non religious family, and only discovered it at age 25. I believed for about 7 years, then became a militant atheist until I was 48, 2 years ago, when I became a Christian again.
What I have presented is an entirely rational explanation for the reasons I hold my faith. At any point this can change, and I struggle to consider all points fairly. If anyone presented me with a rational dismissal of any ideas I'd have to take that on and change - how could I not? I cannot deny what my brain understands to be true.
We're all equally invested in our own position. I try to be open minded. I certainly wouldn't cling to blatently irrational reasoning such as the no empirical evidence joke that most people on this thread repeat.
