RE: The Bible and earlier Christians
July 16, 2014 at 9:44 am
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2014 at 9:45 am by DeistPaladin.)
(July 16, 2014 at 6:09 am)Tonus Wrote: If your worldview depends on the existence of a particular god then no contortion is too painful (and no rationalization too nonsensical) if it keeps your beliefs intact.
This is possibly one of the most tragic aspects of our apparent nature, that so many people would rather die (literally I suspect) than ever utter those three dreaded words "I was wrong". One of the things that gives me pause in my deistic beliefs is that reason is not so ascendant in our thinking.
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It's hard for me to understand, since nobody expects to ever know everything and therefore there must always be new information to be discovered and new information can always carry the potential to demand a rethink on previously held convictions. Why do we dread saying those three words?
Having said them on many occasions, It's not hard to do.
Here's an excellent video on the subject from one YouTuber who has the clarity and patience I can only envy:
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
