RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
August 16, 2014 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2014 at 1:07 pm by robvalue.)
If you believe 100% that you can't possibly be wrong about your religion, then that goes to show that religion is the enemy of learning and understanding. If you have all the answers you have no motivation to look further.
Statistically speaking, if you were born in another country, you would most likely just believe 100% in the local religion instead.
Consider this: if everyone in the world was an atheist including you, and then one day you came across whatever holy book on some obscure library shelf, would you suddenly proclaim it to be 100% true and that everyone else should believe it as well? Somehow I doubt it.
And if religion is 100% true and all that, why does no one actually live by what the books say (in civilized countries)? Why would a god let us make our own crappy laws and ignore most of his? Those seemingly insane zealots who do horrible things in the name of religion may be despicable, but at least they are really acting on what they believe.
I admit to only knowing the bible in any depth, but I have no doubts that Christians do not live according to the morals of the bible under any stretch of the imagination.
This is not aimed at anyone in particular, nor meant to upset anyone, that is never my intent. I only wish to present arguments and encourage people to think clearly.
Statistically speaking, if you were born in another country, you would most likely just believe 100% in the local religion instead.
Consider this: if everyone in the world was an atheist including you, and then one day you came across whatever holy book on some obscure library shelf, would you suddenly proclaim it to be 100% true and that everyone else should believe it as well? Somehow I doubt it.
And if religion is 100% true and all that, why does no one actually live by what the books say (in civilized countries)? Why would a god let us make our own crappy laws and ignore most of his? Those seemingly insane zealots who do horrible things in the name of religion may be despicable, but at least they are really acting on what they believe.
I admit to only knowing the bible in any depth, but I have no doubts that Christians do not live according to the morals of the bible under any stretch of the imagination.
This is not aimed at anyone in particular, nor meant to upset anyone, that is never my intent. I only wish to present arguments and encourage people to think clearly.
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