(September 29, 2014 at 3:17 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I'm bored of answering that same old question. Every new atheist must think it's original.
What about Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny? What about the dragon in your garage? What about the chocolate tea pot? You are so very unoriginal.
So what? This reads very much like "I have no answer to give you", which is par for the course.
Your faith is as vapid as anyone else's, and the only way you can think to mask that plain fact is by personal attacks.
"Unoriginal", indeed.
(September 29, 2014 at 3:17 am)fr0d0 Wrote: If you don't know the difference between faiths then perhaps you should go do some study. You're not asking me because you want to know.
No, I'm not. I'm asking you for your views on why your ridiculous faith should not be lumped in with other ridiculous faiths. I've studied the various faiths enough to realize that hogwash is hogwash no matter what garments it wears. I want to know why you regard your hogwash as real.
(September 29, 2014 at 3:17 am)fr0d0 Wrote: This thread is your clue. Christianity is unique amongst religions in bridging the gap between God and human. Other faiths have humans serving God, but Christianity has God serving humans. We are made in his image. Emulation lifts us up. Christianity is one evolutionary step ahead of every other faith for this reason.
Nonsense. It's not for no reason that pride is regarded as a sin. It's not for no reason that humility is held to be virtuous. It's not for no reason that you preach self-abnegation in the face of deity.
The emphasized passage is simply you trying to wriggle out of a conundrum by coining a turn of phrase that sounds nifty but is essentially meaningless.
(September 29, 2014 at 3:17 am)fr0d0 Wrote: That's not saying that all religious endeavour isn't an expression of the same thing. It is. There's something valuable in all of them. Including atheist beliefs.
I'm interested in them all. I'm also convinced of my own beliefs. I came to them rationally, and so can do no other, but to follow my best understanding.
If you came to them rationally, lay that course out, so that your reasoning may be examined.