RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 26, 2014 at 5:47 pm
(December 26, 2014 at 5:19 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(December 26, 2014 at 4:16 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I'm not indifferent to the universe. I'm very much interested in understanding it, and in particular, the part of it I and other humans occupy. And I have an emotional attachment to much in the universe, awe even.
The question is how you think God/ the universe relates to you, not you to it. Is it indifferent to your plight. That's the difference that faith brings.
I get that you have a negative understanding of Christianity. That seems a waste of brain processing cycles to me. You spend energy having to put something down rather than enriching your own experience.
Whether the universe is indifferent to me is a matter of fact. The facts suggest it is indifferent to my plight as it is not sentient. Faith to the contrary will changes the facts one whit.
I do have a negative understanding of some Christianity. There are a rather large number of versions. All of them are unsupported by evidence.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.