The proof is, “I watch for god working.” Where have you seen god, and what was god doing? Was god working at a Wal-Mart greeting people as they walk in?
Absolutely, I was a catholic (for most of life), then a christian, then only a gospel believing christian, then a non-religious spiritualist. I believed I was in contact with a god every day for most of my life, so, yes, I know what it’s like living in a dream world and deluding myself from reality. I had to keep ignoring things in the catholic faith, and then the bible, to actually keep believing in them. There were too many things wrong in the bible, and I couldn’t believe in them any more. If, I wanted to remain a sane and honest person, I had to drop the fairy tales. That’s what honest people do, they see many things wrong with a book claimed to be the word of god, they realize their faith is no longer justified, then they stop believing in it.
You’re lying about studying the bible for years or not seeing any contradictions in it. And, you’re lying about me making up contradictions in the bible.
Again, how do you experience god’s love? That wonderful feeling you get from prayer and worship? Sharing joyous experiences with loved ones, and claiming that, to be experiencing god? Looking around you, and seeing how beautiful nature is, is that proof of a god? What does god look like, since he has revealed himself to you, and you see him ‘working’?
Quote:I have no idea what it's like to live in a dream world, do you?
Absolutely, I was a catholic (for most of life), then a christian, then only a gospel believing christian, then a non-religious spiritualist. I believed I was in contact with a god every day for most of my life, so, yes, I know what it’s like living in a dream world and deluding myself from reality. I had to keep ignoring things in the catholic faith, and then the bible, to actually keep believing in them. There were too many things wrong in the bible, and I couldn’t believe in them any more. If, I wanted to remain a sane and honest person, I had to drop the fairy tales. That’s what honest people do, they see many things wrong with a book claimed to be the word of god, they realize their faith is no longer justified, then they stop believing in it.
Quote:I've not seen contradictions in the Bible and I've read and studied it from beginning to end for many years, if you've seen contradictions then they have been of your own making
You’re lying about studying the bible for years or not seeing any contradictions in it. And, you’re lying about me making up contradictions in the bible.
Again, how do you experience god’s love? That wonderful feeling you get from prayer and worship? Sharing joyous experiences with loved ones, and claiming that, to be experiencing god? Looking around you, and seeing how beautiful nature is, is that proof of a god? What does god look like, since he has revealed himself to you, and you see him ‘working’?
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
