If everyone was atheist

[Catholic_Lady]

I'm sorry but I don't understand your logic.  

You're saying that since 33% (as opposed to a larger #) of the population is Christian, then it must not be true. I don't see how that's a good argument, I'm sorry. A lot of people don't believe or know about a lot of things they were not taught. Evolution being one of them. It doesn't mean it isn't true.

We're talking about an omnipotent god who wants us to worship him. You'd think he'd make sure everybody got the memo, wouldn't you?

I believe that He's not a micromanager. He leaves it up to us Christians to spread the word.

No, I don't believe so. A person can still live a life of virtue without knowing God. I don't believe these people are going to Hell.

Oh, but you said morality comes from god.

I'm sorry but it looks as though you misunderstood. I never said that. What I said was that I believe God created the concept of morality. Not that people can't be moral unless they believe in God.

Religious people can have critical thinking too, you know. ;-) I disagree that having a religion automatically makes a person not have critical thinking skills. On this it looks like we will just have to agree to disagree.

Not what I said. Don't put words in my mouth.

I said that teaching critical thinking skills and teaching to believe a certain religion are mutually exclusive. Which they are. Teaching the conclusion and teaching to arrive at conclusions by way of reasoning are mutually exclusive.

My apologies. I misunderstood.

I should correctly say that a person can still be taught to use critical thinking skills, even if they are taught a particular faith. There are other subjects to learn from besides religion, where they will learn to use their critical thinking to come up with the right answers. Adding religion in there doesn't take away someone's ability to learn and use critical thinking.

I apologize if I have missed it. I don't know what that is.

God needs to have a cause. Who designed the designer?

I believe God is supernatural and isn't confined to the laws of nature. I believe He has always existed and was not designed by anyone.

I do see a problem with that. I think people need to make sure they believe what they do for reasons other than just "my mom told me."

Yea. One way to do that us to not tell them what to believe.

Sure, but teaching them about my faith, like teaching them anything else, won't automatically mean that they'll just blindly follow. I would encourage them to make sure they believe for themselves and not just because I told them.