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Honest Question to Atheists - Best Argument?
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RE: Honest Question to Atheists - Best Argument?
(July 17, 2015 at 2:02 am)SamS Wrote: Has there ever been a Christian argument, or something a Christian said, that made you, for even a split second, question whether your current atheistic stance is right?

I try to not dogmatically adhere to any idea I might hold and to at least assess that validity and soundness of an argument, and to that effect I suppose you might be able to make the case that my willingness to at least consider theistic arguments could fall into this category, but upon a brief inspection of the argument or claim I have yet to have any of them stand up to scrutiny or be what I would consider "convincing."

Quote:Even if the argument turned out to be completely fabricated or disprovable, did it at the very least draw you closer to believing the Bible is God's Word and all that such a belief entails?

"Draw me closer"?  No.  Considering whether a claim might or might not be true is a far cry from that claim drawing me in.

Quote:If not, has there ever been an argument that you didn't know how to answer, or that surprised you  against your expectations?

What has repeatedly surprised me about theistic arguments (I'm currently in a private theistic debate/discussion right now) is how frequently theists in general beg the question of their god's/gods' existence, how unwilling they are to even consider the possibility that if there is a god, it might not be their god, and, in my case, how completely and totally ignorant my theist is of the standard refutations to her claims - not even just the atheistic refutations, but the mainstream scientific refutations, the ones that come down to matters of fact in which she can be demonstrated to be dead wrong about every aspect of the crap she just spouted.  I mean, c'mon!  Google is a thing, spend 15 minutes on it before hitting the send button!  Rolleyes


(July 20, 2015 at 9:09 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: I don't reach for anything but the truth. It is exceedingly simple. Thought that evokes positive emotion which is energy is good. Thought that evokes negative energy in any form is bad, mkay?

The lack of action, or productive use of said energy is chaos. The waste of knowledge and/ or energy.

Seems simple to me. Please attempt not to stereotype.

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Honest Question to Atheists - Best Argument? - by SamS - July 17, 2015 at 2:02 am
RE: Honest Question to Atheists - Best Argument? - by Clueless Morgan - July 20, 2015 at 10:37 am

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