(July 6, 2012 at 11:44 am)CliveStaples Wrote:(July 6, 2012 at 11:36 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I started off gullible, gradually became more skeptical, and some time afer I stopped believing in Bigfoot, ESP, and UFO abductions; I realized I had stopped believing in God too; and for pretty much the same reasons.
So God was just a magical sky being to you? What a boring theology that must have been.
Please fascinate us with your unbelievably exciting theology. *sitting at the edge of the chair leaning forward*.
To address the OP, I did have a... somewhat interesting discussion with a deist in a different forum. His question was "is it reasonable to believe in god". Needless to say that it quickly degenerated into a pseudo-ontological, semi-epistemological, and all bullshit flame war.
Now I'm an agnostic atheist, meaning that I do not believe in any god, but I entertain the extremely remote possibility (emphasis on remote) that a god like critter can exist.
The major issue is addressed in your first point. God is not defined. The conclusion that I drew from the previously mentioned "discussion" was that if you provide a definition for god, then you may establish if said god belief is reasonable. If you do not provide a clear definition, then it is unreasonable to believe an undefined concept, or you may as well believe that $#@#%!@ exists.
The reason I do not believe in god, is that I find such a belief to be unreasonable.