(August 5, 2012 at 6:29 am)spockrates Wrote: Cato:
Don't you know that things are not always as they seem? I am keenly aware of my susceptibility to self-deception. So I ask what others think. To ponder alone is less likely to cure me of my deception than to think it through with others. The same is true if I'm not deceived: To ponder alone is less likely to assure me I'm not deceived than than to think it through with people like you.
Regarding this being an atheist-only forum, I read online that this is a forum designed for atheists, agnostics and people of religios faiths to respectfully discuss. Was I deceived about that, too?
Everyone is welcome at AF. My point was that your biblical gymnastics is misplaced.
You may be keenly aware of your susceptibility to self-deception, but have no problem wallowing in it if you believe in the god of the bible.