So late to the reply...
I still managed, though...
Damn these trolls that keep adding a page to the thread as soon as I end reading one....
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When did I say my parents taught me anything?
I think you're seeing things we don't write, because you've been told about how we think... and it seems you've been told the wrong tale... again.
At best, you may have a "most".
Most religious people are so because they were indoctrinated as children.
The others picked some parts of it from society around them and then veered into one particular god/religion... for some reason... one common such reason is the other half follows that god/religion.
Again, note the words used: most, common.
It's always very dangerous to generalize.
I do note, however, that you didn't say you weren't indoctrinated.
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I still managed, though...
Damn these trolls that keep adding a page to the thread as soon as I end reading one....
I've hidden my replies so they don't create too much distraction on those just browsing... click the button bellow:
(June 26, 2013 at 11:44 am)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote:When did I say I was sure there is no god?(June 26, 2013 at 11:39 am)pocaracas Wrote: This thread is evolving at a crazy pace! I can't even reply... others have done so more or less like I would!
History and Archeology have provided no evidence whatsoever for the existence of any god... They do provide evidence that people have believed in several gods.... Last I heard, the count was just shy of 3000 gods, for the whole of humanity's history.
How does a newborn discern which of those 3k gods is the REAL one?... if any!
Brainwashing? indoctrination? parents teaching what they think they know that was taught to them when they were children by other people who suffered the same teachings, who got the same message from other people...?
What makes you so sure your god is the REAL one?
What makes you so sure there is no God? Did your misguided parents make you suffer from the same teachings?
Look folks, most of what you are accusing Christians of is Atheists do too. This is turning into a school yard fight based on who has the most koodies.
When did I say my parents taught me anything?
I think you're seeing things we don't write, because you've been told about how we think... and it seems you've been told the wrong tale... again.
(June 26, 2013 at 12:48 pm)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote:Who ever assumed that?(June 26, 2013 at 12:40 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: So you're just going to pretend I didn't say many atheists make an effort to expose their children to religion so that they can make an informed decision?
Good for them. Now don't assume all Christians brainwash their children and we'll be square.
At best, you may have a "most".
Most religious people are so because they were indoctrinated as children.
The others picked some parts of it from society around them and then veered into one particular god/religion... for some reason... one common such reason is the other half follows that god/religion.
Again, note the words used: most, common.
It's always very dangerous to generalize.
I do note, however, that you didn't say you weren't indoctrinated.
(June 26, 2013 at 1:05 pm)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: Lol, I have something to prove to you guys? Really? Alright, here is the deal. When you people publish a tome of the details of your life that lead you to Atheism I will have mine rolling off the presses too. Till then, I refer to my previous response.
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(March 27, 2013 at 11:48 am)pocaracas Wrote: Actually.... why would I not be an atheist?
When I was 10... some 20 years ago, I remember thinking, about some news story in some remote village in China or something like that, "boy, these reporters have cameras everywhere!!... you know what else people claim is everywhere? god!.... how come no one has filmed the guy??"
And that was the start of doubt.
Then I learned about evolution.... goodbye Adam&Eve.
And if that is wrong... what else is wrong?....
Holy crap, the flood is also on other far older Mesopotamic mythology? One more point to the christian crap-o-meter.
Around this time, I was 12.
So, why should I believe people who tell me these things as truth.... but they're not.... what credibility do these people have?
NOTE: I'm talking about believing in people, not in the story.... first, you have to believe the people, only then you accept the story.
(June 26, 2013 at 2:18 pm)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: Thank you for demonstrating that you don't know what creation is or how it works or what evidence is. In fact, you don't understand biology in general.From a recent bout with a fellow christian creationist, I have a pretty good idea of the "evidence" for it... and none of it holds after a little scrutiny....Sorry, The Earth is over 4 Billion years old, so is the moon.