(December 27, 2013 at 12:04 am)agapelove Wrote: I was an agnostic atheist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism
"Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and agnostic because they claim that the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact"
If you're saying that isn't a true atheist, what is a true atheist?
That is a true atheist. But that's not what you were.
(December 26, 2013 at 10:47 pm)Strongbad Wrote: (side note: What about all those people on the lists that converted to Judaism or Islam? Did they just "interpret" their "experiences" incorrectly? Because as you now know from all of your "research", Christianity is the only true religion, right?)
Quote:I believe what Jesus said in John 14:6.
You mean you believe that followers of any other religion, and all non-religious folk, are doomed to hell? Because that is what the verse means.
Quote: Is it implausible to you that there is only one right way to do things? If you bought a plane ticket to Chicago, for instance, when you got to the airport would you board just any plane?
So you wanted a ticket to heaven, and Christianity Airways was the only airline that would take you there. This is "implausible" to me.
(December 26, 2013 at 10:47 pm)Strongbad Wrote: All anectdotal. All standard Christian apologetics. All bullshit.
Quote:Let me ask you this: If Jesus is the real deal, would you want to know? Would you be willing to step out on a limb and pray for that information? If not, why not?
Let me ask you this: If Mohamed is the real deal, wouldn't you want to know? Would you be willing to to step out on a limb and pray 5 times a day for that "information"?
Sheesh. If I had five bucks for every jackass that came on this forum claiming to be a "former atheist", I'd be a multi-millionaire by now. You "interpret" a few coincidences and fortuitous happenstance to be signs from God?! You think that because you stood at the Baskin-Robbins counter of religions and picked a flavor, you can smugly claim "victory" because you chose the right one? Go sing Amazing Grace somewhere else.
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