RE: For those who believe the god of abraham was behind the big bang or evolution
October 18, 2018 at 6:23 pm
(October 17, 2018 at 6:49 pm)android17ak47 Wrote:(October 17, 2018 at 6:36 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I think this is the equivalent of believers coming here and telling us what atheism means. I don't think we get to tell them what they're supposed to believe. Obviously if they thought about it the way you or I do, they wouldn't be believers.
Personally I find it hopeful if believers can find a way to accept the evidence of their senses and science where that contradicts the bible. I even know a few who admit they're agnostic but choose to believe what can't be justified anyway. Frankly I respect this sort so much more than the ones who act all smug and condescending.
I know as a former believer of dogma how stubborn one can be but I posted that comment because believers need to be reminded why they believe in this particular version of god in the first place.
To assume such a one-size-fits-all explanation really does capture each and every believer is the kind of reductionist thinking we associate with believers of a dogma. Having thrown off the old dogma, you might want to be alert not to look for a substitute that has the same feel as the old dogma.
The truth is we're all human, imperfect and variable. We start out measuring others by our own experience but eventually we have to acknowledge some just don't fit the same mold.