(March 1, 2019 at 4:01 am)Belaqua Wrote: I'm sure you believe this very strongly.
It's not a matter of belief. There's no real evidence to support the claims made in the Bible.
(March 1, 2019 at 4:01 am)Belaqua Wrote: You have already said you don't believe that god is real. How can you decide that without having an idea of what you are talking about?
You've heard many people claim that god is real, and you have judged that their claims are unpersuasive. What reasoning did you use to decide this?
Well, that's the issue, isn't it? How do you prove the existence of something you can't define? Furthermore, how do you decide that you believe in something you cannot define? This is quite the paradox, isn't it?
(March 1, 2019 at 4:01 am)Belaqua Wrote: But every single adult atheist in the world believes exactly the same thing: that claims for the existence of god are unpersuasive.
I won't pretend to know what "every single adult atheist" thinks, but by definition, they do not have a belief in any god or gods.
(March 1, 2019 at 4:01 am)Belaqua Wrote: I see that you believe this very strongly. You seem to know what reality is, and to judge based on that belief that no god has been proved. You have quite a few beliefs which you haven't proved yet. Perhaps you are correct in every particular. You are certainly a true believer in your point of view.
Reality is reality; it's up to us to try and remove any preconceived notions that we have and simply see things for what they are. This is something that is completely antithetical to the concept of religion. The entire concept of religion requires you to fit reality into your preconceived notions, not the other way around.
And it is true that no god has been proved, because religious folks refuse to even define what god is. We cannot even begin to have the conversation until we understand what it is we're defining. So until we've defined god, we can assume it's not worth having a conversation about; we can pretty much assume that there is no god. Saying there is no god is a good as saying that something we cannot even define does not exist. Until we have a reasonable definition to work with and evidence to support that defined entity/thing there's no reason to assume such a thing is real.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.