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New member here to learn from atheists.
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 (August 27, 2013 at 10:05 am)themonkeyman Wrote: I will warn you however that unless you are well versed in Biblical Scripture you will probably loose you faith being here. In my experience, knowing the Bible extremely well actually helps in deconversion. The ones who think they know it well are only reading it with Rose-colored glasses, so it doesn't count. ![[Image: 10314461_875206779161622_3907189760171701548_n.jpg]](https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/10314461_875206779161622_3907189760171701548_n.jpg)
 (August 27, 2013 at 12:22 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:(August 27, 2013 at 10:05 am)themonkeyman Wrote: I will warn you however that unless you are well versed in Biblical Scripture you will probably loose you faith being here. This creates a paradox dont you think :-) For someone to defend their faith fully they would need to know the entire bible. Which if known correctly would remove their faith. So comming on here to defend said faith would imply they had not enough faith to start with.
Rants and Raves from an Ex-Christian http://walkofthemonkeyman.blogspot.co.uk/
 (August 27, 2013 at 10:05 am)themonkeyman Wrote: I will warn you however that unless you are well versed in Biblical Scripture you will probably loose you faith being here. Ever notice how all of those people who are well-versed in Bible scripture can't agree on what it all means? Being well-versed in Bible scripture sounds as impressive as a PhD in toenail clipping. Anyway, to the OP: welcome to the forums.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould   Quote:as impressive as a PhD in toenail clipping. No need to bring Kent Hovind into this.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
Welcome aboard.
I'm looking forward to posts by you as to why you went from agnosticism to Christianity. I'm hoping it was due to demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument, and not some sort of personal experience. But not getting my hopes up... You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.  (August 26, 2013 at 1:49 am)libertysecularism Wrote: Hey there. I am new the forum. I use to be an agnostic, however I am now a christian. I am here to just check out the atheist perspective on things, and to write post about my personal opinions to see what atheist have to say. I would like to show everyone my blog post, however, I will have to wait until I am allowed to do that. However, when I do, I will be posting my blog posts to see what atheists have to say. Typically, I take every negative comment very seriously and never argue, I usually just take it into consideration and use it to edit my blog posts. Welcome, libby! From your user name I conclude that you're a secularist, and I usually get along well with Christian secularists. |
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