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What would it take for you to believe in God?
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 RE: What would it take for you to believe in God?
April 29, 2014 at 9:28 pm
(This post was last modified: April 29, 2014 at 9:30 pm by The Valkyrie.)
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  (April 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm)te1148 Wrote: The resurrection of Christ, example was seen by hundreds of people. What keeps you from believing that? One, there is no historical accuracy surrounding that event. Two, we have no proof that those eye witness accounts are even accurate.
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
 (April 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm)te1148 Wrote: There is more physical and testable evidence for many of the truths of Christianity, than many things that are almost universally believed. The resurrection of Christ, example was seen by hundreds of people. What keeps you from believing that? Where's your evidence that hundreds of people saw Christ do anything? Oh, it's the book that wants you to believe that Christ was god? Sounds like circular reasoning to me.  (April 29, 2014 at 9:26 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: What would it take for me to believe? The bare minimum would be anything at all that might suggest such things as gods exist. Realistically, it will never happen because I don't really do "belief". if I suspect something, I will go an find out what the deal is and see if the thing I suspect to be true may indeed be true, but at the point where I confirm that suspicion it's not belief but knowledge. I think we all "do belief" to a certain extent. The theory of evolution is just that, a theory. It like most of Christianity is believed through faith.
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
(April 29, 2014 at 9:30 pm)te1148 Wrote:(April 29, 2014 at 9:26 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: What would it take for me to believe? The bare minimum would be anything at all that might suggest such things as gods exist. Realistically, it will never happen because I don't really do "belief". if I suspect something, I will go an find out what the deal is and see if the thing I suspect to be true may indeed be true, but at the point where I confirm that suspicion it's not belief but knowledge. I knew it would come down to this: Christian Strawmen 101: Evolution is just a theory. No, it's a scientific fact. Moving on. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" (April 29, 2014 at 9:30 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(April 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm)te1148 Wrote: There is more physical and testable evidence for many of the truths of Christianity, than many things that are almost universally believed. The resurrection of Christ, example was seen by hundreds of people. What keeps you from believing that? It is circular reasoning, and I'm okay with that. I believe the Bible to be true, because I believe God to be true. I think we all believe in a lot of things without testable evidence. I believe that Plato existed even though the only evidence I have is secondary and isn't testable at all. We all believe and have faith in certain things that can't be tested. 
If god existed and "revealed" himself (herself?) to everybody belief would be unnecessary ...
I would KNOW he exists, duh  Still cannot fathom why would I worship, bow, get on my knees, pray and do all that fancy theistic crap, what would be a purpose of that ? To sell my soul for a promise of eternal life ? Nah, not me, buddy, I do not bow to anybody or anything, not ever, no matter how sweet reward for it is  
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