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What Would It Take?

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What Would It Take?
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 7:48 pm
(September 9, 2015 at 7:07 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 6:42 pm)Shuffle Wrote: How can you differ between your god answering your prayers and another god doing the exact same thing.

I can't. It would take more evidence than that for me to believe.


What then?
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 9:29 pm
(September 9, 2015 at 8:52 am)Ben Davis Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 12:45 am)Shuffle Wrote: Theists, what would it take for you to convert into another religion? 

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#23
RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 10:28 pm
(September 9, 2015 at 1:18 am)Divinity Wrote: They'd have to steal a pagan holiday like the Christians did, and turn it into something pretty awesome that most of the world celebrates.  That'd be a good start.

Having to wear something over my head at all times and not being able to eat bacon is kind of a deal breaker, but I'm not much into the rules of these religions anyway.

As long as they keep their mitts off of (well, not exactly pagan, but...) Festivus!
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#24
RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 10:36 pm
(September 9, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Shuffle Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 7:07 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I can't. It would take more evidence than that for me to believe.


What then?
I would imagine one who actually grants prayer wishes!

( while thousands of starving kiddies die daily). Hey, nobody said he had to be a kind god, right?
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 9, 2015 at 11:41 pm
(September 9, 2015 at 10:36 pm)ignoramus Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Shuffle Wrote: What then?
I would imagine one who actually grants prayer wishes!

( while thousands of starving kiddies die daily). Hey, nobody said he had to be a kind god, right?

I already asked her about prayers, she said no.
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#26
RE: What Would It Take?
September 10, 2015 at 12:17 am
(September 9, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Shuffle Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 7:07 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I can't. It would take more evidence than that for me to believe.


What then?

A supernatural experience that would definitively point to a particular religion. Like if Mohammad materialized in front of me or something lol. That's the only way I'd think Islam is true.
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#27
RE: What Would It Take?
September 10, 2015 at 12:19 am
Meeting one that cared enough about human suffering to actually do something, anything, about it would be a good start.
I would more generally advocate that one only leave one entrance into their mind(reason), and keep the rest of it rather closed, as it is one hell of a lot easier to shovel shit in than it is to get it out.

If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.

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#28
RE: What Would It Take?
September 10, 2015 at 12:22 am
(September 10, 2015 at 12:19 am)thehedglin Wrote: Meeting one that cared enough about human suffering to actually do something, anything, about it would be a good start.

They will "pray," you know.  That's easy and costs nothing.  Perfect for the phony bastards.
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#29
RE: What Would It Take?
September 10, 2015 at 12:29 am
(September 10, 2015 at 12:17 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Shuffle Wrote: What then?

A supernatural experience that would definitively point to a particular religion. Like if Mohammad materialized in front of me or something lol. That's the only way I'd think Islam is true.

Has the biblical god materialized in front of you? If not, then there is a double standard going on.
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RE: What Would It Take?
September 10, 2015 at 12:32 am
(September 10, 2015 at 12:22 am)Minimalist Wrote:
(September 10, 2015 at 12:19 am)thehedglin Wrote: Meeting one that cared enough about human suffering to actually do something, anything, about it would be a good start.

They will "pray," you know.  That's easy and costs nothing.  Perfect for the phony bastards.

I am talking about a god doing something, I long ago gave up any hopes that religious people would step up to the plate.
I would more generally advocate that one only leave one entrance into their mind(reason), and keep the rest of it rather closed, as it is one hell of a lot easier to shovel shit in than it is to get it out.

If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.

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