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What would it take to change your mind?
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What would it take to change your mind?
If you are a believer - what would it take for you to lose your faith?
And if you are an atheist like me, what would it take for you to believe in God? For me it would take:evidence.
What would it take for you to switch position?
And if you are an agnostic what would it take for you to be more sure that God did or didn't exist? Or do you think nothing could ever be said on the matter, or at least in your lifetime?
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#2
RE: What would it take to change your mind?
If a god or gods would make itself or themselves known in no uncertain terms, of course I would believe. Whether or not I would start worshipping, it or they have some serious explaining to do.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
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#3
RE: What would it take to change your mind?
(December 29, 2008 at 7:36 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: If a god or gods would make itself or themselves known in no uncertain terms, of course I would believe. Whether or not I would start worshipping, it or they have some serious explaining to do.

I agree with Leo.
HuhA man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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#4
RE: What would it take to change your mind?
Please define 'God' a bit. You mean the Christian God? Or the Islamic one? (yes they are the same, I meant as portrayed in their respective Holy Books) Or maybe a 'watchmaker' God? The God of Zulu maybe? Odin? Thor? Or something entirely different?
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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#5
RE: What would it take to change your mind?
I mean any supernatural creator that did not evolve - was there from the very beginning or was always there - that created the universe itself. That's what I mean by 'God'.
This includes all theistic and all deistic. Any supernatural creator.
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RE: What would it take to change your mind?
So completely divorced from any earthly theological dogmas, discriptions and such? To say "(a) supernatural creator that did not evolve - was there from the very beginning or was always there - that created the universe itself. is already assigning it earthly man given attributes (created the universe). [Image: blah.gif]

Mas' definition por favor. [Image: indifferent1.gif]
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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...the least christian thing a person can do is to become a christian. ~Chuck
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NO MA'AM
[Image: attemptingtogiveadamnc.gif]
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#7
RE: What would it take to change your mind?
A religious friend of mine said someone would have to disprove every word of the bible.

At first I thought this impossible as every myth or story has some parts that are at least based on something real. Or are so irrelevant it's impossible to disprove.

I've been wondering if I want to challenge him again, I already managed to get him to admit it's complete blind faith without reason but, hes been so indoctrinated he sees blind faith as an example of strong willpower.
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RE: What would it take to change your mind?
@ Dotard
A supernatural creator whether it is a theistic or a deistic God. It doesn't have to be a person or have created man. Just a supernatural creator, that I might add is also superintelligent. Simply because it would have to be really to create the universe.
Either theistic or deistic. You can answer one in particular or both. By God I mean=supernatural superintelligent creator. Whether that's a deistic God. Or a theistic God be it Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Apollo or whatever.
That is what I mean by God. A supernatural superintelligent creator. Be it deistic or theistic. You can pick either one or both. I'm not talking about one particular. I am interested in what it would take for you to believe in any God at all. Whether that be deistic or theistic. So you can answer either or both. I'm not just interested in theistic, I'm interested in deistic too. And vice versa.
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RE: What would it take to change your mind?
Oy I got a headache now [Image: freak5.gif]
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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...the least christian thing a person can do is to become a christian. ~Chuck
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NO MA'AM
[Image: attemptingtogiveadamnc.gif]
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#10
RE: What would it take to change your mind?
Lol - I am defining God as: a supernatural superintelligent creator/designer of the universe whether deist or theist.
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