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Would this spark a theistic curiousity?

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Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
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Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:02 pm (This post was last modified: September 9, 2023 at 2:36 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:05 pm
Don't give me fantastical what-ifs.

Instead, wow me with realistic, empirical evidence.
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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:05 pm
TL/DR, but no, nothing any human can say would change my mind about the nonexistence of gods. It would have to come from the god in question.

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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:26 pm
No. There isn't anything that would make me believe that utter nonsense.
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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:37 pm (This post was last modified: September 9, 2023 at 2:38 pm by LinuxGal.)
(September 9, 2023 at 2:02 pm)Won2blv Wrote: Would it change your mind about the Gospel of Jesus Christ if I were to tell you that God themself denied he was who he claimed? And Jesus knew that despite claiming his personal belief that it was true anyway?
So Jesus lied.  And what does the Bible says about liars?

Revelation 21:8 ... all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Thanks for clearing that up.
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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:39 pm
@Won2blv 

It might change my mind about God if he could make you speak in something other than gibberish.

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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 2:45 pm (This post was last modified: September 9, 2023 at 2:48 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I cant say that it would.  You could spend ages coming up with any number of ways to ship your favorite mythological characters and narratives.  

That's actually the version of theism I intellectually approve of and think probably does have all the purported benefits of belief and understanding.   I'm already aware of that type of belief and I find it unconvincing...worse, I think it's useless and redundant. Once you've reached the point where you can overtly and with full knowledge pick your own fairy tale then it's clear that you don't really need those fairy tales to be true as told anymore. Which is to say, you just don't need them, and can narrativize a religious truth very competently on your own.

Like you just did.
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RE: Would this spark a theistic curiousity?
September 9, 2023 at 4:56 pm
(September 9, 2023 at 2:02 pm)Won2blv Wrote: Would it change your mind about the Gospel of Jesus Christ if I were to tell you that God themself denied he was who he claimed? 

Nope.  It's trivially easy to write something like that into a work of fiction.
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