"Teach how to think, not what to think"
Being skeptical and asking for clarification isn't narrow minded. You said it, not me. Look... If you aren't changing their meaning or...
Because doubt and questioning leads to rational thought which is corrosive to faith. The organism is trying protect itself.
I wasn't responding to you. I quoted NYCmitch25.
I get it. You're interpreting "the word" so it fits into modern society. It's like creating another denomination. Nothing more then religious...
oh ok, who can change them? you? or maybe someone powerful with an agenda? silly believers :roll: Don't forget to read your book......
yeah? one example out of hundreds... The Angel of Death - Exodus 12:29 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the...
Please link your research paper on this. You must have received some type of award for this discovery.
Mumbo jumbo?
1 kings 18 20-40. Read it. Strange isn't it? Let's put those believers to the test. Anyone willing to try?
I don't think most atheists would say their position is that god doesn't exist, but rather that there is no evidence that supports that belief ....
There has to be a starting point, otherwise you cant determine anything. What i'm saying is that a natural starting point would be our senses...
I was referring to validation, or a way to build theories. I don't see how ideas alone can accomplish that.
They want their community to grow. Childhood indoctrination is the easiest way to build a religious community. They're building a future base for...
If an accident happened to a non believer, it was gods punishment. If that same accident would have happened to a believer, god protected him/her...
Who's the authority, and under what evidence do you accept their claim? Is it because it sounds good, or because others around you also agree and...
This is what I mean. You made a case or claim based on the initial claim that hasn't been validated. Second claim: Our senses can only by...
How else are you connected to this reality? Our senses connect our brains with the physical world. Why assume that there is anything beyond that?...
Can someone help me understand why religious people build a foundation of reality based on revealed truth? Throughout the course of a day...
My question relates to the topic though....its the origin/need for belief that needs examining, not why or how you can justify the belief.
Belief is based on postulation, but why assert it in the first place?
Why do people assume a religious reality, without any empirical data? I can assume things until the day I die, but why if you can't validate it?...
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