LolaTally wrote: |
Spiritualists, unite!
Dyslexics, untie! |
DeadManWalking wrote: |
Nice post Guy. But I have to say, the question in the motivational poster has been given answers before. (Not that i did not say it was answered.)
The answer most theologians give is that evil is now an intrinsic part of humanity, and that to remove it would change humanity into something it is not. Humanity has chosen to embrace evil (Main example is the Fall, with the Fruit, etc.) and God gives us the freedom to choose. (This doesn't work with Calvinism at all though.) Second answer is kinda similar. God needs us to make our own mistakes. Like a parent with their child, they need to allow the child to stumble along and learn some things for themselves. Perhaps God learned from the Fall that simply forbidding someone something wouldn't prevent them from taking it. Again those both have holes, but hey, what religion doesn't? (Side Note: I'm an agnostic myself, but I went to a Catholic school for several years. You pick things up there.) |
Thunderbird wrote: |
I would have discounted the Bible entirely if not for two observations:
1) The prophecies actually seem to be coming true, much as many other religions of the worlds' prophecies are appearing to manifest as well. and 2) I have uncovered historical facts that seem to make the Bible make some sense, appears to clarify so many of its contradictions, and re-slant the whole story to become something far more... profound. That said, such clarifications have also shattered a great many of the tenants that the churchs' faiths rely upon. Heh heh. |
Guyron wrote: |
1) Prophecies are ambiguous. Of course something WILL happen it all depends on where and how fast. And how accurate the prophet is. Even Nostradamus predicted a lot of events and he was follower of no religion. |
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2) The are also a lot of newly discovered evidences that actually present the Bible as a careful selection of gospels which they found suited for... let's not say control of the masses, but more like "guiding" the world in certain directions. |
Zekle wrote: |
What's your beef with religion? |
Zink wrote: |
So, if you read this far, perhaps you will think of your own answer. Why are you an atheist? What were your reasons? |
Kalanna Rai wrote: |
I'm agnostic.
Atheists because they don't keep the option open. |
Chinaren wrote: |
Agnostic = basically someone who's too chicken to make their mind up. |
Pha wrote: | ||
Alternatively, someone who believes that such things are entirely unknowable. This can (rarely, though) be combined with religious belief - a sort of 'We'll never know, but I believe in it anyway'. |
ng wrote: |
Considering you have apparently just ignored Kalanna's reasoning to imply she is a chicken, you're starting to play up to a stereotype yourself, Chin. |
Chinaren wrote: | ||||
Nah, I stand by my statement. It is the Atheist thread after all. Not the "can't make up my mind" thread. I have enough trouble with CMUMM people who stand in the line in front of me at McDonalds and um and er, even though they've had plenty of time to decide on something as they've been in the line for the past five minutes. McDonald agnostics! |
Kalanna Rai wrote: |
All I believe is that there might be someone(s) or something(s) out there and I'm not going to piss them off by telling them they're fake. |
Scheherazade wrote: |
Just curious... Of those of you who mock Christianity (Christianity in specific, not religion in general), how many have actually read some of the New Testament? |
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