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  1. suzy smith

    Surely the world we live in proves there is no [loving] God.

    That would be true of me if I did not keep a open mind. But then you would probably say I don't. Arrogance, or the love of the facts over superstition?
  2. suzy smith

    Surely the world we live in proves there is no [loving] God.

    Onchocerciasis (river blindness] is a parasitic worm. It can only survive by doing what it does. So why did God create it? Most life forms on this earth are born into stress and danger. They spend their entire life looking for food so as not to starve to death and trying not to be violently...
  3. suzy smith

    Surely the world we live in proves there is no [loving] God.

    I bumped into a Plymouth Brethren the other day. Now I am not singling out that particular religion but the conversation highlighted a problem I have always had about the God of the bible. I asked him “why would a loving God create smallpox for example, or river blindness [Onchocerciasis] or...
  4. suzy smith

    No faith?

    Spot on. :)
  5. suzy smith

    I believe God exists

    This has two affects on me. It reinforces my atheistic beliefs and reminds me that some theists can be a little harsh when describing an atheist like me. Is it too difficult for some theists to accept that we atheists don’t need to ‘believe’ in anything. Life for us ticks over...
  6. suzy smith

    I believe God exists

    Nothing wrong here. Is life a mystery? Obviously it is. Take the question of how the basic building blocks of life, the Amino Acids became the first living cell for example. And art and beauty are all about emotion. But we all know that Einstein was not talking about a literal personal God when...
  7. suzy smith

    No faith?

    We must agree to disagree. Thank you for a good debate my friend.
  8. suzy smith

    No faith?

    To him it is a god.....but he was wrong! And we know he was wrong. Why? because of science. You are right, there is more than one way of thinking about something. And then we look at the scientific evidence to see if we are right. If you really want to believe in religion you have to go outside...
  9. suzy smith

    No faith?

    So in times past when man looked at the sun and thought it was a God because he didn't have the 'proof' back then that it is in fact just a small star he was, according to your reasoning.....right! Or was his perceptions wrong perhaps? One of us is missing the point here me thinks?
  10. suzy smith

    No faith?

    Did I say emotions can never be reasonable?
  11. suzy smith

    No faith?

    I can't agree with you when you say ‘ facts and proofs and how they are translated by the mind into "truth" is a very unsure pathway’. I would give up and just amuse myself with doing the dishes and reading romantic paperback books if that were true. I certainly wouldn't allow my...
  12. suzy smith

    No faith?

    No, its facts, proof, using our brain to filter out the ‘unreasonable’ And emotion and intuition can be a very poor road to reality if we are not careful.
  13. suzy smith

    I believe God exists

    We have really hit on a major difference in our beliefs here. No I am no Mr Spock. But I am Spock like[or try to be] when it comes to processing facts and using my powers of reason. It is not pure and utter myth to think we can not reason without emotion. But what it does take is a lot of self...
  14. suzy smith

    I believe God exists

    Love is an emotion not a belief based on reason. faith is a belief motivated by emotion not reason [in my opinion] Reason is [or should be] free of emotion and therefore a good tool for getting to the facts.
  15. suzy smith

    No faith?

    An excellent reply, thank you for this Windwalker. And you will not mind [I hope] if I totally disagree with you on your hypothesis here. [may I call it that?] If I look ‘outside’ of reason, of scientific evidence, of pure logic I still see nothing that would get me to believe in...
  16. suzy smith

    No faith?

    I think the question pops up in my mind sometimes because there are some very intelligent people out there, far more intelligent than I am that are religious. They have this thing called faith. My intelligence leads me away from having any faith in god. I was not baiting for answers, it is a...
  17. suzy smith

    No faith?

    Theists have faith in God but I don’t! Why not?
  18. suzy smith

    An Religious Chat

    The same question always comes to mind when I read a debate about which religion is the right one. Why did God make it so darn difficult to find the answer? You ask almost any Christian, Muslim, Jew and so on why they think they are right and it almost always comes down to their faith. Then you...
  19. suzy smith

    I worry about the children of religious parents.

    I wonder if I should just jump back in here with my own personal experience of the Witnesses. My thread was not motivated by past experiences of them but at this point in the debate the subject of the Witnesses seems to have come to the front so let me give you this personal experience of them...
  20. suzy smith

    I worry about the children of religious parents.

    Are you serious? Please tell me you are not serious :facepalm:
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