You are simply wrong. I provided you with a good starting point to illustrate my point which I doubt you even looked at. The truth is, to remain a believer in Christianity you need to embrace being willfully ignorant and shutting your eyes to obvious evidence that contradicts your beliefs. Until...
You obviously have access to the internet and if you are a Christian you also likely have a bible. Using both it is easy to find verses that don't match up. That should cast doubt on how reliable the bible is, if you're honest. Even if the bible authors were careful not contradict each other...
What's the purpose of calling people gods? Humans already have a name, tacking on the label of god to people seems narcissistic, it's only purpose meant to make us feel special and stroke our egos.
lol, so you obviously belong to the group that is waiting for an imagined deity to show up and fix our problems for us. I'm not gonna hold my breath on that one.
I have no reason to believe in an afterlife, there is no evidence to support such a thing. As for dealing with it, it doesn't really bother me I guess. I figure I'm lucky to be a self aware sentient being to begin with. I have a limited time to exist, it is what it is. Deluding myself with ideas...
Why do you assume there is a god? Because your Mom and dad said so since you were little? What evidence and logical arguments did they use to support this belief? Maybe, they believe simply because their mom and dad's told them to, and so on, and so forth?
No, you made the claim that atheists have untruthful reasons for their beliefs, now back it up. I get tired of theists wandering into the DEBATE forum only to cite their OPINION on something and then act surprised when asked to back it up, in the DEBATE forum. This isn't the opinion forums, this...
You began your post with the claim (and assumption) that god created the physical universe (which assumes that a non-physical universe exists), then post a link to something that has nothing to do with your unsupported supernatural claims. So, maybe you can explain what you're trying to debate here.
*yawn* Who created the creator? Let me guess! No one, by your logic a creator doesn't need a creator itself. By your logic it is more likely for a completely automated watch factory to spontaneously exist than for a single watch to spontaneously exist. Which is the more complex item? The...
I don't think you understand what the article is getting at.
Secondly, the article didn't have anything in it about god.
Third, why do you start with the ASSUMPTION that a god is required for a universe to exist?
What is this?! You expect someone who makes extraordinary claims to back them up?! Funny how you think that standard shouldn't apply to you when you make extraordinary claims.
When you realize that Christianity is just mythology that was made up by ancient men like those surrounding the Greek, Celtic, and Egyptian gods for instance, yes, you leave ALL churches that treat that mythology as fact. What is so hard to understand about that concept?
Science clearly shows...
I have seen/heard other theists pulling the "they weren't true Christians/they like sin more then religion because they're bad people" argument to blow off the possibility that people left religion for legitimate reasons before. One of the main reasons I left Christianity was that it's claims...
So if someone doesn't believe as you do you smear them for being lazy and/or dense? Yea, why would someone leave religion when it's full of supportive and completely non-judgmental people?
I don't need to do anything. If some kind of god exists it exists regardless of what I believe. Most religions I'm aware of seem to make promises of rewards, why is that? If there is some higher purpose to the cosmos we live in I very much doubt it centers around the selfish desires of primitive...