as far as i'm concerned faith is just an irrational excuse to believe in something absurd...
If faith is what compels believers, what's stopping them from believing in dragons, leprechauns, bigfoot, or the invisible gnome?:areyoucra
i never claimed i didn't want to believe in a God, i just want a valid reason to. I don't claim to want to believe in Gods or Evolution, however there is evidence supporting evolution, therefore i have know choice but to acknowledge it as fact...Gods on the other hand...
honestly, i get pretty irritated when theists claim they believe in Gods, or souls, or an afterlife through mere assertions and assumptions, based on absolutely zero rationality. I just hate it when people act as if there above everyone else, and claim they know the answers to questions we don't...
Sure.
i wasn't assuming this about you or your beliefs, this seems to be what i see from theist in "general" i've discussed religion with, that's not an assumption.
actually i did assume you chose to feel good about yourself? was that false?
A false assumption on your part, I never made such...
I'm not sure you gave any meaning, you just said you were into spirtuality....what false assumptions?
ok the original question was: "is there an reasoning behind this? or did you just figure "i don't know", therefore i'll just believe i do, and call it spirtuality...?"
Re-wording: "is there...
I'm sorry if you subjectively feel i presented myself in a "spiteful" manner. I'm not here to offend anyone in anyway, neither do i feel "scarred"...i must point out however, you seemed to have avoided my question with a strawman. Are you going to answer it?
i never made such a claim. Another...
is there an reasoning behind this? or did you just figure "i don't know", therefore i'll just believe i do, and call it spirtuality...?
no, i follow the path that gives me TRUE answers, not answers that make me feel good about believing i know something, when in reality i still don't know ,and...
I find these questions to be invalid, in the context of whether or not Gods exist...why do you believe them to be valid?
"where does conciousness come from" which is a problematic question where no real coherent answer comes from"
using this as an argument for Gods, is still basically...
It doesn't matter which God it is. I don't care if it's The God in the Bible, Allah, Thor, Zeus, or the tooth fairy...I want to know if you can provide rationality and reason as to why we should believe in it...
I don't care what kind of theist you are either, within reason.
I've discussed religious beliefs with alot of theists, and it always seem to boil down to this: "I can't explain blah blah blah, therefore God did it"....
Are there any real rational explanations as to why we should believe in God(s)?:confused: because if there are, i'm dying to know them...