lukethethird
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You have a desire to convince yourself regardless. Why the need to convince yourself? Do these beliefs sooth your worried mind?
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Atheists: If God existed would God……
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You have a desire to convince yourself regardless. Why the need to convince yourself? Do these beliefs sooth your worried mind?
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
No, I did not have a desire to convince myself, I BECAME convinced by the evidence.
Knowing God has my back helps but I am still a worrier.
lukethethird
unknown member
You merely believe you have evidence, which only goes to show that you are indeed trying to convince yourself.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
No, I have evidence but I have never tried to convince myself, I became convinced.
And you are succeeding.
Including the mature mind that understands the flaws of faith and the advantage of reason.
There is more to the story because the evidence is weak, and only will work on a mind that is biased to believe.
ppp
Well-Known Member
Still no explanation of use.
The universe acts like a big dumb object. Bless its heart. I don't see any use for God there. Can we fire him? Is it a union job?
ppp
Well-Known Member
That is not a use.Stupid question .. G-d created everything, and we all have to die and return to Him.
That includes you, Presidents, and of course .. me.
Is this why God creates some children with genetic defects that cause cancers, so the child can return to God sooner than the usual lifespan?
Then why are some healthy and live long lives while others die young due to natural diseases? Is God impatient to see some return to him? Explain.That includes you, Presidents, and of course .. me.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I cannot be succeeding at something I am not trying to do, that is illogical.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
You mean the atheist mind. Why not just come out and say it?
Why do you have to drive a wedge between atheists and believers?
Why do you have to pridefully believe you are smarter than us?
Faith can reason can coexist. There is nothing immature about that.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I have no bias towards belief. In fact I do not even like being a believer.
Your success is in not convincing others (which is your intent), despite your thousands of comments and claims.
If you were trying to convince others with your thousands of comments and claims, then you would be a failure.
What is odd is why you keep posting claims if you have no interest in convincing others you are correct.
I think you are conflicted and in a complex bubble of denial.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Been there, done that, but if you believe God is useless I am not going to try to talk you out of that.
Take that up with the God union in heaven if you can locate them on your GPS tracker.
Faith is unreliable. Acknowledging this means avoiding faith. By avoiding faith a person must rely on reason. A reasonable mind will acknowledge there is no factual basis for any religious claims, and none can be judged true and believable. The net result is a person being non-theist.
Of course the biology of belief is largely genetic, and what motivates about 85% of humans to be religious in non-rational, and is social and cultural. People are wired to believe, and they adopt the behaviors of those around them in their social experience. This is why most people are religious, they adopt and mimic religious behaviors. This occurs mostly in the subconscious mind, so the believer is not consciously aware. So the believe will have all sorts of mysteries about why they believe at all, and only be aware they want and need to believe in something.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I just love how you speak for me as if you know my intent. That is arrogant.
But I am not trying to convince anyone. I firmly believe in free will and the right to choose.
There is nothing odd about it. I am just responding to posts I receive.
Why do certain people have an obsession with me and what I am doing? I am not that intereting, really.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Funny thing, no counselors I have ever been to think that. They think I m so self-aware that I don't even need counseling. They have said that for years.
My problem is what I cannot deny, not what I deny.
Where did you get your MA in psychology? I got mine from Chapman University.
ppp
Well-Known Member
It does seem like you are two or three different people sometimes.
Are multiple people using the Trailblazer account?
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
People have faith in many things that cannot be proven every day, not just in God.
Reason and faith can coexist. To say otherwise is the fallacy of black and white thinking - either faith or reason. That is illogical.