That one dude...
Why should I have a faith?
Theism makes much more sense with an a in front.
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Theism makes much more sense with an a in front.
How lucky the atheists allowed you to choose.
I grew up in a country where freedom for minority beliefs is often a pretty fiction, and the reality is more being told you're free while being barred from actually having a meaningful voice by those who subscribe to a pure democracy where it's three wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. I think the country could use quite a bit more socialism, but that's a topic for another time.
We're born that way.
Some of us never waver.
Some are trained to think otherwise, but then recover when seeing the unverifiability of belief.
We're comfortable not having this supernatural world existing for our benefit, giving us meaning, & proffering absolute truth.
I never experienced that freedom to choose.
How could I convince myself to believe in what I can't see, verify or deduce to exist ?
It's not doable.
lostwanderingsoul
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God only calls those He wants to follow Him. Atheists have not received the call.
I agree completely.
It's like we share one brain!
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
It seems that way sometimes!, we'd better get back to disagreeing!
So then the other most common reason, technically, for being an atheist, is being too young to consider the question?
feeling 'comfortable' with a belief is not always helpful in seeking truth is it? It creates a nice comfy barrier to questioning our own beliefs does it not?
Only for such young atheists.
Once older, the reason changes, to.....
"You want me to believe what ?"
I don't know about that.
Seeking truth is also dangerous because if there is no "truth", then to seek it is to chase invisible pink unicorns, & perhaps find them.
I favor simply investigating reality without an agenda, & see what comes up.
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
and then most grow up to become skeptical of that atheist assumption we were all born with right?; that everything simply exists for no particular purpose, the same assumption we once made of the house we were brought up in.
So still, the atheist party's constituency is heavily weighted towards the very young (kinda like the Democrats) and those who live under religious oppression- not be dismissive- I know and love many very intelligent free thinking atheists,
but why do you think most change their minds given free thinking adulthood? Do you think they lack your powers of critical thought? or that they just see things a different way, come to a different perfectly rational logical conclusion?
If God is a pink unicorn, he still gets my vote. Because that would make blind luck, a six legged juggling tartan unicorn called Cliff that speaks Swahili with a Welsh accent!
now we're agreeing again, what fun is that?
Bear in mind that my claim of being born an atheist is a hotly contested one
because if we haven't decided to be a non-believer, many don't think we are.
Some people acquire the religious perspective later for a couple reasons.....
- They're taught it
- They need it..
As for critical thought, I advocate that everyone apply it, believer or non.
Then they will go towards what calls them most strongly.
Deathbydefault
Apistevist Asexual Atheist
Assuming the God your talking about exists, that is.
lostwanderingsoul
Well-Known Member
You won't know until He calls. Check your phone.
Deathbydefault
Apistevist Asexual Atheist
I wouldn't be the type to answer, I don't want the girl scout cookies it's selling so it can either respect that or get the door slammed in its face anyways.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
You're still thinking about atheism as a belief, Guy.
Revoltingest isn't talking about a comfortable belief, but with being comfortable without any comforting beliefs.
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
I still don't believe in atheism, comforting as it may be
Yes, atheism isn't comforting.
It's just not discomforting.
Tis in that sense that it's comfortable.
JesusFreaKMyHero1
Member
Do you feel that we (humans) are all alone? How do you feel about the meaning of life and do we have a purpose? If so, what is the purpose? Please tell me your thoughts I would like to understand...
Demonslayer
Well-Known Member
Alone? Heck no, my life is full of family, friends, coworkers, business partners, pets, neighbors, etc. etc. In fact if I can find even a moment alone on any given week I consider myself lucky.
Alone in the universe? Probably not.
The "meaning of life" is perhaps the broadest question in existence. Each person has their own purpose that we determine as we go. There is no overarching single purpose for everyone.
For me it's one thing, for you it may be another.
Game of Thrones is getting better each week this season.
Wouldn't we all?
Existing in social environments that encourage the association of moral values with theism, even as they also present plenty of evidence that things do not work that way in reality.