No escape

[Jimmy]

You mean her.

Ciao

- viole

Or it

 

[PureX]

I disagree

What's stopping me?

 

[Jimmy]

What's stopping me?

Nada

 

[Subduction Zone]

No

A rational person does. A person that does not will believe almost anything I would think that you would want to know the truth above all.

 

[Jimmy]

A rational person does. A person that does not will believe almost anything I would think that you would want to know the truth above all.

I respectfully disagree. One can know the truth without it imo

 

[Subduction Zone]

I respectfully disagree. One can know the truth without it imo

You can disagree as much as you like, but you would be wrong.

 

[Whateverist]

Well I do think there is only one god whatever that may be.

And I think what has given rise to god belief is not singular or plural, neither very large nor very small, not colorful and not colorless. It is other than all that. You can’t pin it down with run of mill language games. So the original question isn’t altogether coherent.

 

[Aupmanyav]

That's a point I've made here too, but to no avail. Even the professing Atheist who might have an innate belief in God as the Bible suggests chooses to reject him. Thus, evidence for God's existence is not the issue; the willingness to submit to God rather than serve oneself is a decision of the heart.

The opposite also may be true in many cases. People professing God but really not believing in him. Do you pray when ill or take medicines?

Life is virtues vs. vices.

Virtues and vices are the regulations of the society.

 

[Soandso]

Cool story

 

[Jimmy]

The opposite also may be true in many cases. People professing God but really not believing in him. Do you pray when ill or take medicines?

Virtues and vices are the regulations of the society.

Prayer or medicine? I do both

 

[Jimmy]

Cool story

It’s not for everyone imo

 

[Aupmanyav]

Prayer or medicine? I do both.

Ah, you have no faith in either. I take medicines.

 

[Jimmy]

Ah, you have no faith in either. I take medicines.

I think one can have faith in both

 

[Soandso]

It’s not for everyone

I guess so. I just don't see the point in wild assertions that can never be tested or that they dont have value in the real world. Seems masturbatory to me

 

[Jimmy]

I guess so. I just don't see the point in wild assertions that can never be tested or that they dont have value in the real world. Seems masturbatory to me

I think ideas that can’t be proved are of great importance

 

[Quintessence]

When I read the opening post, I think about one of the many countless gods (higher powers) of our world.

Gravity.

Gravity sure does a good job keeping us stuck to things.

 

[Viker]

Even the professing Atheist who might have an innate belief in God as the Bible suggests chooses to reject him.

Then they would not be an atheist. There's no such thing as an Atheist ( capitalized A ) unless it's at the beginning of a sentence.

Atheism is not about the rejection of a god. It stems from the lack of belief in any god due to insufficient or absence of reasons to do so.

 

[Viker]

Even if you don’t believe in God you’re still stuck with him imo.

IYO.

 

[Jimmy]

It's like all the people who believed the earth was flat years ago. They were all still stuck with a round earth. No escape imo

 

[Viker]

. Thus, evidence for God's existence is not the issue; the willingness to submit to God rather than serve oneself is a decision of the heart

When a claim is made, in debate, evidence is required to sufficiently support the claim. If evidence is insufficient or lacking, the person on the other end of the claim is not required to accept stated claim, as "just because".

So yes. Often, a a lack of evidence is enough to not accept a claim, or belief, or doctrine, etc.