If christians beliefs were true, than there would be nothing to fear from investigation.
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Why do you teach your children your belief?
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If christians beliefs were true, than there would be nothing to fear from investigation.
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Christians beleive that if you don´t get the correct truth (theirs) they are going to spent eternity in hell.
While I would beleive that kind of concept too arcaic and unrefined, any father that honestly thinks that does the most resonable thing by teaching to his children what he beleives will spare them eternal torment.
But I like Pwfaith´s approach to it
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Typically when people want to investigate it they do so with a naturalistic worldview and a willingness to only trust things our level of science can explain. Naturally, that eliminates alot of possibilities.
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Christians beleive that if you don´t get the correct truth (theirs) they are going to spent eternity in hell.
While I would beleive that kind of concept too arcaic and unrefined, any father that honestly thinks that does the most resonable thing by teaching to his children what he beleives will spare them eternal torment.
But I like Pwfaith´s approach to it
What's it matter whether we like a paticular truth? All that matters is what is true
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trisetee's post 109 .............I know 10 year olds who have.
my post #110...............i know 10 year olds that believe in santa
and the tooth fairy when they find 20 bucks under their pillow
very relevant
Well your posts states I guess that they will not necesarily act in a smart way.
That is why my post said that denial (like denying santa is false) is something normal even in 80 year olds (although it tends to be with things not like santa)
This is relevant because if you as a father tell your children things yo don´t kow why you beleive and tell them tobeleive them too or they are going to hell, they will beleive not because of true faith, but out of denial of his father´s ability to lye to them or be wrong. As such they would never have true faith.
trisetee's post 109 .............I know 10 year olds who have.
my post #110...............i know 10 year olds that believe in santa
and the tooth fairy when they find 20 bucks under their pillow
very relevant
But it did not pertain to my response. 10 year olds sometimes don't know better, but so do some adults.
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You'd have a hard time convincing secular America of that. There's is a world where "if it's true for you then it's true."
It only eliminates those things for which evidence is lacking, and why believe things for which there isn't evidence?
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to be fair, you can´t prove that you are not dreaming. You can´t prove that anyone else but you has self awareness neither.
I couldn't agree more wih your last sentence.
Why would I need to prove that, thats not where the burden of proof lies.
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Maybe evidence can exist that can't be measured by a mathematical formula.
I also couldn't agree more with that statement.
Through evidence and investigation.