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Have you noticed that many on this thread have no trouble with Jesus message and think he is a great teacher but think that Paul is a false prophet and you keep pushing that we have to have faith in Paul:s teachings because you believe in Paul:s teaching?
originally posted by: ServantOfTheLamb
I don't want anyone to go to hell.
First off being an atheist doesn't mean you have a strictly materialistic view of the world. The only thing atheist means is you lack a belief in a God. That's it. It should be extremely easy to understand. Since people are not all the same, it's not surprising that atheists are not all the same. The one thing all atheists have in common though, is their lack of belief in a God.
originally posted by: ServantOfTheLamb
a reply to: WakeUpBeer
First off being an atheist doesn't mean you have a strictly materialistic view of the world. The only thing atheist means is you lack a belief in a God. That's it. It should be extremely easy to understand. Since people are not all the same, it's not surprising that atheists are not all the same. The one thing all atheists have in common though, is their lack of belief in a God.
Want to explain how lack of belief in God or gods doesn't root you to a materialistic view of the world? For example How did life come into being?
hay i am a believer in GOD i am sorry u dont but i am not hear to fight i have valid points when someone calls me narrow minded and simplistic i take offence .
and state what i feel if people are so sensitive then why have this at all .
yes u have some good point but u would have to admit i have some aswell and if u cant
originally posted by: ServantOfTheLamb
da reply to: [post=18595278]WakeUpBeer[/
Yes but each Buddhist has personal beliefs, and seeing as how those parameters are not available for this conversation why don't we go with what do you believe about how life and the universe came into being?
originally posted by: graphuto
a reply to: boymonkey74
All we know for certain is that things sit on the ground, and if you drop something, it falls to the earth.
There's no such thing as "the laws of logic". But, yes, matter behaves logically and is mathematically predictable.
Logic is justified by its ability to predict future events through examining past trends.
That is absurd and makes no sense. This is an example of that delusional thing I was talking about. Case in point. What you just said is a great example of how logic justifies itself by showing how incoherent thinking can be when it is absent.
" As an agnostic until you decide that the Supernatural is what created this world you are grounded in a materialistic view of the world and therefore view yourself as evolved star dust moving about in a time and chance universe." So?
I cannot prove a negative. It is not up to me to prove the non-existence of god, but for you to prove the existence of god.
8. The moral fiber of religious doctrine is shaky at best. ( for all religion )