Girglemirt,
For somebody who is bored by the discussion, you've spent a fair amount of time on this thread. You didn't counter most of my points because it bored you? That's pretty lame.
I went through the ENTIRETY of your last post!!! What do you want me to comment on?
You say that people who believe in God, i.e. religious, are close-minded.
When did I say that?
I would dispute that assertion. I, for one, certainly have doubts.
I don't... Well, about as much doubts as I have vs other fantasices such as santa claus, fairies, leprechauns, ghosts, tarot card reading, astrology, etc. are also possible/real....
Any right thinking person would, when it comes to anything that can't be proven through scientific method. I'm sure most "believers" have questions that cannot be answered.
A reasonable person looks at the evidence. In this case, there's absoltuely no evidence supporting the evidence of a god, or any of their so called miracles. All experiments (great prayer experiment for example) and any examination revealed nothing supernatural in the least.
However, you are thoroughly convinced of something that cannot be proven, i.e. the non-existence of God. Do you realize what that means? It means that atheism is your religion. Ironic, isn't it?
Well it is possible that there's a god. Just extremely unlikely. It's also possible that apples start to fall up instead of down tomorrow morning, or that your head blows up like a balloon and you'll start to fly in the sky with the birds... Just again, looking at the evidence, or lack of, no reason to believe something as silly as religion. It's really not much different from Santa Claus or any other imagined thing/being. It's possible that there really is a santa claus, and he visits every house in the world to bring gifts... Is it not?
From your avatar and the time you've spent on this thread, I can only guess that atheism is your raison d'etre. It took you a while to drag up Richard Dawkins. Now he should start his own religion! He preaches atheism - all that's missing is the church building. I'm not mocking him; he just conforms very closely to the definition of religious
Funny, again, you seem to fail to grasp the meaning of religion:
# a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
# an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
Is science a religion? Atheism? I don't think so.
Rest assured, I am
not trying to convince you that God exists. I would only request that you not be as close-mindedness as those you accuse.
How are you close-minded? Your arguments can be summed up as: There is no God. Atheism good. Religion bad. Repeat.
And, since you have failed to engage in a serious, non-mocking and open-minded discussion, I am giving notice that I will no longer respond to your posts in this thread. Have a great weekend!
lol Again, it's just the way to view the reality we live in. Do we embrace the unknown, fantastic, supernatural, without any evidence what so ever? Or do we let our reason help and not our faith/imagination help us determine what is real or not?
And btw, my last posts addressed not your faith, but the effect on religion, which you've seemed to want to support/protect... In truth, you can believe in whatever you want, santa claus if you like... That doesn't bother anyone. What bothers people, for example, is when those silly beliefs threatens all of us and the values we hold dear.
