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Why can you think Christianity is wrong, but a Christian can't think being gay is wrong?
Answer the question, but I'll probably avoid getting into gay rights, as it's far off topic.
The fact you claim I am uncertain about my beliefs is enough to expose your intentions. If you're truly interested in discussing, then you should actually demonstrate what you can, rather than word vomit your opinion of what you think others believe. It's obvious you've woven this snug little cocoon around your personal beliefs, and is contingent on what you think others should believe, but this is not a good way to have genuine discussions with other. If you're truly interested in what I or other atheists believe, then ask. I don't think any of us here are truly interested in what you think we believe.I honestly have no idea what this statement means. If you're declining to agree or disagree then you are uncertain, which would make sense because all atheists are uncertain about their beliefs when you really get to the bottom of things. Please don't take that personally, I'm just making an observation after talking with many atheists.
On the contrary! I am very willing to engage in genuine dialogue using sound reason that makes sense.
The fact you claim I am uncertain about my beliefs is enough to expose your intentions. If you're truly interested in discussing, then you should actually demonstrate what you can, rather than word vomit your opinion of what you think others believe. It's obvious you've woven this snug little cocoon around your personal beliefs, and is contingent on what you think others should believe, but this is not a good way to have genuine discussions with other. If you're truly interested in what I or other atheists believe, then ask. I don't think any of us here are truly interested in what you think we believe.
Looks like you know everything you need to, then.I have asked many questions. The problem is I haven't received answers that make more sense than the answers I've already found. If you can't provide answers that make more sense than the answers I already have then I'm not inclined to believe you and I'm even less inclined to take your position as an atheist. I'm sure you can say the same about the answers I've given, thus the beauty of life and our ability to choose.
Well there's your problem right there. Tiny engine hamsters run best on holy bananas (you know, the kind god makes - Ray Comfort style). Be sure and run the bananas for a solid two weeks. Should work out the squireliness.Premium unleaded. The hamster food was gumming up the filters.
The problem is that your reason for homosexuality being wrong is, "because a human pretending to be a deity said it was wrong in a book, and I am not allowed to have a different opinion."
"I am just following orders", is not a moral code.
We can pick other topics where secularism and christian theology clash, or have clashed in the past.
I do not see how it is applicable. The burden of demonstrating that is on you.
That the universe exists in not in dispute.
That you project your concept of awareness onto the universe does not make it true.
But not having full understanding of something doesn't preclude the faithful from condemning people to hell,
collecting tithes,
hatred towards homosexuals and the occasional jihad, does it?
In this case, nope. There is no guarantee of falsification in physics. <snip unrelated text>
So really the only thing you can complain about is me ascribing "awareness" to it. <snip unrelated text>
That you reject the idea is irrelevant. It's still 'possible'. You've basically backed yourself into an indefensible corner.
Look - a mermaid on Mars!I can even show that the current carrying structures that give rise to awareness exist on *much larger scales* in the physical universe.
http://www.exohuman.com/wordpress/2011/07/brain-structure-mirrors-the-universe/
I think the reason the issue of homosexuality is so ambiguous is simply because it's so hard to tell if a person is born homosexual or not. We can't be sure if it's a choice or if they've had no choice because they were born that way or if they are gay because they were raised improperly as a child.
If homosexuality is not genetic then it must be a choice, or the person was raised improperly. Nurture not nature. If it's a choice or a result of how a child is raised then according to my beliefs, it is a sin.
Someone reminded this week that Jesus made whips and chased people with them. Do you do that?Well, Jesus told me not to judge others, and he was completely non violent. I personally tend to follow such teachings to the best of my ability.
You have not shown that your "gods" have anything to do with "physics".
You have yet to establish this as possible. That burden lies with you.
Someone reminded this week that Jesus made whips and chased people with them. Do you do that?
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Jesus
So, like most rappers, he's all show, no go.Except the only time anyone actually used a real sword to defend him, he healed the guy and admonished the man wielding the sword.
I say that it's pretty clear from a historical perspective that his teachings split humanity into "believers" and those who lack belief, often within the very same family. I'd say his teachings represent the "sword of truth".
The lack of belief in deities poses a new problem for atheist, the new problem is answering the question as to why we're all here.
So you accept the answer that there is no answer to life?
You can solve the problem of hard solipsism with belief. We must believe that objective reality is absolute and not dependent on our minds to exist. We must believe that other people are conscious like ourselves. We must believe in God in order to experience God. Makes sense to me.
Right, it's obvious to each one of us that we are each conscious, but it's not obvious that anyone besides ourself is conscious, which is why it requires belief that others are conscious. Belief solves all philosophical problems.
So you "believe" neuroscience can answer the philosophical problem of consciousness, even though you just previously stated that we must accept that a tentative understanding of reality is the best we can do. Seems like you're contradicting yourself. You're believing in something that hasn't been proven yet, but then you're claiming you're an atheist because you lack belief in what has not been proven.
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