But God doesn't need a cause.
Yes, He does. Does not! Does too. No.. um.. because.. I'm wearing special pleading armour and...I don't want to play any more!
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Understanding Atheism
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But God doesn't need a cause. Yes, He does. Does not! Does too. No.. um.. because.. I'm wearing special pleading armour and...I don't want to play any more!Ok. So I gave Townhall the benefit of a doubt (ought I to have known better by now?) and read the article.
My assessment of it is this: the author falls into the trap of generalizing his specific case to many other people. In his case, his shame and fear at not being welcomed prevented him from returning to christianity even though he 'knew' that it was true for him. So then, he argues that cognitive dissonance might account for atheism better than theism.
I'm sure there are some people out there who are atheist not because they have no reason to believe but because they want to avoid obligations that might come with theism. Likewise I'm sure there are quite some theists who claim theism only because they are afraid of how they would be treated were they known to not be.
However, I don't believe that this cognitive dissonance applies to every theist or atheist.
The time I spent reading the article... can I have it back?
My assessment of it is this: the author falls into the trap of generalizing his specific case to many other people. In his case, his shame and fear at not being welcomed prevented him from returning to christianity even though he 'knew' that it was true for him. So then, he argues that cognitive dissonance might account for atheism better than theism.
I'm sure there are some people out there who are atheist not because they have no reason to believe but because they want to avoid obligations that might come with theism. Likewise I'm sure there are quite some theists who claim theism only because they are afraid of how they would be treated were they known to not be.
However, I don't believe that this cognitive dissonance applies to every theist or atheist.
The time I spent reading the article... can I have it back?
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ShieldOFaith
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When you die...
Did you really think those words through when you just wrote them?
When you die...
Was your mind clear?
When you die...
Do you know everything about those three little words?
When you die...
Have you ever truly sat and contemplated the depth of those words?
When you die...
All alone when no one is around, and you get to sit in silence and take some real time to think it through; do you think you can honestly ponder those three little words?
When you die...
Can you truly say without any hesitation that you do not fear the impact of these three little words?
When you die...
WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY???
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When I die the same thing will happen to me as has happened to everyone who has/will ever live. Probably nothing. But if it's something it will be the same something, and no heaven or hell will be involved. Of that I am sure.
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Rotting in the ground, perhaps. At least, I think that's what Atheist believe. Which, honestly, is fine, as most I've met believe in living for NOW, not for what might come maybe somewhat after you die.
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I'll live again, although the atheist would believe nothing happens as I understand it. To each their own, though.
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Wherever the atoms that once composed my then-decomposed body happen to go.
Do you mean my consciousness? That kind of depends on those atoms sticking together as a functional, living brain ... which tends to stop functioning and living once we die. No more brain = no more consciousness. i.e. "I" won't spend anything anywhere.
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Skavau
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I suspect he did. I often think about what I write.ShieldOfFaith said:
Sure. Why not? Stop being patronising.ShieldOfFaith said:
Sure. Why not? Stop being patronising.ShieldOfFaith said:
I will probably be rotting, and therefore spend nowhere for eternity. I wouldn't exist to utilise eternity.ShieldOfFaith said:
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TheManeki
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So now I'm up in heaven with St. Peter
By the pearly gates
And it's obvious he doesn't like
The Nehru jacket that I'm wearing
He tells me that they've got a dress code
Well, he lets me into heaven anyway
But I get the room next to the noisy ice machine
For all eternity
And every day he runs by screaming
-- "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Everything You Know Is Wrong"
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