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Why are atheists considered to be so dishonest?
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<blockquote data-quote="ephraimanesti" data-source="post: 56108807" data-attributes="member: 131538"><p>MY BROTHER,</p><p></p><p>Let me give you my--and ONLY my--take of the subject you have raised. My feeling about atheism as a world view, is that it requires a "denial"--in the psychological sense--of reality in order to main in consciousness the idea that God could not possibly exist. (We are talking atheism, not agnosticism.)</p><p></p><p>Denial, as you probably know, is a subconscious action of the brain in pushing away all facts and information which contradict the fact being denied--in this case, the reality of God. It is, in effect, a self-induced blind spot in the area of denial to where we can circumvent reality and create our own little usage based upon how we want to see things, rather than how they actually are. </p><p></p><p>As an alcoholic/addict i am VERY familiar with this psychological mind-game--given i spent most of my life denying i had a drinking/drugging problem despite the mountain of evidence staring me in the face to the contrary. i was "dishonest", "lying," manipulative to the max--both to myself and others--yet was unaware that my pronouncements were, objectively, lies, dishonest, manipulative, etc.</p><p></p><p>i believe the same process pertains as atheists struggle blindly and desperately to convince themselves that there is no God when He is obviously alive and well and very much in control of the Universe.</p><p></p><p>So i wouldn't take the charges of dishonesty, lying, etc., personally. However, you might want to examine the reasons for them--i.e., a strong desire that the God Who very much exists NOT exist, and make the necessary corrections to your thinking in order to overcome the state of denial you have created for yourself and thus get back in touch with reality. </p><p></p><p>Doing this got me clean and sober; doing this will engender for you a loving relationship with your Creator, Savior, Lover, Life. Win/win for both of us!</p><p></p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/bow.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bow:" title="bow :bow:" data-shortname=":bow:" />ABBA'S FOOL,</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">ephraim </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ephraimanesti, post: 56108807, member: 131538"] MY BROTHER, Let me give you my--and ONLY my--take of the subject you have raised. My feeling about atheism as a world view, is that it requires a "denial"--in the psychological sense--of reality in order to main in consciousness the idea that God could not possibly exist. (We are talking atheism, not agnosticism.) Denial, as you probably know, is a subconscious action of the brain in pushing away all facts and information which contradict the fact being denied--in this case, the reality of God. It is, in effect, a self-induced blind spot in the area of denial to where we can circumvent reality and create our own little usage based upon how we want to see things, rather than how they actually are. As an alcoholic/addict i am VERY familiar with this psychological mind-game--given i spent most of my life denying i had a drinking/drugging problem despite the mountain of evidence staring me in the face to the contrary. i was "dishonest", "lying," manipulative to the max--both to myself and others--yet was unaware that my pronouncements were, objectively, lies, dishonest, manipulative, etc. i believe the same process pertains as atheists struggle blindly and desperately to convince themselves that there is no God when He is obviously alive and well and very much in control of the Universe. So i wouldn't take the charges of dishonesty, lying, etc., personally. However, you might want to examine the reasons for them--i.e., a strong desire that the God Who very much exists NOT exist, and make the necessary corrections to your thinking in order to overcome the state of denial you have created for yourself and thus get back in touch with reality. Doing this got me clean and sober; doing this will engender for you a loving relationship with your Creator, Savior, Lover, Life. Win/win for both of us! :bow:ABBA'S FOOL, [SIZE="1"]ephraim [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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