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The Thin Dead Line of sanity
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Christianity had it's beginnings at the dawn of human (written) history, and is still hanging around.
Written history began around 3500BC if I remember correctly... so you're only off by a few millennia.
You mean as a newer variation of ancient mythology ?
What do you mean by "antitype" ? Are you speaking of the prophetic nature of the Genesis account and the fall, etc ?As an antitype of Christ's sacrifice.
There are religious people mostly due to cultural, parental and peer pressure, they are conditioned by their environment. Some get into it from genuine experiences (let's say mystical/transpersonal) in their lives and usually jump into the faith that best fits their worldview at that time, or from the influences above with regards conditioning.
What do you mean by "antitype" ? Are you speaking of the prophetic nature of the Genesis account and the fall, etc ?
Yes.
If this is the case wouldn't it be true the other way around too?
There are atheists and irreligious people mostly due to cultural, parental and peer pressure, they are conditioned by their environment. Some get into from genuine experiences in their lives and usually jump into the flavor of irreligion that best fits their worldview at that time, or from the influences above with regards conditioning.
Right?
It is my understanding that the statistics support the notion that children tend to take on the religion of their culture, their locale, their parents. Additional influence is applied in religious schooling, and at church.If this is the case wouldn't it be true the other way around too?
There are atheists and irreligious people mostly due to cultural, parental and peer pressure, they are conditioned by their environment. Some get into from genuine experiences in their lives and usually jump into the flavor of irreligion that best fits their worldview at that time, or from the influences above with regards conditioning.
Right?
If this is the case wouldn't it be true the other way around too?
There are atheists and irreligious people mostly due to cultural, parental and peer pressure, they are conditioned by their environment. Some get into from genuine experiences in their lives and usually jump into the flavor of irreligion that best fits their worldview at that time, or from the influences above with regards conditioning.
Right?
You may be referring to the writing of history, not the history itself. History is usually a record or account of past events. The past event I'm speaking of occurred in the Garden of Eden, as recorded in bible history.
Ahhh...ok, I thought you meant the beginning of written history. One could easily make the same claim of any religion Old Guy...all the ones I can think of have a creation myth.
What kind of reason are you asking/looking for? Psychological, historical, cultural, traditional, scientific...?Why are there religious people?
What´s the answer of Christianity? And does it explain why there are religious people in general, or does it only exlain why there are Christians?Christianity has an answer
No, not necessarily.If this is the case wouldn't it be true the other way around too?
No, I don´t think that turning the tables works that well in this particular case.There are atheists and irreligious people mostly due to cultural, parental and peer pressure, they are conditioned by their environment. Some get into from genuine experiences in their lives and usually jump into the flavor of irreligion that best fits their worldview at that time, or from the influences above with regards conditioning.
Right?
No, not necessarily.
Atheism, to begin with, has no dogma, has no tradition, has no subculture, has no ceremonies, has no ideals, has no direct implications on to how to lead your life, has little to offer in terms of social bonding etc.etc. - and thus can´t even be compared to a positive belief system.
It´s just a lack of one particular belief, after all. You keep forgetting this.
No, I don´t think that turning the tables works that well in this particular case.
No, it isn´t.Atheism is a negative belief system,
Yeah, "one could say" a lot of things...the question, however, is if saying them makes sense, and - assuming for a moment they´d make sense - how relevant they are for the topic at hand.one could say it has a "dogma" or doctrine of doubt in that Atheist commonly make the same claims in the promotion of their belief.
No, it isn´t.
Yeah, "one could say" a lot of things...the question, however, is if saying them makes sense, and - assuming for a moment they´d make sense - how relevant they are for the topic at hand.
Atheism becomes a religion or a belief system when it goes from being merely a neutral "I don't believe" position to the promotion of non-belief in a social system.
Atheism is a negative belief system, one could say it has a "dogma" or doctrine of doubt in that Atheist commonly make the same claims in the promotion of their belief.
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