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Originally Posted by Barcs  Joe it seems like you are really bothered by other people's beliefs. Why does it affect your life so much what another person chooses to believe in? I don't understand why you find it necessary to go through all this to convince people of something they need to discover on their own. I notice this type of attitude coming from many atheists and theists alike. Many act as if their beliefs are the one true way. The bottom line is that nobody can scientifically prove god OR prove the big bang beyond the shadow of a doubt. Yes, there are tons of theories, but most likely nobody knows for certain. This is where faith comes in and people have varying beliefs on what exactly caused the universe to come about. People need to look inside of themselves and discover what there is to find. Everybody has beliefs that cannot be proved with science. It's part of being human. There is no irrefutable evidence that can prove the soul, the afterlife, ghosts, ufos, or even gravity, but people believe in many of those, plus there are countless eyewitness accounts. I like learning about the unknown. It is fun. All I'm really saying is ease up a bit, and let people believe what they want to. It's not going to affect your life in the least. Being agnostic, I believe that arguing over a POSSIBLE CONCEPT like god is silly, and does not accomplish anything but fuel anger. |
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ill address a few of the confusions in your paragraph:
1- atheism is not a belief, its a lack of belief in god
2- you said its unknown if god exists or not, that is all im saying, the same thing you just said, so we agree.
3- the reason i write is to educate and inform people of the fact that gods existence is unknown, and therefore belief that god exists objectively is unjustified
4- faith is nothing more then an excuse to believe things without evidence, if i have faith i can fly can i? will you tell me i cant? thats all i do towards the faith in god
5- belief that the soul, ghosts are any of that other stuff you mentioned objectively exists is also unjustified, irrational.
6- you saying to let people believe what they want is self refuting, because i believe gods existence is unknown, so take your own advice and let me believe what i want. and talk about it.
7-the big bang has mainstream scientific consensus.
8- if anyone gets angry because i point out the fact that gods existence is unknown then thats their problem.