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Originally posted by Creshosk
well there's defintly a miscommunication somewhere...
I beleive there was.
Originally posted by Creshosk
I'm not sure if I agree with that. You might not notice it as much but little commeents like the one you made about them being "man made" sounds like a declaration of fact. and a good number of them will directly say things like that or "there is no god." Since people do not always say "I believe" before they say something its usually taken as the norm that statements like "There is no god" are declaractions of fact rather than declarations of belief. This may be part of where there's a communication error... on my part at least.
Fair Enough. When someone says something with such conviction, it can be intepretted as someone speaking as if they know Fact.
However, there are no door-to-door Atheists. There are no pamphlets about converting to Atheism, there are no politicians declaring the non existance of God, and there are no Atheists evangelizing atheism unto the masses.
Yes, it is true there are books written which declare that there is No God, such as "The God Delusion" and there are Athiest clans online which publicly reject the idea of God and the Holy Spirit.
However, all this is a RESPONSE to the evangelism and imposement of Theists. Theists who do not keep thier beleifs to themselves, but rather enforce them upon others, with words of judgement and threats of Hell, should expect to recieve backlash.
I truly beleive that Theists have began the rift and war between Theism and Atheism. There does not have to be one, Atheists can learn to handle this in more intelligent ways, but Atheists have resorted to the same tactics as Theists.
Theists, however, did initiate this cultural conflict, and I'd expect they can finish what they started.
Originally posted by Creshosk
Possibly. I can't be certain until we make sure there is no communication error
Okay.
Originally posted by Creshosk
I don't think so. I think either conclusion is just as logical or illogical as the other. as Both sides have the same ammount of evidence to support them. None. a lack of evidence for the other side does not support your side. Just as an atheist not having evidence against the existence of God is no support for the Theist, the other way is just as true.
So what about if there is evidense for something ? Would it be more logical to accept or deny ?
Originally posted by Creshosk
Well yeah, however a conclusion can be a fact as well... which.. as was said before... might be part of my error.
One's personal conclusion is what they choose to beleive. That is what I meant when I said conclusion. If something is fact, then to deny it is wrong.
Originally posted by Creshosk
neither is more logical.Atoms existed before we had evidence of them. To believe that they did not exist before we had evidence of them is illogical.
Logic take a neutral position when there is no evidence.
We can't disbeleive something if we never heard of its existance, so that example may not work.
Also, Atoms have had scientific backing to promote the acceptance of thier existance.
The Christian-Judeo God hasn't.
Originally posted by Creshosk
But you're still going to stick with it being belief rather than fact right? sly
Yes.
Originally posted by Creshosk
So you're either not an atheist or ... well before you were talking about beliefs in the non existence... now you're changing what you arer saying?
I reject the Judeo-Christian God, because there's too many logical problems and contradictions with this.
However, I'm not Atheist. My beleif about God is different. I beleive God is the Universe, and encompasses all that exists.
To me God is the Mystic Law (Buddhism).
God is the Universal Mind- Refer to the philosophical Law of Attraction for more information on the matter.
To me that is God. However, I do not beleive God is a person.
Originally posted by Creshosk
provided it's interpreted correctly and is itself properly translated... however those are both hard to come by as there are differeing translations and different interpritations. I could all be codswallop, but we have no way of knowing because of the different translations and the different interpritations of each translations. How many licks does it get to the center of this tootsie pop? The world may never know. It could be true.. but just as likely its not.
Translation and Intepretation is the problem. No one ever has an agreeing intepretation when it comes to the Bible and Quran.
Originally posted by Creshosk
Unless they state their belief as fact or try to impose their beleif through law, right?
Yes.
Originally posted by Creshosk
VVVVVVyupVVVV looks like we're agreeing thus far.
I'm sensing another route that this opens up, but not being a theist I'm not going to take that route.
Okay.
Originally posted by Creshosk
I wouldn't say nothing.. there are plenty of atheists in the religon sections of message boards, some just as forcefully forward about their beliefs as the theists.
Like I said before, that is always a response to the Theist statement. Also, Atheists do not evangelize...atlteast no where to the amount Theists have.
They just dont want laws, culture, and customs to be defined by something they don't beleive in.
Originally posted by Creshosk
And the atheists who do the same...
No where to the same degree.
Originally posted by Creshosk
the one claiming it as fact, be it atheist or theist.
Like I said before, Theists claim thier beleifs as Fact far more often than Atheists. On top of that, Theists insist on telling other people how to live thier lives. Atheists don't care what others do in that sense in thier own personal lives.
Originally posted by Creshosk
I calls things as I sees thems. You I sees as intelligent.
Thank You, so are you.