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edgineered

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27. Also from the article

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:48 AM

Oct 2014

While I don't believe in organized religion, I do believe in God, and I do have faith in the narrative of Jesus, but I can openly accept the irrationality of it and how it is a matter of faith, not facts or rationality, that cause me to believe it. I'd like to point out that I'm not trying to change anyone's belief or non-belief, but merely trying to explain why I think it takes just as much faith to be an atheist as it does to be a religious believer. I don't point to the Bible to prove this, but rather to the universe.

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Why I'd Still Believe In God Even if the Bible Was a Fairytale [View all] hrmjustin Oct 2014 OP

Who created God? GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #1

We do not know. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #2

Who said God needed to be created? rug Oct 2014 #5

That is a good point. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #6

These comments all boil down to trying to empty a glass of air with a spoon. rug Oct 2014 #7

lol i suppose so. i thought the article was interesting. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #8

Yes it is. rug Oct 2014 #9

It is a question for the ages. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #10

In the meantime, they're using a measuring rod to measure what can't be measured. rug Oct 2014 #11

Well some people are just as certain there is no God as those who say there is. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #12

I think one could take a reasonable stab via probability. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #33

Or the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #28

! rug Oct 2014 #30

I understand the jibe but... AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #34

Funny you mention that. rug Oct 2014 #35

The claim makes logical sense to me. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #36

There a lot of them. rug Oct 2014 #38

Atheism/agnosticism dangin Oct 2014 #3

It is all a hope that there is something more after this life. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #4

Faith dangin Oct 2014 #13

As host of this room I ask you to self-delete your comment and reread the sop of this room. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #14

Remaining civil dangin Oct 2014 #15

Here is the sop. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #16

self delete beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #17

I'm never here dangin Oct 2014 #18

I am not saying you have to leave. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #19

self delete beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #20

I apologize dangin Oct 2014 #21

No worries and no great offense. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #22

self delete beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #23

Saying that the DSM calls faith a delusion Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #29

Thanks, that's the better way to handle this. rug Oct 2014 #24

self delete beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #25

Strongly disagree with the premise of this article. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #26

The bit you quote Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #31

That would be a positive claim. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #32

You are making a claim, "God does not exist" Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #37

You completely misunderstood everything I just said, and reversed the meaning. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #39

Here. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #40

So you admit that YOU do make the positive claim Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #41

Some do. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #42

Also from the article edgineered Oct 2014 #27