This is a challange, for all you who are out there who are religious, prove to me/tell me why i should belive in you religion?/god

currently i am atheist Not that i dont belive in god more that i dont belive eather way (mainly lean to the no god side). so why dont you sway my belif? show me the light, or the darkness

No. But if you have questions, I will probably try to answer them.

What do you belive in?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

Our heaven has a stripier factory and beer volcano.

And no one can deny the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster that is invisible.

Already a member, (forgot to add that)

i was also one of the first to post the link to the main site of the church



But other than that..

My god is a vengeful god. He is an indian with the head of a wolf. Now bow your head and pretend to be serious.

I'm atheist also, but an argument I can think of for believing in the Christian god is that if we atheists happen to be wrong, we're going to hell, but if Christians are wrong, nothing happens. Better safe than sorry?

quote:Originally posted by lobotomy:

I'm atheist also, but an argument I can think of for believing in the Christian god is that if we atheists happen to be wrong, we're going to hell, but if Christians are wrong, nothing happens. Better safe than sorry?

That logic doesn't work.

1. That logic assumes that the only possible god is the Christian God. There may be a god who rewards only those that are true to themselves, send atheists to heaven, and send those who say they believe in something as a way of "being safe" to Hell.

2. We can not induce belief in something that we reject by a sheer act of will. We have the skeptical viewpoints that we do based on evidence and lack of evidence, not a desire to play it safe. Saying that you believe that an omnipotent being exists is not the same as believing that one does.

quote:Originally posted by perfect chaos:

What do you belive in?

I believe in keeping an open mind, that one should decide the 'truth' for themselves but not cling to it, that meditation is useful, study of texts is important, debate is a useful tool to clarify your own beliefs, intuition is as important as logic, technology can be a tool for self improvement, and a good diet and regular exercise are helpful to maintain a healthy body and mind.

quote:Originally posted by Martini:

Originally posted by lobotomy:

I'm atheist also, but an argument I can think of for believing in the Christian god is that if we atheists happen to be wrong, we're going to hell, but if Christians are wrong, nothing happens. Better safe than sorry?

That logic doesn't work.

1. That logic assumes that the only possible god is the Christian God. There may be a god who rewards only those that are true to themselves, send atheists....



good point and i agree with you however even if the logic was correct and the christans would lose something if there wrong, they would have wasted there life, the time the took for anything they had to do with religion.

quote:Originally posted by Seriously:

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I believe in keeping an open mind, that one should decide the 'truth' for themselves but not cling to it, that meditation is useful, study of texts is important, debate is a useful tool to clarify your own beliefs, intuition is as important as logic, technology can be a tool for self improvement, and a good diet and regular exercise are helpful to maintain a healthy body and mind.



This is basicly what i belive at the moment, and it has served me well. debate is also quite enjoyable when you have a resonable apponant(for lack of a better word)

Bump, 'cause I'm tired of looking at King's stretched post.