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Jay Orwell
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| MordsMordreas wrote: | First prove that the 20,000 documents that make up the new testament are false and then we talk  |
That's like saying that unless we can prove that Harry Potter isn't true then we should all worship him. Just because the Bible says that God is true doesn't mean that the Bible is right.
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Tormentor
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: Would you want your beliefs disproven? |
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| SmellingTheCoffee wrote: | This is largely meant for theists because most atheists I spoke with have always said that if God could be proven, they would change their beliefs. However, everybody is free to respond.
So, what is your response:
If there were an observation, argument, discovery, whatever, that would undermine your beliefs about God, would you want to know it? |
I personally did change my beliefs after being an atheist for let's say 3 years. I am 18 now, but I lost belief in the faith of the cult known as "Jehovah's Witnesses"
I did not understand what a god was, or what a god could be. As time passed on, my concept of a god changed. There is no longer a deity in my life, but I practice spirituality in a multitude of ways in reverence of the universe, who is the timeless stream of infinite life and death and rebirth. This is my god
Edit: I'd like to note that it was not my beliefs that changed, it was my view upon the universe that ultimately changed. |
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| Yes, I would like to know if my beliefs were wrong. In fact, I actively search out arguments that go against my atheistic beliefs. I can never find any but sometimes it's taken me a few weeks of armchair philosophy to sort them out. |
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Windg0d
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Whenever this happens in real life to theists, they ussualy:
a-completly reject new found evidence or arguement
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b-Find some way to explain it using beleifs that also supports beleifs |
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