If God were real, you wouldn’t need a book

[Into the Night]

Circular reasoning after circular reasoning after circular reasoning.

Kettle fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

Yes... IOW, faith. Faith is the basis for ANY religion.

Including his.

 

[Into the Night]

Yeah, that is pretty much what I said. When dealing with the issue of the REALITY of existence, in particular "whether there are any gods or not"...you depend on your blind guesses.

Religionists insist their blind guesses are correct...and call that insistence "faith."

What do you atheists call your insistence that your blind guesses are correct?

Buzzword fallacy. Go learn what 'real' means and how it's defined. Omniscience fallacy.
Atheism doesn't make 'guesses'.

 

[Into the Night]

Are you officially stating for the record your denial of any water in wet asphalt? Your positions get stupider by the day.

He denies ice as well.

 

[Into the Night]

It's not blind guesses. It's looking at the available evidence and deciding what makes sense.

But not a proof.
Circular argument fallacy (fundamentalism).

 

[Into the Night]

There's no "anyone else's evidence".

You can't make any evidence just disappear, Void.

There's nothing new happening that would offer additional evidence.

You can't make any evidence just disappear, Void.

I grew up Lutheran, went to Sunday School/church for most of my life and believed in the Christian god.

Lutherans don't believe in the teachings of Christ.
Christ denounced homosexual behavior.

 

[Cypress]

I have done no such thing.

do you have a link?

When you asked Dutch Uncle the same question, he provided a pantheon of posts showing you disparaging blacks and Jews

 

[Into the Night]

Why would walking on a wet, solid surface be mentioned in the Bible as something notable that Jesus did?

You are not Jesus. YOU said it's impossible to walk on water.

I do it fairly often.

 

[Into the Night]

If by blind guessing you mean that there isn't a hundred percent certainty, of course. By virtue of the fact that we experience, first hand, very, very little of what we actually believe, we are all just looking at available evidence and drawing conclusions

The evidence for the Christian God is weak. The stories in the Bible are ridiculous by today's scientific standards, But those kinds of stories were the norm back then and not just for believers in the Christian God.

Science is not a 'standard'.
Redefinition fallacy (science<->negative proof).
You cannot make any evidence just disappear.

Circular argument fallacy (fundamentalism).

 

[Dutch Uncle]

So you have no regrets for all the times you've disparaged blacks, Jews, Hispanics, cursed other posters out without provocation, or indulged your porn addiction.

QED.

The good news is that, where he's going, at least he'll be warm. LOL

 

[gfm7175]

There's no "anyone else's evidence". There's nothing new happening that would offer additional evidence.

I grew up Lutheran, went to Sunday School/church for most of my life and believed in the Christian god.

If "nothing new [is] happening", then what caused you to change your mind about Christianity?

 

[gfm7175]

Why would walking on a wet, solid surface be mentioned in the Bible as something notable that Jesus did?

It's not (because it ISN'T notable). ANYONE can do it.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

No, because I've seen your posts disparaging blacks and Jews, and you routinely curse me out with the foulest of language without provocation.

Anyone can search for them and find them. His unrepentant hatred is why he's going to burn in Hell's fire.

He probably dreams about the burning that's coming.

 

[WinterBorn]

should blasphemy laws be in effect?

Absolutely not.

 

[WinterBorn]

Correct. I have many "private matters" in my life. I do not bring them up in a forum dedicated to discussions of what people present.

Cannot help but wonder why you do.



Actually, you stated what you DO NOT believe.

Yes it is. But either you are here for discussion or you are just doing a benign form of trolling.

I am interested in why someone who DOES NOT "BELIEVE" there are no gods...and who DOES NOT "BELIEVE" IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THERE ARE NO GODS THAN THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE...

...WOULD USE AN SELF-DESCRIPTOR LIKE "ATHEIST."

It makes no sense to me, and I thought you could be of some help with that. But apparently you think you are above such a discussion.

Too bad. I would have loved to hear what you have to say on that.

On an anonymous forum, it is easier.

I have no problem discussion what I believe or do not believe.

 

[Freddy Figbottom]

Absolutely not.

correct answer.

merry Christmas, WB!

 

[gfm7175]

Lutherans don't believe in the teachings of Christ.
Christ denounced homosexual behavior.

Some Lutherans do believe in Christ's teachings, but generally speaking, yes it's true that many of them don't.

The largest/most popular Lutheran church denomination is the ELCA. They reject a plethora of Christ's teachings and other biblical doctrines (e.g. they condone homosexuality, they condone abortion, and they allow women to be pastors).

Meanwhile, there are some other "less popular" Lutheran church denominations who are typically much better about believing in Christ's teachings (such as LCMS and WELS), but the ELCA denomination is what most people think of when they think of the word Lutheran.

 

[IBDaMann]

I find the beliefs of atheists are often harmful ...

What are the beliefs of atheists? As an atheist myself, I should probably find out.

 

[IBDaMann]

Circular reasoning after circular reasoning after circular reasoning.

Your king-tip after king-tip after king-tip after king-tip...

 

[Freddy Figbottom]

What are the beliefs of atheists? As an atheist myself, I should probably find out.

generally nihilistic and anti-natalist.

how did you score?