Your faith

[King Hydro]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

Christians are atheists. They just believe on one more God than the garden variety atheist. When they understand why they don't believe in other gods, they'll understand why we don't believe in their gods. To paraphrase.

How you arrived at this i'll never know. Christians are most certainly not atheists. Atheism is believe in/ be without a thoery (which would be God).
If they believe in "one more God" then they stop becoming atheists.

They don't believe in other Gods because their faithe is in Christianity. It's what they believe. "We", as in atheists, don't believe in any God's because that's what we believe. It is what fits for us. It makes the most sense to us.

Religions will never understand any other religions fully - they can know their principals, teachings, etc... But when it comes to the faith everything goes out the window.
It's like saying to a Muslim or a Jew "So why don't you come and be a christian? " Admittadly, there are those who "convert" but this is because they have found something stronger and more compelling to believe in.

[Goatboy]

You fail to get the point, yet again.

[King Hydro]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

You fail to get the point, yet again.

This is the exact nanchelant attitude that makes most people dislike you.

If i fail to "get the point" then i'd appreciate it if you reitterate yourself and make the point clear(er), or perhaps summarise it in a couple of neat sentences.

[Lost Zidane]

If you wan't to get rid of him ban him, just spamming up a thread won't work. D=

I renounced my faith some time ago, I don't believe in God/Jesus/Mary.

[King Hydro]

Originally Posted by Lost Zidane

If you wan't to get rid of him ban him, just spamming up a thread won't work. D=

I don't see where the spam was/is? And "just banning him" for his attitude is not how we roll here at FFE.

[The Man]

Christians disbelieve in every god except one. Therefore, they are atheists for every god except one. I fail to see what's so difficult to comprehend about that quote.

[King Hydro]

Originally Posted by The Man

Christians disbelieve in every god except one. Therefore, they are atheists for every god except one. I fail to see what's so difficult to comprehend about that quote.

Oh, i "get" it - no worries.
I just don't see the point in saying "I'm an atheist for every God except one! " That makes you not an atheist.

It's like saying "i don't support any football teams except one! " Well, why say that instead of "I only support one football team".. seems like a pretty pointless thing to bring in atheism when it's just being cancelled out by theism.

[The Man]

The Christian disbelieves in other religions primarily because he postulates that those religions have provided no viable proof, yet in many cases without having undertaken a thorough study of those religions. The quote is meant to encourage people to engage in critical thinking and conclude that perhaps many people only believe in a given religion because they were indoctrinated into it when they were young.

[King Hydro]

A much better explanation (although i knew that already), rather than "Christians are atheists except for one God!"
It goes the extra, and necessary, legnth to explain the beefits of critical thinking, hyporcrisy and posibilities of being born in to religion.

[Goatboy]

The difference is, one requires a thought where one is spelled out for you. If you spent more time with the message and less with the semantics it wouldn't be a problem.

[King Hydro]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

The difference is, one requires a thought where one is spelled out for you. If you spent more time with the message and less with the semantics it wouldn't be a problem.

One only requires thought because its a bollox and backwards way of saying something.

[Goatboy]

The english can't talk.

[The Man]

It's supposed to make you think critically rather than spelling everything out for you.

[Goatboy]

Originally Posted by King Hydro

One only requires thought because its a bollox and backwards way of saying something.

Yeah its

[King Hydro]

Originally Posted by The Man

It's supposed to make you think critically rather than spelling everything out for you.

I'm not asking for everything to be spelled out for me, I enjoy intelligent discussions - that gets me thinking. However, when there's a simple way of saying something I don't see why it shouldn't be used.

Originally Posted by Goatboy

Yeah its

My, my, aren't you so hilariously witty and smart. You found a typo! Congratu-****ing-lations - but if that's how you get your kicks, and if that's what makes you feel like you have one over on someone then it's rather juvenile.

And if this isn't the case then please explain why you felt it necessary to point out that particular typo out of every typo in the forum - technically it's spam in the one place spam isn't tolerated.

[The Man]

Phrasing the quote in a simpler manner wouldn't have made the point it makes as effectively as it does. And "yeah its" is an in-joke from LSD. It comes from the following post:

I don't even know who my state govenor..I think its Rick Perry.
Yeah its.
We call him Govenor good hair.
He really does have goodhair.

To those of us who were there for the original post, it comes as the pinnacle of hilarity, but you probably had to be there for it.

[Shakan'Dar]

I'm one of those people who was NOT indoctrinated into any religion at birth. Sure, I was christened, but that's about it. My family doesn't go to church, and never made me go. I was an atheist up until around March this year. I came to believe in Christianity because I felt something inside me, which I can only explain as God reaching out to me.

To all you skeptics, it wasn't gas, or a burp, I know what my inner bodily functions feel like thank you, and this was like nothing else.

On the other hand, the reason I chose Christianity is because I believe Jesus was the son of God. That belief came about through prayer. I actually wondered whether I was making the right decision, but I was affirmed in my belief.

Judaism is the backwards step from Christianity. They're still waiting for their "Jesus", and the Muslims rely on endless prayer that is pretty much done by rote. Christianity feels right because prayer is something that is personal, rather than something that feels like a ritual.

Anyway, that's why I chose Christianity over other religions.

[I AM THE CAPS MONSTER]

Originally Posted by Lost Zidane

If you wan't to get rid of him ban him, just spamming up a thread won't work. D=

I renounced my faith some time ago, I don't believe in God/Jesus/Mary.

Good Points,


Like I.E Mary Virgin mother Bah thats just stupid.

[Apples]

Agnostic. I am open to, and I am willing to accept, all types of ideas.

[FadedDreams]

religion pisses me off. I'm supposedly Catholic, whatever. but I definitely do not agree with a lot of the things they enforce and believe in. it's a bunch of bull**** most of the time.