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.

You fail to get the point, yet again.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

The english can't talk.