3 Theories Of Everything by Ellis Potter

That would look good on your bumper.

Philosophical mumbo-jumbo, too long for a bumper sticker.If Potter has any arguments of value, bring them here in your own words.

Sure, Long John Silver has an existence outside the book. Y'know, that whole Arr! thing that people attribute to all pirates was originated by Robert Newton in the 1950 movie. You should see him in some of his other movies like Jamaica Inn.But I don't pretend to be "in communion" with either Long John Silver or Robert Newton.

Exactly. Thoughts and experiences. Maybe even based on a real person. But NOT living today. Are you? Put it in your own words so we can see what YOU think it means.

I'd rather have you explain Potter's arguments like I asked. Well of course there isn't a cosmic battle any more than there's one magic ring that rules them all. I don't see that as a worldview. It's just common sense that anybody with any worldview should be able to see. It isn't about skipping belief. It's about realizing that belief is a last-ditch copout when you just can't bring yourself to admit that you don't know.

Let's not forget that "the body of believers on the planet" don't all believe the same things you believe. There are Hindus, Mormons, etc. who all believe as fervently as you do and all have "experiences" as convincing as yours - and YOU think THEIR beliefs are made-up nonsense.You actually reason the same way as atheists do. The only difference is that you hang on to one set of made-up nonsense.

You can reject gravity for all I care. Until you have something to back up your rejection, you're just blowing smoke. That isn't "stuck". I'm one step ahead of YOU because I at least have a POSSIBILITY of learning something. YOU are stuck with having to reject what we do learn if it denies your dogma. I didn't. Why don't you read what I wrote? You have it backwards, as usual. It isn't "His messsge." It's an eternal message that He happened to understand. 1. I have no desire to make it off the planet.2. I do stand for something: humanity.

So am I but my comfort level has nothing to do with what's true.

You yourself haven't taken any "leap of faith". You've stuck with the fairy tales that you learned as a child. A leap of faith would be to discard them and start fresh. Try a whole new set of fairy tales. Become a Raelian.

So have I. Only I call it "unknown". And yet I did.

All birds leave home.

That's a ridiculous concept. In any case, it isn't God who's leaving home, so if He did have a home it would be irrelevant to the metaphor.

Well, of course. Growing up is about cutting the apron-strings mentally. You might also assert that leaving your mommy is unnecessary but that doesn't mean it's a desirable situation.

So you claim but you've never been able to back it up.