Phat writes:
Believers dont need evidence. They merely need inner confirmation. Perhaps this is why so few of you understand us.
I suspect that almost all unbelievers recognize and understand the rationalization of believers. Many of us grew up with exposure to religion and other supernatural beliefs.
In my case I attended Sunday school and Episcopal church with my mom, but my dad was an atheist. I learned all the biblical stories and at 12 I took classes for confirmation. I was really fascinated with ancient history and so I read the bible that year also. My Santa Claus fantasy had already primed my skepticism, but the absurdities in the bible were so obviously fiction, that I declared my atheism to my parents on the day I was forced to go through confirmation. My mom apologized years later for making my go through that. The church tried to recruit me as an alterboy the next week so I declared my atheism so forcefully to the priest that he told me to enjoy my Sundays elsewhere, and I always have.
I would have had to pretend to believe that there is a magical undetected realm in my head but that cannot be separated from a fantasy. And when I look at the behavior and character of almost all believers in your brand of religion it does not reflect comprehension of what the bible says and specifically what it says Christ did and said. I just hope I am never faced with having to declare belief in some religion in order to save my life from Christian or other fanatics. That's the future I see Republicans and the religious right striving to bring about in America.
ABE:
Phat writes:
Perhaps this is why so few of you understand us.
I think what we don't understand is adults that don't seem to have a Bullshit Filter.
Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty PythonOne important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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