Are the rest of you as ashamed of yourselves as me? I can't believe the amount of time I have wasted actually trying to convince myself that somehow I could stimulate an intelligent exchange with people who believe in goblins and magic or whatever the characters of holy stories are supposed to be.
What the hell is wrong with us? It's like trying to disuss views on national healthcare reform with Binky, your pet turtle.
2007-02-08 17:25:04 · 23 answers · asked by George Bailey 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's not a waste. The real outrage would be to sit back and let ignorance run rampant and unchecked.
2007-02-08 17:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I feel ashamed when i am watching a movie, the news, or a TV show and I laugh when ever someone says god bless or mentions anything relating to god and the presented problem. I feel especially ashamed when there is a christian or deeply religious person in the same room as me. It kind of sucks that you have to hold it in, but of course most that are religious don't hold back their feelings when it comes to god.
I do believe you can have an intellectual conversation with those that have religious beliefs as long as you don't talk about philosophy, religion, politics, science..... oh crap i guess i don't really believe that....haha....
2007-02-08 17:35:44 · answer #2 · answered by Selina 93os 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then God is a sadist. What if thumpers are wrong about hell and it's like a place with lots of corners and lots of dunce caps and lots of stools ? What if the Norse are right ? What if the Chinese religions are/were correct ? You get the whole 'which religion is the one we're worried about ?' thing sorted out and then get back to me.
2016-05-24 00:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
awww don't be ashamed and don't give up hope. i was once a Bible thumping, hell mongering Fundy Christian and yet somehow, despite deep religious childhood conditioning, my native intelligence engaged and i was able to escape the cage of Christianity. you just never know that what you post here might turn a light on in some dark and fear filled corner of a Fundy's mind and cause an intellectual epiphany.
with every mind that is freed from the bondage of religion and superstition human evolution advances. thank you for your efforts.
2007-02-08 17:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Believers have the advantage that faith is a comforting sentiment which doesn't require the effort of thinking.
Logical reasoning is not comforting. Unfortunately, it requires effort to discover the truth!
2007-02-08 17:52:55 · answer #5 · answered by DrEvol 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Intelligent exchange? No problem. That doesn't mean the you will change our minds to your way of thinking. I think it's funny that you just prove how true the prophecies in the Bible are. "blinded eyes"
2007-02-09 02:32:30 · answer #6 · answered by jomi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I met a goblin once. He was on the History channel to. He was called a mythological Fiji mermaid, get that a. He was close to my heart. He landed on go to jail do not pass go do not collect 200 dollars. Via first class, a Holy angel.
2007-02-08 17:33:25 · answer #7 · answered by chucky 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know. Maybe you shouldn't feel so bad. Atheists and those that believe in goblins, magic, ghouls, vampires, have something in common. They both believe in something that is false and phony.
2007-02-08 17:40:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah excellent. What you've just realised is that everyone is entitled to their own opinion; no point in trying to push atheism on somebody, that's equivalent to trying to get somebody to convert to another religion.
2007-02-08 17:30:25 · answer #9 · answered by verbalise 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, now don't go gettin' all holier-than-thou. I swear, some Atheists can be just as dogmatic as the ones they complain about.
2007-02-08 17:28:31 · answer #10 · answered by Wisdom in Faith 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋