Why do YOU argue about what you believe in when YOU know its an UNWINNABLE ARGUEMENT?

Question

Its like trying to put out fire with gasoline.

This goes out to both atheists and theists and everything in between.

If you are broad minded enough you will realize there is more than one philosphy in life that will that will get you through life.

Answer 1

It's a fun time.

Answer 2

I only argue about religion when someone puts their beliefs to me a FACT and then tells me I should be pitied for what I don't have (love of Christ, the joy of God, etc.).

Here's the deal: I can't prove God doesn't exist and you can't prove He does. What I want out of religious people is simply this: an admission that they only BELIEVE God exists. Be open to the possibility that, however wrong they think it is, it is possible that God is not there. That all they have is a belief in what mankind has told them. They can still hold steadfast to their faith, but just accept the slim chance they just might be wrong. I do the same all the time. I don't have faith, but you know, I'm open to the idea that I could be wrong.

Answer 3

I don't argue. I discuss/debate. Arguing tends to only end up with insults and pettiness. I don't need either of those. But discussing beliefs is a great way to find out where the other person stands on issues, as well as expressing where I stand.

I have to agree with nondescript - I'm not trying to just "get through" life... I'm trying to experience it. Just getting by is only survival... there's a lot more to life than just surviving each day.

Answer 4

Religion does harm and religion does good....atheist do harm an atheist do good....what great arguments....it is about people and nothing more.....you are right to say if you are broad minded.....we have some how created a society of me first which reduces the ability to be broad minded by definition....maybe we have a society that really has low self esteem and to put others down is the way to try to make themselves feel better.....either way it is pretty narrow thinking.

Answer 5

As religion removes an individuals rationalism. Almost every war is due to religion. Religion divides the human race. But at the end of the day it is almost an unwinnable argument, as people will believe what ever makes them sleep at night.

Answer 6

Arguing and defending your faith, when it comes to religion, is a sign of insecurity. People who do this are not 100% sure of their belief system and so if they create other believers, it makes their belief more real. It could be a tribal thing where there is a need to all belong to one train of thought, like a team, a state, a country, a race. Out of this emotion grows prejudice, which is why we have war which goes back to defending a faith.

Answer 7

1.) I have a vested interest in there being as few stupid, ignorant people on the planet as possible.

2.) "Does God exist?" is not an unanswerable question, in the way that "Does the color blue look the same to you as it does to me?" is. At the end of the day, there IS a yes-or-no answer to the question -- there can't NOT be. So we should be able to, in theory at least, come up with tests or experiments we could perform that would verify (or falsify) God's existence. But every time we try (e.g.; the intercessory power of prayer, tested in a double-blind experiment) and religion fails miserably, theists attempt to change the conditions of victory; claiming by fiat (rather than on the strength of any evidence) that "God exists outside of time and space", or "God won't perform on command, he wants you to BELIEVE," or whatever other nonsense they can pull out of thin air. Isn't that just TOO convenient!

Answer 8

OK, if ‘getting through life’ is the only criteria you care about; and you do not care about things like knowledge and truth. Throughout history people have gotten through life believing all kinds of stupid stuff (the earth is flat; slavery is good; women are lesser humans than men; natural phenomenon are caused by magic men in the sky, etc.).

Answer 9

Partially true. Religious beliefs affect society's everyday life. For example, marriage is restricted to specific religion's concept of it, and people who have different values are denied their right to "Life, Liberty and Happiness".

Also, we as citizens of both our countries and of the world have the responsibility of being well informed and acting to benefit all mankind, denying science is not a good way to accomplish this. For example, by doubting finding on just "belief" and not verifiable facts and evidence we continue to pollute and cause global warming. Granted there is a valid debate on the findings but that must be conducted on facts and evidence, not faith, belief and "pseudo-science".

People are free to believe what they wish, as long as they don't impose their values on society through legislation or social norms, and they don't hid their heads in "pseudo-science".

Answer 10

It is not an unwinnable argument, as long as both sides follow the rules of empirical tests/support.

If you want to claim the existence of a phenomenon, you have to prove that it exists.
Pretty simple concept, right?

Answer 11

I don't argue about religious beliefs, only because I clearly realise there are more than one religions and a person has the freedom to choose whichever one they want. Luckily, not everyone is the same. Thank feck.