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    Difference in moral thought between atheists and believers

    Empathy, and virtues are the basis of morality, not any God. A God declaring right/wrong with no reason nor explanation of the morality commanded is a rather senseless morality. For example, a God commands people to commit genocide but says in His commandments 'Thou shall do no murder', is...
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    RF Financial Advice

    50-30-20. Absolute necessities- what you want if it's good for you- savings and investments. Of the 20 for savings and investments have conservative investments at 50. Moderate risk at 30 and aggressive risk at 20 or less. Live below your means. Consult more than one expert.
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    Learning about people’s faith & what they believe in, how they think about it & try to practice it

    Faith is confidence and trust in what you know to be true, and/or what is justified in believing. If I didn't have faith like that I wouldn't be able to move. I have faith in the values and virtues. There's about 100 positive character traits that I can name. I also have faith in my own...
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    Why the burden of proof lies on God ?

    God is extraordinarily absent. If God wants to be known then that's God's burden of proof. How is God present? Is it obvious? Do I have to rely on words in a book or some other's personal experience? Then there's the matter of correct interpretation.
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    Atheists: does God exist?

    For me emotions are effects and the qualities/ or lack thereof are the causes. I've avoided many of wasteful emotions by choosing better attitudes, focuses, appreciations and recognizing limitations of what I could control. Being emotionally driven can be extremely unreliable. There are times...
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    Atheists: does God exist?

    That really doesn't explain anything about it. You associate good feelings with love. Love takes on good and bad feelings and emotions are responses too love. Of course there are different kinds of love that people base on their feelings, but that is superficial to base it on. There are...
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    Atheists: does God exist?

    No doubt there! Of course it is natural, but natural may include a whole lot more then the senses can perceive. I believe intelligence can be learned, but as time goes by the quality of information and experience one lacks, or has can severely handicap one from learning intelligence in the...
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    Revelation or Psychosis?

    I recently had a dream while sleeping where my deceased mother spoke audible words to me. I actually heard the words and then I awoke to remember the whole thing. I could not see her, but the hearing was so real. Yet when I woke up I could make a distinction between what I heard and actual...
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    Atheists: does God exist?

    The potential of intelligence is extremely high despite the fact that many people fall below the average. The contents of consciousness have the appearance of being put together with memory, and all other capacities, especially identity self. Everything human is for to do something in the...
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    Reasons for atheism

    Yes, absolutely! And that life needs so much to survive in nature. I always thought of ethics as applying morality to the external world and other people in many situations. I always thought of morality as exploring and introspecting about what is a good conscience, and what offends, and what...
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    Atheists: does God exist?

    No one has any worthwhile answer as to why living intellect should arise in nature. So perhaps there is an eternal foundation of pure non living intelligence with a living source. Life is quite a mystery! The supernatural and God might as well not exist for all those ideas do and don't do...
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    Reasons for atheism

    If you look at God in general what comes to mind? For me it's that there is a living entity that has power and authority over life. That's what a God is. The other claim to Godhood is one of true justice, and right morals. I've heard guys like Professor John Lennox describe this universe as a...
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    Is creator of this world cruel ?

    If you had an infinite past I would think your mind would be flooded with memories. Not so for me. I've had false memories before from my conjured imagination. I've had deja vu. Yet I can distinguish between false and true memories.
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    Is creator of this world cruel ?

    An Omni creator is, at best, indifferent or inept. Do you remember anything before you were born? I sure don't! I believe we manifested from infinite intelligence, but not a living source of it. If there is a living source then it's only learning, and trying to grow. Our universe is born...
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    Transtheists: Does God Exist?

    I would say that eternal beings must exist in the foundation of eternal reality. I don't like the term God as to me it implies power and authority over the living. All beings are but drops in the ocean of existence. The soul is but a droplet. The foundation is but the infinite possibility of...
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