Dr. Nosophoros
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I see the same
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As...?I see the same
"It was never easy for me, I was born a poor black child"
- Navin R. Johnson
Steve Martin in "The Jerk".Assuming you're not just speaking tongue in cheek, would you mind elaborating?
Whoa! Why are you mad?As in I do what I do and don't give a damn about what you are doing so why do you care about what I am doing?
And this means nothing in the passing thoughts
I see the same
As in I do what I do and don't give a damn about what you are doing so why do you care about what I am doing?
Ah, very constructive to the discussion...:sarcasticAnd this means nothing in the passing thoughts
Interesting thought....Back to the discussion...
I can see how upbringing can shape ones belief or non-belief in deities.
For instance, would I be a deist if I did not have a desire to hold on to a bit of the belief ingrained in me growing up in a Baptist household?
Others are able to reject belief in deities altogether, but I still hold onto that tiny bit of faith.
I've read that. Wasn't impressed, but that's because I read it in response to the challenge that it would "cure [me] of belief." By someone who already knew I wasn't Christian.I read a book by Bertrand Russell called Why I am not a Christian. It completely spun my thinking around.
Would you mind sharing the experience(s)?For me, making the decision to discard any notion of God fell into place later on of which my decision was borne out of experience coupled with some reflection over how things actually transpire in life as opposed to how I had perceived it. I just decided after a long period ascribing to theism that in light of how things are in actuality, there just simply cannot be no God until something (if ever) comes along indicating the contrary in an absolute fashion of which I cannot possibly dispute. Till such a time occurring, I reflect back that I took no notion of any god when life first started for me, and consequently it now makes perfect sense to continue on with that.
I mean, what is your story.
I am not interested in the "there is no evidence of god"-argument, I am interested in how you came to view the world the way you do.
Where you born in a non-religious family or did you make a conscious choice later on?
Back to the discussion...
I can see how upbringing can shape ones belief or non-belief in deities.
For instance, would I be a deist if I did not have a desire to hold on to a bit of the belief ingrained in me growing up in a Baptist household?
Others are able to reject belief in deities altogether, but I still hold onto that tiny bit of faith.
I mean, what is your story.
I am not interested in the "there is no evidence of god"-argument, I am interested in how you came to view the world the way you do.
Where you born in a non-religious family or did you make a conscious choice later on?