I was inspired to make this thread by another recent thread called "Do we control our beliefs?"
I wanted to take one step back and examine that process before beliefs begin taking form and ask a slightly different question.
I don't think that belief is a choice in the simple sense like you...
I marked this satyrically as a PSA because it seems that most theists aren't aware of this situation, seeing as how this behavior is so persistent among such a large demographic.
I am thoroughly confused as to why religious folk always feel that it is relevant to quote heaps of verses from...
Even if a God were proven to exists without a shadow of a doubt tomorrow, I feel that theists are wrong for believing today because they have no rational justification to do so. Essentially, if that happened it would be no more than a lucky guess and the odds of it being the particular deity you...
Makes no sense to me.
People claim that God is real, he answers prayers, they've seen, spoken to or experienced him, so on and so forth and yet most people experience a phase of doubt at some time or another.
I don't doubt the existence of things that I know to be true, it just makes no...
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to create a signature for myself. Also, when I go to someone's page, how do I leave a visitor message? there is a 'send message' button but it does nothing and I can find a button to send a private message. How do I do these? Any help is greatly...
This is a question for those of you who believe in a God and that he utilizes natural phenomenon such as evolution to further his plan. And of course, everyone else is welcome to weigh in as well.
I have heard many theists warn that the end is nigh. I wonder, if God were to create a...
I was browsing some videos on religion via YouTube the other day and encountered a new argument that I haven't heard in years of studying these topics. It was a conversation between and atheist and a theist, it seems like a twist on the free will argument and it went like this...
A: "Is there...
Hello everyone,
My name is Josh. I'm new to this forum and to forums in general. I have only been a member of one other forum nearly a year ago so I apologize in advance for any newbish mistakes that I may make in regards to forum etiquette.
I am an agnostic atheist meaning that I have no...