RedDragon94
Love everyone, meditate often
I was just reading a book by Armin Navabi (you know, the Atheist Republic guy).
He says in his book Why There is No God on page 91,
"Religious Claims Are Not Proof
There's a common thread running throughout many of the claims of this book: believing in something does not make it true. Similarly, wanting something to be true does not affect its likelihood of actually being true. I might want to be a billionaire, but wanting it does not cause my bank account to swell. If I say that I'm a billionaire without anything to support the claim, no one has any reason to believe me. And if it turns out that I am not, in fact, a billionaire, then I am either a liar or delusional."
My response: Wanting something not to be true doesn't do **** either. Our opinions are subjective. There are thousands upon thousands of religions out there. That's what, 100,000 to 1 chance that one of them is true? What's to say one of our "imaginary friends" doesn't actually exist? Look at how many there are. If this were a scientific theory you'd say it was likely.
Atheism is a weak answer to reality because it does not make a decision on this issue. And I'm not saying believe in a certain God or religion, just think about it. You may give me the argument "I'm good enough without God!" Well that's a dangerous place to be because your definition of good enough may not be shared by a higher power. If you approach the wrong deity in the wrong way what's to say they don't annihilate you? See, when you really give this some thought then it becomes a total nightmare for some people. Because they just aren't playing the game.
Thoughts?
He says in his book Why There is No God on page 91,
"Religious Claims Are Not Proof
There's a common thread running throughout many of the claims of this book: believing in something does not make it true. Similarly, wanting something to be true does not affect its likelihood of actually being true. I might want to be a billionaire, but wanting it does not cause my bank account to swell. If I say that I'm a billionaire without anything to support the claim, no one has any reason to believe me. And if it turns out that I am not, in fact, a billionaire, then I am either a liar or delusional."
My response: Wanting something not to be true doesn't do **** either. Our opinions are subjective. There are thousands upon thousands of religions out there. That's what, 100,000 to 1 chance that one of them is true? What's to say one of our "imaginary friends" doesn't actually exist? Look at how many there are. If this were a scientific theory you'd say it was likely.
Atheism is a weak answer to reality because it does not make a decision on this issue. And I'm not saying believe in a certain God or religion, just think about it. You may give me the argument "I'm good enough without God!" Well that's a dangerous place to be because your definition of good enough may not be shared by a higher power. If you approach the wrong deity in the wrong way what's to say they don't annihilate you? See, when you really give this some thought then it becomes a total nightmare for some people. Because they just aren't playing the game.
Thoughts?