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why are atheistic worldviews so limited

chuck010342

Active Member
I can't believe that ration people still don't believe that there is a God and an afterlife its quite strange
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
You believe what you believe because you were raised with those ideas from an age before your brain had any logic filters or capacity for critical analysis. It's hard-wired in. Your comfort with ideas of a powerful man in the sky and an afterlife only indicates you've been well acculturated into your society.

A belief in God and an afterlife isn't based on reason or analysis, Chuck. There are no facts supporting this idea. It's purely cultural.

Just as the ideas and lifestyle of the Trobriand islanders, The Hopis, or the Australian natives would apppear bizarre to you, so would yours to them.
A dispassionate look at reallity involves divesting yourself of the cultural baggage that clouds your reason.
 

tumbleweed41

Resident Liberal Hippie
I can't believe that ration people still don't believe that there is a God and an afterlife its quite strange

I find it illogical that one would consider an obvious amalgam of varied stories, pseudo-history, and tribal laws to be the actual revealed revelation of any rational god.
 

DavyCrocket2003

Well-Known Member
I find it illogical that one would consider an obvious amalgam of varied stories, pseudo-history, and tribal laws to be the actual revealed revelation of any rational god.

But isn't it obvious that most of those things are manmade? Does it seem possible that when God revealed it it was rational? That the self defeating incongruence and discontinuity of religion is the result of mankind? I mean, who knows what it was like directly from the prophets' mouths?

Regarding the OP. I think most atheists believe what they do for the same reason (quality) theists believe what they do: experience.
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
No, Davey. Atheism is the logical default position. The prophets, and their widely varying theologies, are completely without logical support.
 

JMorris

Democratic Socialist
Dude, this is Religious Education Forums, not Yahoo! Answers!

admittedly i havent seen much of yahoo answers, but what i have seen there, weren't so much "answers" as it was pointless questions........err i think that may be your point:drool:
 

Alceste

Vagabond
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darkendless

Guardian of Asgaard
I can't believe that ration people still don't believe that there is a God and an afterlife its quite strange

Wow.... i bet you're one of those close minded people who may have to leave this forum containing a wealth of knowledge in order to protect your narrow, narrow beliefs/ .
 

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
admittedly i havent seen much of yahoo answers, but what i have seen there, weren't so much "answers" as it was pointless questions........err i think that may be your point:drool:

On Yahoo answers, often what people will do to try and counter a question is ask some sort of reverse. One that I saw was:

"How can you not think God exists! It's obvious!"

and about five minutes later, this question popped up:

"How can you not think Zeus exists! It's obvious!"

Or something like that. It's that kind of attitude that, in my opinion, makes the Religion and Spirituality section of Y!A completely useless.
 

Commoner

Headache
It's that kind of attitude that, in my opinion, makes the Religion and Spirituality section of Y!A completely useless.

On the other hand, what kind of an answer can you really give to an absurd question? Should one go out of their way to provide an explanation to any poorly formed and intentionally loaded "When did you stop beating your wife?" type question?

I think the example you gave is actually a pretty adequate response albeit a bit too pasive for my taste.
 

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
On the other hand, what kind of an answer can you really give to an absurd question? Should one go out of their way to provide an explanation to any poorly formed and intentionally loaded "When did you stop beating your wife?" type question?

I think the example you gave is actually a pretty adequate response albeit a bit too pasive for my taste.

Nevertheless, the point can be gotten across through a different, less cluttering, way.
 
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