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Does atheism matter?
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So in effect your perception and actions are governed by this "way" of thinking and as a result you have limited your understanding.No it's an assumption.
You assume that a bullet shot through your forehead would kill you do you not? How dare you assume such a thing. How limited your understanding is. You rationalize that just because a high percentage of others who have shot themselves in the head have died from it that you likewise would die. You are trapped in the confines of your own closed reasoning system.
I think the only way for you to be truly open minded (physically and mentally
) is to shoot yourself in the head and find out. Otherwise your perception is flawed and you have merely settled that your way of thinking of a bullets interaction with your skull is the only way to look at it. You need to "think outside the box" and stop assuming togster. 0 -
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Goduznt Xzst wrote: »You assume that a bullet shot through your forehead would kill you do you not? How dare you assume such a thing. How limited your understanding is. You rationalize that just because a high percentage of others who have shot themselves in the head have died from it that you likewise would die. You are trapped in the confines of your own closed reasoning system.
I think the only way for you to be truly open minded (physically and mentally) is to shoot yourself in the head and find out. Otherwise your perception is flawed and you have merely settled that your way of thinking of a bullets interaction with your skull is the only way to look at it. You need to "think outside the box" and stop assuming togster.
Sooooooooooo predictabele, an atheist using a simple explanation to void any discussion on something he will never understand
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something he will never understand
I know you think your little smiley and that comment would be jarring in some fashion but it really isn't. The whole "open minded" argument is quite tired and saying I will never understand it is comparable to a sewage worker turning to me and saying "you will never understand the smell beneath a Mexican restaurants toilets"
The ironic part of all this is that Theists tend to be the least open minded people out there. Atheists tend to assume a position of doubt and harbor a questioning spirit, whereas Theists seem highly against the possibility that everything they believe could be utterly wrong. Assuming a neutral stance is the most open minded position to be in. When I hear a theist say "be open minded", what I actually hear is "I have a specific belief that I want you to accept without evidence"0 -
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Sooooooooooo predictabele, an atheist using a simple explanation to void any discussion on something he will never understand
Is predictabele Italian for predictable?
Anyway, he's not avoiding discussion, he's explaining why you're wrong. That fact that someone disagrees with you does not necessarily mean they're not open minded. Maybe they very open mindedly considered what you said but still in the end concluded that you're spout some facetious nonsense.0 -
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Is predictabele Italian for predictable?
Anyway, he's not avoiding discussion, he's explaining why you're wrong. That fact that someone disagrees with you does not necessarily mean they're not open minded. Maybe they very open mindedly considered what you said but still in the end concluded that you're spout some facetious nonsense.
No need to be like that Zillah. I'm sorry i didn't spell it correctly. Why so defensive I'm just saying that there are many ways of looking at things. Confining yourself to one way is not good. 0 -
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why would it be arrogant to expect a demonstration that something is likely to be true (not "proof", that is not something science deals with) before you believe it is.
Certainly, it's not at all arrogant. The Bible also warns against blind faith.CerebralCortex wrote: »I'm sorry I don't understand that?
I think he is criticising the line of thinking that dictates that atheism is a prerequisite for rational thinking.
Thus providing ammunition to those who think that all theists are irrational no matter what. Which is quite like saying "for all intents and purposes our opponents are insane".The material world told me there isn't a spiritual one and I believe it.
No, the material world, I expect, didn't "tell" you there was a spiritual world. Which is not the same as it telling you that there isn't one. This is the kind of attitude I'm talking about when I say that atheists think their views are backed up by the universe itself.Goduznt Xzst wrote: »The ironic part of all this is that Theists tend to be the least open minded people out there. Atheists tend to assume a position of doubt and harbor a questioning spirit
In my experience this is not true. Atheists tend to be pretty sure of their views. Religious people tend to be full of doubts. You'll rarely get an atheist who is sure that there is no God, but the vast majority think, live and argue as if there is none. Every day you can see a rake of opinions expressed in this forum which show atheists to be sure that their views are definitely the most rational, most moral and most scientifically sound of all possible worldviews.
So don't give me this "questioning spirit" nonsense. Many atheists seem to be hell-bent on everyone on earth believing the same thing, at risk of being condemned as "irrational" or worse. That certainty is why they evangelise.0 -
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