To Atheists...

You're completely misunderstanding my views on morality. Yes, we all decide for ourselves what's right and wrong. But that doesn't mean we can't judge others for our morality. I decide that I think killing Jews is wrong. Hitler decides he thinks it's OK. That doesn't mean that I'm not allowed to judge him and call him a terrible person.

I'm not making a strawman of Christian fundamentalist positions - I'm responding to what Gehenna says. It's not a strawman when he literally says this retarded stuff.

On the topic of what I'm trying to do here - I'm less concerned about religion as a whole and more with creationism and certain extreme aspects of Gehenna's beliefs.

 

Low key worried about all these people basically saying they only have morals because god is watching

If I knew I wouldn't get caught I still wouldn't kill someone because that would weigh on me for the rest of my life. I would have to live with the fact that I took a precious life, I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror.

 

1. Neanderthals existed. How can you deny this? We have numerous fossils.
2. This is your problem. How can you be so fervently anti-evolution in this face of so much evidence, when you're not gonna be bothered to actually think hard about it and look at research?

If it's a HEREDITARY immunity, yes that's evolution. If I develop an immunity to the common cold but my kids don't have it, that's not evolution that's just me being lucky. But if it passes on to my kids then that's a process of evolution. Ya got it?

 

that is the truest statement i have ever seen, this dudes way too brainwashed

 

I'm still going to remain agnostic here, but I'm just curious about something...

If Noah built an ark and saved 2 of each animal, what did the animals eat? Animals eat other animals.

Noah is depicted as white, so where did all these other races come from? If god just recreated the rest of the races why did he make Noah build the ark in the first place? Couldn't he have just wiped them out himself and recreated another set of Adam and Eve?

Adam and Eve were presumably white, so how did the other races come into play then? Where there different racial variants of Adam and Eve that weren't in the story? Why were they left out?

Looking for an answer from a knowledgeable christian.

I still think it's possible for some sort of divine being to exist that we are unable to understand, because if we can't fathom its existence, we would never know it existed. Trying to argue against or for the existence of a deity is completely pointless. We will never actually know unless it reveals itself. It's just like before the Big Bang/Creation. What was before that? Nobody can truly know right now because we simply cannot understand it.

 

1. This is an AMAZING display of ignorance, even from you Gehenna. Neanderthals are NOT humans. The skulls are clearly different, as are other bones and count archaeologists and biologists have confirmed this. You can deny evolution Gehenna, but you can't deny physical evidence. I believe you're not trying to be racist but trust me - Neanderthals are clearly a different species, any way you measure it.

 

Yeah, but how do we know for sure?

 

I only believe what I physically observe. Our brains make us see pasterns where there are none. Until I physically observe it I don't agree or disagree, I remain neutral (I don't really believe or reject the idea). (I also see almost all religions as equal). And for the most part people I know that are religious tend to say god is behind everything they can't explain. It is OK not to know things and just say you don't know.

 

^^ If everyone thought like this, the world would be a MUCH better place.

However unfortunately a lot of religious people are hostile or closed-minded to such ideas, so I need to take a stronger stance on my atheism.

 

what do you mean the universe is running like clockwork

are you aware entropy is increasing and heat death is inevitable? the universe is a fked up place, man.

also why do you think God has intervened in your life but didn't do anything to stop the holocaust

 

But that's exactly where it came from...

 

have you ever seen a billion dollars in person? just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist

and no I'm not defending Gehenna you guys are all arguing over religion on a Minecraft forums live ur lives I just wanted to point that out. I personally believe there's something out there bigger than us but I don't go around trying to convert everybody. just learn to respect others beliefs, you can't make everybody see your way Gehenna you need to learn that

 

observation =/= sight

I've heard people say that I never physically saw my great-great-grandfather but I know he existed... it's the same with God. Which is a retarded line of argument.

and yeah I know it's kinda futile but hey a) it's fun and b) there is no b