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Originally posted by Archirvion
I didn't bother to read your thread...You have mixed up things which are facts with fiction. Ufo\ghosts\aliens etc. is a proven FACT,and has nothing to do with belief...
Originally posted by Archirvion
Ufo\ghosts\aliens ect is a proven FACT
Originally posted by taccj9903
I don't understand the point to your thread. Isn't atheism a belief system in itself. I mean not believing in god takes proof as well doesn't it. I'm not trying to disprove your belief but it sounds like you are attacking "believers" when you yourself are a believer.
Originally posted by m0r1arty
Hey all,
So my 5 questions to those of you who believe are;
1) In spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary why do you persist in believing?
2) Do you think pushing your beliefs onto others is a healthy and productive thing to do?
3) Where do your beliefs stop? For example would you kill for your beliefs, steal for your beliefs, lie for your beliefs or stay silent when you could speak up for your beliefs?
4) Is everyone who shares your beliefs perfectly sane and capable of functioning within society? If not how do you differentiate who is capable and who is not?
5) What makes your belief system the number one system above over all others? How do you quantify that you are right and others are wrong?
-m0r
I'm just looking for actual responses
1) In spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary why do you persist in believing?
Originally posted by SLaPPiE
Originally posted by taccj9903
I don't understand the point to your thread. Isn't atheism a belief system in itself. I mean not believing in god takes proof as well doesn't it. I'm not trying to disprove your belief but it sounds like you are attacking "believers" when you yourself are a believer.
Here is my take on your questions:
1) I think the point is to turn the same stupid questions that are pointed at non believers back to believers.
2) Uh...nope, It's like a lazy system. Don't have to believe in squat..period.
3)I have never seen God, the flying spaghetti monster, Santa, or the easter bunny, and frankly that's all the proof I require.
4)I don't think OP was attacking...but I will if you want an example.
I'm agnostic by the way, but I can relate to OP m0r1arty.
I also gotta slap m0r1arty on the back,and submit it as post of the day!
Since we don't have that, how about a little blue star...there is something I can believe in.
Originally posted by m0r1arty
1) In spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary why do you persist in believing?
2) Do you think pushing your beliefs onto others is a healthy and productive thing to do?
3) Where do your beliefs stop? For example would you kill for your beliefs, steal for your beliefs, lie for your beliefs or stay silent when you could speak up for your beliefs?
4) Is everyone who shares your beliefs perfectly sane and capable of functioning within society? If not how do you differentiate who is capable and who is not?
Well I dont believe mine is the number one system above all. I could be 100% wrong, you never know. Now when it comes to UFOs I am a little more firm on my beliefs because I have seen them with my own eyes...and by definition and UFO is an unidentified flying object. It doesnt say ET piloted or human, just "unidentified." I have seen things in the sky that cant be identified as the typical craft we see or other things that are mistaken for as UFO's. Whenever I heard or read about something that cant be explained I do my own research that way I have a better understanding of the situation myself.
5) What makes your belief system the number one system above over all others? How do you quantify that you are right and others are wrong?