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@divegeester saidDo you feel like you're stuck at the bus stop in the pouring rain?
I’m still waiting for him to come back and address my point in the other thread.
@divegeester saidDo you feel like you're stuck at the bus stop in the pouring rain?
I’m still waiting for him to come back and address my point in the other thread.
@josephw saidAll religions are "man made". Even if a creator entity exists, all religions that purport to worship that creator entity are "man made". The Hebrews made their religion [it branched off into three], the Hindus made their religion, and so on.
No, that's not all. You perceive yourself as "not religious" because you think "religion" means believing in an actual living creator being.
You are mistaken. Religion is man made. Surely, since you are unaware of the existence of a creator being, and deny his existence, you can see that religion must then be man's own invention!?
Clearly, if God doesn't exist, all belief systems and practices are of human origin.
@fmf saidIf a "creator entity exists", man's assertions relative to anything about that entity that that entity hasn't informed man of is religion.
Even if a creator entity exists, all religions that purport to worship that creator entity are "man made".
@josephw saidI used to be religious but I am not any more.
If a "creator entity exists", man's assertions relative to anything about that entity that that entity hasn't informed man of is religion.
Including your own.
@josephw saidI do not "deny the existence" of a creator entity. I've explained that to you dozens and dozens of times.
You are unaware of the existence of a creator being, and deny his existence
@fmf saidI've never been religious. I'm a realist.
I used to be religious but I am not any more.
@fmf saidI don't have religion. I'm not religious. I don't do religious things.
All religions are "man made", including yours.
@fmf saidI'm aware of the dozens and dozens of times you said that.
I do not "deny the existence" of a creator entity. I've explained that to you dozens and dozens of times.
@josephw saidYou're a Bible-quoting religionist.
I've never been religious. I'm a realist.
@josephw saidI am fully aware of your particular God figure and I do not find anything you say about it to be credible. If God = a creator entity, however, I do not deny its existence. Indeed, I see evidence that might demonstrate that a creator entity exists.
I'm aware of the dozens and dozens of times you said that.
If you were listening you would have heard me say you are unaware of God.
You can't "deny" God's existence because you don't know whether he exists or not.
Which means, in translation, you are unaware of God.
@fmf saidIn your unaware and uniform opinion.
You're a Bible-quoting religionist.
@josephw saidI spent nearly three decades immersed in the same faith as you profess: I am plenty aware of your God figure and the claims you make about it.
Which means, in translation, you are unaware of God.
@josephw saidWhat other evidence is there here that you believe in the Christian God apart from you quoting scriptures and asserting tenets of your faith?
In your unaware and uniform opinion.
Quoting the scriptures doesn't make one religious.
You are religiously hampered by your own narrow perspective.