09 Jan 22
@fmf saidAnd you think the top of page 8 answers this question?
As I say, see the top of page 8.
“Do you at least acknowledge that you made choices in how much to cultivate and grow in your relationship with God before you became an atheist?”
You know - and obviously I know as well - that the top of page 8 doesn’t answer that question.
As you’re so fond of saying,
Dodge noted.
09 Jan 22
@fmf saidNo point in continuing because you won’t answer a simple Yes or No question, which is obviously your right.
If you feel there’s no point in continuing, then so be it.
But don’t claim you tackle questions “head on” when you obviously don’t.
I see a lot of waffling, a lot of tap dancing, a big ol’ smokescreen and a lot of red herrings.
Have a good day/evening.
@pb1022 saidAs for what went on when I was a Christian or during the period my faith slipped away, what I did to "cultivate" or what I did not "cultivate", or what I did to "grow" or what I didn't do to "grow" something, all that personal information, it is none of your business.
No point in continuing because you won’t answer a simple Yes or No question, which is obviously your right.
09 Jan 22
@pb1022 saidBoth of us have stated that we will only reveal personal information when we want to, if any.
But don’t claim you tackle questions “head on” when you obviously don’t.
I note that you mentioned my wife nearly dying earlier on this page. I did talk about it in the context of how it was a stern test of my lack of belief. I did reveal that personal information.
So now we will see if you decide to keep mentioning my wife nearly dying over and over and over and over and over again in the weeks ahead.
09 Jan 22
@fmf saidNever asked for personal information - you’re being dishonest in implying I did.
As for what went on when I was a Christian or during the period my faith slipped away, what I did "cultivate" or what I did not "cultivate", or what I did "grow" or what I didn't "grow", all that personal information, it is none of your business.
I simply asked for a Yes or No answer to this question:
“Do you at least acknowledge that you made choices in how much to cultivate and grow in your relationship with God before you became an atheist?”
This question forces you to acknowledge that you bear some responsibility for your loss of faith, which is why I think you won’t answer it. You want complete absolution for abandoning the faith.
09 Jan 22
@fmf saidWhy would I?
Both of us have stated that we will only reveal personal information when we want to, if any.
I note that you mentioned my wife nearly dying earlier on this page. I did talk about it in the context of how it was a stern test of my lack of belief. I did reveal that personal information.
So now we will see if you decide to keep mentioning my wife nearly dying over and over and over and over and over again in the weeks ahead.
Are you angry and resorting to pool whizzing now, like you usually do when you’re losing an argument?
@pb1022 saidFor my response to this see my last post on page 7. And my third post on page 8. I gave you a bum steer about "the top of page 8" earlier.
Do you at least acknowledge that you made choices in how much to cultivate and grow in your relationship with God before you became an atheist?
@pb1022 saidSee my post at the top of page 8. I've got the page number right this time.
This question forces you to acknowledge that you bear some responsibility for your loss of faith, which is why I think you won’t answer it. You want complete absolution for abandoning the faith.
09 Jan 22
@pb1022 saidThe existence of God is 'a feeling,' a human attempt to explain the unexplainable, to make the world a less scary place, to deal with the realization of mortality, of finality.
On what do you base your atheism?
Certainly not logic, as the existence of God cannot be disproven.
Is it just a feeling?
Yes, my atheism is based on logic, on human reasoning. I have discounted the above, even though we don't currently have all the answers. I don't know the square root of 234543.43 but know enough to reject your answer of 5.
Myths belong in the past. They are of no value as we venture into the future.