Originally posted by twhitehead But you said you wanted to become a theist because of people preaching to you. If not 'social pressure', then what motivated you to listen to them?
It probably has to do with love from my soul my eternal soul that they had for me but I accepted Christ in the car by myself when I was the only one around because I'm a shy person
Originally posted by wolfgang59 Thank you.
(I am absolutely not arrogant and therefore absolutely not ignorant)
And coming from an expert on both arrogance and ignorance .....
YOU MUST BE RIGHT 😛
Originally posted by RBHILL It probably has to do with love from my soul my eternal soul that they had for me but I accepted Christ in the car by myself when I was the only one around because I'm a shy person
I wasn't asking how you became a Christian, I am asking why you wanted to become a Christian/Theist. Was there a time when you did not believe in God but wanted to?
Originally posted by vivify Children all around the world (like some Muslim countries) are taught to believe in a god, even before they are able to understand what a god is. No "profound transformation" happens here; children in those societies simply accept what they're taught, and grow up believing in a god.
So while such children aren't "born" theists, it's instilled in them at such an early age (christenings, baptisms, etc.) that they may as well have been.
Originally posted by wolfgang59 Nothing wrong with teaching children something which is completely unverifiable as fact?
Come on.
What mumbo-jumbo will you allow?
Unverifiable? The Bible verifies it just fine. No "mumbo-jumbo" here.
Originally posted by Suzianne Unverifiable? The Bible verifies it just fine. No "mumbo-jumbo" here.
Hah.
I'm sorry, in what universe is the bible considered evidence for the truth of the claims in the bible.
Have you even heard of the concept of a circular argument?
I was inspired by a divine revelation. A spirit visited me in my dreams and told me I should embrace the lack of faith; that if people saw me as an atheist they'd want to be believers.
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Originally posted by Metacomedian I was inspired by a divine revelation. A spirit visited me in my dreams and told me I should embrace the lack of faith; that if people saw me as an atheist they'd want to be believers.