01 Feb '13 22:47>
Originally posted by googlefudgeI think your argument is a good one, as an atheist if I was confronted with good evidence that a view I held was wrong, I could admit that I might be wrong , adapt or change that view and nurse my bruised ego.For someone of strong faith, to even contemplate the possibility that the faith they hold may be wrong involves a huge emotional cost.Strong faith allows the individual to feel safe and secure,to be an atheist can be quite the opposite.I oppose the a god based faith because in the end I think we have only ourselves to rely on and the sooner that we realise this,the sooner we might take responsibility for our actions.
I appreciate that.
However there are people, even on these forums, who seem to believe that having
faith in something, that believing something really really hard, IS evidence.
A nonsense that you don't subscribe to (although you have your own nonsense which I will get to)
but that many people apparently do.
Also there are plenty of theists ...[text shortened]... hment.
And no god worthy of worship would require belief without any evidence.