If I were an atheist, my waking hours would be saturated with a concern over the possibility that somehow I may have become the victim of self deception, self justification and self absorption (losing my analytical objectivity). Fact that since Little League Baseball I've always been on winning teams would gnaw at my gut out of fear that I was on the losing side.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyHow many atheists have you met who feel this way? Have you met any theists/religionists who feel this way?
If I were an atheist, my waking hours would be saturated with a concern over the possibility that somehow I may have become the victim of self deception, self justification and self absorption (losing my analytical objectivity).
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAlso if I happened to see these quotations in Grampy Bobby's Red Hot Pawn Profile: “There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way'" -C.S. Lewis. "Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief." -Oscar Wilde. 'There's a hole in the heart of man in the shape of God. If I believe in the Risen Christ and it's just an artful falsehood, there is nothing to lose. If true, then I have everything to gain.' -Pascal (1623-1662) "If God didn't exist, what possible difference would it make whether or not people put their faith in Him?" -JV.
If I were an atheist, my waking hours would be saturated with a concern over the possibility that somehow I may have become the victim of self deception, self justification and self absorption (losing my analytical objectivity). Fact that since Little League Baseball I've always been on winning teams would gnaw at my gut out of fear that I was on the losing side.
"Any man can make mistakes. Only an idiot persists in his error." -W. Churchill. What's the profit in turning a deaf ear or value in being on the wrong side of history? "Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness." -Alexander Solzhenitsyn. "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie (deliberate, contrived, and dishonest) but the myth (persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic)." -John F. Kennedy. In chess and life, "The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off." -M. Pancoast... I'd dislike him.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyOn the basis of your past behavior and the content of your OP. You carefully pick topics that you know will get a strong reaction (usually because they are so obviously wrong) and then you carefully avoid discussing them properly.
On what basis have you drawn that summary conclusion, twhitehead?
Then when you do comment, it demonstrates that you have chosen to ignore anything you have been told in the past - which again tends to get a big reaction.
Now you are pilling it on by pretending that that reaction that you have so carefully engineered is 'anger' - and if you get a reaction this time you can pretend it just confirms your OP.
Conclusion: You are trolling.
Originally posted by twhitehead"You carefully pick topics that you know will get a strong reaction... " twhitehead
On the basis of your past behavior and the content of your OP. You carefully pick topics that you know will get a strong reaction (usually because they are so obviously wrong) and then you carefully avoid discussing them properly.
Then when you do comment, it demonstrates that you have chosen to ignore anything you have been told in the past - which agai ...[text shortened]... a reaction this time you can pretend it just confirms your OP.
Conclusion: You are trolling.
"The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and the marrow, and is a critic of thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
twhitehead, the Word of God causes the "strong reaction" on the part of those who have long since privately decided that an Omnipotent and Omniscient Personal God doesn't exist because it's nuclear in comparison with their feeble protestations.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyA lot of what you post is not scripture or the supposed "Word of God", but is instead stuff taken from Christian web sites and blogs specializing in "opinion-confirming selectivity" and straw men, and intended to troll the forum, as twhitehead has so tellingly pointed out. Was your "How a Wise Man Spots a Fool" thread from 6 or so hours ago removed for trolling the forum? Or was it removed for spamming the forum? 🙂
"You carefully pick topics that you know will get a strong reaction... " twhitehead
"The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and the marrow, and is a critic of thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
twhitehead, the Word of ...[text shortened]... t Personal God doesn't exist because it's nuclear in comparison with their feeble protestations.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI believed in a god, my waking thoughts would probably be saturated with a concern over the possibility that somehow I had been fooled into belief in the wrong god. Statistically, this would be hugely likely since most of the population alive now or in the past do/did not believe in the same god as I.
If I were an atheist, my waking hours would be saturated with a concern over the possibility that somehow I may have become the victim of self deception, self justification and self absorption (losing my analytical objectivity). Fact that since Little League Baseball I've always been on winning teams would gnaw at my gut out of fear that I was on the losing side.
Your second sentence simply makes no sense at all as far as I can see.
Penguin
Originally posted by PenguinI think he should have gone for a purported life long commitment to the best and TRUE recipe for Apple Pie, always eaten by the winning teams, just in case the Little League Baseball sentimentality didn't resonate. 🙂
Your second sentence simply makes no sense at all as far as I can see.
Originally posted by twhiteheadThanks for the insights there twaghthead
On the basis of your past behavior and the content of your OP. You carefully pick topics that you know will get a strong reaction (usually because they are so obviously wrong) and then you carefully avoid discussing them properly.
Then when you do comment, it demonstrates that you have chosen to ignore anything you have been told in the past - which agai ...[text shortened]... a reaction this time you can pretend it just confirms your OP.
Conclusion: You are trolling.
