No? Just me then? Ok.

(comment edited for clarity… it’s rather difficult to engage someone in discussion when the form and style is of used bathroom tissue quality; any errors due to clarificatory editing are mine, of course.)

I respect your beliefs, guys, but I think too many questions and too much logical thought over that which surrounds us will make our life complicated.

decartes said it best: cogito ergo sum. without cogent thought, no him or her can validly call himself sapient, therefore the latin homo sapiens automatically becomes erroneous.

my point is this — despite the fact that critical thought can and does complicate many matters, sentience is the only thing separates us from bacteria. without sentience we are no more than disparate lumps of carbon. without critical thought we are no better than tarred telephone poles.

Life is short.

your point being?

There is no problem if we believe in things that we never see with our own eyes. It’s a matter of faith and conviction.

do you know of the saying “a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there”? do you even know WHY you believe that there is a supreme being? or do you simply have faith in your faith? again, critical thinking, i would recommend.

Look at the things around you. Do they exist on their own? Or did someone create them? Or did they come to being by magic?

interesting. from this very same argument voltaire said: “if god did not exist, it would have been necessary to invent him.” this is because of the inherent anthropomorphic attitudes humans have — given that a sword needs a blacksmith to be forged, ergo the universe needs a supreme being to come into existence.

There are things that the human mind needs not to uncover in order to believe in their existence.

i’m more inclined to think that there are human minds that need not be exposed to disbelieve in their existences.

It’s a waste of time.

what is a waste of time? blind faith or critical thinking? i suppose if using one’s brainpower is a waste, well, i could possibly agree with you.

Live your life to the fullest, atheists!

i don’t quite see how you correlate a fulfilled life with blind belief.

There is a big difference if we believe in unseen things than to scrutinize everything.

there certainly is. the difference is between that of blindness and clarity.

What if what the Bible says is true? You’re lost, people.

if what the Bible/ Qu’ran/ Torah/ et cetera says is true and there is a God, atheists have a distinct advantage: because of their critical thinking and their not succumbing to blind zealotry, the Supreme Being will likely be more understanding (that is, of course, if this Supreme Being fits in the anthropomorphic model usually presented in church).

But what if you’re correct with what you believe? We Christians are not lost like you because your beliefs have no consequences like what we believe.

in other words, you’re like a non-union member benefiting from the wage increase brought about by the union members who went on strike. na-ambunan, kumbaga, kahit walang ginawa.

THINK ABOUT IT…

i submit that benj has thought long and hard about his atheism. i myself struggle from day to day on my belief in the powers-that-be. i suggest, though, that YOU do quite a bit more thinking so that you can come back here and present more coherent arguments and thus engage us in a more meaningful discussion.

and in that interim, perhaps lessons in spelling and grammar?

apologies, benj, for the long comment.

OMG my eyes hurt with his powerful words!

Anyways, don’t mind him or bother to rip him apart. It’s just a “waiste” of time. Hehe

It’s not worth it.

Love,
Helga

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