Do you believe in God?

No. I do consider myself spiritual...most of the time.

Edited by cannon - 02 Jun 2011 at 11:01pm

xiangwang wrote: i do not believe i god, but i have no prejudice on those who trust god!

What's with your signature?  I sure hope for your sake you aren't a spambot

J-Man wrote: bartosso wrote: J-Man wrote: bartosso wrote: But once again, I think that debates between believers and atheists don't make any sense. It's just frustrating - from my point of view - for atheists... and probably for believers as well. You can't convince a Christian that there's no God, it's just impossible possibly offensive as well. That's not true. I've been raised in a Christian household, and I'm sure many other atheists were as well. I firmly believed in God until I began asking questions and wondering about my beliefs. Matt Dillahunty (the host of The Atheist Experience) was actually was training to become a Baptist minister when he became an atheist. It may not happen all of the time, but people's minds do change, and I think watching programs like that have helped me develop my own thoughts and beliefs as well. I guess I expressed myself unclearly. I don't think it's a bad thing but statistically it doesn't work. People like you are in the minority. The debates are needful, that's for sure, but I can't watch them. The lack of understanding between the sides is so annoying. Actually I also believed in God when I was a kid. My parents didn't inculcate me with catholic faith, but my grandma did so. I was reading a lot at that time though, especially Stanislaw Lem's books. He helped me with developing an atheistic outlook on life and finding my own answers. Brilliant writer by the way. Well... I guess the intent of the debate there wasn't to change each other's minds. I'm pretty sure Russell and Matt didn't intend on changing Ray Comfort's mind, and I'm also pretty sure Ray Comfort didn't think he would turn Matt and Russell into "born-agains". I guess it's fun for some people to listen to (definitely a group I'm part of ) and can possibly sway the opinion of some. Either way, you can call me an Atheist Experience addict.

You're an Atheist Experience Addict But I don't think there's anything wrong about that  I do agree with you on the debates, I carelessly lumped them and private conversations together. As for the fun, I already said I can't enjoy it... unless it's Richard Dawkins. Even then I often feel embarrassed, especially when he talks with Ben Stein

And concerning the boldfaced fragment... I�m sure they didn't intend to change his mind. But you can't be too sure about the second part - God is omnipotent, remember?

Edited by bartosso - 02 May 2011 at 3:11pm

bartosso wrote: J-Man wrote: bartosso wrote: But once again, I think that debates between believers and atheists don't make any sense. It's just frustrating - from my point of view - for atheists... and probably for believers as well. You can't convince a Christian that there's no God, it's just impossible possibly offensive as well. That's not true. I've been raised in a Christian household, and I'm sure many other atheists were as well. I firmly believed in God until I began asking questions and wondering about my beliefs. Matt Dillahunty (the host of The Atheist Experience) was actually was training to become a Baptist minister when he became an atheist. It may not happen all of the time, but people's minds do change, and I think watching programs like that have helped me develop my own thoughts and beliefs as well. I guess I expressed myself unclearly. I don't think it's a bad thing but statistically it doesn't work. People like you are in the minority. The debates are needful, that's for sure, but I can't watch them. The lack of understanding between the sides is so annoying. Actually I also believed in God when I was a kid. My parents didn't inculcate me with catholic faith, but my grandma did so. I was reading a lot at that time though, especially Stanislaw Lem's books. He helped me with developing an atheistic outlook on life and finding my own answers. Brilliant writer by the way.

Well... I guess the intent of the debate there wasn't to change each other's minds. I'm pretty sure Russell and Matt didn't intend on changing Ray Comfort's mind, and I'm also pretty sure Ray Comfort didn't think he would turn Matt and Russell into "born-agains".

I guess it's fun for some people to listen to (definitely a group I'm part of ) and can possibly sway the opinion of some. Either way, you can call me an Atheist Experience addict.

J-Man wrote: bartosso wrote: But once again, I think that debates between believers and atheists don't make any sense. It's just frustrating - from my point of view - for atheists... and probably for believers as well. You can't convince a Christian that there's no God, it's just impossible possibly offensive as well. That's not true. I've been raised in a Christian household, and I'm sure many other atheists were as well. I firmly believed in God until I began asking questions and wondering about my beliefs. Matt Dillahunty (the host of The Atheist Experience) was actually was training to become a Baptist minister when he became an atheist. It may not happen all of the time, but people's minds do change, and I think watching programs like that have helped me develop my own thoughts and beliefs as well.

I guess I expressed myself unclearly. I don't think it's a bad thing but statistically it doesn't work. People like you are in the minority. The debates are needful, that's for sure, but I can't watch them. The lack of understanding between the sides is so annoying.
Actually I also believed in God when I was a kid. My parents didn't inculcate me with catholic faith, but my grandma did so. I was reading a lot at that time though, especially Stanislaw Lem's books. He helped me with developing an atheistic outlook on life and finding my own answers. Brilliant writer by the way.


Edited by bartosso - 20 Apr 2011 at 10:10pm

J-Man wrote:

I been an Atheist all my life, and was raised in a non-religious family, and the more i seen of religion the more confident i become that Atheism is the right thing. And i dont understand how anyone can belive in sutch make no sense fairy tale crap as religions are.

question: Do you belive in God(s) or the devil? "Of course not. I am neither that ignorant nor that stupid. I'll leave that belief to the slaves of our species." -Varg Vikernes (Burzum)