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andrewpeirce on 30 September 2007
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Apostrovich said:

I'm an atheist, that means I subscribe to 0% of any religious thinking. And since religious people in general are the ones that believe in god/gods, they are the ones with the burden of proof, not me. I don't believe anything spiritually, so I have nothing to prove. Personally, I like this quote, it sums up religion for me nicely.

"Is god willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both willing and able? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him god?"
Epicurus

My point was that all religions believe totally different things and none of them have any evidence whatsoever to support their claims. What strikes me as strange is that people are able to believe their own religion, which has no evidence, and not believe other religions, which have exactly equal evidence. Zero. I believe only that which there is evidence for, therefore I can prove whatever I believe.

Believe me, if there was a god, and he came to me and said "I am the lord thy god" and did something or said something that proved it, which wouldn't be hard, especially for god, I would be a christian. But he hasn't, and he's not going to. Supposedly god has a plan for everyone, right? Apparently "his" plan for me is for me not to believe in him and then for me to go to hell, if he exists, and who am I to fight that?

And I didn't say some of you were wrong. I said if any of you are right, all the rest are wrong. Be funny if instead of going to heaven you got reincarnated as a proboscis monkey. Or better yet, if the only real religion was one that hasn't been discovered. Then EVERYBODY goes to hell.


 Religion is more of a communtiy, and guidlines. Its about a personal relationship with God. I aksed baout religons, becuase it would be guidlines. Also earth is basically a test with endless temptations. God is able to stop evil. There is evil becue there is evil in the hearts of man. If you look to God with love and hope to rid yourself of evil, you go to heaven. How do you do that? That depends on your religion. Crristains belive you ask God to simply forgive oyu for your sins, and then try to act christlike. Catholics belive you must do moe ritualistic things, confess to a priest, atonefor your sins through acts/purgatory ect.

But I think a reliougs debae is kinda pointless. Could this thread be locked please? I've got my answer. Thanks everyone :)