The President doesn't act rich, does he? Let me go play golf and raise money. Later, we'll hang out with George Clooney and Jay-Z.
Anywho ... now people probably won't pay attention to the rest of what I write. I forget if it was in that particular video (link from the original post) where "The Friendly Atheist" wanted to talk people out of their faith, or something along those lines. That's so weird to hear it expressed that way, because he acts like you can just argue someone else into your position or point of view. Assuming that is true, couldn't another skilled public speaker argue you back OUT of those views? I'm not anti-science, but I usually keep a healthy skepticism about science, because it's not the only force at work in life. Plus, what would happen if there's ever another idea that could be molded to fit with the "evidence" we have from observing the physical world, and what if there were skilled public speakers who could articulate those ideas better than modern humans? We'd have to adjust to that point of view or be called stubborn and "religious"?
My understanding is that, in Christianity, a person's ontology changes, and it's irreversible. How many people even study the word "ontology" or could define it? It's not that you add this code of ancient beliefs to your regular life. It's that you used to be a person who was slowly dying or trying to destroy all of the things that make life meaningful, but now you're becoming closer to "alive" and can't go backwards.
I'm not sure why anyone would follow lists or suggestions from this guy. Isn't it basically his word against yours? What makes him more intelligent or more authoritative than anyone else? That's the confusing thing about atheism. Have you been thinking for yourself, or has this guy just gotten in your head and you take orders from him?
Over time, I just think it's funny to hear nonbelievers criticize the Bible. How long have we actually had "the Bible" as a collated book? Most of the criticism seems to be about "2,000 years ago," which wouldn't even cover the whole Old Testament era. It took over 1,000 years just for everything to be written down. Then, how long has it been available as a printed book? The printing press is a fairly new machine.
I could maybe understand someone saying that any one person can write a book claiming "Here's what God told me," when it's really their own imagination. My understanding is that it was mostly Muhammad who wrote the Quran, or they take beliefs from the Hadith, which is separate. It only seems to be Christians that claim the Bible has one author, but they're not referring to a human. From a secular perspective, the Bible has something like 40 unique human authors. Not all of them were even Jewish or from religious cultures. There's also a doctor (a "scientific" discipline). The Old Testament is anti-woman, but two of the books somehow revolve around women? It's pro-slavery, when Paul asked Onesimus' owner to free him? That's not very logical. Part of the time, things were happening in Egypt (that's the continent of Africa). Other events were in "Babylon" (we'd say Iraq). That's basically Asia. Paul did a lot of traveling around Europe. Some writings are in Hebrew. The language of those folks changed to Aramaic when they were taken into exile. Then you come to the New Testament and it's all Greek or Latin manuscrupts. I actually don't think that helps the atheist argument. They would twist that around to say, "See. How can you pay attention to something written in so many different languages?" What if God allowed that to happen just to show that they're always talking about Him, and that He's not limited by human languages? I can't think of any other manmade book where you could wait 1,000 years to assemble it by drawing from various cultures and still have a consistent message.
There are just too many things I could say about "religion" vs atheism. I don't know if I'm talking to myself, though. Why are there so many excuses and stereotypes used by atheists? "You only believe because that's how you were raised." Nope. My family dyed eggs or exchanged gifts once a year, but it wasn't presented in any kind of religious context. That actually confused me, and sort of made me wonder why we did any of those things. "No intelligent person could believe that stuff." I'm not a good judge of my own intellect. All I know is what other people say. I got invited to take the SATs way before high school. I can read software source code, and wonder how computers know how to follow the instructions when the same English word means something different each time you see it. Besides that, it would be pretty offensive if "religion" tried to discriminate against people based on their IQ score. There's no reason that a group of elites should think they're better than others or try to make decisions for them, but that's sort of the struggle I see happening in modern times.
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