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Originally posted by Kaimetsu
You seem to be completely changing the subject? I did not argue that nobody should believe in a God, I just stated that his post seemed out of phase with the generic Christian mindset.
But, in answer to your statement: You're using an extremely simplified model of the universe. 'Either God exists or God doesn't exist!' No. God could exist or Hooloo could exist or the world could be a projection of the coolness of megaketchup. Almost any religion could be true, and y'know what most religions have in common? Two things:
1) You shalt not worship any other god. If Christianity is true and you're worshipping Allah then God ain't gonna be too happy about that. Same works in reverse, too.
2) Thy god is kind and merciful. I decide not to worship any theoretical deities because I am applying logic to the evidence that I have. From the evidence we have, it's clear that God is very unlikely to exist. No intelligent being that is concerned with the pursuit of truth and unwilling to deceive himself would be a theist. Will God punish me for being intelligent and logical? Doesn't sound so merciful to me.
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I'm not a theologian so I won't argue that because, I must admit I cannot. But I don't think you can completely back up all your claims based on the facts you have conjured out of your own experiences of thoughts of how the world works.
In the end, I really don't care. I'll live my life the way I want to. If I want to believe in some crazy guy who smotes enemies with lightning bolts when he is angry, who's going to stop me? Can you prove me wrong with solid, objective evidence?
Edit: The crazy smoting guy is not God, just making up something/someone)