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Post by djorno on Jan 24, 2023 11:20:08 GMT
How would it change your life?
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Post by paulslaugh on Jan 24, 2023 13:54:08 GMT
None. I think and behave no differently now as an atheist than I did as a Bible theist. My views on and interests in life are the same now as before. For me, the problem with Christianity is it has nothing to offer anyone in this life, it is all otherworldly directed and dependent upon a view of an absolute supernatural order that has up until this minute, never been proven to exist. The Jesus philosophy of living is very positive, but not unique to Christianity. And the God of the Bible only knows how much of his creation has been destroyed to please him.
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Post by Isapop on Jan 24, 2023 15:04:13 GMT
Of course, the people who already agree he exists have huge disagreements about his demands and priorities. That Bible is just so open to different interpretations.
As for myself, if he actually exists, my own negative opinion of him doesn't change. It just means it's an opinion about a real person instead of an imaginary character.
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Post by Catman on Jan 24, 2023 15:09:56 GMT
Nothing will change Catman's worship of Bastet.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Jan 24, 2023 18:45:37 GMT
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Post by Vegas on Jan 24, 2023 19:24:43 GMT
How would it change your life? I'd say it has more effect on the sequel.
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Post by Isapop on Jan 24, 2023 21:16:17 GMT
How would it change your life? I'd say it has more effect on the sequel. Isn't your chosen course in this life supposed to determine the sequel?
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 24, 2023 21:56:58 GMT
It would not change my life in anyway.
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Post by Vegas on Jan 24, 2023 22:37:49 GMT
I'd say it has more effect on the sequel. Isn't your chosen course in this life supposed to determine the sequel?I'd just be happy to know there's a producer that's gonna make one.
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Post by djorno on Jan 24, 2023 22:46:20 GMT
It would not change my life in anyway. You would just carry on as you were? Thats interesting.
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Post by Vegas on Jan 24, 2023 22:49:42 GMT
It would not change my life in anyway. You would just carry on as you were? Thats interesting. I suppose that HOW God making His existence known would have an impact on how we would react.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 25, 2023 1:57:12 GMT
I would be in constant fear of eternal damnation. But good thing he doesn't exist. Didn't you already ask this?
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Post by paulslaugh on Jan 25, 2023 16:54:55 GMT
Can one not change their life without a God of a bible? That is true empowerment. Yes, because humans changed their lives millions of times before the Bible was written starting around 950BC until 350BC. And that’s just the Jewish part. The Christian parts were not finalized until the 4th c. AD. And then only a tiny, tiny fraction of the upper classes, educated people got to read it for well over a thousand years. I will guess the Bible has destroyed more lives than it has “saved.” The antisemitic parts of the NT never helped the Jews that’s for sure.
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Post by Isapop on Jan 25, 2023 17:49:54 GMT
I will guess the Bible has destroyed more lives than it has “saved.” "Lives? Big deal! What's that compared with saving SOULS! That's WhereItsAt!" -Torquemada
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Post by mystery on Jan 26, 2023 4:09:26 GMT
Not much. The main difference between myself now vs when I was trying to be a Christian is that I'm less judgmental now than I was before. Probably a good thing, methinks.
I get the impression that you think most non-Christians are living lives of extreme hedonism. Well, I'm not one of them. For starters, I can't drink alcohol. I have a paradoxical reaction to it where it makes me feel very tense and with a strong feeling of malaise, and then I almost feel like I'm going into shock. It might be some sort of alcohol allergy, although I have no other food allergies. And conversely, smoking marijuana has no effect on me whatsoever, except for making my lungs burn. Same with tobacco. Caffeine makes my heart race and causes dizziness, so I don't drink it, either. But, I can go into ecstasy at will, within seconds, so I don't need artificial psychotropics, anyway. I've always wondered if some of the Christian mystics experienced the same thing. Who knows.
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Post by Sarge on Jan 26, 2023 6:38:12 GMT
Impossible to answer until y'all believers figure out which one of the many Abrahamic religions is correct. There are what, 3 major sects (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), and a bunch of minor sects? And those are fragmented into many additional groups. And then you'll have to figure out which Bible is the right one. And maybe figure out which god is the god of the Bible as it's not a given to be the same. Get back to me when you have demonstrated a consensus.
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Post by captainbryce on Jan 26, 2023 11:59:12 GMT
How would it change your life? It wouldn’t change at all as long as the God continually hides and fails to make its presence known. That’s functionally no different than no god existing at all, which means my life would be exactly the same. What do you call an invisible, intangible, silent being, who is said to be timeless, spaceless, and immaterial, and fails to manifest in reality in any detectable ways? I call that NOTHING! God is defined with no properties, and something that has no properties isn’t something at all. It’s nothing! God seems to be nothing more than an idea, and ideas aren’t existing things. Ideas are metaphysical concepts within the human mind. Keep in mind that this is my answer with respect to the God of classical philosophy. The biblical god doesn’t exist because the Bible contradicts itself with respect to its qualities. A god that is self contradictory by definition cannot exist in reality.
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Post by paulslaugh on Jan 26, 2023 13:30:12 GMT
"Lives? Big deal! What's that compared with saving SOULS! That's WhereItsAt!" -Torquemada Did Torquemada manage to save his own soul? It depends on his state of mind. If Torquemada believed he was selflessly furthering the kingdom of God according to his understanding and not torturing people for his own pleasure, then why would God punish him?
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Post by Rodney Farber on Jan 29, 2023 23:28:19 GMT
How would it change your life? Jehovah is omnipotent. (S)He has a master plan. Anything I do is already in her/his master plan. Any changes to my life are predestined at her/his will. Don't ask me if it will change my life, ask Yahweh.
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