Why do you think a belief without evidence (Reply #32)

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32. Why do you think a belief without evidence

Is the same as a belief with evidence? Or is there no difference between believing in unicorns and believing in elephants?

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I have been criticized for calling Christianity a shortcut religion. [View all]	MineralMan	Dec 2017	OP
Their biggest schism came over this issue.	trotsky	Dec 2017	#1
Yes, so it did. Good old constipated Martin Luther.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#2
I think a lot of you MineralMan, but when it comes to my belief I think the phrase is	TexasProgresive	Dec 2017	#3
Umm...	trotsky	Dec 2017	#10
I don't think that was the intent, really.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#16
Well sometimes the hard sell is convincing them they are awful and in need of saving.	trotsky	Dec 2017	#20
It's pretty easy, really. We're all liable to do selfish things that harm others.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#21
It's a deep hole	saidsimplesimon	Dec 2017	#51
i can answer this one, having asked it myself.	unblock	Dec 2017	#4
Well, if that's the case, there sure are a lot of people who	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#5
sorry i was sloppy to say "if you believe you can't live a life of sin"	unblock	Dec 2017	#6
I don't think there's any scriptural support	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#7
not clear on your point.	unblock	Dec 2017	#12
Yes, you are expected to, but if you fail, you're still covered,	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#22
So deathbed confessions don't work?	Lordquinton	Dec 2017	#8
They even have a Sacrament for it	Cartoonist	Dec 2017	#9
You're dieing anyways	Lordquinton	Dec 2017	#40
genuine, sincere deathbed confessions work	unblock	Dec 2017	#13
I've been told that everyone confesses on their deathbed	Lordquinton	Dec 2017	#39
yeah, and atheists are magnetically repelled from foxholes.	unblock	Dec 2017	#41
Simple truths of the universe	Lordquinton	Dec 2017	#42
some christian religions require good works	Angry Dragon	Dec 2017	#11
Some do.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#14
Faith, Repentance, and Action	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#15
If that's the case, there are far fewer actual Christians than people who believe	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#17
It's been claimed that much of current Xianity is	Igel	Dec 2017	#29
The concept of divine forgiveness is fucked up, when you really think about it.	Act_of_Reparation	Dec 2017	#18
Yup. Acts of contrition should be made to the person you harmed,	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#19
MineralMan	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#25
Character Is Forged on the Anvil of Adversity	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#24
Forgiveness isn't the issue.	Act_of_Reparation	Dec 2017	#28
Can you explain?	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#30
Is it right for the perpetrator to be receiving forgiveness	Mariana	Dec 2017	#31
Love and Forgiveness Are Gifts You Pay Forward	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#33
Profound.	Act_of_Reparation	Dec 2017	#35
Your original comment appears to merely be a statement about divine forgiveness	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#48
The golden rule is irrelevant.	Act_of_Reparation	Dec 2017	#54
Simple	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#59
Again, that is not what I'm talking about.	Act_of_Reparation	Dec 2017	#60
This is an interesting question.	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#62
That is the problem when one insists on a very simplistic framing of a faith.	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#23
Atheism is not a belief.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#26
Of course you believe it to be so.	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#27
A simplistic framing	Cartoonist	Dec 2017	#50
Why do you think a belief without evidence	marylandblue	Dec 2017	#32
Good question.	trotsky	Dec 2017	#34
What is the evidence for atheism?	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#36
We've looked for God for tbousands of years abd have not found him	marylandblue	Dec 2017	#37
Have you literally looked? I mean really looked?	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#38
I can tell you what would convince just about every atheist	Mariana	Dec 2017	#43
So you need physical proof.	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#44
I'm just like the people Jesus walked among 2000 years ago.	Mariana	Dec 2017	#45
True, and some still disputed His claims. eom	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#46
But many believed who wouldn't have otherwise.	Mariana	Dec 2017	#47
True. We are in agreement on this point. eom	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#49
Everybody has a bar of proof	marylandblue	Dec 2017	#56
Some need physical proof.	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#57
Proof, physical or not, is something objective	marylandblue	Dec 2017	#58
I usually post to political threads	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#52
Religion inspires so many people's behavior, for good or for bad.	Mariana	Dec 2017	#53
True	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2017	#55
I'll tell you how you ended up here	True Dough	Dec 2017	#61

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