| 3/2/2013 3:25:50 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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gothic_guy
Huntington Beach, CA
50, joined Feb. 2013
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| 3/4/2013 8:01:37 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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tercium
Hemet, CA
49, joined Nov. 2010
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I recommend Vincent Bugliosi's recent book "Divinity of doubt" he points out how irrational blind faith really is
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| 4/10/2013 8:44:05 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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exustio
Amarillo, TX
25, joined Mar. 2013
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Faith- belief in something for which there is absolutely no evidence.
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| 4/10/2013 10:34:48 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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funches
Chicago, IL
61, joined Nov. 2009
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Faith is the ability to turn delusion into reality
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| 4/10/2013 2:00:35 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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skooter102
Plaquemine, LA
29, joined Feb. 2013
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People need to believe in something whether it be a spaghetti monster that lives in the clouds or a dude who had a beard and did "miracles". Obviously the beard is easier to believe in for most. I wonder the same thing myself OP. But I think it boils down to people's need to be lead. A small percentage of the population took the blue pill and don't need that constant religious marshaling.
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| 4/10/2013 8:15:53 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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"Faith is believing something you know ain't true."
"Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of."
Mark Twain
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| 4/10/2013 9:22:30 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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poisonivy69
Conroe, TX
30, joined Jan. 2012
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I believe in faeries
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| 4/10/2013 11:21:13 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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exustio
Amarillo, TX
25, joined Mar. 2013
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I believe in faeries
Lmao! 
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| 6/2/2013 8:28:10 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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john051894
Amarillo, TX
23, joined May. 2013
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One person talking to someone who isnt there is insanity a group of people doing it is religion
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| 6/12/2013 8:07:34 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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one person spewing hate is a bigot, a group of people is called an atheist message board.
And before the dingbats jump on me- it is amazing how the VAST majority of topics in here are just self congratulations and bashing of religion.
Is this what "reasonable" and intelligent behavior looks like?
Seems an awful lot like a lynch mob.
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| 6/12/2013 8:24:44 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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one person spewing hate is a bigot, a group of people is called an atheist message board.
And before the dingbats jump on me- it is amazing how the VAST majority of topics in here are just self congratulations and bashing of religion.
Is this what "reasonable" and intelligent behavior looks like?
Seems an awful lot like a lynch mob.
I haven't noticed hate here. Could you give an example?
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| 6/13/2013 9:43:31 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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are you being facetious?
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| 6/14/2013 12:57:53 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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azmetalfan
Mesa, AZ
39, joined Mar. 2009
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one person spewing hate is a bigot, a group of people is called an atheist message board.
And before the dingbats jump on me- it is amazing how the VAST majority of topics in here are just self congratulations and bashing of religion.
Is this what "reasonable" and intelligent behavior looks like?
Seems an awful lot like a lynch mob.
And church is different how?
Those who don't worship "properly" or often enough are considered sinful and treated with disdain by other self righteous hypocrites.
All of the wars in the history of the world were started by some religious belief that one group is better than another so the second group must be taken over or eliminated. The religion that killed the most people world wide is Christianity in the form of "The Spanish crusades" which killed off entire tribes in Mexico and South America to name just one.
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| 6/14/2013 1:18:27 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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smthgabouther
Baltimore, MD
36, joined Dec. 2012
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Because the true believers are being attacked and persecuted by Satan and his minions. That's why we must have faith.
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| 6/14/2013 6:36:03 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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are you being facetious?
I meant besides you.
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| 6/14/2013 7:48:34 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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Come on guy- you are 51 years old and you are spewing jejune retorts like that?
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| 6/14/2013 10:01:02 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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Come on guy- you are 51 years old and you are spewing jejune retorts like that?
You still can't provide an example?
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| 6/15/2013 8:49:54 AM |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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hmm
"i believe in fairies"
"One person talking to someone who isnt there is insanity a group of people doing it is religion"
thats just this topic alone i could easily list the hundreds of atheist Topics that are poorly hidden excuses to bash religion.
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| 6/15/2013 8:54:18 AM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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"And church is different how?'
Ah! but i thought you enlightened atheists were supposed to be better than the church- "they do it so why can't I?" is a pretty ridiculous stance.
"All of the wars in the history of the world were started by some religious belief that one group is better than another so the second group must be taken over or eliminated. The religion that killed the most people world wide is Christianity in the form of "The Spanish crusades" which killed off entire tribes in Mexico and South America to name just one."
Now you are being academically dishonest. While yes the church has been used as an excuse to commit wars and conquest- only an idiot would claim that if all of europe had been atheist spain would still not have conquered the new world.
Do you think that was about religion and not gold? by i might add laymen seeking fortune? really?
gtfo you are too old to deliberately misinterpret history.
Ps Hitler and stalin and pol pot called, they wants to know what time the weekly atheist meeting is.
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| 6/15/2013 8:25:35 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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azmetalfan
Mesa, AZ
39, joined Mar. 2009
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"And church is different how?'
Ah! but i thought you enlightened atheists were supposed to be better than the church- "they do it so why can't I?" is a pretty ridiculous stance.
"All of the wars in the history of the world were started by some religious belief that one group is better than another so the second group must be taken over or eliminated. The religion that killed the most people world wide is Christianity in the form of "The Spanish crusades" which killed off entire tribes in Mexico and South America to name just one."
Now you are being academically dishonest. While yes the church has been used as an excuse to commit wars and conquest- only an idiot would claim that if all of europe had been atheist spain would still not have conquered the new world.
Do you think that was about religion and not gold? by i might add laymen seeking fortune? really?
gtfo you are too old to deliberately misinterpret history.
Ps Hitler and stalin and pol pot called, they wants to know what time the weekly atheist meeting is.
Using your imagination still I see. When did I say that Spain would have never invaded the new world if Europe was atheist?
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| 6/16/2013 9:25:32 AM |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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dont be evasive like a woman. you stated what happened was because of religion- i say it happened and religion was merely used as an excuse.
Its interesting that you cant acknowledge that
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| 6/16/2013 10:27:18 AM |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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did you just join in? we already addressed it. and the fact as has ALREADY BEEN SAID- is that all of that crap would have occurred even if the entire continent of europe was atheist. to act like that is not to case is sheer dishonesty.
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| 6/19/2013 1:38:51 AM |
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azmetalfan
Mesa, AZ
39, joined Mar. 2009
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To say that it wouldn't have is inaccurate also. However it happened to further push a religion onto other people who were considered savages because they had their own belief of how the world worked.
The problem I have with religion as a whole is that it is used as a tool to control the mind and free will of people while threatening them with the worst possible result should they not follow the doctrine written by others.
Plain and simple, religion is a tool to control free will and free minds through fear and persecution. The way that doctrine was spread was by destroying other cultures. Today the "Boogie man" religion is Radical Islam spreading their word by attacking other through "Jihad" a.k.a. "holy war".
All religions are hypocritical in their teachings.
That is my opinion and I am allowed to have because I have free will.
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| 6/19/2013 1:40:16 AM |
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azmetalfan
Mesa, AZ
39, joined Mar. 2009
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By the way Hitler was not atheist he believed in the occult.
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| 6/19/2013 6:27:06 AM |
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liber8
Traverse City, MI
68, joined May. 2013
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hmm
"i believe in fairies"
"One person talking to someone who isnt there is insanity a group of people doing it is religion"
thats just this topic alone i could easily list the hundreds of atheist Topics that are poorly hidden excuses to bash religion.
Read the forum title moron. If you're not "atheist" or "not religious", haul your freaky a** out of here. You sound like a hateful Christian. Get lost.
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| 6/29/2013 10:28:26 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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hmm
"i believe in fairies"
"One person talking to someone who isnt there is insanity a group of people doing it is religion"
thats just this topic alone i could easily list the hundreds of atheist Topics that are poorly hidden excuses to bash religion.
Those are your examples of "hate"??? Sound like jokes to me.
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| 6/29/2013 10:34:23 PM |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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did you just join in? we already addressed it. and the fact as has ALREADY BEEN SAID- is that all of that crap would have occurred even if the entire continent of europe was atheist. to act like that is not to case is sheer dishonesty.
No, I don't believe that so many with nothing to gain and everything to lose would have marched off to die without "God on their side".
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| 8/19/2013 8:57:29 AM |
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nicetrystaff
Washington, DC
22, joined Aug. 2013
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They know it a load of crap 
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| 8/26/2013 3:29:14 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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christian126
New York, NY
24, joined Aug. 2013
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They know it a load of crap 
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| 8/26/2013 8:19:53 PM |
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carina11
Salt Lake City, UT
54, joined Feb. 2013
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They know it a load of crap
The sad thing is that they don't know it's a load of crap
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| 9/24/2013 7:28:54 PM |
If the existence of God is so obvious, why is faith required? |
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dracs6
Levelland, TX
28, joined Aug. 2010
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Who says the existence of god is obvious? I can argue for or against the existence of god quite intelligently but there is no solid proof either way
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| 11/18/2013 10:32:51 AM |
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rachel10137
Hillsboro, OH
28, joined Jun. 2012
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People need to believe in something whether it be a spaghetti monster that lives in the clouds or a dude who had a beard and did "miracles". Obviously the beard is easier to believe in for most. I wonder the same thing myself OP. But I think it boils down to people's need to be lead. A small percentage of the population took the blue pill and don't need that constant religious marshaling.
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