Re: Faith VS Atheism
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:44 pm
By Odin's beard
I think that's a fantastic statement and a great question to think about.distaudio wrote: I usually screw up church folk by asking.
"Do you believe you have a direct relationship with God?"
"So why do you require the church as your middle man?"
Well put, and I agree with you. I hope my post didn;t come off as a blanket statement.beats me wrote:I think a lot of you God's Army of One people are missing the point that for some people they see their spirituality strengthened in numbers, similarly to programs like AA and Weight Watchers. They just can't maintain or reach their goals on their own. So your "I have a personal relationship with God" doesn't work for all people or negate their needs.
smutek wrote:Well put, and I agree with you. I hope my post didn;t come off as a blanket statement.beats me wrote:I think a lot of you God's Army of One people are missing the point that for some people they see their spirituality strengthened in numbers, similarly to programs like AA and Weight Watchers. They just can't maintain or reach their goals on their own. So your "I have a personal relationship with God" doesn't work for all people or negate their needs.
I don't find anything wrong with it, and I agree with the strength in numbers concept - my point is that it isn't always necessary. It doesn't mean it's wrong.
I think some people get confused about the difference between the institution and the core beliefs, and the understanding that the institution is not necessary might help those folk's find their way, and once they've found their way they may be able to better utilize what the institution has to offer them.
If that makes any sense at all....
Logic my friend. You're not using it. You posted what you believe and didn't back it up with any reason why you think there's a creator.Hypomixolydian wrote:I'm probably asking for trouble and common sense tells me to avoid this thread, but here goes anyway.
I am a deist.
I have yet to hear a convincing argument for atheism, yet I can think of many more arguments why there must be a creator.
I say people who are athiests either haven't really thought about the issue long enough, maybe have a limited perspective, are perhaps not comfortable with the possible moral implications or just don't care. No doubt there are other boxes that categorise atheism, but I can't think of them just now.
tadpole fingers wrote:I believe the average Atheist will change their opinion on someone who has opened up about a spiritual or supernatural experience. I think a spiritual person will consider an Atheist someone who didn't luck out with a similar experience.
Therefore I think spiritual type religious people should keep it a private matter. Though its pretty safe for an Atheist to bs on and on and on.