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My definition of "religious" means 100% faith-based without referencing any evidence or contra. "non-religious" is the opposite.
With those definitions, there are people who demand reference to evidences on all faiths without any exception. To them, 100% faith is not valid, and it falls under the category of stupidity. Also by the same definitions, being religious would fall under the 100% faith-based category.
Then, my answer is: not everyone is religious."
DFW123,
Christianity is not 100% faith based, therefore, Christianity is not a religion? Is that your point?
Can it then be fairly stated that everyone is, at least in the very basic definition, religious?
First, I disagree with your statement that all world views require faith. Others here have tried to explain to you that that you do not need faith to not believe in something that has no evidence of existence. The statement that all world views require faith is patently false. I don't need any faith to not believe in Thor, or Isis, or any other of the thousands of gods including yours.
My world view has nothing to do with faith. Therefore, it is not true to state that everyone is religious.
I don't see where chielgirl has stated she can prove the non-existence of god or anything else. You are correct in that you can't prove a negative. The burden of proof is on you.
Are you going to be another one of the believers who post here that get an answer to the question they have presented, and then disregard the answer because they disagree?
"First, I disagree with your statement that all world views require faith. Others here have tried to explain to you that that you do not need faith to not believe in something that has no evidence of existence. The statement that all world views require faith is patently false. I don't need any faith to not believe in Thor, or Isis, or any other of the thousands of gods including yours."
Nonsense. Choosing to not believe in Gods existence is just another way of saying that you believe that God does not exist. Either way, it involves an active choice to believe - a choice that requires faith because, as you have acknowledged, you cannot PROVE a negative.
"My world view has nothing to do with faith. Therefore, it is not true to state that everyone is religious."
I assume that you have a view concerning God, life after death and the supernatural - correct? Explain how your CHOICE to believe or not believe in these things have "nothing to do with faith?"
"I don't see where chielgirl has stated she can prove the non-existence of god or anything else. You are correct in that you can't prove a negative. The burden of proof is on you."
Burden of proof for what?
"Are you going to be another one of the believers who post here that get an answer to the question they have presented, and then disregard the answer because they disagree?"
Gee, I don't know. Are you going to be another one of those people in denial for the simple sake of being in denial? You cannot cogently refute the point so you pretend that there is no point?
Can it then be fairly stated that everyone is, at least in the very basic definition, religious?
Religious? No
Spiritual? Yes
Even if a person refuses to acknowledge the spiritual part of their being, it is still there.
A human being has these parts:
physical
emotional
intellectual
spiritual
Every human being has those parts. Ignoring or denying one of those parts doesn't make it go away. It just goes undeveloped and unacknowledged. There are people who deny they have emotions because they don't want to deal with them. There are a lot of people who deny they have a spiritual aspect, because they don't want to deal with it.
Everyone has a right to their own opinions. Telling people there is no God and all religion is wrong is not any better than people of one religion telling people of another religion that they are wrong. It's just another form of "separation by belief".
You missed the connection between faith and religion. Do all the various world views require faith? Yes.
The usual knock against religion is that it denies the significance of PROOF (scientific if you will) and EVIDENCE and/or REASON/LOGIC. However, all world views fall into the same dilemma - do you see my point?
Can it then be fairly stated that everyone is, at least in the very basic definition, religious?
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Originally Posted by tigetmax24
Sizzly Friddle,
"First, I disagree with your statement that all world views require faith. Others here have tried to explain to you that that you do not need faith to not believe in something that has no evidence of existence. The statement that all world views require faith is patently false. I don't need any faith to not believe in Thor, or Isis, or any other of the thousands of gods including yours."
Nonsense. Choosing to not believe in Gods existence is just another way of saying that you believe that God does not exist. Either way, it involves an active choice to believe - a choice that requires faith because, as you have acknowledged, you cannot PROVE a negative.
"My world view has nothing to do with faith. Therefore, it is not true to state that everyone is religious."
I assume that you have a view concerning God, life after death and the supernatural - correct? Explain how your CHOICE to believe or not believe in these things have "nothing to do with faith?"
"I don't see where chielgirl has stated she can prove the non-existence of god or anything else. You are correct in that you can't prove a negative. The burden of proof is on you."
Burden of proof for what?
"Are you going to be another one of the believers who post here that get an answer to the question they have presented, and then disregard the answer because they disagree?"
Gee, I don't know. Are you going to be another one of those people in denial for the simple sake of being in denial? You cannot cogently refute the point so you pretend that there is no point?
Tiget- in order for something to appear in a quote box, the first word word must be the word 'quote' , but instead of ' ' use brackets [ ] with the word 'quote' in between the brackets. The last word in the box will be '/quote'
again with the brackets[ ] instead of ' '.
You seem to think I choose to not believe in god/gods. Have I also made a choice to not believe in all the gods that I have never heard of? Do you choose not to believe in Santa? Or do you believe he may exist? Do you choose to believe in gravity? Or do you believe it may not exist?
I do not need to choose the material world over the supernatural world. The material world does not require any faith at all, nor does the material world need me to believe in it for it to exist.
The supernatural, on the other hand, would not exist if nobody believed in it.
You have the burden of proof to prove the existence of the supernatural.
I have refuted you point by point. I agree I deny the existence of the supernatural. I am open to any evidence you have regarding the existence of anything that would not exist without faith.
I don't have to pretend you have no point. You have no point. Your
premise is built on faulty logic.
The supernatural, on the other hand, would not exist if nobody believed in it.
Not really. Many things in the universe existed before anyone knew they were there. Just because it is not visible to you yet doesn't mean it isn't there.
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