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Old 03-12-2010, 09:10 PM
 
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Religion is all about faith; religious truth is all faith based.

So, how does it work?
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Old 03-12-2010, 10:06 PM
 
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Faith is the same whether it is considered “religious” or not. For example, those who say they have no religious belief of faith actually have faith in their chosen belief. Everyone has faith, some simply say that they are not "religious".
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Old 03-12-2010, 10:42 PM
 
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faith (fth)
Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
Not believing based on logic and material evidence is not another faith.
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:25 PM
 
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11: 1)
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:39 PM
 
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11: 1)
Quoting scripture to a skeptic is the most meaningless thing you can do. Unless the discussion has something to do with scripture specifically, it'll get you absolutely no where.

And for more on faith (and the lack of faith of atheists) I recommend the following:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/relig...-universe.html
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:52 PM
 
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Quoting scripture to a skeptic is the most meaningless thing you can do. Unless the discussion has something to do with scripture specifically, it'll get you absolutely no where.
I believe God disagrees.

Isa 55: 11
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So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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Old 03-13-2010, 12:57 AM
 
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I believe God disagrees.

Isa 55: 11
As I believe that this god thing is a myth. Mythological beasties neither agree nor disagree with anything, they do not exist.
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Old 03-13-2010, 08:13 AM
 
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11: 1)
This contradicts your claim that everyone has faith in something. Which one is it?
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Old 03-13-2010, 09:09 AM
 
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Seeings how there are a number of different religions in the world, all claiming to have the "religious truth" but differing in that truth. It is only by faith that they can make this claim for there is no evidence of their truth, it only lays in the subjective mind of each person.
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Old 03-13-2010, 09:10 AM
 
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As I believe that this god thing is a myth.
Your belief is your faith. Your faith simply dictates that you stuff the Creator in a “box” and attempt to explain it away as myth while ignoring overwhelming evidence and law.

Ignoring design requires far more faith than acknowledging it’s presence.
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