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Old 06-11-2020, 12:55 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Tim Randal Walker View Post
This thread seems to be based on the notion that everybody has the same frame of reference.

So the idea that people reject God because they want to indulge in intemperate life styles.


But what if many people simply aren't interested in religion in the first place?
What? I am supposed to live a life of sin and debauchery? Why do I find this out about 5o years to late to make it worthwhile?
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Old 06-11-2020, 12:59 PM
 
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Pretty lame reasoning, huh?
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Old 06-11-2020, 01:00 PM
 
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What? I am supposed to live a life of sin and debauchery? Why do I find this out about 5o years to late to make it worthwhile?
LOL. IKR? Here I've been minding my own business, putzing around my house and living a boring life all this time.
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Old 06-11-2020, 01:16 PM
 
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By the way, what does IKR stand for?
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Old 06-11-2020, 01:26 PM
 
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By the way, what does IKR stand for?
I Know Right, it very confusing this new fangled texting.
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Old 06-11-2020, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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By the way, what does IKR stand for?
I'm still trying to figure out what ARQ stands for!
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Old 06-11-2020, 03:03 PM
 
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I'm still trying to figure out what ARQ stands for!
Arq stand for Transponders original moniker Arequipa.
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Old 06-11-2020, 03:14 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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Arq stand for Transponders original moniker Arequipa.
Ah. I presumed it had some general meaning. Thanks!
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Old 06-11-2020, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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This thread seems to be based on the notion that everybody has the same frame of reference.

So the idea that people reject God because they want to indulge in intemperate life styles.


But what if many people simply aren't interested in religion in the first place?
It's been my observation that people who do believe indulge in intemperate life styles anyway.

I think mostly people don't believe because as you say, they are just not interested or simply think too critically, i.e. are not convinced by the lack of evidence. Or it just doesn't make any sense to them - as was my case.

I made a logical assessment when I was a kid and concluded that there was no God because there was no known logical means for a god to exist. I may have been wrong in my original assessment but I have reassessed my thinking several times since then, using new information and understanding and come to the same conclusions. But either way, even if a god did turn out to actually exist, I am still not interested in changing my lifestyle. I would just accept it in the same way I accept the existence of the Eiffel tower.
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Old 06-11-2020, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Coastal South Carolina
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That just screams free will


You guys have no problem with slavery. You are slaves because you want to be.
God is my Master, Father, no problem if you say I am slave, think what you wish man.
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