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Danny_C · 03-05-2002, 02:04 AM

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I respect both sides of the debate, and I have every bit of respect for your argument. I just don't think the fact that people find God when they face death validates faith in any kind of rational way.

Also, I think you mistook my argument as being atheistic. I'm not an atheist. My argument, if you read it again, has encouraged agnosticism... for people to just admit they don't know. In that respect, I think we're on the same side.

But I am taking an active side for agnosticism. I think people tend to assume agnostics are just people who haven't decided yet. It's actually a school of thought that encourages disbelief one way or the other.... to keep an open mind, so that answers might come some day. If those answers come in the form of a voice in your head, unfortunately, then that's actually called delusion.

Speaking of which, doesn't it bother you that so much of religion has come from voices in people's heads? God told Moses, and God told Abraham to kill his son, and God told Jesus... if God told me to kill my son, I wouldn't be glorified in a book for my devotion to God - I'd be locked up, and rightfully so. Yet so many lives have been lost throughout history due to these schizophrenic people who were hearing voices. People devote their entire lives to following the instructions of the voices in people's heads 2000 years ago.

03-05-2002, 02:04 AM
Danny_C Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,160	eroswebmaster: I respect both sides of the debate, and I have every bit of respect for your argument. I just don't think the fact that people find God when they face death validates faith in any kind of rational way. Also, I think you mistook my argument as being atheistic. I'm not an atheist. My argument, if you read it again, has encouraged agnosticism... for people to just admit they don't know. In that respect, I think we're on the same side. But I am taking an active side for agnosticism. I think people tend to assume agnostics are just people who haven't decided yet. It's actually a school of thought that encourages disbelief one way or the other.... to keep an open mind, so that answers might come some day. If those answers come in the form of a voice in your head, unfortunately, then that's actually called delusion. Speaking of which, doesn't it bother you that so much of religion has come from voices in people's heads? God told Moses, and God told Abraham to kill his son, and God told Jesus... if God told me to kill my son, I wouldn't be glorified in a book for my devotion to God - I'd be locked up, and rightfully so. Yet so many lives have been lost throughout history due to these schizophrenic people who were hearing voices. People devote their entire lives to following the instructions of the voices in people's heads 2000 years ago. Last edited by Danny_C; 03-05-2002 at 02:05 AM..