Epistemology. Great word! Never heard of it before. Thx.
Believer
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
Sparky1 you said:
Quick question Believer: Are you drawing the conclusion that I am thin-skinned?
It seems like you might be based on what you wrote:
Believer, maybe you need to look into one of these once in awhile. I mean this with all due respect: Sometimes what you post and the manner in which you present yourself could try the patience of a 'SAINT'.
But I could be mistaken. Perhaps you are just looking out for the saints. If I'm wrong, I apologize.
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Why do people need religion in this century?
by sweetgrass ini think people need religion because of fear.
fear of death and what will happen at death if they have been good or bad.
people say it gives them hope but is this not born too out of fear of not seeing dead loved ones again, or having a better life in the afterlife?
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Believer
I've noticed that some posts are being deleted. Have the posters changed their mind, or have they been censored? Either way is fine with me since I'm not the administrator. But I would like to know why they are gone.
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
Sparky1, I'll share with you the same counsel I received when I first joined. Don't be thin skinned.
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Why Are You Here?
by Believer ini'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.
as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.
as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
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Believer
She? Okay.
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
Sorry Cofty. My vision is not what it used to be.
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
LoisLane looking for Superman
I’ve really hit a nerve with you! You know this is cyber space. I’m not really in your computer looking at you. I’m probably in a whole different country or a whole different state. And I’m just responding to the OP and sharing my views, just like Coffy is sharing his, and others are sharing theirs. That’s what happens on a public forum.
When I joined a few days ago, I was told by many people here that I can’t be thinned skinned. I offer you their counsel. Of course, if you’re that offended, perhaps you should click way and read something that doesn’t disturb you so much. A lot of new threads were started today that might be more suitable for you. Just a thought.
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
LoisLane looking for Superman
You don’t agree with me. Fine. But there’s no need for name calling. People on this site think name calling doesn’t happen here. So don’t prove them wrong.
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
Coffy, you don’t want me to include you in a stereotype of atheists? Okay, fair enough. I’ll ask the same of you. Don’t thrust your silly stereotypes upon me.
While I do believe God is the first cause of everything, I don’t subscribe to any position akin to a “lazy God doing it.” In an earlier post, I summarized my belief that evolution is the technique of creation. I have no objection to the theory of evolution. As I believe you acknowledged, (or maybe it was someone else), evolution does not prove that there is no God. So believing in God and accepting evolution are not mutually exclusive.
And you said:
This atheist believes in love and joy and beauty and the awesomeness of the cosmos.
So you do believe in some things that cannot be proved by empirical evidence! That's wonderful!
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Sometimes I feel like I Should Believe something...
by freemamaof3 inhas anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
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Believer
I guess some atheists don’t accept the idea that we have an internal sense about things, or that a person can trust their own thinking. It seems unless a matter can be proven by empirical evidence, it is unreasonable to accept it. Yet there are so many wonderful things in life that are subjective and that can’t be proven by empirical evidence. Like love. Like beauty. Like joy. Why does the atheist sound like the grim reaper? Why does he have to say “Bah humbug” to even benign thoughts? All I said was you should trust yourself. Why is that such a bugaboo?