A Question for Christians on God

[hilly7]

Quote:Funny how impotent this topic is... I still don't believe and everyone that did still does...

A monumental waste of time.

The fact that you can't convince anyone otherwise of a religious opinion runs in line with the point that it is all in our heads. If there were some kind of anchor in reality, we could find it and use it to triangulate the truth, but there isn't. It is in our imaginations. This fundamental understanding is one of the points the keeps me stooped in staunch atheism... I rather do not like the word atheist though, so I like to use atheologist.

In any case this topic hasn't hit the fan like most of the religious arguments on this site, so cheers to all involved.

You are correct in that, mention religion and it gets far more results than something like martial law. There is an anchor in the reality, but you have to want to see it, and bare an open mind. I have seen some of the meanest people become good people because they are at peace inside. That doesn't mean they will not fight back, just that they are content to not start a fight or be provoked easily. Like many people, I have seen just the opposite. There is a contintment and peace that can come with God. That doesn't mean that everybody will agree on God, politics plays a large role in it. That doesn't mean that God is all in our heads.

Someone secure in their faith, (different than religion), usually does not get offended when someone else expresses their name for God. Usually people attack more often from fear and insecurity from inside, than evil. It does become a maze. Belief only benefits the person. Either way, it doesn't make you a bad person, nor does it make us enemies, we all have the same blood, same sky, same earth, IMO. You question, and that is the first step, that shows you think, which shows intelligence. Good luck on your journey for knowledge.