Atheism is the default position until being conditioned into believing a persons parents beliefs.

No. Babies worship milk and boobs.

I worship boobs but I'm not a baby.

Hmm, that means am still a baby :)

You worship boobs for a different reason.

Yeah I have idle hands.

You get outta here with your light-hearted quips. :P

I'm trying to convert people, dammit.

Hmm, Interesting scenario got me thinking...

Will a tribesman living in a remote area his entire life, with no theist beliefs whatsoever, form a "instinctive theist urge" through time similar to those in theist beliefs (like life after death, etc) , without ever having met someone religious or know the concept of religion whatsoever... that's pretty interesting, let's play mad scientists and strand people on a secluded island for the rest of their life, observing their behaviour :)

Or you could just observe the Sentinelese.

A tribesman would most likely invent his own explanations.

If you want to dismiss trusting scientists as circular reasoning, you're welcome to, but I'm just surprised at how unscientific you are, especially went you dismissed all inductive reasoning as not being evidence. Fortunately for you, and everyone else, you're wrong. You know the bridge is safe because your trustworthy friend said so, and your friend knows it is safe because he did tests on it. The existence of God has nothing to do with faith because it makes no sense to trust God to exist. That aside, I never claimed the Bible is right because God exists. Please try again. It would be great if people went back to needing to explain someone's position to them to their satisfaction before they were able to criticize it. If you can't tell why Christians believe God exists and deny Santa and the tooth fairy, then you are choosing to be willfully ignorant of why Christians believe. There were many early Christians supporters of evolution. The Big Bang was originally seen theistic idea because a big bang required a big banger. The Old Testament contains laws that were only supposed to be followed my the King, the High Priest, priests, Israelites living in the land, strangers living among them, and everyone. The general thought among Christians is that the law was given to the Israelites, not to them, so they give primary importance to what is commanded in the New Testament. It's kind of like how there are specific laws that police or judges need to follow, or if you're a US citizen and you never go to California, then you never have to worry about following State laws specific to them. The other thing to keep in mind is that Christians believe that moral laws are universal, so we should follow the moral laws in the Old Testament, even if they weren't directly given to us. I have my own thoughts on the matter, but that's the view that most Christians hold. Obviously, Christians disagree with your description of God being a murderous 1984 dictator. Usually those thoughts come from not putting much effort in to understanding the Bible. You're free to poke holes in bubbles, but if you don't understand what you're criticizing, then that only reflects poorly on you. You can claim my evidence is worthless to you, but to claim it is worthless is obviously false, because it has worth to me and many other Christians. If you say there is no reason to believe something or no evidence that indicates it is true, then you're essentially saying that the belief was uncased. If there is a cause for a belief, then whatever caused it is evidence for that belief.

There's always a point in debating. It's the only true defense we have against fundamentalist thinking. Yeah, I know it's just a gaming site, but the more you can get a person questioning religious dogma, the better.

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now that's badass

they are the perfect specimen, mwahahaha! >:)

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