Why look for rational answers to irrational questions?

"If there is a God, what clues will lead me toward proving his/her/it's existence?" is as sensible and rational a question as "If Superman exists, will he come and save me if I'm getting mugged in an alley?" or "If Santa exists, will he get me a GI Joe with Kung Fu Action Grip this Christmas?"

"Science cannot satisfy these questions, hence faith."

Just because the finest scientific minds on our planet can't find the answers to silly, childish questions about obviously fictional, mythological beings (probably because they have far more important questions to answer) it doesn't make sense to just "have faith" that there is a god despite a complete lack of evidence.

Or to put it another way, it makes just as much sense to say that you "have faith" that Santa, Superman, and the Easter Bunny exist.

I'm just glad there are adults around who grew out of fairytales during childhood.

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"Yes, it's our right to be religious and subscribe to whatever dogma fits our needs...but to those of you who have dissmissed it all outright find it hard to even repect someone that has questions."

You couldn't be more wrong. I have a lot of respect for people who ask questions, but even more respect for those who are serious about finding rational answers to them without resorting to clumsy assumptions involving myth and superstition.

Answer the question then instead of being evasive: How does it make sense to assume that there's a god in the first place?

But how does it make sense to assume that there's a god in the first place? You've already made your conclusion before you even started searching.

It's like insisting there's a chicken living on the moon, then trying to find it by staring at your feet.

"I separate those who are "religious" from those I consider genuine seekers of a higher being."

Point taken, although the line is still blurry.

My next question would have to be why would you start your search for meaning/purpose/whatever in life by insisting that there must be a "higher being" involved? It's the same as someone saying "I just know there's a giant green horse watching over us and if I dedicate my life to Him, He will surely reveal himself to me". Surely a search for meaning/purpose/whatever should start within observable reality?

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"There are those who believe in a god (or gods), then there are those who believe they are better than everyone else for that particular belief."

Come on Daphne... Even the bible says that the Christian God is the One True God and that the only unforgiveable sin is to not believe he exists. Are you really trying to convince me the bible teaches inter-religious tolerance?

I consider religion to be nothing more than a tool used to maintain a subservient populace, and therefore intolerable and unacceptable.

People are free to believe whatever they want (as the woman in this clip proves), but when you blindly agree with archaic and irrational myths that have directly caused the deaths of millions of people throughout history, you shouldn't really expect your beliefs to be respected.

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (born 5 BC, died 65 AD)

The assertive atheist: http://www.flamewarrior.com/index.htm

But you omit to mention what part.

Ever evasive in religious discussions, aren't you swampgirl.

Religion is mind control. Some people are just more susceptible to it than others.

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*discard

This is too funny.

*promote, in Jesus' name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Best "I will eliminate your soul" stare in the business.