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*It's evident there's no God.
How so? Do we have absolute proof there is no God?
No but there’s also no proof that god exists. Nobody gives a fuck if you believe in a god or not, people just care that you try to shove your own beliefs on to them
You're onto someone there.
Not really. The whole 'don't push your beliefs' is also a belief that is being pushed. It's self refuting. Why are you pushing your beliefs that people should not push their beliefs, etc.?
I don't really care that its self refuting. I would just rather actually discuss the pertinent issues rather than have to filed contradictory rhetoric.
There is a core issue of discussion here, though.
Lets say that pushing Christianity out in the public square should somehow be considered to be wrong.
On what basis would you say that to do so is wrong? What foundation are you relying on to say that it is wrong to do such a thing, and that your opinion should be considered to be right at the exclusion of the other, and so forth?
[Note: I have raised this question several times on this thread and no one has provided a sufficient response]
It's not wrong to do that, just no one cares. They want to live life on their own terms, just how you are living life in god terms. Respect other peoples wishes that not everyone has to believe in god
Fair enough. If you review the thread, I have taken painstaking efforts to be respectful. To agree to disagree is not disrespectful.
And, that is the specific case here, I simply disagree with you. People do care about the matters. Hosoi cared when he was in prison on a drug charge. Caballero cared when he felt that Daoism wasn't fulfilling. Jaime Thomas cared when he realized that there must be more to life than winning Back to the City and getting sponsors, mag covers, and interviews.
And I think SLAP, with its preference for free speech, is a pretty good forum for hashing these things out.
Now, if you personally don't care, then I understand that. But, you seem to have at least some interest in the discussion (albeit, from the point of a skeptic).
Let me then just ask a couple of things. Is there one thing that really holds you back from becoming a Christian? And, if so, what is it?
Moreover, if I (or anyone else) were able to give you a reasonable explanation in that regard, would you then be willing to consider becoming a Christian?