--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > (snip) > > > What muddled thinking - Because a group that you no > > > longer associate with, believes in God, you, now, no > > > longer see as possible, a relationship with God?? > > > How is that critical thinking? It is an immature, > > > knee-jerk reaction, to social norms, having nothing > > > to do with a personal spiritual life - merely > > > grandstanding. > > > > It's good critical thinking if you have taken intellectual > > steps away from the baby talk of christianity and cast a > > long sober look at the claims made for the existence of > > supernatural creators. It's hard for anyone who has > > studied genetics, biology and neuro-psychology to believe > > anything the religious tell us when there are so many more > > convincing explanations on offer. > > Couple of points. > > First, many thoughtful and deeply devout *Christians* > "have taken intellectual steps away from the baby talk" > of Christianity. Anyone who thinks Christianity is > nothing but baby talk is simply ignorant.
Sigh. Go on then, explain why Jeesus is the son of some creator god and sent to save us from sin in a way that might convince a sceptic. > Second, Christian theology has explanations for aspects > of human experience that genetics, biology, and neuro- > psychology cannot encompass. Go on then, tell all. > Bottom line, as an atheist you may never find even the > most sophisticated and rigorous Christian theology > convincing; but if you actually engage with it, you'll > need to draw upon your best thinking to intellectually > justify dismissing it. Not even remotely my best.
