People should be having a total fit over this — this dude is possibly going to die for something as simple as
believing in something (why it's being done is another topic).
Once you realize it's really just yourself it actually gives you greater strength than
believing in something that doesn't exist.
Never mind the ridiculous subjugation you put on yourselves by
believing in something as asinine as Papal «infallibility».
It is about
believing in something better than ourselves helping us in our lives, knowing spirituality (totally different than religion), being humble (after experiencing humiliation) and daily addressing our character defects and the wrong we have done upon others.
I'm just saddened that someone who obviously feels that religion is a source of evil in this world would work so hard to tear others down simply for
believing in something.
unknown11 I know this is very hard for you to grasp but not
believing in something is not the same as
believing in something else.
I don't know about you, but for me,
believing in something is not really choice — I just do or I don't, based on the sum of everything I have perceived thus far.
I think most of you who disagree with the author are ignoring the truth and
believing in something you want to believe in.
That's the problem with
believing in something that does not exist!
It comes from
believing in something.
Much like how you like to bash on people of faith for
believing in something that may or may not exist, you have to remember that you believe in things that have yet to be proven, but toss them out as if they are hard facts just to counter what you dislike.
In addition to being an ungrammatical raving lunatic, I guess you can't process that not believing something is not the same as
believing in something else.
omegarising wrote: «If we're wrong then nothing happens, and the only thing we have done is wasted our time
believing in something that isn't true.
Ok you have as much FAITH in your proof as she does that see has seen angels so there for you are
believing in something you have not seen right you have not seen here medical records to prove that she has Schizophrenia.
If we're wrong then nothing happens, and the only thing we have done is wasted our time
believing in something that isn't true.
No, faith by definition is
believing in something without any evidence.
There are not six types of not
believing in something.
Because that would be being a hypocrite -
believing in something out of pure faith.
I grew up in the church, so I understand the difference between KNOWING something and
BELIEVING in something.
Please explain how not
believing in something supernatural can lead to atrocities.
I think a big thing about being spiritual is
believing in something higher than yourself without being tied to some arbitrarily specific moral code created by people (not God (s)-RRB- in the context of their times that often has horrifyingly backwards and incredibly immoral rules.
Faith is
believing in something contrary to the evidence.
He's going way beyond just
believing in something because it makes you feel good.
That's just a bullsh!t rationalization for
believing in something without any supporting evidence.
I was just like you thinking that I controlled everything in my life and
believing in something that I can't see is ridiculous.
This kind of faith is an extension of experience or reason, it is
believing in something simply because you want to believe it.
Believing in something that has no evidence.
This is why we atheists will frequently define «faith» as
believing in something without evidence, or in spite of evidence.
Not to mention this «all loving» and «all just» god willing to torture you for all of eternity just for the crime of not
believing in something for which there is no evidence.
one can not simply decide to stop
believing in something ----- Yeah, but he didn't say he's doing that.
Faith by definition is
believing in something that defies explanation,
How exactly is it fair or just to punish a person for not
believing in something they have never heard of?
It is quite obvious that not
believing in something there is no evidence for takes zero faith.
It just means
believing in something bigger than yourself.
Simply not belonging or
believing in something, doesn't make a group of like minded people..
Consider the possibility that the authors of the bible's intent was to fool the masses into
believing in something that would make them easier to control.
To clarify, I would define â $ œfaithâ $ simply as
believing in something to be true.
When you spen too much time
believing in something that's not reality you go nuts.
I thought we already talked about numbers game and lots of people
believing in something doesn't make that something true?
To clarify, I would define «faith» simply as
believing in something to be true.
Believing in something without proof or verification is just plain insane.
Faith is
believing in something despite no proof, or even proof to the contrary.
Not
believing in something does not equal hate, just as
believing in something does not make it real.
Believing in something does not make it real and most of the adults I know have stopped believing in imaginary friends (we are just as productive and happy as someone who uses those imaginary friends to get them through the day).
Mr. Bill, Mr. Bill, Faith is
believing in something you can't see, I can't see the wind but I can tell it's there.
But the thing is, by believing that there is no God, you are
believing in something.
Their believing in something doesn't make it so.
What I am saying is, stop dogging someone for
believing in something, when you too are
believing in something not so diffrent.
I love how ignorant atheists are always trying to dissuade people in
believing in something.
@ jack3 no you have the right to believe what ever you want, but we might mock you for
believing in something that has talking snakes, a story about the world flooding and being able to fit all the animals on the planet on one boat, that believes in magic, that believes a person lived in the belly of a whale, and that people coexisted with dinosaurs all without any actual proof.