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lowimpakt, I did answer your question, but I'll put it another way for you. In a word, no. God would not cease to exist if I got stranded on a desert island and got amnesia, because God is not a figment of my imagination. I did not create God; rather, he created me. So, it doesn't matter if I go crazy or my memory becomes wiped clean. His existence does not depend on what I think about it.
I offer proof of God's existence because it is the ultimate "good news". It's worth spreading.
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"some people have argued against organised religion as a system because "religion is powerful, influential, tax-exempt and systematically passed on to children too young to defend themselves" and that it is generally divisive."—Remember that religions are represented by people. Fallen, imperfect people. Tenets of various religions often twist the message of their particular faith to suit their own agendas. Christ is not to blame for the awful things that have been done in his name.
The crushing irony that you guys don't quite seem to get is that EVERYONE passes their ideology on to their children. You just don't like the message of organized religion. But make no mistake: atheism and agnosticism are very much systems of belief. EVERYONE has opinions on life, death, the afterlife, how we should live, etc.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with raising one's children in a tradition of faith. When I was growing up, I was not forced to believe anything. Also, when I was a teenager I was not required to go to church w/ my parents. I was fully able to make decisions for myself. I even stepped away from the faith for many years because I wanted to find truth on my own time and terms. Turns out, God had something else in mind. He chased me down and cornered me until I realized that he is sovereign, and that he reveals HIS truth on HIS terms to those he chooses. Searching for my own truth to suit my own desires is futile and would have ended in despair, death and ultimately damnation.
- wait are you proposing that atheism, whose only tenet is denying that a deity exist, has an organizational structure??spifflink
- everyone has a god, whether they realize it or not. That's my point.gramme
- no, no they don't. that's a pretty absurd assumption. you are attempting to widen the definition of 'god' and it doesnt work.spifflink
- and it has nothing to do with atheism suddenly sprouting a tax-exempt organizational structure in your imagination.spifflink
- spiffink, I humbly suggest you spend more time observing human nature. Everyone worships.gramme
- *sigh*spifflink