What?! There are a whole lot of biblical literalists out there who believe that the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah and the ark, and so on are literal, historical facts.
Do people still believe in Hell?
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People spend money looking for the Ark.
In fairness, anyone that stupid is probably best kept harmlessly occupied.
People also spend money at the Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum.
I keep wanting to go just for the laughs. But I don't want my money going to such an awful thing. I'd feel better burning it than giving to Creationists so they could brainwash children.
Then sneak in without paying.....
do it with a friend, you know what that would mean?
Um, I still believe it, know several friends who do as well, and those who don't, and most claim "Christian" or "agnostic" as their philosophical/spiritual/religious foundation.
They'd have better luck funding a scientific expedition to find the exact location of Santa Claus' workshop at the North Pole.
The problem though is how much can you really trust that your beliefs come from faith or a honest look at the evidence and how much of is just denial and wanting it to be true?
I mean I think a God is possible but when I look at the reasons I think this, part me wonders if it's just me lying to myself because on some level I want their to be God. I have a hard time trusting myself because I think we humans lie to ourselves alot. We don't want to accept some our more negative traits or we have hope for a better future even though we know in reality, a good portion of the time that never happens.
To me humans are to erratic and filled with emotion to ever really take a 100% honest look at anything.
Jason
No one wants to die. So I get the appeal. But we're meat that somehow figured out it was slowly rotting. It sucks, but we can enjoy our time here and try not to be total jerks to each other.
What does science have to do with "unproven beliefs"?
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It's not worth it.
I'm not even touching that bait. I spent way too much time arguing with a flat earther the other day and I'm too tired to bother.
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Same here, except it was a "Jesus planted fossils in the ground to test our faith" believer.
The mental gymnastics people make to believe nonsense.
Hell was invented by a grumpy Florentine.
Lucifer, on the other hand, is a charming laid-back nightclub owner in LA.
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Leaving faith has to come from the inside, but that isn't the whole story. It has to start with personal examination, and a comparison of strongly held beliefs set against the world in which they exist. Questions are asked, evidence is gathered, conclusions are drawn based upon that evidence. One can certainly reason themselves out of any faith, and it can be started by a personal revelation, or because someone thought to ask a question one hadn't considered, or an answer one didn't expect. So while the heaviest lifting must be done from within the heart and the mind, an outside party can absolutely serve as the catalyst for that change.Faith isn't something another can argue you out of. Wouldn't mean anything if it were
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