Originally posted by cpurser:
Once again, Edward the Agnostic creates another Christian-bashing post, in his never-ending quest to convince his own great scientific mind that there is no God and that all people who believe in God are ignorant fools.
But the more Ed studies his precious science and the universe he lives in, he finds more and more evidence that there is indeed an all-powerful God. But Ed's heart is so hard and cold, that even if God stood before him, he would still deny Him.
So Ed tries to fill his empty soul by spending his time researching the "ignorant Christians", creating posts and inciting debates, to show the world that he is the smart one; that his life-long quest has not been in vain. But, the fact remains that his great quest HAS been in vain, and maybe one day he will realize this..... but I doubt it.
EdwardC seems to be making his politest efforts to get brainwashed -yes brainwashed Christians to start thinking independently of what family's religion you were born into or what part of the world you're from. Here's a nice excerpt from Stephen F. Roberts' website:
...A question I often have for theists of any variety is what would they be like if they had grown up somewhere else?
...For example, what if the christian had grown up in India? What about the Jew growing up in China? What about the Muslim growing up in a Southern Baptist family?
...The obvious thing is that the person wouldn't hold the same religion they do now. They would be just as ardent and faithfull for their new local myth as they are for their current brand.
...We are all born atheists. This is obvious when you realize that no Baptist family has ever raised a Hindu child (by default at least... the kid may have become Hindu afterwards). Children tend to follow the beliefs of their parents.
...If your particular brand of theism is so obvious and so reasonable, why are there other beliefs out there? Why would the christian be a Hindu if they had been born in India? Because all babies are born atheists and only learn about their local god through the efforts of their parents
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