Originally Posted by Splendour

Why would I?

How do I know he isn't an atheist impersonating a theist?

They do that on here, y'know.

Originally Posted by Splendour

Most people realize you can use skepticism to a certain degree for the material physical world but it's useless in assessing spiritual matters

Originally Posted by Splendour

It makes you wonder how many people follow the herd on incomplete information.

Originally Posted by TexArcher

I literally LOL'd.

Any time a theist says something stupid, it's probably an atheist impersonating a theist. I mean, obviously.

Originally Posted by TexArcher

Yeah, skepticism is useless in assessing spiritual matters. We should just believe whatever we're told by religious leaders and religious books. And by religious leaders and religious books I mean Christian leaders and the Bible, because all those other religions of full of crap, obviously.

Ever heard of meeting someone in the middle or holding your conclusions/judgments in abeyance/suspension?

Mmmmm, irony is tasty.

Originally Posted by Splendour

I'm more interested in the science question of whether or not mental skepticism is related to a misapplication of the brain's reticular activating system. But I haven't come to a conclusion yet.

Most people realize you can use skepticism to a certain degree for the material physical world but it's useless in assessing spiritual matters yet skeptics keep insisting on using scientific methods like they are infallible in regards to spiritual matters and disregard Gould's NOMA proposition.

What is the Reticular Activating System of the brain?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticul...ivating_system

The importance of our Reticular Activating System (RAS). A religious man's view:
http://www.contractofgrace.com/hearing-god-9/535

It makes you wonder how many people follow the herd on incomplete information. There's a lot of information between science and religion that isn't easily accessible to the general public.

Originally Posted by Husker

I think Splendour is an atheist pretending to be a theist.

Originally Posted by TexArcher

I surely hope so, in a way. But I think it's infinitely more likely that people like Splendour mean exactly what they say and speak on it without fear of reprisal because our PC society is collectively afraid to say, "You're bat**** ****ing crazy!".

Religion will be the death of us, one way or another, I fear: the most advanced species on this planet will be killed by fairy tales. Fate seems to have a sense of irony.

Originally Posted by Splendour

Except atheists body counts are higher than theist body counts.

Originally Posted by TexArcher

Yeah, skepticism is useless in assessing spiritual matters. We should just believe whatever we're told by religious leaders and religious books. And by religious leaders and religious books I mean Christian leaders and the Bible, because all those other religions are full of crap, obviously.



Mmmmm, irony is tasty.

Originally Posted by TStar

*rolls eyes*


You're better than that.

Originally Posted by Dominic

She really isn't.