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A poll for Atheists

Ask yourself this

Posted by Jo Ford on 2010-05-30 09:02:45

What evidence would it require for you to change what you believed about God, the Bible, creationism, etc?

If you say nothing will change your mind, you're not being rational! In science it should always be possible to design an experiment to prove or disprove a hypothesis.

Posted by wcr711 on 2010-06-11 05:11:39

It will probably surprise you to know that I am a psychologist. I know all about research, science, testing theories, hypotheses, and also about how most research doesn't prove what it was initially intended to prove. This was the focus of many years at university, at which I also studied advanced human bioscience, pathology, and research methods. So, I agree, it is important to be possible to design an experiment to prove or disprove a hypothesis - nothing could be further from the truth. The fact still remains, NO EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVE OR DISPROVE that God exists, that the bible is true or false, or that any one person's belief about the world is real or not. These are facts of life.

So, lets talk about being closed minded, irrational, 'retarded', or wrong. To say that it is impossible that God exists is also irrational, by your own logic. You can neither prove or disprove this belief, and if you can, I would be interested to know how. The choice is always yours - either continue living your life as it is, with no concerns about religion or faith, or believe in something that may be true, and have eternal life. The choice is yours, given the lack of evidence I would much rather believe in a God and have eternal life in Heaven, than refuse to believe and spend an eternity in hell. Always remember, even if you don't believe in God, if God does exist, you will still spend an eternity in Hell. There is no exception to this rule.

I leave you to think of evolution of creationism, which ever one you believe in. The Bible described how life was made even before Darwin was born. Check the Bible, the way that life was formed in Genesis is in exactly the same order of evolution, even before evolution was even an idea. Even Darwin believed in God, and the Bible says that one day is 1000 years to God.

In answer to your question, the only evidence that it would require for me to change what I believe about God, is if it was proven beyond reasonable doubt that God does not exist.