You are correct. She is the person, and it is the idea. Now clarify on what an "own opinion" would be and why it would be inherently better than those set forth in religious scriptures.
Okay, so go tell me these 2 points that you bring up, and if your probabilities are proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and in your favor, I'll convert.
- probability of an afterlife (< 50%)
- probability that God exists (< 50%)
There's more to it. Obviously if one reads no more than just the 10 Commandments in the Bible, that's all one is going to find... the 10 commandments.
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Yes.
Quote:You make your own opinion by taking lots of raw data--taking a look at the world, examining some of the more pertinent pieces of information such as the reasonability of after-life and why there must/must not be a god overlooking/not overlooking our Earth--and then formulating a hypothesis which fits all of your current data. Once you are given more raw data to deal with, you CHANGE your hypothesis to fit the new data. This is not how the Christian system has been run. It has been the same myth that it has been for 2,000 years.
Okay, so go tell me these 2 points that you bring up, and if your probabilities are proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and in your favor, I'll convert.
- probability of an afterlife (< 50%)
- probability that God exists (< 50%)
Quote:The Bible does have quite a few useful ideas such as not murdering/raping, but it is absurd to WORSHIP a person simply because a book dictates so.
There's more to it. Obviously if one reads no more than just the 10 Commandments in the Bible, that's all one is going to find... the 10 commandments.
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Quote:Atheism is the belief that there is no god, right? Then that's still a belief, making it a religion or "belief system."
Yes.