Are you religious/ superstitious?

[contractor79]

I am respecting that. Sadly I can't say the same about contractor79

Come on, open up, we're all friends here, tell us the real reasons you reject God.

[sasguru]

I answered you - I said go look up JESUS.

Now you answer me- tell us the real reasons you reject God. Did a religious person upset you? Do you feel you've been given a poor hand in life? Is your thing a bit small? Don't girls like you?

I looked up Jesus. He's some Jewish bloke who lived about 2000years ago. I can't see any credible evidence that he was supernatural.

The OP has stated this should be a non-slanging thread. Please don't post if you can't debate things rationally.

[kandr]

The op asked for this to be a non-slanging thread

Can't see it happenng with the usual suspects.

[EternalOptimist]

I am respecting that. Sadly I can't say the same about contractor79

You have to accept that if you are right, and it is a delusion, then some of the cleverest people that have walked the planet have suffered from it. There is no arguing against it, no disproving it.

and because it is emotive, its best to let it be

[contractor79]

I looked up Jesus. He's some Jewish bloke who lived about 2000years ago. I can't see any credible evidence that he was supernatural.

The OP has stated this should be a non-slanging thread. Please don't post if you can't debate things rationally.

Of course you want to hide behind pseudo-rational arguments rather than confront the real reason why you reject God. I understand that. You don't fool me.

[kandr]

Of course you want to hide behind pseudo-rational arguments rather than confront the real reason why you reject God. I understand that. You don't fool me.

This is about the best argument a religious person can give sadly, that's why they resort to insults. Notice the lack of evidence, and diverting techniques.

[sasguru]

This is about the best argument a religious person can give sadly, that's why they resort to insults. Notice the lack of evidence, and diverting techniques.

Its the natural psychological response to being challenged over your innermost beliefs, the very core of your being.
Imagine living your life based on a lie - it just can't be possible and so the brain invents amazing justifications for the twaddle it believes in.
Strong religious belief is a mental illness that the human species is particular prone to - some evolutionary scientists are just beginning to understand how it used to confer advantage to the species when it was in hunter-gatherer mode, but possibly does not do so any more.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Perhaps you have some evidence for the existence of a supernatural entity?
You see my working hypothesis is that there is no supernatural entity because I have seen no evidence for one, but of course if some kind soul could point me to some evidence, I would definitely change my mind.

I assume this is just a figure of speech.

I hope you also believe there is no soul. As there has never been any scientific evidence for it.

I agree with you both in regards to religion and "soul".

[TimberWolf]

Where are the ghost believers? Last time a ghost thread came up I was left with the impression that a fair proportion of CUK believed in ghosts.

[Platypus]

I refer you to my previous post where I asked you for evidence for existence of a supernatural entity. If you want to continue the discusssion, please provide it and we'll go from there.

Cut 'n' pasted from a Christian blog:

When it comes to creationism, all I need is to see creation. That's the solid observable and undeniable evidence for me.

If you want to call creation "nature," and believe that nature made itself, go ahead. But don't ask me to believe something so obviously unscientific and foolish.