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A) The existence of moral dilemmas/debates means one of two things - either there is no objective morality, or there is one that humans cannot reliably access.
B) It is obvious to see how our tribal morality could have developed as a result of evolution favoring cooperative competition; it is not obvious how it could spring from the creation of an omnibenevolent being.
Were you here as a different user in the past? - maybe we have already had this discussion
He provides no reason to leap from something that exists eternally to something with intention, something marginally good much less completely good, something that you can be with after death, etc., etc.
I love you, whether that means something to you, or not. I hated Jesus and christians for the first 15 years of my life, until i realized, how much, i truly need, Jesus.
So you never really thought about truth and reason, you simply reached an age where you were capable of asking questions of a religious/existential nature and then clung to the first thing that made you feel good. What's more, you chose the most stereotypical religion without exploring the hundreds of other ones. If I was religious, I would at least pick something logically consistent and cool like taoism or buddhism, instead of the most internally inconsistent and cliche' body of superstitions on earth. Have you ever considered that reality doesn't care about your feelings? Your psychological need for Jesus/the afterlife etc. does not make them real, and to be a real truth seeker you need to prioritize truth over what makes you feel good instead of assuming they must be one and the same.
So you never really thought about truth and reason
You are far worse than she is. At least she hasn't falsely convinced herself she is thinking about truth and reason, when in actual fact you're just a dumb atheist guilty of exactly the same fallacies.
I researched religion since I was 5, so I disagree, with your opinion. it is really disrespectful, to say people of a certain age, can't think, for themselves. I can do whatever I want, whether people like it, or not. If you don't want to be a Christian do you, boo, but you don't get to tell me, what to do.
Because I hate Christianity. It is both stupid and evil.
That's such an ignorant comment. Christianity is just a belief system. It is neither good nor evil. If you had anything resembling a brain you'd realise that the existence of both good and bad Christians evidences that it is people who cause the problems. Evil people use ideology for their own ends. The ideology does not use them for its own ends.
