tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095289639418844212.post6315073467901137897..comments2022-04-08T12:05:15.669-04:00Comments on A Life of Good News: Why Atheism?Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10543094165175649834noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095289639418844212.post-45660335762739296372011-05-26T08:26:13.923-04:002011-05-26T08:26:13.923-04:00You know Tommy I have to be honest, I don't th...You know Tommy I have to be honest, I don't think you have a clue. At all. The first sentence of your post shows this. Beliefs aren't something someone actively chooses, they are necessarily arrived at due to the information one has and how one processes it. You'll recall I first commented on your blog to correct misconceptions about atheists. And yours are legion. <br /><br />The reason some people are atheist is because in the sum total of their knowledge and personal experience they are unconvinced that a god exists. That's all there is to it. It is the simplest and most effective explanation and it also happens to be correct. But it's not what the Bible says which is apparently why you can't accept it. Instead you have to come up with these elaborate explanations to rationalize it to yourself and make it fit with the good book. It's sad really, that it so warps your way of seeing other people.<br /><br />I wonder if you even bothered to ask an atheist any of this before you reached your conclusion. Do you even know one? Anyone in your friends or family? If you really want to know "Why Atheism?", all you have to do is ask. And if you don't know one, let me kindly suggest and challenge you to reach out. There's a show called the Atheist Experience that takes calls and I'd strongly recommend you give them a call sometime. It seems like you have a lot to say on the subject and they'd be happy to hear you out. They would probably give you the whole hour. It's the same show that your buddy Ray called into a few weeks ago btw. I don't need to say he was treated with respect as are all the callers so you've really nothing to lose.<br /><br />That being said thanks for tolerating me this long and I wish you the best of luck. You've got a long way to go but maybe someday you can understand, for real, why other people see the world differently than you.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468586709952502011noreply@blogger.com