re: Do you think human giants ever roamed this earth?

And you haven’t? Let me guess? God picked you back up? I bet he didn’t. But you’ll say he did

Are you drunk? No judgement, just curious. It would explain a lot.

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drunk

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Probably long-term meth use which permanently alters brain function, and not in a positive way.

I don’t do drugs. Gotta set a great example for my kids. But you can think as you wish and my kids? They don’t believe in God nor do they know about him. And their life will be no different than anyone else’s on earth because of that notion.

Just trolling, eh? Ok. Cool beans. Happy New Year’s Eve, my friend. I wish you and yours all the best.

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Is that statement objectively true? Or, is it just your opinion?

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It’s so overwhelming and numerously demonstrable that I must be misunderstanding your point.

All these stats have nothing to do with their beliefs being true. Only that they believe they are objectively true, and religions not likely to be true.

1)Christian populations tend to produce Christian believers, while Islamic regions produce Muslims.

Pew Research Center found that in the U.S., 79% of adults raised in a religion still identify with that religion in adulthood.

“If both parents are Catholic, the child is over 80% likely to identify as Catholic”

The probability of identifying as Muslim if born in the Middle East exceeds 95%

Globally, religious retention rates are higher in families that regularly practice and emphasize faith.

2)religious affiliation often remains geographically consistent over centuries unless disrupted by major historical events (e.g., colonization, wars).

3)Immigrant populations tend to maintain their religion for multiple generations even after relocation, further showing the strength of cultural roots in belief systems

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Why keep engaging with someone who joined on 12/14/2024 who already has 260+ posts? It’s pretty clear to see what’s going on, no matter what an alter/bot/someone that gets off on nonsense has to say.

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I hear ya. He’s clearly just trolling. He started out decent, but got pretty sloppy pretty quickly.

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Those innocent children go to heaven so why would that bother him?

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So we’re pro-abortion now? I’m so confused

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The one thing I am sure of, is that absolutely not a single one of us possesses omniscience. We are all, in essence, acting on faith. Do you agree? If not, why?

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Yea, I’ve considered that before, all use faith, and thanks for mentioning it, it’s one of the reasons I’ve softened my position and consider myself a non resistant non believer, and that belief can be logical for some.

Thoughts.
I have faith that the scientific method reliably leads to truth, even if i can’t personally verify every claim.
True agnosticism requires no faith, and for something that is not proven is the most reasonable position. Like, lions prefer chocolate icecream.

One can be an agnostic believer too, but takes faith.

you don’t need faith when rejecting a claim. I’m sure you don’t have faith that unicorns don’t exist, because you are not saying unicorns don’t exist, but I have no reason to believe they exist.

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you don’t need faith when rejecting a claim.

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I agree with everything you’ve said in your post- up to this point. By definition, unless you can prove something beyond a reasonable doubt (literally only mathematics comes to mind ), then you are essentially acting on faith.

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I’m sure you don’t have faith that unicorns don’t exist

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Great example. By definition, I absolutely do have faith that unicorns don’t exist. Simply because I can’t prove that they don’t- I am forced to exercise faith that they don’t exist. There is no difference between my faith and yours- other than where it is placed.