Questions for the Atheists

Thanks for answering Reb and stop calling me Shirley. So you think an intelligent Egyptian with a bag full of red bud built the pyramids?

 

I now recall why I stopped posting here so much...

 

why they exist? people build stuff. they've been building all sorts of stuff. they're made of stone like everything else people of those times tended to build things.

how they were made is the mystery, but i think it's not that big a mystery, really. people today have a tendency to discount the abilities of early civilizations. they think figuring out how to get stuff done is somehow related to being "modern". i think people are pretty darned amazing even without technology.

thor heyerdahl sailed across the pacific ocean (from peru to polynesia) in a balsa raft with no modern technology. as we distance ourselves from the need to do things manually, we lose the ability to relate the capability. ever see somebody spend 20 minutes looking for the remote control?

 

and wonderfully stated........................LarryD, i told you that Reb was da man and not these other so called talking-fingers

 

Pretty much, the pyramids are a big deal because they are big and have been around a long time and point a certain direction. Do you know the big square that carpenters use today was found inside the pyramids. Today it is called the framing square and is made of metal. The ones they found were made of wood. You don't need a god to stack blocks, just a square and a bunch of labor.

 

Then you don't truly believe in your religion.

Me too.

Okay, so you believe in God. Why do you believe in the God that you believe in? Since there is no concrete proof that your God is the true God, why not follow a couple other Gods too?

Me too.

 

I agree. People are scared shitless that death means the end. I don't understand this fear. Maybe if I were confronted with a life threatning situation I would understand. I doubt it.

Religion was created to relieve man's fear of dieing.

Churches were created to take people's money.

 

Just for the record, this is incorrect. Christianity is the only major religion with a savior. The rest have prophets, messengers, or teachers (if anything) interceding between man and the deity.

 

That's why consistencies are so important when trying to study and interpret the Bible. The Bible spans a time period of over 1000 years with over 50 different authors. Biases tend to stick out rather than conform.

 

If you don't mind me asking, why do out doubt the validity of the Bible? Or maybe a better question would be, to what extent do you doubt it?