Atheists & Agnostics

Farmer-Rick

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28. The sun rising has happened every day for my entire life

Thu Feb 2, 2023, 07:26 PM

Feb 2023

I have seen it with my own eyes. I have experienced it in a very physical way every day of my life. That's not faith. That's fact.

I guarantee you if I actually saw this invisible god the way I see the sun, I would believe in a god. But I have never seen a god do anything.

Faith is believing with absolutely no evidence. Because if you have evidence, you don't need faith.

I can have faith in anything. I can have faith that people who are different from me are bad. Or I can have faith they are just simply different. Faith can be used to believe both something true or something false. It is not a good tool for figuring out what is true or false.

So, faith is rather useless as a tool if you want to know the truth.

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What is THE question that could be asked [View all] Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 OP

Is god male or female? Walleye Jan 2023 #1

Yep, that was the question I asked my grandma Butterflylady Feb 2023 #23

Can anyone say with one hundred percent certainty nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #2

I would argue that the sun rising tomorrow Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #3

then how do you accept that it will rise? nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #4

Science. MiHale Jan 2023 #5

Science is real. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #8

... Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #17

If the sun doesn't rise tomorrow that means the earth and all in it are gone. Srkdqltr Jan 2023 #6

Fuck fake faith. czarjak Jan 2023 #12

What? I chalk it up to probability. Voltaire2 Jan 2023 #16

The sun rising has happened every day for my entire life Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #28

It's not faith edhopper Jun 2023 #45

Once again an "all knowing god" question... MiHale Jan 2023 #7

My question..... How can any human let alone a deity allow the torture of children? LakeArenal Jan 2023 #9

Yeah, that's the real killer question Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #32

Where was Jesus. A lot of talk no saving. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #35

If there was one absolutely true religion, cloudbase Jan 2023 #10

Why is Dick Cheney alive when innocent children die? gibraltar72 Jan 2023 #11

Because he's richer and more powerful than those children Farmer-Rick May 2023 #42

Since the OP mentioned the word faith nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #13

Yeah, that's why faith is useless Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #29

Nothing, I haven't set foot in a church in 58 years. Warpy Jan 2023 #14

Bottom line is, Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #15

And a sadist Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #18

Have the pastor explain, if he can, god's "will." joshdawg Jan 2023 #19

Yeah, if players on both teams are praying Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #20

I don't have a question for the pastor RussBLib Jan 2023 #21

+1 Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #22

What's the point of this question? Random Boomer Feb 2023 #24

This is a dicussuon board. If you don't like a question, Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #25

It's "questions" like this that give atheists a bad name. Random Boomer Feb 2023 #26

You are entitled to your "opinion". Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #27

The problem is religious people don't stay in their lane Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #30

You're preaching to the choir Random Boomer Feb 2023 #33

OK, gotcha Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #34

No, it wasn't. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #36

But the real question I have for some preacher Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #31

+1 Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #37

I said nothing about god or religion nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #38

I m going with George Carlin, from "Class Clown" Martin Eden May 2023 #39

... Ferrets are Cool May 2023 #40

OK, here's a serious question I might ask a pastor Martin Eden May 2023 #41

If Notre Dame Beats Loyola in football, Mr.Bill May 2023 #43

LOL Ferrets are Cool May 2023 #44

Why did God edhopper Jun 2023 #46

Exactly. I also want to know WHY Ferrets are Cool Jun 2023 #47