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[eieio 1,594]

If you're gonna believe whatever you want, why would you need a book? Like I said, all three worship the God of Abraham. Which means they all worship the same God but have created different rules. So two out of three, or all three, made up some stuff.

Another atheist telling me what God these religions worship

[GandD 5,966]

Another atheist telling me what God these religions worship

The books tell you. In plain text. You just WANT to believe otherwise.

Watch this.

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God or that God even exists.

This is me making a statement.

According to the Bible, Jesus is the son of Mary and was crucified. He then rose from the dead on the third day after his death.

Now, because I don't believe this, does it make me not capable of grasping words on a page?

[eieio 1,594]

The books tell you. In plain text. You just WANT to believe otherwise.

Watch this.

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God or that God even exists.

This is me making a statement.

According to the Bible, Jesus is the son of Mary and was crucified. He then rose from the dead on the third day after his death.

Now, because I don't believe this, does it make me not capable of grasping words on a page?

So at least you admit that you have some kind of belief.

That's good.

Now are you going to tell me that differing religions believe they are worshipping the same God?

What you say as the truth does not matter. This is about what these religion believe. And I guarantee they don't believe they are worshipping the same God.

[GandD 5,966]

So at least you admit that you have some kind of belief.

That's good.

Now are you going to tell me that differing religions believe they are worshipping the same God?

What you say as the truth does not matter. This is about what these religion believe. And I guarantee they don't believe they are worshipping the same God.

None of that matters. People believed the earth was flat. It doesn't make it true. All three religious texts claim the God of Abraham as their God. What you are seeing is three different story lines centering around the same God. A lot of what we call Old Testament stories are in all three. We're cool with accepting Jews worship the same God, why would you think "Allah" is not the same as the Christian God? There's tons and tons of discussion on this subject on the Internet. Some people study theology for a living. Edited September 21, 2014 by GandD

[eieio 1,594]

None of that matters. People believed the earth was flat. It doesn't make it true. All three religious texts claim the God of Abraham as their God. What you are seeing is three different story lines centering around the same God. A lot of what we call Old Testament stories are in all three. We're cool with accepting Jews worship the same God, why would you think "Allah" is not the same as the Christian God? There's tons and tons of discussion on this subject on the Internet. Some people study theology for a living.

Truth and religion do not go hand in hand.

It is was the people believe that matters.

According to you(and me) there is no God. So it cannot be the same if it doesn't exist. So therefore you must look at what the believers believe.(they don't believe it is the same God)

But.....religion debates just go around in circles. I see your point, however I do not agree with it.

[GandD 5,966]

Truth and religion do not go hand in hand.

It is was the people believe that matters.

According to you(and me) there is no God. So it cannot be the same if it doesn't exist. So therefore you must look at what the believers believe.(they don't believe it is the same God)

But.....religion debates just go around in circles. I see your point, however I do not agree with it.

Fair enough