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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
Excellent post.
Quite frankly, I am tired of hearing my beliefs being referred to as fairy tales by those who chose to believe differently.
BB, where do your "inalienable rights" come from? If you do not believe in the existence of a being outside creation, aren't they just conveyed to you by other humans? If so conveyed, isn't it equally true that they can be denied by the same?
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Here's something I've always brought up when going down this path with those that don't believe.
There are two sides to the argument either God exists, or does not exist.
First, let's say non-believers are right and He doesn't exist. In that scenario, I still believe He exists, so I live my life in accordance with Christian principles. I raise a family and they do the same. We all obey the government's laws and are generally good (not perfect, but try to be good). I get old, sick, and die still believing in God. He doesn't exist so there's no heaven, hell, etc. I was just a mass of cells with electric pulses / chemical reactions going on inside, I never know if I was right or wrong, and I'm gone. No harm, no foul. I generally left my circle of influence a little bit better than it would've been had I not existed.
But.....what if I'm right, God does exist, and non-believers have flat-out rejected Him. Not a real good postion for them to be in.