Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:51 pm by DarkPacMan77
@ Tyler ~ I try not to be insensitive, I really do. I'm not sympathetic of Atheists/ Agnostics who get the underhand in a debate against Christians just because I align myself more closely with their beliefs just as I wouldn't side with a Christian that doesn't prove their points when debating people of other beliefs. However, I also don't expect Christians to ever really bring out supporting evidence and list it out like... "I think this way because 'x' in the year 'xxxx' etc." and bullet point their reasonings. I've debated many, many Christians and there's never a winner. To "win" a debate with someone of any faith you have to get them to not believe anymore, which is hard because most people of faith find their willingness to accept religious doctrines first-hand without listening to others makes them more faithful, and thus, a better Christian.
@ Ace ~ I want to know how me stating historical evidence is rude because Christians disagree with it but it's not rude for Christians to say I'm wrong without supporting any evidence of their own. And here's the kicker. There isn't as much evidence for Christians as there are non-believers and it's unfair to Christians to be put in a position to defend their faith - but I'm not the one forcing Christians to post in a gay marriage thread in the first place, I'm just one other person that has an opinion and lots of ways to back it up. I'm wrong. Christians are wrong. Everyone is wrong to someone else who believes otherwise and that's perfectly ok, but I'm not being a jerk about it. To call me a jerk while providing very little to your own point is more rude, in my opinion, but may not be rude from your point of view. I don't, however, appreciate being ridiculed about posting in religious debate threads for an approach that Christians do not support... otherwise there's no debate in the first place.
My additional points:
The fortunate thing is that Christians can say, "I have faith in my Lord and the teachings I've been raised to acknowledge and my conviction is greater than any who stand in my way saying otherwise because anyone saying otherwise must be a work of the Devil himself trying to pry away my attachment to my faith". That's what most Christians that I've met respond with, because when I've gone to my church (yes I have one: Lakeview Baptist Church) that's the kind of response I receive from the older folks that have been literally doing their study-work on the Bible and the teachings of God daily and partake in Bible study on scheduled days at the Church. In no way am I insinuating that anyone here is not a true Christian by me mentioning that either, just so we're clear. I, at a time in my life, was a Christian myself and sometimes question if real events are truly divine intervention or not to this day even though I align myself with a more Agnostic approach. Heck, I'd even gone to church the last 3 weekends in a row and helped with a food drive one of the Wednesday's within the last week or so. To say I'm insensitive towards the Christian faith is completely inaccurate when I am, in my own way, helping to excel the Christian spirit in my own community while I don't even align myself with that belief pattern. I contribute from time to time because there are really good people at my Church and their cause, as good humans, deserves to be noted no matter how ignorant I think they are.
-DarkPacMan77-
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DarkPacMan77 on Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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