tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post904687760565118255..comments2024-01-24T04:59:45.518-05:00Comments on Jewish Atheist: Quote of the Day: Do Skeptics Take Religion More Seriously?Jewish Atheisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-47671557588971202742009-01-12T16:36:00.000-05:002009-01-12T16:36:00.000-05:00I totally agree. If you truly care about something...I totally agree. If you truly care about something, you go to great pains to understand it...one could equate it to a new love affair. An atheist wants to know why you have a blue toothbrush. The religious person justs wants to talk about how great the sex was.Carpediemgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915722841449839925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-68101287202018516672008-12-24T17:21:00.000-05:002008-12-24T17:21:00.000-05:00I love the irony of the title of this post.I love the irony of the title of this post.Lost And Not Yet Foundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468700445896049842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-60734941883991265572008-07-17T23:25:00.000-04:002008-07-17T23:25:00.000-04:00?! One has nothing to do with the other. He could ...?! One has nothing to do with the other. He could encourage seeking as much as possible while still staying within the fold.<BR/><BR/>Very disingenuous, sir. :)<BR/><BR/>My point is simple: It is at the least an arguable point, and to simply accept the skeptic view of "of course we should be questioning things" is as dishonest as they consider the reverse.<BR/><BR/>The truth is that skeptics don't take <B>religion</B> more seriously than religious people, they take <B>questioning</B> it more seriously. Religious people take the religious part more seriously. And some (gasp) try to do both. :)Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-68763897729774496032008-07-17T23:13:00.000-04:002008-07-17T23:13:00.000-04:00Honest Q: Do you think the answer to that is defin...<I>Honest Q: Do you think the answer to that is definite, let alone obvious?</I><BR/><BR/>It is if you're Jewish. :-) How could a God love Talmud but not genuine truth-seeking? I suppose it's *possible*, but it's not too charitable view of God.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-72483579491570339862008-07-17T22:05:00.000-04:002008-07-17T22:05:00.000-04:00If God exists, would He want us to search for the ...<I>If God exists, would He want us to search for the truth or to hold onto the religion we were born into for dear life, avoiding tough questions and settling on whatever apologetics we can?</I><BR/><BR/>Honest Q: Do you think the answer to that is definite, let alone obvious?<BR/><BR/>I don't.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-4361173572660837612008-07-16T16:58:00.000-04:002008-07-16T16:58:00.000-04:00I went through a period of time where I did cast a...I went through a period of time where I did cast aside the religion of my belief, but I have gone full circle. <BR/><BR/>Often the problem with people who feel disenfranchised from religious beliefs is that they jettison themselves completely from all the good things that spirituality has to offer. It seems like a kind of suspended adolescent rebellion and as I've gotten older, my desire to bash religion has totally gone away.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-88279764370792443132008-07-16T15:25:00.000-04:002008-07-16T15:25:00.000-04:00I love you :)I love you :)Holy Hyraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704030181702087485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-30221458854671117752008-07-16T14:41:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:41:00.000-04:00"to hold onto the religion we were born into for d..."to hold onto the religion we were born into for dear life, avoiding tough questions and settling on whatever apologetics we can?"<BR/><BR/>Not me. I dumped the religion I was born into in a second.jewish philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987540457195983665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-23442628149212864492008-07-16T10:47:00.000-04:002008-07-16T10:47:00.000-04:00It used to be jealous of those that just up and le...It used to be jealous of those that just up and left religion, without feeling the need to figure out whether OJ's claims were legit or not. But for me, I wouldn't have been able to have a clean conscious if I didn't actually work through and uncover every stone. Eventually you figure out that religious claims just don't add up and you have to move on. <BR/><BR/>It's nice to hear someone being honest about skeptics.Freethinking Upstarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303095726807967022noreply@blogger.com