Matthew Le God

It potentially sets people up for being gullible in later life and believing a whole host of things without evidence. From fairies to gods and messiahs.

Not ironic, I didn't answer your question because it was based on a misquoting of my posts.

Comfort in something that doesn't manifest in reality.

Trying to get you to answer questions! Do you believe in god, if so... why?

It is not my job or my life.

False comfort is not helpful, it stunts human development to actual answers.

People believing in things that aren't true is not helpful to society. If you are willing to accept prayer can bring peace then you are more likely to not think humans are the reason why peace happens and won't work towards that.

Again.... I said it would require god to change his mind... not God changing someone else's mind. How can a prayer to god result in peace unless he acts on it? For him to act on it he would need to change his mind... yet if he is all knowing he already knows what he will do. So prayer is pointless.

I'm aware what I've said, none of it contradicts the post you just highlighted.

I didn't say for god to change someone's mind... I said for god to change his mind. Praying for peace is asking for god to change his mind.

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I have had conversations with Muslims who were happy to chat about it about belief before. Don't need to go to Friday prayers at a mosque to do that. Yet again you refuse to answer a question. I'll try... again... Saying that the Jews worship a baby killing god is not anti-Semitic. Do you deny the Torah says god killed babies?

Don't make a claim and fail to back it up. 1) At no point did I say people solely pray for themselves 2) At no point did I say they subscribe to religion (by this I guess you mean organised religion) 3) If they aren't praying for god to change his mind... what are they praying for? Well you've assumed I said they only pray for themselves... when I did not say that.

Also... what assumptions are you claiming I've made?

You didn't answer my question... Are they praying for god to change his mind? Under an all knowing god by definition we don't have free will and god already knows what will happen, so prayer is flawed and pointless even if god did exist.

Mosques are closed Turkish... we are in a lockdown!

Classic Turkish, ignoring the post and going back to an old post. At no point did I say Passover was solely a celebration of Egyptian babies dying. But the name Passover is due to the baby killing god passing over the Jewish houses and is celebrating their babies not being killed by the baby killing god. Saying that the Jews worship a baby killing god is not anti-Semitic. Do you deny the Torah says god killed babies?

I have a right to challenge it because we live in a free country. Are they praying for god to change his mind? Under an all knowing god by definition we don't have free will and god already knows what will happen, so prayer is flawed and pointless even if god did exist.

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No, it is you that don't appear to know it is another Christian copy of festivals that existed before Christianity! Easter is a mixture of things Christians have stolen from older traditions. Other cultures that pre-date Christainity have resurection stories... Christianity absorbed that into its myths. Are you not aware of Mirthras... who was born on 25th December and whose followers celebrated the Spring equinox (Easter)! Exchanges of eggs are an ancient custom that pre-date Christianity.

I want to beleive as many true things and as few false things as possible. If someone thinks something I believe is false and has a good reason to think that then it benefits me from hearing a challenge to my belief. To want to go unchallenege is doing a version of this... If a belief someone holds can't hold up-to scrutiny then it is pretty flimsy belief. Religions brainwash people into not accepting criticism in order to protect themselves. Which is why the Bible has passages to protect itself from criticism.

He really doesn't Annihilation requires evidence and answering questions... neither of which Turkish manages

He refuses to answer that

Pointing the horrific nature of the baby killing god story does not make me anti-semitic. Do you deny the story says god killed babies?

Yet again... you ignore the questions I ask!