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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those "some" human are over 51% of the world's population and 9/10 of Americans that believe in an afterlife. And all acknowledge that there is a Creator far superior to them who they will have to answer to upon death for their actions in life. Doesn't sound egotistical at all to me. Such reverence towards God is actually humility, something atheists seem unable or unwilling to have. Now that is egotistical.[/quote]

What' egotistical is thinking that if you worship an invisible God adequately, you will have eternal life.[/quote]

Nah. Its called humility and submission. Thinking you know enough to deny the existence of things you can not explain is egotistical. [/quote]

thinking  that you should believe things for which there is no evidence is stupidity.

There are lots of things you can't explain -- fairies,  werewolves, the loch ness monster.  Most people don't believe in them -- but then those things don't promise eternal life, or threaten you with severe punishment if you don't believe in them, so it's easier to not believe in them[/quote]
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People with faith are hardly stupid[/b]. They know something in their heart with such absolute certainty that scientific evidence is not required. Some people call it intuition. Others say this is how God guides people. There are plenty of well educated people who are surgeons, professors, lawyers who are devout in their belief. One would hardly call them stupid. You, as an atheist, need concrete proof because you don't feel anything in your heart. I think even if you saw some evidence, you would deny it initially. There is some evidence but if your mind is set against it, you will not be open to belief.

I think within the next 100 yrs, science will progress rapidly, and our great grandchildren will have more concrete proof of God and an afterlife. They may not understand God completely still, but they may know He exists.

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No, they're just stupid about their faith.  Smart people can have blind spots, especially when they're been indoctrinated as children and the society supports their beliefs, or at least doesn't openly oppose them.  Luckily, that is changing.  Fewer children are being raised with religion and the society doesn't support it as much.[/quote]

Belief in God is not likely to change anytime soon regardless of religious affinity. One does not need a religion to believe in God. What I think is stupid is to call billions of people stupid simply because you can not understand how God can exist.  The evidence is there in terms of old and new testament prophesies, NDE's, in the fact that even former atheists validated an afterlife from their NDEs. If you need to be hit over the head with evidence, you'll just have to wait until you pass away and experience it for yourself. Too bad we won't be able to see the look on your face when you finally realize Gods word was true.[/quote]

Maybe you will. Maybe part of your heavenly reward will be witnessing atheists dismay upon learning they've been consigned to hell. [/quote]

It would not be a "reward" but historically,  we know people pay attention when lessons are taught. I'll pay for you in the hopes you lose your arrogance.[/quote]

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