Tom Capuder#Theists:
Some of you think the evidence for #evolution is insufficient.
Where’s sufficient evidence for a #god
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an #atheist vs #faith
myrmepropagandistI'm confused why anyone would want "evidence" for God. Isn't faith supposed to be an evidence-free activity?
Queen of Anxiety@futurebird @tomcapuder Depends on who you talk to. For me, faith is part of gaining evidence. It’s not the sort of evidence that’s going to stand up to peer review, but it’s evidence for me. If I pray, do I receive answers? If I act, do I receive support? It more starts with hope than faith, maybe, but as I gain evidence, hope turns to faith that, even for things I haven’t tried yet, they will have the expected outcome.
@futurebird @tomcapuder This is part of “faith without works is dead” for me. It’s not so much the “you can believe but if you’re not demonstrative about it you suck.” It’s that, if you’re not continually experimenting and testing your faith, it atrophies.
I’ve never been big on “blind belief.” That has always seemed dangerous. But I have a firm belief in a divine being because of my own experiments. Many people I know are the same way.
@futurebird @tomcapuder So when I encounter agnostics and atheists who say I am just blindly following X, it’s very frustrating, because that is not me at all. Sure, there are plenty like that out there. But there are also many who have done their own experiments and come to their own conclusions based on their results. I know it’s nothing we could prove in a court or a peer-reviewed journal. But it’s still proof for us.
@futurebird @tomcapuder I say this as someone who hasn’t been to church in years and who struggles with the more regressive aspects. I say this knowing that, yes, there are many religions and lots have died out and that maybe what I perceive as evidence is just coincidence or experiencing something I want to believe. I’m very familiar with the arguments. But I have had experiences I believe are of the divine, and that gives me faith.