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barboft said:I hope you don't mind me being here, it seems that this is mostly for atheists but I'm not an atheist, I'm a christian. I'll have a look around and maybe I'll join in the chats.
Aught3 said:Of course we like having Christians around, the lions start to get hungry after too long.
barboft said:I hope you don't mind me being here, it seems that this is mostly for atheists but I'm not an atheist, I'm a christian. I'll have a look around and maybe I'll join in the chats.
lrkun said:barboft said:I hope you don't mind me being here, it seems that this is mostly for atheists but I'm not an atheist, I'm a christian. I'll have a look around and maybe I'll join in the chats.
Welcome to the forum. Are you a reasonable fellow? If so, then you'll fit right it; but if not, you'll have a difficult time.
barboft said:How do you mean?
barboft said:I know, no worries. Yes I'm pretty reasonable, althout our definitions of reasonable might not be quite the same. I use it to mean easygoing.
barboft said:It's been a long time since I felt any need to defend my beliefs. In other words it's rare for me to both have doubts and feel insecure about it. I'm not really into defending what I believe because I can't think of anything that's at stake for me. As long as I know what I believe and I genuinely believe it, I'm fine. Each to their own, I only need to justify my beliefs to myself.
AdmiralPeacock said:barboft said:It's been a long time since I felt any need to defend my beliefs. In other words it's rare for me to both have doubts and feel insecure about it. I'm not really into defending what I believe because I can't think of anything that's at stake for me. As long as I know what I believe and I genuinely believe it, I'm fine. Each to their own, I only need to justify my beliefs to myself.
Are you one of those people that have utter the phrase (or like) "nothing you can say will change my mind" then yeah you'll fall under the unreasonable umbrella. If not, then I welcome you as a fellow person of curiosity and reason.
barboft said:AdmiralPeacock said:Are you one of those people that have utter the phrase (or like) "nothing you can say will change my mind" then yeah you'll fall under the unreasonable umbrella. If not, then I welcome you as a fellow person of curiosity and reason.
Are you asking because you're hoping to change my mind? I have to tell you that changing people's minds isn't really a priority for me. But no, the closest I come to that is "I doubt you'll change my mind but you never know". I think that's reasonable enough.
barboft said:Personally I don't mind whether the other person is open to changing their mind or not. For me it's more about knowing what makes other people tick. Life's rich tapestry and all that. After all, there are people who are so sure of their views that they can't conceive of the possibility that they may be wrong and that interests me as much as those who have doubts or at least are willing to consider that they've got it all wrong. I'm cool either way. But hey, you can talk to me, I'll entertain the possibility that my mind could be changed, but don't count on it (then again I would say that...I'm sure you feel the same about your views).
barboft said:It's been a long time since I felt any need to defend my beliefs. In other words it's rare for me to both have doubts and feel insecure about it. I'm not really into defending what I believe because I can't think of anything that's at stake for me. As long as I know what I believe and I genuinely believe it, I'm fine. Each to their own, I only need to justify my beliefs to myself.