Thread: Only Theists Believe Irrational Things

Hello,

Only theists will believe irrational things. Here is why:

Atheists:
+ Are only left to employ science as their only foundation of understanding.
+ Science will not employ any irrational institution (eg. telepathy, telekinetics, ouija, etc.)

Theists:
+ Do not employ logic or rationality which allows an infinite of possibilities.
+ God exists on the basis of faith and unreason. It is necessary to suspend reason to allow faith to believe in God.
+ Because of this necessity, many other things can be accepted. (ie. telepathy).

Thus, only theists will believe irrational things.

What do you think...?

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I read an article of how science is trying to make a telepathy helmet.

EDIT: What about atheists that do believe in Ouija boards? There are things that have seemed irrational more than likely and has been done by science to some degree, take invisibility, I'm sure they thought that was irrational, but they've made things that can appear to be invisible by reflecting rays and all that fun jazz.

Originally Posted by nitsuJ

I read an article of how science is trying to make a telepathy helmet.

rotfl.

But really, assuming science is rational... okay, it just about always is, especailly the last few decades. So yeah, atheists, the ones that care to look into what is true, and thus know the basics of science, will be far far less irrational then theists.

If all people were perfect intellectually interested truth-seekers, (well, there wouldn't be theists then), all atheists would be completely rational (for as far we can trust science, and probably we can).

Or something.

I guess the proposition may be more of interest to agnostics or something. I am already convinces theists are irrational silly people.

Atheists can believe in supernatural silliness without believing in a deity.

Thus "only Theists Believe Irrational Things" is false.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Atheists can believe in supernatural silliness without believing in a deity.

Thus "only Theists Believe Irrational Things" is false.

yep, like clinically insane atheist, or the welfare junkie crackhead atheist.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Atheists can believe in supernatural silliness without believing in a deity.

Thus "only Theists Believe Irrational Things" is false.

Only theists believe irrationtal things to be true and valid.

Atheists will, at most, believe in an irrational thing, but know that it is invalid or untrue. Thus, belief in this case is more synonymous with patriotism or respect, not willful pontification or worship.

You won't see any hardline Atheists or Scientists talking about the wonders of their telekinetic abilities.

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Originally Posted by O'nus

Only theists believe irrationtal things to be true and valid.

Atheists will, at most, believe in an irrational thing, but know that it is invalid or untrue. Thus, belief in this case is more synonymous with patriotism or respect, not willful pontification or worship.

You won't see any hardline Atheists or Scientists talking about the wonders of their telekinetic abilities.

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one day you might, just as you hear them talking about computers growing a sense of self now.

Originally Posted by O'nus

Only theists believe irrationtal things to be true and valid.

Atheists will, at most, believe in an irrational thing, but know that it is invalid or untrue. Thus, belief in this case is more synonymous with patriotism or respect, not willful pontification or worship.

You won't see any hardline Atheists or Scientists talking about the wonders of their telekinetic abilities.

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What you said was still false though, there are Atheists that believe in telepathy, Ouija boards, etc. etc. You could have a hardcore Atheist believe that all life on earth was created on a distant planet in a far off galaxy and sent to earth.

Army determined to build telepathy helmet.
http://www.disinfo.com/content/story...epathy-Helmets

We're in the age of X-Men folks, choose your superpower fast before they run out.

Originally Posted by O'nus

Only theists believe irrationtal things to be true and valid.

Atheists will, at most, believe in an irrational thing, but know that it is invalid or untrue. Thus, belief in this case is more synonymous with patriotism or respect, not willful pontification or worship.

You won't see any hardline Atheists or Scientists talking about the wonders of their telekinetic abilities.

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There are plenty of atheists who believe in spirits, telepathy, telekinesis, etc. Not all atheists are naturalists.

I agree that all theists believe something irrational, I disagree that only they can believe irrational things.

Atheism is not an ideology, it is just a discription of either no belief or disbelief of a diety.

Originally Posted by nitsuJ

I read an article of how science is trying to make a telepathy helmet.

Wasn't Wendylove working on one of those?

An alien hat.

Many people believe irrational things; many theists do not.

Originally Posted by O'nus

Hello,

Only theists will believe irrational things. Here is why:

Atheists:
+ Are only left to employ science as their only foundation of understanding.
+ Science will not employ any irrational institution (eg. telepathy, telekinetics, ouija, etc.)

Theists:
+ Do not employ logic or rationality which allows an infinite of possibilities.
+ God exists on the basis of faith and unreason. It is necessary to suspend reason to allow faith to believe in God.
+ Because of this necessity, many other things can be accepted. (ie. telepathy).

Thus, only theists will believe irrational things.

What do you think...?

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I think you're wrong.

Generalizing people is all you're doing.
I'm sure Theists employ logic and rationality on a daily basis.
Seeing things a different way does not make one Irrational.

You've got to see things to believe, you can live your life believing nothing whats it matter? I used to be an atheist when I was younger but I've seen the light so to speak... Not the light of Christianity, that we are all one. Just like science explains it as the big bang

We did communicate a long time ago without language, does anyone living back then remember how we did it?
Science is great, but science does not know everything, get over it.
Have a nice day sir.

It's true to say that theists believe in irrational things, but atheism does not stop someone from holding other irrational beliefs, such as that astrology is true.

It is probably fair to say that as a general rule however, atheists are significantly less likely to believe in any irrational stuff