Originally Posted by
effingbillgates
Not believing in something that somebody else has decided is true isn't itself some kind of belief; it's just a sensible way of not being a gullible fuckwit. The onus is on you to prove it if you think I have to believe it too. If I told you that you have a miniscule elephant up your arse somewhere - one that isn't visible through X-rays or any modern scientific methods, but is definitely there and I really really believe it, how would you prove me wrong?
Seriously that's the same level as what you're saying. In the end you'd say "look there is no elephant up my arse unless you're able to prove it," which is exactly the correct response, and that's the response you're getting from everyone who isn't following you. But it's hilarious that you're so determined to believe this thing - this elephant up your arse, or the bible being God's word rather than the writings and rewritings of people with human agendas - that you're saying everyone who won't blindly follow you is swallowed up by some kind of negative belief of their own.
What a load of shite. Misunderstandings and ill-informed assumptions all strung together, and you even have the conspiracy thing thrown in of "these people who have convinced you it's untrue actually know it's true and are ruling the earth" or somesuch rubbish.
Nobody "convinced" me that the bible is untrue. It's just that it's a good idea not to blindly believe any book that's thrown at you. You wouldn't do that with Kant or Hegel, would you, so why are we all supposed to do it with the bible?
Oh yes, I remember now. It's just "true" and that's that. That's the brilliant answer we're all supposed to just accept. A bloke on the internet said it was true, so it must be correct.