Effects of God Debates

[chezlaw]

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I'm pretty sure that would still warrant a vote for Agnostic to Atheist.

Not sure I'm understanding you; are saying it doesn't?

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The only reason I've changed from agnostic to atheist is because after much debate the meanings of the word's have changed for me. That which I used to think was agnostic, I now think is atheist.

It's what passes for humour in my strange world. In cyberspace they can't hear you scream.

chez

[luckyme]

Reading this forum I went from a passive, fairly complacent atheist of the "oh, well, at least it keeps them off the street on sunday" variety to a " consilience/integration is ludicrous, and Jerry Falwell is a reasonable moderate theist representative" put-my-name-down-for-a-species-change one.

[bunny]

I began as a theist with lots of gaps in my thinking and have so far survived with that theism intact, though slightly bruised and battered.

I post here for the purely selfish reason of having my beliefs challenged and tested, not to persuade anyone I am right. In that regard, the debates on God have been hugely beneficial to me as they have made me think about lots of peripheral issues I didnt even realise were problematical for me (heaven/hell, canonicity, omnipotence-omniscience conflict, etc).

I think the quality of discussion on this forum is very high and usually gives me a fresh and challenging perspective on any issue, God included. I agree with madnak that the discussion doesnt need to change my views for it to have value to me.