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Not misanthropic, but skeptical. The Christian view is pretty misanthropic given that they see everyone including themselves as sinners in need of forgiveness.

But there are many moments when you exist without thought. Your existence does not depend on you having to think. If your existence depends on you thinking, then you would cease to be when going to sleep. Those in a coma also aren’t thinking about anything yet they exist. Descartes probably...

I have read the Bible unlike some Christians who read their favorite verse over 10,000 times and then claim they ‘read the Bible’. A Pew research study here even confirms atheists and agnostics know more about religion and the Bible than the religious do. Believers have a hard time fathoming...

If God is finite, then that goes against the eternal nature of God according to the Abrahamic religions. I reject I think, therefore I am because I am without having to think. Everyone has had gaps in their thinking of no thought whilst existing. When you go to sleep, you’re not thinking. Yet...

Jesus is not the only archetype of a savior whose been resurrected. So has Mithras, Krisha, Horus.

He revealed himself to us based off fallible witness testimony and by people who knew nothing of electricity. I am asserting we are not absolute in the context of being physically limited as a form, unlike God.

And scripture also contradicts itself and promotes a lot of nonsense such as homophobia, misogyny, slavery, etc. so I don’t need to take it as absolute. The God in the Bible literally asked of Abraham to murder his own son Isaac as a testament of his faith and no matter how much apologists want...

So what would you identify yourself as for the sake of identification? You rejecting the trinity is a huge admittance. This is getting good. There is no Christianity without the trinity according to Christianity. They would call you a wolf in sheep’s clothing by quoting that famous verse Matthew...

What you are doing here is emphasizing the exclusivity aspect of Christianity. Every religion does this. You think Jesus is cool because he came back from the dead. The Muslims think Muhammed is cool because he split the moon. Muhammed too, claimed that Allah has spoken to him. He too is only...

I see all axioms as fallible since they hinge on human (fallible) observation. That’s where we disagree I think. When you say that something is axiomatic, that is you, a fallible being saying that. Axioms at best are tools to help us navigate and survive. If God could be reached or realized...

Wrangler, question for you. You say there is an absolute truth and many others who also claim the same, also claim they are fallible and ‘less’ than God. If God is the absolute, how can something relative know God? Only the absolute can know the absolute. How can form know the formless? How can...

Buddha reached enlightenment by realizing there is no death to begin with that he didn’t even need to be resurrected. Good point bringing up Catholicism because even though they are the majority, the Protestants which form 37% of all Christians if I’m not mistaken, see the Catholics as heretics...

And Hinduism is 4000 years old. Going by your logic, Hinduism must be the ‘real’ absolute truth, unlike Christianity because hey, it’s twice as old and must therefore be the Truth since it’s still going strong today. Christianity to the recent New Age movement is what Hinduism is to...

Oh nice, and yes Waterman is another one I have. The grip is something you don’t worry about as much with a fountain pen since it’s water based ink. I’ve always wanted a Sailor-the Japanese make some really good writing instruments due to their precision. I have a few drafting pencils too as a...

Those who claim that there is absolute Truth are also quick to turn into snowflakes when their idea of Truth falls like a house of cards. Whenever you point your finger at someone, you’ve got 3 pointing back at you. Remember what the Bible says about the plank in your eye? “Why do you look at...

And Wrangler, I dislike the word ‘mystic’ because it’s also a loaded word. To me mysticism exists because ignorance exists. If I tell you a building has an extra floor to it which you don’t know about, you could perceive it as mystical in a sense. Something is mystical to you, because you don’t...

I have a problem with absolute truth because absolute truth creates problems. First they can’t be proven, second what’s absolute to someone may not be absolute to someone else. Like I’ve mentioned previously, the most rational minds will disagree. They only agree relatively speaking for the sake...

Lamy and Pelikan as far as fountain pens go and the rest are ballpoints/rollerballs such as Parker and Cross. The titanium bolt action pens are pretty cool too.

‘Credentials’ which lack evidence. And Christianity is about to soon take 2nd place as Islam is a close second and the fastest growing. Jesus walked on water, Muhammed split the moon. ‘Witness testimonies’ can confirm he split the moon. Why don’t you believe that instead? It’s the exact same...

Wrangler you also said, “Therefore, many religions have as a starting basic tenet, the destruction of the self, the submission of the ego.“ There is a lot of ego when you think you know the absolute truth by saying only Jesus is the way and everyone else is wrong. Even if Jesus himself said he...