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MellowDem

(5,018 posts)
20. I trust the sincerity more of any belief
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 05:17 PM
Jul 2013

That is arrived at through skeptical inquiry rather than indoctrination and faith.

I've posted stats on here before about indoctrination, plenty of evidence of it. Indeed, most pastors engage in indoctrination themselves every day, even of children. They tell others as fact that god is real and what god says. It's part and parcel of the job.

Are you asking chervilant Jul 2013 #1
He's describing a born again experience. rug Jul 2013 #12
Maybe, he's using chervilant Jul 2013 #24
I guess saved him from the lingering Ilsa Jul 2013 #2
Why don't you ask him? skepticscott Jul 2013 #3
I know his answer. rug Jul 2013 #14
From believing a delusion? MellowDem Jul 2013 #4
How do you define delusion, Mellow Dem? cbayer Jul 2013 #6
A belief held with strong conviction... MellowDem Jul 2013 #7
Ah, yes. This part is very important: "strong evidence of your belief being wrong." cbayer Jul 2013 #9
Interesting story. He uses words liked "born again" and "salvation" cbayer Jul 2013 #5
Not that I can tell MellowDem Jul 2013 #8
Job security of being a pastor? That's pretty funny. cbayer Jul 2013 #10
I'm not defending him... MellowDem Jul 2013 #18
However, I bet you would have seen lots of reasons to doubt his faith. cbayer Jul 2013 #19
I trust the sincerity more of any belief MellowDem Jul 2013 #20
You know, I am going to bid you adieu. cbayer Jul 2013 #21
No, dogma is born... MellowDem Jul 2013 #22
He seems to have had a view of prayer okasha Jul 2013 #11
I agree that he is, at the very least, an opportunist. cbayer Jul 2013 #13
I'm sure he's not the only one to notice okasha Jul 2013 #16
His wiki page describes him as an atheist leader. cbayer Jul 2013 #17
There's definitely a Pentecostal tinge to it. rug Jul 2013 #15
Maybe but maybe not Dorian Gray Jul 2013 #23
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