[romanP]

Brenda Brenda:

romanP romanP:

Brenda Brenda:

I disagree with you. It IS a generalization. I don't believe in a god, which according to your statement means I am narrow minded and have stopped thinking about it.

Read again, that is not what I said.

$1:

one has decided there is no God, and has stopped thinking about it.

What else can I make of that?

Read all of what I said, and it will make more sense.

[Brenda]

I did... I just dyed my hair so the colour might be kickin in, but I still don't agree

There is always a chance I don't believe in something that does exist. There is always a chance other people believe in something that doesn't exist. Either is not wrong or right...

[Chumley]

romanP romanP:

A lack of belief in God signifies that one still has an open mind about the subject.

A lack of belief in God hardly signifies you are open minded about it.

[Arctic_Menace]

Chumley Chumley:

romanP romanP:

A lack of belief in God signifies that one still has an open mind about the subject.

A lack of belief in God hardly signifies you are open minded about it.

How so?

[Chumley]

How does saying " I don't believe in God" signify you are open minded?

[Brenda]

How does it signify you are not?

[Blue_Nose]

If I said, "I don't live on Livingstone Street," that's in no way an indication that I'm not open to the possibility of moving there if something came along that convinced me to do so.

[Chumley]

Brenda Brenda:

How does it signify you are not?

It doesn't. It doesn't signify either one.
Same for believing in God.

[Chumley]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

If I said, "I don't live on Livingstone Street," that's in no way an indication that I'm not open to the possibility of moving there if something came along that convinced me to do so.

???

[Brenda]

Chumley Chumley:

Brenda Brenda:

How does it signify you are not?

It doesn't. It doesn't signify either one.
Same for believing in God.

So what you are saying is that (a lack of) believing in God has nothing to do with being open minded or narrow minded?

[Blue_Nose]

Saying "I don't believe in God" isn't an indication that one isn't open-minded, and neither is saying "I believe in God" or "I believe there is no God" - it's simply a statement of your current beliefs that may or may not change in the future, or have changed from the past.

Now, saying something like, "I'll always believe in God, no matter what anybody says" is close minded and ignorant, but that's entirely different.

[Arctic_Menace]

Chumley Chumley:

How does saying " I don't believe in God" signify you are open minded?

Well first off, how does it not?


You'd think that a person would more than likely have a very long and deep conversation with themselves about religion, God and Faith, before coming to a conclusion. That would signify a substantial amount of intelligence on their behalf and not to mention an open mind in order to be willing to challenge yourself and your beliefs in taht area. It's not people just wake up and think: "Ya know what? I think I don't believe in God today." Pull your head out of your ass.

[Blue_Nose]

Looking back, Chumley's comment was in reference to romanP, who suggested that a lack of belief in God signified "open mindedness" while a belief that there is no God didn't.

It's not that Chumley is saying people who don't believe in God aren't open minded, just that it's not necessarily more open minded than any other statement of belief.

[Arctic_Menace]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Looking back, Chumley's comment was in reference to romanP, who suggested that a lack of belief in God signified "open mindedness" while a belief that there is no God didn't.

It's not that Chumley is saying people who don't believe in God aren't open minded, just that it's not necessarily more open minded than any other statement of belief.

Fair enough.

[Chumley]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Saying "I don't believe in God" isn't an indication that one isn't open-minded, and neither is saying "I believe in God" or "I believe there is no God" - it's simply a statement of your current beliefs that may or may not change in the future, or have changed from the past.

Now, saying something like, "I'll always believe in God, no matter what anybody says" is close minded and ignorant, but that's entirely different.

Agreed