Posted: Jan 03, 2014 10:54 am
by surreptitious57
quas wrote:
surreptitious57 wrote:
The time limit is also problematic because matters of this kind are not ones one can set their
watch to. It tends to be a gradual process that comes of its own volition. One cannot force it

Why would time limit be a factor anyway? Arguments for atheism is concise enough. You can even express
it in two words: No Evidence. It doesn't take 10,000 hours of rational thinking to come to that conclusion

If it were that easy then the entire planet would be atheist. As it is that figure is no more than twenty per cent. Whatever one may think of religion it is not something one leaves effortlessly. There are powerful psychological and philosophical restraints in place. You are talking about the complete abolition of a way of thinking in exchange for absolutely nothing
when you go from theism to atheism. It is all very well referencing it from this side but that is not the side that those who are experiencing doubt happen to be on unfortunately. If only it was