Most of what you say here is accurate. I don't believe that my faith makes me a better person. I think my faith brings me closer in line with what God wants me to be mainly by the example of Jesus Christ. I often stink at it but I strive. Your lack of belief doesn't bother me in the least. That's not how I relate to you.Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:23 amFunny, I don’t think anything rides on it, especially for you. I’m puzzled by why you think evidence is important on the question of the existence of God. Let me use Jersey Girl as an example. She’s a believer based on faith. It works for her, and she believes it helps her be a better person. And I don’t have a problem with that. Who am I to tell her that her life would be better off without her religious beliefs. How could I possibly know that? And my lack of belief doesn’t seem to bother her. I don’t think my absence of belief makes me better than her or smarter than her. And I think she feels the same way — or if she does, she hides it really well. So, what does this quest for evidence give you that Jersey Girl doesn’t already have? Seriously, I just don’t get it.
Can I ask you a question if you're still here? Do you think human beings on the whole are more intelligent now than in the Biblical period? I guess what I'm asking isn't about accomplishments, but our development as human beings. Do you think humans back then had the same level of executive function that we have now? I mean, most of us.
I'm asking for myself, not because I'm setting up an argument here.
If anyone else reads my question and would like to offer up an answer, please do.