Doubts?

Atheists, Christians, do you ever have doubts about what you believe (don't believe) is right?

Personally ever since I started calling myself an Atheist, I feel very comfortable and really have no doubts in my non-belief.  I'm not sure if that is a good thing, but it is what it is.  

 As a Christian I was constantly asking myself, seriously this stuff being read to me from the Bible is real?  God really did these things?  Do you Christians on this board ever feel the same way? 

I couldnt have more doubts! :cry:

I have some basic things that I believe are irrefutably (to me) true or false (like I have made my mind about them) but the general picture is as blurry as hell.

Constantly.

But it wouldn't be faith if I felt completely sure that I had all the answers.

 Atheists, Christians, do you ever have doubts about what you believe (don't believe) is right?

SimpJee

[QUOTE="SimpJee"]

Atheists, Christians, do you ever have doubts about what you believe (don't believe) is right?

ChiliDragon

I endorse this statement wholeheartedly.

Well, I'm kind of an agnostic; there's not much to doubt when you're a fence-sitter :PFunky_Llama

You could doubt whether the existence of God truly is unknowable. :P

Well, I'm kind of an agnostic; there's not much to doubt when you're a fence-sitter :PFunky_Llama

At least for me....

Well, I'm kind of an agnostic; there's not much to doubt when you're a fence-sitter :PFunky_Llama

I have a tendency to worry about theism too much during a lightning storm. However, I constantly tell myself not to think so foolishly. Lightning's not going to strike me because I'm an atheist any more than it's going to strike Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a theist.Genetic_Code

That doesn't exactly sound like you're 100% convinced that no god exists, then. :P

That doesn't exactly sound like you're 100% convinced that no god exists, then. :P

GabuEx

No, no it doesn't. If it weren't for my fear of lightning though, it wouldn't be a rough approximation. 

[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Well, I'm kind of an agnostic; there's not much to doubt when you're a fence-sitter :PGabuEx

You could doubt whether the existence of God truly is unknowable. :P

[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Well, I'm kind of an agnostic; there's not much to doubt when you're a fence-sitter :PTeenaged

At least for me....

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Well, I'm kind of an agnostic; there's not much to doubt when you're a fence-sitter :PFunky_Llama

You could doubt whether the existence of God truly is unknowable. :P

Well there you go, you have doubts! :P

As I plan to spend the rest of my life working within the church, I'd hate to make a mistake and it all be in vain.  I wouldn't define what I go through as doubt, but I do question my beliefs in an effort to find out whether I'm following the truth.  I believe I have found the truth in Christ, but I still am always "double checking."  There most definitely are times I wonder whether I'm truly going in the right direction in life, but I always have the same conclusion - the Bible being true.

Atheists, Christians, do you ever have doubts about what you believe (don't believe) is right?

SimpJee

Atheists, Christians, do you ever have doubts about what you believe (don't believe) is right?

Personally ever since I started calling myself an Atheist, I feel very comfortable and really have no doubts in my non-belief.  I'm not sure if that is a good thing, but it is what it is.  

 As a Christian I was constantly asking myself, seriously this stuff being read to me from the Bible is real?  God really did these things?  Do you Christians on this board ever feel the same way? 

SimpJee

I'm an atheist, and hardly a day goes by when I think about whether or not I'm wrong. There are a few things I have made up my mind about and would not change except in the face of strong evidence to the contrary, including that body-mind dualism is false and that evolution is fact.chessmaster1989

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]I'm an atheist, and hardly a day goes by when I think about whether or not I'm wrong. There are a few things I have made up my mind about and would not change except in the face of strong evidence to the contrary, including that body-mind dualism is false and that evolution is fact.domatron23

I've seen dan's arguments before, and didn't find them convincing. I've been thinking about creating a blog post arguing against body-mind dualism, though.

In any case, I'm no longer responding to or acknowledging danwallacefan, as he has, on multiple occassions, been rude to and directly insulted me.

[QUOTE="domatron23"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]I'm an atheist, and hardly a day goes by when I think about whether or not I'm wrong. There are a few things I have made up my mind about and would not change except in the face of strong evidence to the contrary, including that body-mind dualism is false and that evolution is fact.chessmaster1989

I've seen dan's arguments before, and didn't find them convincing. I've been thinking about creating a blog post arguing against body-mind dualism, though.

In any case, I'm no longer responding to or acknowledging danwallacefan, as he has, on multiple occassions, been rude to and directly insulted me.

Ah that sucks. Feel free to post your mind/body stuff here as well, I did a uni course a while ago that looked at the issue so I might be able to tell you if your arguments are any good.

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="domatron23"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]I'm an atheist, and hardly a day goes by when I think about whether or not I'm wrong. There are a few things I have made up my mind about and would not change except in the face of strong evidence to the contrary, including that body-mind dualism is false and that evolution is fact.domatron23

I've seen dan's arguments before, and didn't find them convincing. I've been thinking about creating a blog post arguing against body-mind dualism, though.

In any case, I'm no longer responding to or acknowledging danwallacefan, as he has, on multiple occassions, been rude to and directly insulted me.

Ah that sucks. Feel free to post your mind/body stuff here as well, I did a uni course a while ago that looked at the issue so I might be able to tell you if your arguments are any good.

It doesn't suck in the slightest. He was a user I did not enjoy engaging in conversations with because of his negative attitude and personal insults directed at me, so I quit talking with him. I have better things to do than be insulted on an Internet forum. Besides that, I never found his posts to be particularly interesting or informative.

[QUOTE="domatron23"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="domatron23"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]I'm an atheist, and hardly a day goes by when I think about whether or not I'm wrong. There are a few things I have made up my mind about and would not change except in the face of strong evidence to the contrary, including that body-mind dualism is false and that evolution is fact.chessmaster1989

I've seen dan's arguments before, and didn't find them convincing. I've been thinking about creating a blog post arguing against body-mind dualism, though.

In any case, I'm no longer responding to or acknowledging danwallacefan, as he has, on multiple occassions, been rude to and directly insulted me.

Ah that sucks. Feel free to post your mind/body stuff here as well, I did a uni course a while ago that looked at the issue so I might be able to tell you if your arguments are any good.

It doesn't suck in the slightest. He was a user I did not enjoy engaging in conversations with because of his negative attitude and personal insults directed at me, so I quit talking with him. I have better things to do than be insulted on an Internet forum. Besides that, I never found his posts to be particularly interesting or informative.

EDIT from domatron23: dan lulzworthy as your post may be it isn't needed.

As some have said, if you don't doubt, you don't question, and if you don't question, you don't find answers.

I am on of those sitting on the fence agnostics, though I define it as being open to all arguements, rather than not choosing a side.

I know for fact that evolution and natural selection exist, and that I could never take the bible word for word. In this sense I lean toward atheism, but I am open to most points of view, mainstream or not.

Many days can go by where I do not think about or question my beliefs at all, maybe for up to a couple of weeks. Then something reminds me and I start doubting.

If I thought about doubt all the time, life would not be worth living. It's just no fun.