So, my name is Steven (obviously) and I'm twenty-five years old. I was born on July 22, 1990 and raised in El Paso, Texas, where I still currently reside. Despite the tone of my posts, I'm actually a very goofy and sarcastic individual who is almost never serious. I have been married for almost two years to the most gorgeous woman alive (who also has her own blog), and I have a ten month old daughter named Norah Grace. I put a big emphasis on family and I make sure that that is always my number one priority. (I also have four dogs--I am a huge animal lover.) I graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics. I do plan to go back to school for a masters degree in philosophy, but that will have to wait. I have been teaching for three years and, to toot my own horn just a little bit, I am a damn good teacher.
I absolutely love football and am an avid Atlanta Falcons fan, which means I'm usually depressed during football season. I am obsessed with reading, though I rarely have time for it now since I'm a full-time dad. I also have become recently obsessed with chess, and I play online everyday--so if your interested in playing let me know!
Well, I thought I had more to say but apparently not. If you have any questions feel free to ask!
If you're a Falcon's fan, then you're certainly an "agnostic" when it comes to their chances of making it to the Super Bowl :) This is supremely ironic for someone who lives in Texas!
ReplyDelete"Well, many things would happen, and none of them good, I can tell you that. But one action that I genuinely think would be a strong possibility is that I would abandon all belief in a God. To lose the most precious thing I have ever laid eyes on, and have completely given my heart to, would destroy me, and it would annihilate any belief in a God that has even an ounce of love. If something happened to my daughter I would curse God forever, and lose any heart that any such maximally loving being existed at all. That's it, I would be an atheist at heart."
ReplyDeleteLooks like a category mistake here.
If, as you say, you'd abandon all belief in a God should you experience a tragedy regarding your daughter (acknowledging your atheism), what makes you think you would curse something that you didn't believe existed?
Does not make sense. I hope you can see that and perhaps modify your position into something else.
Cheers!
Mike, faith-free
What makes you think you would curse something that doesn't exist ?That's the point he is trying to make. At that point of total lose, one wouldn't consider whether god exist or not based on reason but completely cut god off based on emotion. So at that point it doesn't matter to him if god existed or not ,but because one emotions are so strong ,reason is essentially overtaken by emotion .
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