Quote from: ledskof on June 07, 2011, 06:44:13 AM

Quote from: BalkanBoy on June 07, 2011, 06:14:36 AM

I'm not overstating it, I swear - search for "Jesus" on the forum - you find His presence at least in 20+ different instances! Cool

(sorry atheists, tho I have great respect for you too as it takes 1000x more faith to deny God/Jesus/Holy Spirit than to surrender as I a little weakling have

At least you're making it clear that your belief is founded on fear.

But you are wrong to generalize all atheists into people who exhibit some great bravery by denying god. All it takes to be an atheist is to be unconvinced that a god exists. Nothing special there except that there is so much pressure from society to be convinced for silly reasons.

I'll eject a personal view here again - there is no "un"-anything. Unconvinced is a cop out. You push people's buttons hard/fast enough, you will very quickly find out what their conviction, their underlying theme of their life is, or let's put it succinctly - you will find out who their god is.

I am clear on who my God is (note the difference in spelling too) - the God of Israel, Abraham and Isaac. Clearly, I've no intention of convincing anyone nor do I particularly care if you believe in the only real living God.

Now, there are other types of gods (again, note the difference in spelling). E.g. there's the god of desire.... or the god of money... or the god of lust...

To tie it in with the topic at hand - many people have come to view BitCoin as the god of money, or an aspiration to become the god of money, or the desire for money....

While it may look that way to many, it is my personal feeling/belief/opinion, that BitCoin has come to serve the real God, rather than the idol gods.

Lastly, I just want to qualify your comment about 'fear' - the only thing I fear is living an inauthentic life. I, as do you and anyone else here, have a value system, a belief system, if you will - be it Judeo-Christian or some other self-invented ones, doesn't matter. Since I've settled on ONE particular belief system, the index for my behavior is my interpretation of those beliefs/values, and my greatest fear is being a lying snake or a coward and not admitting when I screw up the rules that I choose to follow, e.g. being inauthentic.

If I break some rule, the only thing I fear is that I will, at least, temporarily, not have the courage to admit it. For instance, if I cheat on my wife, and make children with my mistress - I fear how long it will take me to admit or get caught cheating.

So in that sense, I have a "fear".

Other than that, I have no fear of dying, losing my job, my wife divorcing me, my daughter becoming a lesbian, or any of that ....