  Some of you know I work at a church. Therefore I obviously believe in God. So between work, the church I attend and family I am generally surrounded by fellow believers. In my personal life I know many non-believers, atheists, and agnostics as well. My ever expanding group of Internet friends includes all of the before mentioned groups.
   It really does not matter which side you are on it is highly unlikely that either side will change their minds. It is interesting to debate the sides as long as both sides are civil and open-minded. A little mutual respect goes a long way as well. This is the case with a fellow webcomic artist in Sweden.
  I think what I find most amusing is that whichever way you lean you must admit they both seem unlikely. The fact that this discussion exists is remarkable if you consider all the things that occurred to get us here. Something long ago happened that is amazing. All we know either came from nothing or a God beyond our understanding, not to mention beyond space and time, set this all into motion. I wish everyone had faith in God as I’m sure most agnostics/atheists feel just the opposite.
  Let me leave this post with one final thought. If you have a believer and an non-believer and they both face a major life threatening incident, which is more likely to turn from thier faith? This may be a stretch but it is my blog. I hope no one is offended by my jest in the form of a comic. I stop here before it becomes a debate. We’ll leave that to the robots for now.
Clever comic idea, Barry. And as to our origins, I’m on your side. And your observation that either position requires faith is also very true.
It’s hard for me to NOT be offensive, I think (especially when I’m just tweeting my random opinions), because there are so many things that really annoys me (I really do wish religion as a whole would get less and less of influence). But I try to be as respectful as I can, especially when debating you Barry, because I respect you as a person so much. And of course I respect your beliefs too, even if I disagree.
However, if one’s REALLY open-minded, I don’t see it as unlikely to change ones mind. I was a Christian before I got more interested in religion. And the fact that it may or may not be more likely for a non believer to “believe” in hard times is not really a case and point that there actually is a god – that just says something about how the human mind works.
Rasmus, Actually my comment about the believer and non-believer facing a crisis was meant to show human nature was was not meant as proof of God. I have nothing but respect for you and your opinions. Your random opinions are good for me to hear and I enjoy them. You do not approach the subject with dogmatically which makes me respect you more. The idea of the post was to get a laugh and not annoy anyone. We are all entitled to our opinion. I think you will agree that both sides of the arguement benefit from the discusion being out there. I must confess I am not fully open-minded on the subject as my beliefs are firm. I do however like hearing opinions that oppose mine and I do weigh each comment on it’s own merrit. After all both sides require a degree of faith. Thanks for the RT on Twitter. I had to read it a couple of times to make sure it was a postitive comment but that’s how I’ll choose to take it.
You keep on doing what you are doing. I love reading what you write.
Yeah, don’t worry. I chuckled at the toon, just thought I’d give my two cents on your comment
And if you by RT mean followfriday then yes, that was very, VERY much meant as a positive thing. You’re too kind. If every american christan was like you, well… it would make my complaining on them a whole lot harder, that’s for sure.