Is it normal for adults to have an imaginary friend?

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I notice that Christians like to target people who feel unloved when they are recruiting. They tell them that someone does love and care for them and he is always with him and it is Jesus. So now these people who felt unwanted and unloved, instead of seeking real human companionship, fill that hole with an imaginary friend called Jesus. For an adult to do this seems both pathetic and delusional to me. I am not sure it is completely healthy.

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  • ______________
    8 years ago

    Now look at yourself - you likely think that in a place far, far away, billions and billions of years ago a singularity decided to explode and out of an infinitely tiny point of unconfirmed origin the universe and all we see came from. You likely also believe that it rained on some rocks to make a soup from which life emerged and after many more years simple organisms evolved into giraffes, horses, kittens, and yourself.
    What makes atheists think they're better than Christians, who believe someone put everything into existence as opposed to everything putting itself into existence?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Thanks for telling me what I believe. What I am talking about has absolutely nothing to do with creation. A beleif that Jesus is watching you and loving you and always with you has nothing to do with creation. The creation myths in the Bible were around for thousands of year before the supposed birth of Jesus. So one has nothing to do with the other. They are two separate myths that happen to be in the same book.

      Since you asked, the difference between scientific and religious theories of creation is that scientific theories are based on mathematical equations and observable evidence. And when new evidence is presented or discovered, theories are changed to fit the current evidence. That is in contract to religious theories that are based on mythical stories like those of Mt. Olympus which are not based on observable fact, were written thousands of years ago when people believed the world was flat and the sun revolved around the Earth, and do not change regardless of the current available evidence because they are the inspired word of God and can't be challenged.

      As to what I believe personally, I know you already told me but I will share anyway. I believe that it is impossible to know the origin of the universe, and that people waste way to much time trying to figure it out. I don't claim to know, and honestly don't care.

      I will close with the fact that it is ironic that you think it is wrong for an atheist to think Christianity is invalid when I find that is how most Christians feel about other religions. Ask most Christians if they believe Gods lived on Mt. Olmypus they will say myth. Scientology and Lord Zenu? Crazy. Muhammad was a prophet? Baloney. But a man that died 2000 years ago loves me and is watching me? Yea, that makes so much more sense. Riiiiiight.

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      • ______________
        8 years ago

        Don't get me started on this supposed Science vs Religion. If you think about it/research you will see that
        1. Evolutionism is in fact a religion by the majority of definitions of the word.
        2. Evolutionism is faith based due to the number of gaps and unanswered questions in the foundations of it's theory. Furthermore you are putting your faith in evolutionist scientists, as you likely don't know the intricate details of the theory yourself.
        Now that that's done, I shall continue.
        "when new evidence is presented or discovered, theories are changed to fit the current evidence"
        That may not be as true as you think. Due to the widespread nature of evolutionism among the scientific community, there is a high possibility that any research contradicting the mainstream view point may be shrugged off as errored, and swept away so as not to step outside of the standard and orthodox theory. Remember my friend - a belief in the infallability of mainstream scientific research is a one way road to being mislead at some point.
        But anyway, you speak of mythical stories, and claim mathematics and research seperate the theory of evolution from them. So I challenge you to prove your mythical powers of seeing what happened billions of years ago - tell me how you know for a fact that the universe was once a singularity. If you cannot prove such a fundamental element, what makes your beliefs any less pathetic?
        P.S I never said it was wrong for an atheist to think anything

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          I have to wonder if you actually read what I wrote, because your response suggests otherwise. Your responces continue to be off topic. Your first responce was about creation dispite the fact that I never mentioned it in my post. Now you are discussing evolution, which I also never mentioned. Nothing that you have said to this point addresses or supports the concept that it is rational to believe a 2000 year old dead man loves you. That is what the post is about. Simply saying evolution or the big bang are incorrect doesn't in any way support the idea that Jesus loves you.

          You asked me how I can know for a fact that a singularity started it all. Again, did you read what I wrote in my response to you? let me cut and paste it for you word for word... "I believe that it is impossible to know the origin of the universe, and that people waste way to much time trying to figure it out. I don't claim to know, and honestly don't care." So again, I am not claiming to know how the universe started, so your question of how I know is irrelevant.

          The science community also doesn't claim to know for a fact, that is why it is called theory not fact. It is Christianity that claims to know for a fact that the universe was created by a God. That belief to know for a fact is the difference between science and faith.

          The fact that there are unanswered questions doesn't make scientific theory "faith based". Faith is a belief in something not based on proof. Persons of faith tend to stick to their beliefs regardless of the facts presented. As I already stated, scientific theory is based on observable evidence, not blind faith. That doesn't mean it is guaranteed to be correct, but it isn't simply a story in a book based on zero evidence. They are educated guesses based on the available information.

          It is like, if you wanted to guess the age of a person. You might look at them and various characteristics that would give clues and make an educated guess. You could be wrong, but your guess wouldn't be based on blind faith, it would be based on available facts. If new facts were presented, like the persons birth certificate, you would ajust the age you believe the person to be based on the new information. Faith would be I never met the person and I know nothing about them, but I know in my heart they are 21 and nothing anyone does or says will change my mind. Huge difference.

          There is no question that when a scientific theory becomes generally accepted, it can take a lot of evidence to the contrary for another to take its place. But the reason is that there would typically have been a lot of evidence to support the current theory for it to have been accepted. So it makes sense to double and triple check the information before changing course. But I also think there is no question that scientific theories evolve and change considerably more than religious theory, which has remained fairly unchanged for thousands of years.

          But back to the most important thing. What I am talking about in my post is the belief that a 2000 year old dead man loves you. As I said, that has NOTHING to do with evolution or creationism. So if you want to post an on topic responce explaing why believing a dead man loves you is sane, I would love to hear it. But if you want to have a discussion about evolution and creation, kindly make your own post about that topic, and stop hijacking mine. Thanks.

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          • ______________
            8 years ago

            Two things -
            1 - I know you said, you contradict yourself twice in your first post. I said that you are 'likely' to be an evolutionist, and you claim that I was correct two times by telling you what you believe. I based my answers on those two statements, so you are welcome to just set that straight already as opposed to contradicting yourself constantly.
            2 - You are wondering why I talk about creation and evolution. This is not off-topic - I speak of creation as that is what the Christians that you're attacking believe, as creationism and Jesus are on the same boat - and I speak of evolution because you have claimed two times to believe in the theory. I did consider the possibility of you being sarcastic when claiming that I told you what you believe, but you consecutively went on to defend evolution - making yourself a hypocrite as you just complained about me talking about it, and contradicting yourself once more. I am using it to try to show you that your beliefs aren't much better and calling others pathetic is slightly ironic on your behalf.
            If you cannot see how those topics connect to your original topic, even after my explanation, and you're so concerned about your precious post, and you are not open to discussion, then go ahead and hide/delete my comments. I don't know how it works as I've never done it before, but you should be able to do it. Go on, boy! It's just that you haven't got my point of challenging why you think you're better that those you call pathetic.

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              8 years ago

              Yes that was sarcasam. Saying "thanks for telling me what I believe" wasn't me saying you were able right, it was me mocking you for assuming what I believe and then basing your entire post on it, why you have no idea what I believe. This should have been made clear to you when I explained what my beliefs were. But sense it did not fit with your preconceived notions about me, apparently you just ignored it.

              I did not defend evolution. In fact, I said current scientific theories could be wrong. I simply answered a question that you asked me which was the difference between scientific theory and religious theory. One is based solely on fath, the other is based on observable available evidence. One is dogmatic and claims absolutes, the other claims only to be theory and changes with new evidence. I was not talking about evolution specifically in fact, only the concept of scientific theory in general.

              As I already explained, no, Jesus and creation do not go hand in hand. They are to completely different stories written to thousands of years apart. Saying that you do not believe in one thing Christians believe in does not automatically follow that you reject everything. It is completely possible to believe that a God created the universe butnnot believe that Jesus loves you. In fact, billions of people on this planet hold that belief system.

              So again, this post has nothing to do with evolution and creationism. It is about if it is sane for adults to believe a 2000 year old dead man is with them and loves them. You again failed to address that issue.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    8 years ago

    thats page one in the recruitin handbook for anythin from jonestown to amway to scientology to street gangs

    make peoples what dont belong to nothin feel like they belongs to somethin important

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    • RoseIsabella
      8 years ago

      You hit the nail on the head I think cults full of crazy ass mofos are dangerous. Jesus is real even if some of his followers are bungholes.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    Good point. Let's all surround ourselves with love from a fictional deity. Especially one as evil and cruel as the christian one.

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  • [email protected]
    8 years ago

    Jesus is not imaginary he is very real and the only one who can save you from. The fire of hell

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  • joedoe
    8 years ago

    Some people think of Jesus as God so it's all good. God is. God is Love.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      The question was if that belief was rational. How is it anymore rational or logical than someone believing a lamp is God?

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      • joedoe
        8 years ago

        I think it's perversing scripture to say Jesus is God but lots of Evangelicals believe this. Everyone needs to have their own religious/spiritual experience

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          That is just "I believe because I believe" and didn't really explain how it is more rational than believing in the lamp.

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  • SkylinePigeonDreaming
    8 years ago

    I dunno about this Jesus chap, but I had an imaginary friend that replaced all others until I was 17. Then I had a dream that he died and I couldn't pretend it was real anymore.

    P.S. people believe what helps them - and that choice is theirs alone. It's not up to others to say whether it is pathetic or not.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      I said it seems pathetic and delusional to me. Just like they can choose to believe Jesus is with them, I can choose to believe it's pathetic and delusional. If you like you can choose to believe whatever you want about me believing that. But it is silly to say they can believe what that want but I have no right to do the same.

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      • SkylinePigeonDreaming
        8 years ago

        'course you can believe what you like! Thinking someone is pathetic for their beliefs when you don't know their background is your right as a free-thinking independent human being :)

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          Knowing someone's background is irrelevant in this situation. An adult that believes a 2000 year old dead man watches and loves them is delusional for all humans of all backgrounds.

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