Is belief in God madness in a modern world?

You really need to stop misrepresenting what others have said.No one has denied that there are absolutes.What has been said is that so far No One has been able to produce an example of either Absolute Truth or Absolute Morality that stands up to examination.It is time that you stopped misrepresenting others and actually produce some evidence that is relevant to your position.In addition, NOTHING in your Original Post is in anyway related to the title of the thread.Which subject is it you would like to discuss, "Is belief in God madness in a modern world?" or your strawman argument about absolutes?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I'm sorry but you continue to misrepresent others positions. Really, if you are going to posit someones position you should at the very least try to get it right.Neither I or anglagard have the ability to either allow or deny you anything. Now logic, honesty, board rules and reason might deny you some of the mental gymnastics you continually attempt, but the most that anyone such as myself or anglagard can do is point them out.As to the items you mentioned, no one has denied that absolutes exist. However I do think calling those two TRUTHs when speaking of Absolute Truth and Absolute Morals trivializes your point. I was also surprised that as an American you did not point to the Preamble to our Declaration of Independence. Well let me try to address the title as opposed to the content of your Opening Post since the two are unrelated.The title is "Is belief in God madness in a modern world?"Since I am a Christian there is a high probability that I do not think believing in God is madness.If we stop at that point, then we seem to be in agreement.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Except of course Absolut is Swedish, not Russian.But that makes as much sense as many of the other assertions in this thread, assertions like "The word of God is Absolute."

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

How can the Bible be absolute when there is no such thing as "The Bible".The Samaritan Bible is only the first five books. Not one word of the New Testament is considered Biblical.The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible has eighty-one books.As a mater of fact, the ONLY books that are common to all of the Christian Canons are the first five books.When there are multiple examples of something like the bible, how can it be an absolute?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

How is the 'the whole concept of the Bible' any different than the whole concept of the Qur'an, the Book of the Dead, the Vedas or the Tao Te Ching?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Since I don't have a clue what that means I can't answer.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I don't think Ringo or Archer or anyone else here denies that some Absolutes exist. There are the examples of mathematics as well as the trivial examples like "any man born will die".The interesting point is what the implications are of even such trivial absolutes as "anyone born will die".If you accept that anyone born must die as an absolute, then of course, Jesus death loses any special significance.Jesus was born therefore, according to the absolute, Jesus would die.Some folk try to get around it by pointing to crucifixion as something special. Unfortunately, Jesus crucifixion was neither unique or special. At least two others were executed in the same way, at the same time, in the same place as Jesus and it is likely that hundreds were killed the same way the same day across the vast Roman Empire.Still others try to make Jesus crucifixion something special by claiming he was God. Well, if he was actually divine at the time, then the incident of his death becomes nothing but a fraud and con game. A God cannot be killed by mere humans and even if he pretends to let them kill him, God is eternal and so death is just a pretense.So Absolutes Exist. Some Absolutes have been presented.What has not been presented are any examples of Absolute Morals.Edited by jar, : appalin spallin

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Why?What does this have to do with the topic?Edited by jar, : No reason given.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

You keep going on arguing things that have nothing to do with either the thread or the questions asked of you.The question was why you seem obsessed with absolutes, not whether or not God is an absolute.You keep posting these long sermons that have nothing to do with either the topic or the questions. Really?What does anything you posted have to do with believing in Jesus?No one has questioned your belief. They are up to you and you are free to believe anything you want.The topic is "Is belief in God madness in a modern world?" and some nonsense about a moral realm or something.Try addressing the topic.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Please point out where someone asked you that question. Certainly. Do you have anything to say that is on topic or related to the Original Post?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion