Well, it is certainly refreshing to see a believer admit that they have invented an imaginary friend and called it "god".
That is not actually how it happened.
In the begining, I had God in a box, huge box thatr I could not imagine the ends of.
Then He came to me in prayer one day, and told me, that He created us to be friends with Him, and that we were little lords, and He was the big Lord, as corny as that sounds. (just being honest)
Yepers.
Tomorrow morning, when you brush yer teeths, pat yerself on the back.
You seemed to be saying that you wanted to "strike a happy medium" between people using critical thinking skills and at the same time not wanting them to use them "too much", possibly keeping them from applying them to religious doctrine or their own religious beliefs.
Actually, I wanted to be able to believe in God, and be a critical thinker. To believe in science, and God.
Are you changing your mind about what you would say to "the big woo in the sky"?
Um, no.
Often, I have been in a thread where you are being told by 4 or 6 other people that you have made certain specific errors and yet you refuse to or are unable to see where you've erred.
What is it that rrhain used to asy? 2 billion people could think something, doesn't make it right.
It is at these times that it appears that you are just digging in your heels and refusing to correct yourself and are getting snotty to avoid having to do so.
Or maybe I am trying to be nice, and clear things up.
This is one of the biggest reasons people get so incredibly frustrated with you.
It is not everyone, so it doesn't worry me.
Well, expressing oneself clearly and accurately in writing here is a big part of effective debate at EvC. However, losing track of your own arguments, contradicting yourself, and not understanding analogies are not related to writing clearly.
Yes they are.
You are making many claims here, and they all go back to countless pages of debates. I do not think it is fair what you are doing without 100% objective evidence that I am that way. You are breaking forum rules, and now just attacking me.
That is insider-mentality and it is bullshit.
sounds hypocritical to me, call it what you want.
But everything you have said about me, can now be applied to you.
There are many, many people who claim to have had an "encounter" with god and are plenty ignorant of the content and meaning of the bible. We "encounter" them here on EvC all the time.
Yes, they come and go.
Encountering God is a subjective thing, not an objective thing nator, and it is all relative to the person, and where they are at in life. Just like how I am trying to explain to ringo about peoples fruits in life, it's all relative.
But I am here to stay, and I would have hoped by now, that through our discussions, you would have noticed an improvement in me, cause that's what I am here to do. Improve myself, test my faith, and try to share what I know.
If these are considered bad things, then I'll leave.