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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
OK, let's say that He did. You hardly have legal credentials to represent the goats, do you? What will you argue before the Court?
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Besides, I know your legal strategy! You will argue that both the OT God and Jesus are fictional. You were taught too much science and logic in your legal training and not enough respect for a Creator. Even some scientists have such respect.
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Can A Scientist Believe in The resurrection? quote: Counselor? Your ClientChance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I spent almost half of my life in those churches, so I have some experience too. I'll bet you have! Even though I always get it wrong, I'm still gonna try and figure you out. You first went off the rails when you logically deduced that science determines reality. Granted you challenge everything, but you somehow decided to challenge/question God. What you found became your new belief. You cannot claim that you are forced to go where the evidence leads you, for you have rejected belief. You have even said that belief should be a last resort. Sometimes it is fun to argue with you as there is an undercurrent of humor and clever quips and comebacks. You are usually a very worthy opponent. After reading your last final insistence that your argument is sound, however, i am feeling as if you will never change it no matter how much I send back at you.
ringo writes: Thus I am forced to concede your argument that we are the only ones who can pick up the duty that God won't do for us...but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. If you ever became a traveling counter-apologist, you likely would be faced with hostile audiences in the churches you spoke at...but your basic challenge would be for the congregation to throw away their preconceived beliefs and ideas and simply go feed people and hand out spare change etc. They would likely hate you for it. I don't hate you by any means...I've accepted your argument regarding the value of the message and the duty of all of humanity to provide for each other. If God actually sent you out with that message, the only possible reason he would do it is to take the crutch away from the Christians. The fact is that the God of the Old Testament and the Jesus of the New Testament are equally bloodthirsty - according to the ONLY source of information you have. Your "loving" God is made up. It seems odd for someone to preach a message that God was literary fiction, Jesus was embellished, both were bloodthirsty according to the books, and that we are expected to do it ourselves! You and jar are very similar. Tangle, on the other hand, is prematurely conclusive. One cannot assume that everything is simply fiction just because they have never had reason to think otherwise. (apart from his insistence that he once believed it all.) Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
what exactly is this supposed to mean One cannot assume that everything is simply fiction just because they have never had reason to think otherwise. ? It means you would have had a good reason to think or believe otherwise. Examples of this would include subjective corroborations, answered prayers of a major life-changing degree, experiences such as I had regarding unexplained voices coming out of someone 3 feet in front of me, coupled at that same moment with my armhair literally standing on end and an electrical feeling in the air. In other words, once someone has adequate subjective "evidence" or experience that rules out fiction, they won't stop believing. Finally, I think too many people read too many reports from critics who persuade them to logically stop believing. You may claim that dogmatic propoganda is harmful, but I would claim the same for its atheistic counterpart.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
So you are essentially saying that secular humanist perspectives are all truth and reality while all beliefs throughout time have been wrong. Correct?
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I had to look up some dictionary meanings in order to get my head around what is being said here.
google dictionary, and others writes: Dogma means the doctrine of belief in a religion or a political system. The literal meaning of dogma in ancient Greek was something that seems true. These days, in English, dogma is more absolute. (...)What is the difference between doctrine and dogma?---In general, doctrine is all Church teaching in matters of faith and morals. Dogma is more narrowly defined as that part of doctrine which has been divinely revealed and which the Church has formally defined and declared to be believed as revealed. ... The antonyms controvertible and incontrovertible are both derivatives of the verb controvert (meaning "to dispute or oppose by reasoning"), which is itself a spin-off of controversy. And what is the source of all of these controversial terms? The Latin adjective controversus, which literally means "turned against."...(Websters comments: Religious dogma and scientific dogma are sometimes at odds, as in arguments between those who believe in the biblical story of creation and those who believe in evolution. Since all dogma resists change, arguments of any kind are harder to resolve when both sides are dogmatic in their beliefs. Dogma and dogmatic are generally used disapprovingly; it's always other people who believe unquestioningly in dogma and who take a dogmatic approach to important issues. Thus my question to you,(So you are essentially saying that secular humanist perspectives are all truth and reality while all beliefs throughout time have been wrong?) You reply "No"...yet go on to state:
AZPaul3 writes: GDR argues that some doctrine is historically based, whereas Percy argues as you do that it is all belief and hence all dogmatic. What I am saying is that the light of reality destroys religious dogma at every turn. Churches were never formed based on evidence-based science or logic, however. And if so, it was based on a common subjective experience which led to the common dogma experienced and accepted. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
ringo writes: So first we have to establish what is and is not Christian Doctrine. Additionally, we have the question of what is doctrine vs what is dogma. Or if the two can be seperate. If you're going to defend apologists, defend their positions on Christian doctrine. So we go back to what you say is the only real source we have...the 66 books themselves.(give or take a few added here and there) But you throw yet another wrench at us:
ringo writes: Now to be precise, we have 66 books rather than one book, thus 66 sources. Thus when people claim that its not valid to use the Bible to corroborate the Bible, they are speaking as if it is one book. It is arguably kosher to use one of the 66 books to defend another of the 66 books, however. jar always argued that there were different god characters in different books. Your argument now seems to be that there is one God who is the same in the OT and the NT. Further, you argue that such a God is mean and unfair...to goats and enemies of Israel at least. These days people avoid religion because they claim that the God of religion is mean to Illegals, gays, women who had abortions, and atheists. Yet you conclude by saying that the specific message has value. Thus, in order to satisfy this argument, the "loving God" has to be imagined and lived by us and through us. Is that about right? The fact is that the God of the Old Testament and the Jesus of the New Testament are equally bloodthirsty - according to the ONLY source of information you have. Your "loving" God is made up.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
ringo writes: You claim that the evidence led you to reject belief. I see no evidence that would lead me to reject my belief. Granted there is evidence that has me question the authenticity of what the apologists preach, but I see many people defend their belief and wonder why you so readily discarded yours? You cant have evidence in invisible Spirits either pro or con. You use, "I believe," as an excuse to park your brain at the door and throw the evidence out the window. You even have the gall to suggest that rejecting belief is a bad thing. Belief is a simple choice. There is no reason to reject belief in an invisible power that permeates the universe simply because such a hypothetical power doesn't *do* everything that you think such a power *should* do.
Phat writes:
One cannot assume that everything is simply fiction just because they have never had reason to think otherwise.ringo writes: And skepticism is? Yes, that's EXACTLY what we should all do. Truth is not a default. We are back to the whole Leap Of Faith argument.
Hebrews 11:1 writes: In other words, faith is based on hope. Your problem is that all you have ever hoped for is significant evidence. And not evidence for God so much as evidence for why your doubts and questions had substance. You found it. End of your story. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I'm not talking so much of children. I am talking of adult over the age of 21 who have been exposed to the internet, missionaries, and aware of the choices offered globally. True you may have a point that most of them will accept the local product if at all. But this presupposes that all of the products are equally palatable. If there actually is something to my brand---in that the solution of accepting a living Christ is an actual possibility and if something actually happens through accepting Jesus the character vs simply dogma chanted by the local shaman...Christianity will have a statistical advantage.
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
That's quite shocking what Steve Baughman claims, but it looks accurate. From what I understand, Ravi and his organization retracted the claims. I'm still reading about the online sexual innuendo. This hurts all of us. We all sin, but individual sin hurts the entire body. I hope that it turns out to not be as bad as accused.
The complaint he filed in Federal Court actually indicted him. quote:Reading further into this from several online sources, Isee the following: quote:Ravi claims that he was wrong, yet claims no motive for her sending him the pictures. It looks to me like the couple was trying to set him up, evidence being another lawsuit they failed to cash in on from another minister. So that leaves Charlatan. Any reason why he is one? Granted I dont think he is entirely innocent. He blew it and admitted as much under pressure. This information surprised me, and I am disillusioned with another Christian whom I had looked up to. Perhaps I should learn not to put anybody on a pedestal....neither minister nor scientist. I know a lot of you looked up to Hitchens. And he seemed more honest. Edited by Phat, : No reason given. Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Are there any Christian apologists that you *do* respect?
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Virtually nothing in religion as preached is the way it actually is. For example, I was well into my 40s before I found out that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are actually unknown teams of authors and never met Jesus. Nor that there were many 'bibles' not just those. Nor that they were written decades after Jesus's death. Nor that Paul never met Jesus. Nor that there's virtually no evidence of there ever even been a Jesus. The list goes on... ...Correction: Virtually nothing in religion is taught the way it actually is. And a lot of these so-called facts are not conclusive. But you guys will think they are actual facts. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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