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Phat
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Message 526 of 868 (855734)
06-22-2019 12:55 PM
Reply to: Message 517 by jar
06-21-2019 5:45 PM


Take A Side
jar writes:
We are here for whatever purpose the individual creates.
So one side says that God exists and that it is God Who determines the ultimate purpose. The other side (jars side) claims that humans create their own purpose. They create their own gods. They are the arbitrators of reality.

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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ringo
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Message 527 of 868 (855735)
06-22-2019 12:58 PM
Reply to: Message 525 by Phat
06-22-2019 12:53 PM


Re: The Evidence Is The Believers Themselves
Phat writes:
And this gets back to our old argument about how evidence is defined.
There is no argument about how evidence is defined. If everybody doesn't see it, it isn't evidence. You don't get your own private evidence.
What part of your Google Dictionary definition disagrees with that?

All that are in Hell, choose it. -- CS Lewis
That's just egregiously stupid. -- ringo

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jar
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Message 528 of 868 (855751)
06-22-2019 2:31 PM
Reply to: Message 526 by Phat
06-22-2019 12:55 PM


Re: Take A Side
Phat writes:
So one side says that God exists and that it is God Who determines the ultimate purpose.
Well, no, not quite true if you are honest about it.
So one side says that "MY God exists" and that it is "My God" Who determines the ultimate purpose.
But there are a brazillion different ideas of who or what "My God" might be or what purpose "My God" determined. The evidence to support each and every "My God" or the "determined by My God purpose to life" are all equally valid and almost always mutually exclusive.
Phat writes:
The other side (jars side) claims that humans create their own purpose.
Well, no, not quite true if you are honest about it. The other side (jars side) claims that humans create their own purpose(S).
Plural. There is no singular purpose that is valid for all mankind rather there are individual purposes and in fact those purposes change and evolve over time.
Phat writes:
They create their own gods. They are the arbitrators of reality.
That's just a silly rant Phat. No one is the arbitrator of reality, reality simply is what it is. No one decides what is reality rather reality imposes itself regardless of anyone's beliefs, desires or fantasies.

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Phat
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Message 529 of 868 (855753)
06-22-2019 4:23 PM
Reply to: Message 528 by jar
06-22-2019 2:31 PM


Re: Take A Side
jar writes:
No one is the arbitrator of reality, reality simply is what it is. No one decides what is reality rather reality imposes itself regardless of anyone's beliefs, desires or fantasies.
As a Christian, do you deny that Jesus Christ is the arbitrator of reality? Your answer will provide further insight into your belief.

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
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Message 530 of 868 (855755)
06-22-2019 4:29 PM
Reply to: Message 527 by ringo
06-22-2019 12:58 PM


Re: The Evidence Is The Believers Themselves
ringo writes:
If everybody doesn't see it, it isn't evidence.
So are you saying that humanity has to agree before it can be called evidence?
Heb 11:1-2 writes:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
NKJV
But of course that is a Dusty old book compiled by a Brazilian authors, editors, and redactors. And there is far from a consensus as to the accuracy or evident meaning of said book (or books). Maybe you can conjure up Stephen Hawking from the dead...he famously was quoted as saying
quote:
Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.
But Stephen Hawking is Dead and had a great mind but nobody. The Universe also has a great mind. Every knee shall bow someday...either willingly or unwillingly.

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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Hyroglyphx
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Message 531 of 868 (855756)
06-22-2019 4:46 PM
Reply to: Message 526 by Phat
06-22-2019 12:55 PM


Re: Take A Side
So one side says that God exists and that it is God Who determines the ultimate purpose. The other side (jars side) claims that humans create their own purpose. They create their own gods. They are the arbitrators of reality.
Seems to me it doesn't really matter cuz its ultimately non-falsifiable and also non-confirmable in either direction.

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine

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jar
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Message 532 of 868 (855757)
06-22-2019 7:46 PM
Reply to: Message 529 by Phat
06-22-2019 4:23 PM


Re: Take A Side
Phat writes:
As a Christian, do you deny that Jesus Christ is the arbitrator of reality? Your answer will provide further insight into your belief.
I think that question is simply stupid meaningless word salad.
AbE:
Think Phat. Stop and try to think.
My beliefs are totally and completely irrelevant as far as reality is concerned. Reality IS. Reality doesn't give a rats ass what I believe or what I disbelieve. Where I believe Jesus even existed or disbelieve Jesus even existed can have absolutely no effects on whether or not Jesus ever existed in reality.
Reality is. Period.
Edited by jar, : see AbE:

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Theodoric
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Message 533 of 868 (855764)
06-22-2019 9:23 PM
Reply to: Message 532 by jar
06-22-2019 7:46 PM


Re: Take A Side
Arbitrator if reality? WTF does that even mean?

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Dredge
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Message 534 of 868 (855765)
06-22-2019 9:31 PM
Reply to: Message 502 by jar
06-20-2019 7:27 PM


You're obvioulsy not a Christian.

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Faith 
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Message 535 of 868 (855767)
06-22-2019 9:35 PM
Reply to: Message 534 by Dredge
06-22-2019 9:31 PM


Very true, dredge, and it's hard to believe that no matter how obvious that fact is he insists he's a Christian anyway.

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jar
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Message 536 of 868 (855768)
06-22-2019 9:40 PM
Reply to: Message 534 by Dredge
06-22-2019 9:31 PM


LOL
Dredge writes:
You're obvioulsy not a Christian.
Yet once again, reality trumps ignorance. I am a Christian and a member of an honest recognized chapter of Club Christian.
You of course are free to continue to embrace ignorance but that does not change the facts that I am a Christian raised in a Christian family and educated in a Christian school.

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Tangle
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Message 537 of 868 (855792)
06-23-2019 4:50 AM
Reply to: Message 533 by Theodoric
06-22-2019 9:23 PM


Re: Take A Side
Theodoric writes:
Arbitrator if reality? WTF does that even mean?
Nothing. I think he just likes the patterns and noises the words make in his head.
He's obviously slightly off his trolley at the moment, probably spending a lot of time listening to mad pastor videos that he's now trying to ape.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Tangle
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Message 538 of 868 (855793)
06-23-2019 4:51 AM
Reply to: Message 536 by jar
06-22-2019 9:40 PM


jar writes:
I am a Christian
No! I am Christian!

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Phat
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Message 539 of 868 (855796)
06-23-2019 7:28 AM
Reply to: Message 538 by Tangle
06-23-2019 4:51 AM


Spookies & Floodies
And you both believe that humans made God up and continue to do so. We can safely throw you in this Club over here. Or can we? jar claims to be a believer. Tangle? Just a chap who fishes for a livelihood.

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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Tangle
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Message 540 of 868 (855799)
06-23-2019 8:05 AM
Reply to: Message 539 by Phat
06-23-2019 7:28 AM


Re: Spookies & Floodies
Phat writes:
Tangle?
I'm a Christian atheist. As far as I can tell, I have the same moral values as GDR - and I'm baptised.
Just a chap who fishes for a livelihood.
I fish for fun not profit.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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