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Deism in the Dock

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Message 34 of 270 (415377)
08-09-2007 8:02 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Straggler
08-08-2007 8:13 PM

As a Christian Theist.
Look around you. Aren’t all those difficult theological questions about pain, death, suffering and evil much better answered by an uncaring and indifferent creator?
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Not sure of that. It's an interesting debate subject, one I tried to a least partially address in this post.
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The best evidence you have for God is the appearance of design and frankly there is nothing in that which suggests anything cares about you.
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But I and many others see no evidence of design beyond the most basic, so that really doesn't seem applicable. There are some experiences many of us have had that lead us to see a personal and involved GOD, but if we are honest, we must admit that none of those will stand up to scientific rigor and that we could well be wrong.
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The other thing to consider is that if GOD really does exist it will not be the Christian-Jewish-Muslim God or the Hindu God or the God of any other one religion.
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Message 44 of 270 (415489)
08-10-2007 12:14 PM 		Reply to: Message 43 by Chiroptera
08-10-2007 12:00 PM

Re: Be careful of unintended heresy!
But you might want to discuss this matter with someone in your denomination who has some theological training; you may be teaching something contrary to the doctrines of your church.
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Unfortunately, in the vast realm called Christianity, there are a very large number of clergy that have no theological training, and an additional number that have only a very limited theological education. In fact, there are many Christians, even some posting here at EvC, who believe that clergy are created by impartation and that there is no need to know any theological facts or history.
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Message 69 of 270 (415579)
08-10-2007 11:37 PM 		Reply to: Message 68 by Itachi Uchiha
08-10-2007 11:05 PM

Re: As the resident Deist ...
Jazz, you need to get the Admins to merge your accounts.
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08-11-2007 12:43 AM 		Reply to: Message 72 by Itachi Uchiha
08-11-2007 12:41 AM

Re: As the resident Deist ...
'fraid not. But one of the Admins can.
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08-11-2007 1:04 AM 		Reply to: Message 75 by Itachi Uchiha
08-11-2007 12:44 AM

Re: As the resident Deist ...
No mo.
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Message 175 of 270 (416201)
08-14-2007 3:02 PM 		Reply to: Message 174 by Rob
08-14-2007 2:59 PM

More nonsense.
No, we die because we sin.
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No, we die because we were born.
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Do you ever plan to post anything either on topic, of some importance or even slightly relevant?
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