The truth is not determined by convention nwr... That is why Winston Churchill said, 'Democracy is the worst form of government; except for all the others.' The average joe could care less if something is peer reviewed. We don't trust people just becasue they have a title. We listen to what they say...
Ironically your statement is demonstrating truth by convertion as by convention people discern 'truth' through the listening of other people. To not know of GOD a person's life is truthful because GOD has never been exposed to it thus without GOD this person's life is truthful. While if you expose this person to GOD it then becomes a question of the truthfulness of this person's life because now he has two competing perceptions of his world. Thus by convention if a person finds GOD fits better into his world view then he shall adopt that 'truth'. Thus truth is determined by the convention of listening to another person. Or conversly if the person does not adopt GOD then the person's 'truth' remains true and by convention he follows what he believes.
The truth speaks for itself, and rings loudly with those who seek it. It does not need your support. You need it's support, lest you fall down.
Double edged sword if at one level you claim this then you are also claiming that you could stop participating in this discussion and any other discussion promoting Christianity and Christianity shall do okay. In fact stop evangelizing at all and the religion shall flourish as it needs none of your prosterlyzing. In fact you need not protect it from any form of attack at all for in the end Christianity shall be shown to be the absolute 'truth'.
So I ask the question why do you try to support your faith through these science forums?
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