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thank youOriginally Posted by doosta45
its there damnit
I JUST BLEW MY FRIEND'S MIND VOL. GOD
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God, or no God, I think we can all agree that monotheism and its various institutions have done a lot more harm than good in this world.
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By checkmate I meant more of getting them to a point where they have to finally admit, "I don't know," or,"well, because I just do."Originally Posted by Capricorn1229
You don't expect them to be able to answer your questions. So lets stop this. To assume that you would be able checkmate their whole faith with questions they can't answer and you know they can't answer is very presumptuous of you. To rock their faith? Really? Off of some questions?
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Both HueyP and Anton are right but they're arguing different things.
God can be an all encompassing term. Nature can be god. Satan can be god. Bhudda can be god. "The eight dynamic" of Scientology can be god. Karma can be god. In essence god can be whatever each individual makes it out to be.
On the other hand, Anton is mainly talking about the God of the 3 monotheistic religions. At the end of the day, he's right. The dogmatic god of the 3 monotheistic religions is pretty hard to believe in with any rational questioning.
God can be an all encompassing term. Nature can be god. Satan can be god. Bhudda can be god. "The eight dynamic" of Scientology can be god. Karma can be god. In essence god can be whatever each individual makes it out to be.
On the other hand, Anton is mainly talking about the God of the 3 monotheistic religions. At the end of the day, he's right. The dogmatic god of the 3 monotheistic religions is pretty hard to believe in with any rational questioning.
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Co-sign.
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This is all I'm saying.
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This arguing really is pointless. As a Christian, you can't talk faith and religion into a place where materialism and women are the most sought after. I commend those sticking up for our faith, but remember it is best to be humble. The fact you defend your God is good enough. But at the end of the day, you can't change an unwilling mind this way.
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how has ur friend never thought about that smh
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bingo! Im a Christian and i dont care what faith or religion you believe as long as it gives you your peace im cool with it
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God is the begining and the end. You should forfeit
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I rather live a live a life believing there is God and die to find nothing other than to not believe and find there is a God
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cor23ey wrote:
awwsome wrote:
Sighfur wrote:
Science can't explain everything..
We all feel a certain higher power in us at some points/moments in our life. Its what made Mike score 38 with the flu against the Jazz in 97. Its what gave Dr. King the courage to speak his mind for his people. Its a mothers unconditional dedication to her children, its the will, fight and desire in all of us.
You may not believe in Religion, or science for that matter. But we all know Miracles exist, unexplained events, unanswered questions.
Faith = a form of discipline.
Regardless of what you believe in, or not believe in, you still have faith in your theories, ideas and feelings. Cause' its conceived by you, a free spirit who has a SOUL...
This my friends is the GOD in all of us.
Faith is being certain you can do more. Certainty brings action. Action brings those beliefs to reality.
We would evolve as people and have a divine unification if all would encompass this idea. I agree with alot of what many said as far as people reasoning in believing in god. My only opposing argument is people who believe in the teachings of the bible etc... Considering the clear hypocrisy's and constant contradiction, and unrealistic moral expectations.
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You may be able to question the existence of a particular interpretation of God but by the very definition of the word God, you can never disprove its existence.
We actually agree on something. This is one reason why by definition, every human being on earth (IMO) is Ignostic.
Your reality is based on the faith that what is determined by modern Western science a 2000 year old book that's been heavily revised for the betterment of certain people, is the truthful interpretation and explanation of existence.
*fixed
God is the only constant.
How so? God is a relatively new concept invented by man, only a few thousand years ago.
Its only through faith in the unproven, that human progress takes place.
WOW! something else we agree on; however, faith won't be what allows us to discover how the Universe was created, if there's a god, etc.
Practical science is the only way that real "human progress" will be made.
Kinda off topic but--one of the gripes I have with organized religion is, why do so many pastors/preachers drive either a Cadillac, Mercedes, Lexus or BMW?
Aren't pride and greed two of the 7 deadly sins?What someone does with their money is their own business, but it just seems like people who preach "the gospel" are some of the
biggest scam artists in the world.
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qfmft
its like "why risk it?"
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Don't worry--this question will never be directly answered. Its just kind of what dude does.
The point that has been made about dude putting faith in science is dead on though. Everyone has "faith" in something--I just think that hearing that word automatically triggers thoughts of Christianity and God. Everyone believes in something, and if they're cool with it then I am, too. I'll never understand going out of your way to spark debate about stuff that doesn't matter to you. Like if you don't believe in a God, why devote so much time to the discussion of God?
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So you believe in God out of fear? If there exist nothing in the afterlife, then there is nothing to be afraid of.
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what we fear is the possibility of "staying" the rest of eternity in Hell...
just a thought
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don't ever ask him which came first, the chicken or the egg, if that got him.
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I applaud you 100% sir.
This is the kind of religious person I respect wholeheartedly. Atheist, polytheist, or monotheist... If you're spending YOUR time pushing your thoughts and opinions on other people you're garbage to me.
Let people live. Faith is faith, it's not changing.
Agnostic theist, bordering on pragmatic agnostic here...
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How so? God is a relatively new concept invented by man, only a few thousand years ago.
Seriously?
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You can't outsmart God.
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Seriously?
Yup.
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Yup.
How do you know they don't believe in a higher power/creator as humans have since the beginning, not just a few thousand years ago? God isn't a new concept, the representation of God as we know it today may be.
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One day people who don't believe in God will be perfectly fine with people who do and their faith. Honestly my man, as a fellow non-believer why is it hard to understand other peoples' faith? Non-believers and believers alike just need to worry about how we all should respect each others' beliefs and have a peaceful world, not trying to outdo each other in an argument where there is no proof or correct answer...
