Let me see...where to begin? From the top:
1) In your original post you said you are here to defend your faith? Why is it neccessary to do this when you are a large part of the majority in the United States and at this point extinction of your religion is such a remote improbality that I would say the chances are zilch. 2) Why is there such a strong effort for conversion. Given the knowedge that most people worship a God and that most agnostic and athiests seem to fall into inot the humanist categories or utilitarian categories which are very value oriented as a whole...
1) By saying defending my faith, I mean against the charges that have been brought against it here on this forum, not nationally or internationally.
2) A strong effort for "conversion" is out of compassion. I don't like knowing that a lot of humanity will burn for eternity. It is also what my God has told me to do. (I know I'm going to get flack for that comment...)
So, hundreds of thousands of measurements taken over the course of centuries don't count as evidence? Thousands of pictures taken of the planets that have never found one discrepancy? Also, how did we ever land rovers on Mars if our model of solar system is wrong? Luck? I suggest pulling your head out of your ass because it's pretty far up in there.
Matrix, please remember that these measurements are taken from a body in motion, relative to other things around it. For example, if you are on a subway running through a station, it may seem to an ignorant person that the station is moving, not the train. If you had no knowledge of the outside world, you may think that the station is indeed moving, not you. Same thing from here on Earth. Yes, I know that we have been to space. But it is still the same principle. There is no absolute stationary point in the universe to take measurements from. And both models of the solar system, geocentric and heliocentric, provide the same numbers when deciding on where a planet is going to be. Check the research. Wish I had a link to it...may have to search for it.
You do not need to have belief that tomorrow will come for it to happen.
The same applies to God. You do not have to believe in Him in order for Him to exist, correct?
It's always come before, and there would be no point in expecting it to not come.
The same applies to my faith in God. He's never failed me before, so why disbelieve in Him?
faith n. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
You have no logical proof or material evidence for god. Lack of belief is not faith, faith requires belief in something. I don't believe in god, that is not faith.
Atheists believe that there is no God. It's the same as 'disbelieving' God. ALl depends on where the negative is. This applies to Q25's question also.
Yeah humans are real rational, coming from Mr. I-have-decided-to-dismiss-all-logic-so-I-can-never-be-wrong. Why do you even come to a forum to talk when your mind is already made up about everything? Seriously what's the point? Why don't you go start a cult, Mr. Infallable.
Matrix, you're losing your rationality....
What makes you presume these things cannot have the same source? God is omnipotent, isn't He?
Most philosophers assume God has infinite power in things that are
logical. IE: He can't make a square circle, or a rock so big that He can't lift it. It just doesn't make sense to ask that, much less an answer. To me, and according to religious texts, it does not make logical sense that evil and good come from the same source.
In addition, about the commas of the New Testament, there are plenty of ways of interpreting these. However, does it really matter? References to the Trinity are all throughout the Bible, Old and New Testament. Southstar, as a former Christian, you should know this.
Jesus Walks,
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