weg,
At the end of the day, you are welcome to think my "version" of faith is in error.
I'm not questioning your faith. You said post 21 was preaching, but upon reading it I was baffled as to how you thought so.
If anything it is a variation on the ontological proof for God's existence, not a sermon.
You believe in God, and here is a proof of His existence (according to the statements). Now if you don't think this is a proof, then state why and even give account of your reasons, that is the purpose of these discourses. Instead you take a very familiar route (athiest) as a pretense in the dismantling of this argument, by totally rubbishing it. In your cas,e by saying it is preaching/evangelising, reminiscient of Sunday shool, and therefore should not be taken seriously.
But, this site has rules and one of them is to not be dogmatic and "preachy." You can start a website of your own if you choose. But, it is preaching when you tell posters, atheists and believers alike, that what they believe is "wrong."
Isn't that what everybody does (one way or another) including yourself. You say post 21 is preaching, therefore shouldn't be) taken seriously, as it goes against the rules of these forums. But it's not preaching, it is logical claim for God's existence, whether you agree it is, or not. So what you're in effect saying is, anyone who takes this preaching seriously, is wrong for doing so (even if only in relation to this site).
One thing to have a healthy exchange but when it becomes a lecture on the part of one or some posters in hopes of leading people to convert their thinking, that is evangelism. And this site has a rule against that.
Are you referring to this...
jan said:
If you allow yourself to think so, then it would seem that the systematic process of deletion, of God (One without a second) has begun in your mind.
jan.