I did not say that if someone believes something that means it is correct. I stated that if someone believes something they also believe* it is correct. Don't you agree Dark? Be honest. I actually respect you as a theist.
Well why would you believe it if you didn't think it was correct. O.k. I am quoting the Oxford Dictionary for this one > BELIEF - "a feeling that something exists or is true...".
Well, let's see what you did in fact write previously:Read again Adam. Did I say I believed there isn't evidence for neutrinos? Read again bro. You can be sued for such defamation of character. Read in context.
Now if you want me to repeat myself (obviously you do, because you're an idiot):Way back in the early 20th when the tau neutrino was hypothesised there was no evidence for it... But hey, those who seek pure evidence would have said in the early 20th that there is no such thing as a neutrino. Hey I can't see it. Can't feel it. It hardly interacts with anything. There is no EVIDENCE for it. So IT CAN'[T BE THERE! Oh... oops it's there huh?
Wrong. There was supporting evidence for it.Way back in the early 20th when the tau neutrino was hypothesised there was no evidence for it.
Wrong. They found supporting evidence suggesting its existence, expected direct evidence, sought direct evidence, and found it.But hey, those who seek pure evidence would have said in the early 20th that there is no such thing as a neutrino.
Wrong. It can indeed be seen interacting. There IS evidence for it. So, oops, yes, it can be, and is, there.Hey I can't see it. Can't feel it. It hardly interacts with anything. There is no EVIDENCE for it. So IT CAN'[T BE THERE! Oh... oops it's there huh?
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6054I can accept the theories which man uses to exlain his natural world... as long as they make sense and do not contradict Biblical revelations - which so far most of them don't [contradict] in my eyes.
Ah, I see. You've shown me the light. When the christians massacred various towns on their march to Jerusalem, many of those town christian but not speaking the appropriate language, your god was there for the inncoent victims? I'm sure they trusted him/her/it. The many scientists and witches burnt over the medieval years? Do you really want people to list examples of instances throughout history where "trust in god" resulted in massacres?You know what the central verse in the Bible states?
PSALM 118:8 "It is better to trust in the Lord for protection than to trust anyone else [anyone else meaning man]."
You possibly had a point you wanted to make, but I think you forgot to make it.
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Omni benevolence creates a paradox because evil exists in a universe created by the same god with omnipotence.
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Darkness is the mere absence of light, and darkness itself is an illusion. The same as with evil and good.
It is also written that God does not exist. Are both then true because they have both been written?
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Omniscience creates a paradox with the claim of human free will.
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It's also written that God knows the hearts of people...
Yes, formal logic as a system of reasoning is consistent. Yes, logic originated from common sense. Logic is common rationality applied with rigor. No, Logic is in no way dependent upon facts it is a systematic method of analysis and can be applied to unreal concepts as well as factual concepts.Originally posted by MarcAC
Logic is consistent? Logic originated from common sense. Logic is entirely dependent on the facts which are known at that point in time... or the 'evidence' which is present.
Yes, logic can sometimes lead to paradoxes but such paradoxes usually are due to mistakes known as logical fallacies. I'm always willing to consider something totally new... however if it fails the tests of evidence and logic I toss it in the trash bin or put it away to await further knowledge. I do not believe things without reason... and when my reason fails hard analysis I, unlike you, am entirely willing to admit it.Logical reasoning has often led to paradoxes where you often have two outcomes. One premise being wrong Or there is just something TOOOOOOOTALLY NEW that you didn't know before.
Thanks for all these excellent examples. Each of these mistakes involves some logical fallacy or another.And thus I am to gather that logic didn't exist...
I've done no such thing. I've only pointed out the errors in your reasoning. That you are mistaken is not my fault. If you don't enjoy discussing the correct application of Logic to this issue then I suggest you not bring logic into the discussion next time.Please stop disrespecting my God by trying to use a protean human invention like... logic... to invalidate his existence.
Really? Then why don't you give us an example that evinces God... and please do be so kind as to show us the logical argument that demonstrates why the evidence points only to the conclusion of your God and not something else.God is always here for us, even if we don't want him here. Not to really diminish him like this but an anology can be the time dimension - we don't see it but we see it's effects.
God knows the choices we will make.
In other words, no free will. Everything is predestined. No matter how many millions of decisions and choices are made every day around the world, each one is already well known in advance and will not change no matter what happens.
Scared ? Absolutely not. I would look forward to meeting said organism. Can you arrange a meeting at the earliest convenience ? I have several thousand questions.
Free Will in Christianity
How can we have free will if God has a plan for our lives and knows everything we'll do in advance?
Since God is omniscient, God has foreknowledge, meaning he knows what everyone will do in the future and what any individual would do in any given situation. This foreknowledge enables God to have a plan for everyone's life. For instance, if God wants a particular action to occur, he knows who would choose to do that action, and under what circumstances they would choose it; thus he is able to plan for it to happen. However, God's knowing what choices we will make is simply knowledge - it doesn't remove our free will, for we are still the ones making the choices.
This may be more understandable if we consider that we have a type of foreknowledge from our knowledge of history. For example, we know that the Americans won the Revolutionary War. If we went back in time before the Revolutionary War took place, our knowing the outcome wouldn't force anyone to do anything. Our knowing the Boston Tea Party would take place wouldn't mean that the colonists would be forced to throw the tea overboard, it would only mean that we'd know what the colonists would choose to do. It's the same with God: his knowing what we'll freely choose to do doesn't mean we're forced to make that choice.
http://www.rationalchristianity.net/free_will.html
What exactly am I supposed to be hearing ? What frequency am I to tune ?
Originally posted by (Q)
Truthseeker
God knows the choices we will make.
In other words, no free will. Everything is predestined. No matter how many millions of decisions and choices are made every day around the world, each one is already well known in advance and will not change no matter what happens.
Then you write
It's the same with God: his knowing what we'll freely choose to do doesn't mean we're forced to make that choice.
???? Choice is therefore not predestined?
Originally posted by TruthSeeker
(Q),
His voice is very subtle. If you try to listen to Him while your head is full of things, you won't be able to hear anything. It will be like trying to listen a bird singing in the middle of a traffic jam...
If you really want to listen to Him, all that you can do is to clean your mind and be completly impartial about the results, otherwise any belief against His existance or that He cannot talk with you will block His voice and you won't be able to listen to Him. If you don't believe He exists, how can He talk with you? So, you don't need to believe, you just need to be intentionally impartial about it.
Originally posted by Frencheneesz
Muscleman:
THEREFORE, other solarsystems don't exist. Do you agree?