Not very. And it's natural not supernatural.How complex is sounding the universe into existence?
jan.
Not very. And it's natural not supernatural.How complex is sounding the universe into existence?
jan.
The title of the thread is "The Bible, Myth or Reality?". On the whole, I think that discussion of myth is better suited to the Religion forum than to a Science or History forum. And we're talking about the bible which, as I noted, is primarily a text about God - a religious text.Last time I checked you said, It seems to me that it is quite possible to discuss whether the bible is factually accurate in a historical sense, or a scientific sense, or in many other senses, without having regard to whether God exists.
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Erm... a science, or history one.
Hey. Is that a video that shows matter organising itself?How complex is sounding the universe into existence?
Yes!Hey. Is that a video that shows matter organising itself?
The title of the thread is "The Bible, Myth or Reality?". On the whole, I think that discussion of myth is better suited to the Religion forum than to a Science or History forum.
And we're talking about the bible which, as I noted, is primarily a text about God - a religious text.
Hey. Is that a video that shows matter organising itself?
Delusional religions are still religions.So what is the purpose of it being in the Religion forum, as you have reduced it to an ordinary book.
Delusional religions are still religions.
No? Religions have to be real to exist?
All religions are based on ordinary books.Here's the question again.
So what is the purpose of it being in the Religion forum, as you have reduced it to an ordinary book.
If you can't answer it, don't bother to respond to it.
jan.
For the umpteenth time, you are the one who claims everything needs a cause, aren't you?Why does God need a cause?
What does me reading scriptures have to do with you answering a question? If you have read the scriptures and you claim the scriptures have the answers, just answer the questions.I thought you said you read scriptures.If there is an answer, just tell us what it is.
If you have read the scriptures and you claim the scriptures have the answers, tell us the answers. All else is evasion.How am I being evasive. I pointed you in a direction, and you failed to distinguish.
I have sought flying pigs and found none. I have sought gods and found none. I am asking you to explain how one quest is different from the other and how one result is different from the other.Then go seek flying pigs. At least if they exist you will be able to observe them.
For the umpteenth time, you are the one who claims everything needs a cause, aren't you?
What does me reading scriptures have to do with you answering a question? If you have read the scriptures and you claim the scriptures have the answers, just answer the questions.
If you have read the scriptures and you claim the scriptures have the answers, tell us the answers. All else is evasion.
I have sought flying pigs and found none.
I have sought gods and found none. I am asking you to explain how one quest is different from the other and how one result is different from the other.
All religions are based on ordinary books.
As I keep pointing out, you are the one who says everything needs a cause. If your logic is correct, then God would need a cause. You can't just arbitrarily define God as "an entity that doesn't need a cause".So tell me why you think God needs to be caused.
That's like saying you could swim the Atlantic Ocean but it would be a waste of your time. The more likely explanation is that you just can't do it.I could explain it to you through scripture (the way I basically comprehend it), but as you have, by your own admission, studied scriptures, plus, studied the writings of C. S. Lewis, who explains far better than I could even hope to explain it. It seems I would be just wasting my time.
I make no such claim. However, I will gladly play duelling scriptures with you and let the intelligent members of the forum decide who knows what.You have read the scriptures already, and atheists like to boast how they know the scriptures better than theists.
I'm asking what the differences are. Is it your perspective that black and black are different? Or that white and white are different? Why don't you tell us what your perspective is? If you can't, could it be because there is no difference?From your perspective there are no differences. From my perspective there are.
As I keep pointing out, you are the one who says everything needs a cause. If your logic is correct, then God would need a cause. You can't just arbitrarily define God as "an entity that doesn't need a cause".
That's like saying you could swim the Atlantic Ocean but it would be a waste of your time. The more likely explanation is that you just can't do it.
I make no such claim. However, I will gladly play duelling scriptures with you and let the intelligent members of the forum decide who knows what.
I'm asking what the differences are. Is it your perspective that black and black are different? Or that white and white are different? Why don't you tell us what your perspective is? If you can't, could it be because there is no difference?
Semantic nonsense and not a small amount of special pleading.EveryTHING has a cause.
God is NOT a thing.
This will be the last time I explain.
That's not an explanation; it's an empty assertion.EveryTHING has a cause.
God is NOT a thing.
This will be the last time I explain.
But I don't believe you have swum the ocean and I don't claim that I have. I'm asking you to prove your own claim that you got "the answers" from scripture.No, it's like we both know we have swam the ocean, but you insist on asking me to prove that I have.
Simple. Quote scriptures to back up what you've been saying. For example, quote scriptures on how to find God.How do you play duelling scriptures?
You keep saying it would be a waste of your time to answer my questions, yet you keep wasting your time repeating that it's a waste of time. If you had any answers, you couldd save a lot of time by just answering the questions.You seem to think that I'm obligated to answer any question you ask, and you're exempt from answering any question I ask.
Semantic nonsense and not a small amount of special pleading.
That's not an explanation; it's an empty assertion.
But I don't believe you have swum the ocean and I don't claim that I have. I'm asking you to prove your own claim that you got "the answers" from scripture.
Simple. Quote scriptures to back up what you've been saying. For example, quote scriptures on how to find God.
Chapter 4, Verse 9
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
Chapter 4, Verse 10
Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purifled by knowledge of Me—and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me.
Because without explanation (and a definition is not an explanation) you have set God aside from everything.Why is it special pleading?
Because without explanation (and a definition is not an explanation) you have set God aside from everything.
And that will be the last time I explain that to you.