Gravity is unexplained. What do you call accepting as real something unexplained?
thats a good analogy if you ignore the fact that gravity can be measured..
Gravity is unexplained. What do you call accepting as real something unexplained?
the effect that jesus has had on me could be measured.
That wasn't jesus.
But if you think so then get thee to a psychological research facility.
What was the message that Jesus preached?
it's statements like this that make atheists look more than stupid. i would add to it, shallow, transparent, selfish, egotistical...desperate. do you realize you are hurting yourself by being this way?
It's not me that looks foolish here. You imagine things and think it's jesus or god - how smart is that?
Seriously. If you believe what you say, get to a lab and have it tested.
this is retarded.
get what tested? my life? the holy spirit? any spirit? do you even think about what you say, or has it just become some rhetoric that you automatically spew whenever anyone mentions jesus?
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Something's retarded. Can you not understand plain English?
You're the one that claimed you could "measure jesus."
I'd suggest you go try it.
i'm telling you i have, and i didn't need a lab to do it. i'm living it...it's me...it's my life.
YOU want to measure the effect jesus has on ME...in a lab.
that's silly.
the effect that jesus has had on me could be measured.
And I'm telling you that is your opinion and belief. Your claim, your statement in response to mine was that "jesus could be measured"
Measurement is not belief or opinion. Now, you are welcome to retract your statement, but can only verify it by going to a lab and measuring it.
I'm not the one that made the claim, you did:
and you know what, you're right, it is silly.
that is my opinion and belief based on MY measurement, which is not conducted in a lab, but in myself over a lifetime.
now, what you're saying is that you would like to measure that very same thing in me, in a lab? you want me to live my life in a laboratory...for you? and what type of instruments are you going to use to take these measurements of who i am and why? certainly you can see how impossible and entirely pointless it is to endeavor to recreate someone's life. why would you want to turn a human into a lab rat? i can only assume it's because of your own very narrow valuation of our existence.
Gawd, what next. You truly don't get it. :shrug:
You think you can twist and weasel your words like you and other theist's interpretation of the bible, but it's very clear right here in plain simple English what you said. You are welcome to retract it and admit you were wrong, but you don't get to redefine it.
Oh and as I said your claim has nothing to do with jesus anyway, it's only in your brain, you'd have first measure the change and then prove it was due to jesus. It's not going to happen Lori no matter how hard you believe.
*************nobody's twisting anything; those are legitimate questions i asked you, and points i made, that you are ignoring. what you don't get, is that just because YOU aren't able to measure something, doesn't mean it doesn't have a value, or doesn't exist.
i am the change. my life is the result. and i know it was due to jesus. this is MY experiment. i have observed, and experienced, and valued. and this has been for ME. that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. all it means is that you're missing out.
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M*W: Atheists have life changing, positive experiences, too, and sometimes darn good luck. It's not because of Jesus or any other deity. You credit Jesus/god with your positive experiences, and we don't, that's all. It doesn't seem fair, does it?