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Just what kind of "christian" are you anyways? Do you refer to Socrates as being the end all be all of what is truth? Do you believe god is absolute? You make strange arguments for one who believes there is a god. Also, pointing out a paradox doesn't support anything. The statement...

Philosophy is futile? It doesn't progress? "God" says it's worthless? Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves; becuase these questions enlarge our...

I have a question to everyone who find light and truth in the gospesl of Thomas. Why, if this book is so in line with other gospels did it not make "god's holy word?" Also, if we say that men chose the books, then we must admit that it wasn't divine insipration at all but human politics. I...

Yay books! Russell on Religion Selected works of Bertrand Russell. Short and powerful. This book touches on his personal past, his famous article "why I am not a christian," mysticism and logic, religion and history, religion and morals, I think there's even religion and you studabaker in...

So I thought I'd give you something to think about on Monday. Each theory is a separate sentence fragment? I'd have to honestly disagree. They may be complementary, but I can have evolution without having abiogenesis, therefore they are most certainly not dependant. As we already said that...

This is a famous explanation that sadly is silly. I think I heard it first in "Inhertit the Wind". The idea was that 6 days could have been millions of years (so that christians can evade the fact that their previous claim was scientifically absurd) the problem is that there is this little...

Um... evolution is a scientific fact. Your belief is not needed to make that so. The common misconception is that evoulution = big bang. But they are two separate things. But the fact that things evolve is not a theory. Only the mechanism by which evolution occurs is stil stated as "in theory."...

You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Dennis Moore again.

I'll agree on this one. This is far too simplistic to be taken seriously. Beliefs are made based upon the probability of my belief being true. I "believe" the sun will rise. But I base my belief on the scientific evidence that the sun always has risen and therefore I have good cause to...

This whole place is debateable...

Yes Reformationist I did call on you. Your numbers up. The only problem with asserting this belief of christianity is that you have no grounds upon which to say it. There is no more proof for Jesus being god than for Mohammed. To then say that we cannot view a better world simply on those...

Jeezy friggin creezy. Can't just leave well enough alone can you? ok. For the last time. [size=3] No no impass anymore. For finality sake: If you had power to change the circumastances and the level of knowledge in which we make our choices and...

You don't seem to give god enough credit. You say we make our own choices. I say how? With knowledge. What we decide in any given moment is rooted in how much we know about that situation. If god is truly omnipotent then knowledge is his to give freely. If he chose to withhold knowledge then...

I have to admit Charlie that you have a viewpoint that isn't quite mainstream. I can't say I've met any other Protestants who think in the same line you do. Not that I have any reason to tell you that your reasons are false. I've also heard the idea that the earth was made while god wasn't...