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Recent content by JohnCR

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    [moved from C&E] Religions call people Atheists.

    AllorNothing, I think, although some values are certainly the same, the essence of that mission statement is different from the Bible. You quoted several verses that correspond to the values of the mission statement, but how many verses of the Bible could be used to differentiate Christian...
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    [moved from C&E] Religions call people Atheists.

    What's wrong with the term atheist? Sounds appropriate to me.
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    The 5 Biggest Problems

    Climate Change Poverty Water Shortages AIDS Genocide
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    Question for atheists,agnostics,muslims and jews.

    What I said wasn't unreasonable, but facepalm if you want to. Let me turn this around. If we do suddenly find a body tomorrow that is unmistakably Jesus of Nazareth's, then would you stop believing in the Resurrection? Or, would you passionately argue against it being the body of Jesus because...
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    Question for atheists,agnostics,muslims and jews.

    Just because we can't find the body of a specific person that died almost 2,000 years ago doesn't mean that he rose from the dead.
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    Exodus 20:5-6

    Good explanation. Thanks for clarifying. So you are basically saying that this passage no longer applies? I was just confused by this passage because it seemed to indicate that evangelism was pointless if the person you convert has recent non-believing ancestors.
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    Exodus 20:5-6

    I read it as God doing the punishing to be honest.
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    Exodus 20:5-6

    You're right. I should say "followers of the Old Testament" or "believers in the Judeo-Christian God."
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    Exodus 20:5-6

    "5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my...
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    How does it feel to be an Atheist?

    We can base them on societal justifications I guess. I'm just saying that there is no inherent right or wrong in the universe. I didn't say we couldn't have morality as a function of our society.
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    How does it feel to be an Atheist?

    Like Eudaimonist said, becoming atheist isn't about how we feel, but instead it's about reasoning that there is most likely no God(s). That being said, it can feel liberating and disconcerting all at the same time. It is liberating not having to respect the authority of religious leaders any...
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    News on Islam and Women

    I think Sharia Law is oppressive, but not necessarily Islam in general. I think independence is really the key to gender equality, so in countries where women can't drive, vote, or even go out on their own, I would say there is oppression. It's really hard to have identification cards for women...
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    Christianity!

    Since we don't know the future, it's hard to tell whether or not our lives are predestined. Also, please use these -> . ! ? , ;
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    Christianity!

    I really don't see how it could be in our hands. If God created our environment and if he created our souls, then he has controlled every course of events, even our choices. Hypothetically, he would know whether or not we are going to pray to change our circumstances because we never had a...
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    Christianity!

    But isn't it in your beliefs that God determined what is within people in the first place? I mean, if it isn't determined by God (the one who created us), then who do you believe it is determined by? It's like you are saying that we have to adjust from a state of being that God put us in in the...