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Recent content by SaintAugustine

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    What Created God

    God is not an effect..therefore he needs no cause. Aristotle referred to God as the Unmoved Prime Mover.
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    On the Blessed Virgin

    Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. What you need to know : Catholic do NOT worship Mary. They venerate her..like...
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    Paul's Thoughts

    wow, Peter, I love that list...
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    Evidence for Intelligent Design?

    The Kalam Cosmological Arguement 1. Everthing that has a beginning must have a cause. 2. The Universe has a beginning. 3. Thefore it must have a cause. or 1. That which has design, must have a designer. 2. The Universe has a design. 3. The Universe must have a designer.
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    Gospel of Judas

    Personally, the idea of Judas being in cahoots with Jesus in not that big a revelation. In fact not a new idea at all. My question is, how authenitic is this gospel?
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    Aristotle and the Soul

    Eudiamonist, I owe you one, I have cut paste, and copied that...that you.
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    How could Jesus dying be considered a sacrifice?

    Hey, JGL, Oh, my..didn't anyone tell you....the Garden was plan A.....unfornately, we went with plan B...aint it kick, disease, death, tragedy, sorrow, pain...to the last final curtain call. Trust God....even if he doens't give you an answer, at least his prescence may suffice...see the...
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    How could Jesus dying be considered a sacrifice?

    You are missing the larger picture..the love of God, his understanding of our flaws, and his "sacrifice" to redeem us....
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    Aristotle and the Soul

    I think your on the right track...Aristotle equated the soul with reason, while Plato felt reason should be the charioteer driver to appetites and passion.
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    How could Jesus dying be considered a sacrifice?

    Lets try this...a King makes a series of decrees...the penalty is death. One day someone breaks the law. The offender must pay the price. However, the King loves the offender. He can't repeal the law, that would be bending the rules. He can't cancel cancel the execution, that would be...
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    virtual particles

    Thank you for clarification.... Auggie
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    virtual particles

    If you accept the proof for virtual particles, that "borrowed" from some unknown energy source to become real particles...you still have to account for the energy source.
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    virtual particles

    Even if you accept the proof for virtual particles that "borrowed" from some unknown energy source to become Real particles..the problem becomes..where did the energy source come from in the first place.
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    Aristotle and the Soul

    Clearly Plato believed in the immortality of the soul. But I am trying to understand Aristotle's view. Aristotle believed the soul was connected to the body, otherwise a soul would connect itself to a coffee cup, and it would be alive. So where does the soul go? according to Aristotle?
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    How could Jesus dying be considered a sacrifice?

    Jesus is both God and Man...the sacrifice is that God takes our place for our crimes, but to it as God, well, is kind of a cop out. So God enters time/space and becomes man. The Passion is very real for Jesus, every inch of pain. Literally, God take the sins on the world on himself.