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  1. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    You just contradicted yourself in back to back paragraphs.... How on one hand can you claim that morality itself is rooted in god, however the fact that god may not actually exist is irrelevant. The reality is, until we have good reason to believe the god you are referring to exists, then...
  2. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    I'm merely raising the same argument because you never adequately discredited it.
  3. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    According to christian mythology it is, however there's no evidence to support that idea. So if god didn't make them that way, then how did they acquire that skill? Furthermore, there's no evidence to support the idea that adam and eve were immortal even within your own theology. The myth...
  4. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    If all happens according to god's plan, then you have no option to deviate from that plan. You would only have the illusion of choice.
  5. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    Explain how
  6. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    There is no difference between "god's morality" and "our morality" if morality has an objective basis. It would exist independently of a god or us, and the standard would be the same. Likewise, there's no difference between "human logic" and "god's logic", logic also has an objective...
  7. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    That's like saying if I built a time bomb, placed it somewhere, set the timer and armed it, it's not my responsibility when it eventually explodes. It's a ridiculous argument.
  8. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    How we think is a direct result of how our brains are wired and constructed. That is inescapable. If god created us all, then he created our brains and decided how they would be wired. The example I brought up earlier in this thread was that most people including myself have no interest in...
  9. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    If god knew Adam would disobey him when he created Adam, then he had the option of leaving him as is and having Adam sin, or creating Adam in a way where Adam would not disobey him. If god chose to create Adam in a way that he knew he would disobey, then that decision is also on god. The only...
  10. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    I don't see how you aren't getting this.... if god has foreknowledge of all the decisions people will make in a given universe at a given time when he creates the universe, then ultimately everything is his responsibility. If he had created things differently, then some of those decisions would...
  11. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    Well, that's not what the bible says. It sounds like you're conveniently interpreting things to fit your argument to me.... How do you justify your position?
  12. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    So, you're saying that not all things happen according to god's plan then? That's in direct conflict with what the bible says, how do you justify your position?
  13. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    If he saw things were very good, knowing what would happen (as he's all knowing), then the current state of the world is what god intended it to be.
  14. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    But the bible does not say god's plan is the overall long term picture, it says all things happen according to god's plan based on what he decided at the beginning. Ephesians 1:11 - All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with...
  15. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    Which is irrelevant... If all happens according to god's plan, then whatever moves black decides to make will also be predetermined by the plan. The fact white will win is part of the plan, and all of the moves from both teams would also happen according to the plan. That's what "all happens...
  16. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    I'd argue that again, until you can demonstrate the god in question exists, it's all unevidenced assertion regardless. You may as well be arguing about whether Darth Vader was good or evil based on what was written about him in the Star Wars scripts. And you can certainly apply science to any...
  17. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    Actually, life began a couple billion years ago and has been an ongoing process ever since.
  18. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    Sure, however there's two points to consider: 1) Consent to sex isn't consent to pregnancy 2) Contraception does fail on occasion. Sometimes people take precautions and still get pregnant I don't deny that pregnancy is a biological process She has the right to remove the fetus / embryo /...
  19. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    They are still your daughter, it's just that your daughter is effectively dead in that scenario and it's almost cruel to artificially extend their life in that way. If my brain functions were ever completely destroyed without hope of recovery, pull the plug. I'm just using resources that another...
  20. Dave Ellis

    Abortion

    The bible is not evidence, the bible is the claim. Evidence is what you use to prove what's written in the bible is correct. So, what do you have for evidence? If all things happen according to god's plan, then it is impossible to have free will. Free will would give you the option of...