Atheism (2)

[someguy14]

God created the physical and non physical.

 

[Dave Ellis]

God is all truth. Admitting that God is truth, itself, is very wise.

Or very gullible.

 

[Dave Ellis]

I'm posting on a Christian forum, my posts in praising God exalt God(God willing, only. By His mercy only.). God is good and worthy to be praised!

Yes, but you're posting in an Atheist thread.... personally, I think your little one-liner posts are not helping your case at all.

If you could demonstrate how you know what you're claiming is true, then they'd be valuable. Simply making blind assertions like those makes you look like a sheep.

 

[Dave Ellis]

A computer is physical.
Whether you type or view it at it's beginning, is physical.

God is eternal, regardless of physical. Only with God, is one able to understand God. All good intent is of God. All wicked intent is of those that destroy themselves.

One will disagree, only if they are against God. The summary: The ones against God(existence itself), destroy themselves. God is blameless.

Man is without excuse. Welcome to choice.

God is not eternal. In fact, he's completely make-believe.

Therefore, I have proven your argument wrong.

 

[Eudaimonist]

If you can't play the game, I guess you have to be a cheerleader if you want to participate.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Dave Ellis]

God created the physical and non physical.

Actually, the physical (i.e. mankind) created the concept of God.

 

[Going Merry]

I will get my pom poms and mini skirt

 

[Eudaimonist]

I will get my pom poms and mini skirt

Now we're talking.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Going Merry]

Yes, exactly. Even if the medium is the human brain, matter is still involved. The reason it seems otherwise is because human beings have the power of abstract thought. We can abstract between the information on a hard drive and the "same" information in the computer's RAM. Because this information seems the "same" to us (because it means the same thing to us), it is easy to think that one's abstraction is non-physical and therefore "eternal". But it really isn't. It's an illusion caused by our power of abstract thought.


eudaimonia,

Mark

Abstract thoughts make me think of borg ships (um was reading Sals stuff lately)

 

[createdtoworship]

God created the physical and non physical.

thats a good point, there are many dimensions to our space that could incorporate the spiritual realm.

 

[createdtoworship]

Yes, exactly. Even if the medium is the human brain, matter is still involved. The reason it seems otherwise is because human beings have the power of abstract thought. We can abstract between the information on a hard drive and the "same" information in the computer's RAM. Because this information seems the "same" to us (because it means the same thing to us), it is easy to think that one's abstraction is non-physical and therefore "eternal". But it really isn't. It's an illusion caused by our power of abstract thought.


eudaimonia,

Mark

here is another thread talking about this same thing right now...

http://www.christianforums.com/t7658994-2/#post60830758

 

[createdtoworship]

Prominent atheist blogger converts to Catholicism – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

 

[Gadarene]

Prominent atheist blogger converts to Catholicism – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

Yup.

So....what?

 

[Non sequitur]

Prominent atheist blogger converts to Catholicism – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

I had never heard of Leah, until she stated receiving (unnecessary) press. Plus, she isn't doing to good a job at her explanations for Catholicism, specifically (she's bisexual).

I find it sad/odd that priests and pastors who have "converted" to atheism never get any press...

 

[Skavau]

I had never heard of Leah, until she stated receiving (unnecessary) press. Plus, she isn't doing to good a job at her explanations for Catholicism, specifically (she's bisexual).

I find it sad/odd that priests and pastors who have "converted" to atheism never get any press...

Libresco, who had long blogged under the banner “Unequally Yoked: A geeky atheist picks fights with her Catholic boyfriend,” said that at the heart of her decision were questions of morality and how one finds a moral compass.

So she chose Catholicism of all possible choices? Really?

 

[Non sequitur]

So she chose Catholicism of all possible choices? Really?

Yup.

It has a lot of atheists rather puzzled (plus the "moment" for her was when her friend asked questions and she couldn't account for morality; weak) and Catholics are rejoicing.

I would be less surprised if she became theistic, or something, but straight to Catholicism (which her boyfriend is) is quite absurd, in my opinion.

 

[createdtoworship]

just sayin, that some people get so mad at God that they eventually started believing.

 

[quatona]

just sayin, that some people get so mad at God that they eventually started believing.

Yes sure: I don´t believe that something exists, then I get mad at that which I don´t believe exists, and at some point I get so mad that I start believing it exists. Makes perfect sense.

 

[Gadarene]

just sayin, that some people get so mad at God that they eventually started believing.

That isn't even an accurate summation of the blogger's reasoning (and her actual reasoning isn't particularly good, as the moral argument is not especially convincing when correctly scrutinised).

 

[Going Merry]

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