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I often ask various questions of Atheists that I wouldn't bother asking of a Muslim and visa versa. Is that a sin or something?
I was just confused, as it wasn't making sense. Why, in a thread where members are talking about their own changes in beliefs, would someone use another member's individual post about their own change of beliefs, as a springboard for their own remarks. It didn't make sense, so I ASKED for clarification. Is that a sin or something?
Thank you, sir!I must say, you often make me giggle. It's one of your more redeeming qualities IMO.
I must say, you often make me giggle. It's one of your more redeeming qualities IMO.
You're getting into deep eschatology here.
I'm under the impression we are given new bodies, and some of our former memories will pass away.
I'm not sure.
Eschatology isn't one of my strong points -- creationism is.
I just did it for the attention.
Is that okay with you?
Yet, that post alone, granted such attention hogging.
I blame you asking about my determinism.
Why? By your logic, she actually had no choice in the matter.
ISEEWHATYOUDIDTHERE!
She is still responsible for the thread derail if my statement holds, just in the way a hurricane is responsible for massive damage to coast, not in the metaphysical or personal sense.
Nice try though.
You're getting into deep eschatology here.
I'm under the impression we are given new bodies, and some of our former memories will pass away.
I'm not sure.
Eschatology isn't one of my strong points -- creationism is.
So basically you haven't got the faintest idea what a soul/spirit might be,
As I have always said here:... how you might distinguish it from your imagination, or even what part of you is supposed to survive your death.
... You guys are a riot!
Not having the faintest idea what the soul might be is rather serious for you considering it's the bit of you that you are hoping will survive your death - a vain hope, admittedly, but one that you have staked rather a lot on. Consequently, being unable to say it's a real thing and not just something that's been made up would seem to be rather important for you.As I have always said here:
You guys pester us to death until we dare say, "I don't know," then you guys really go to town.
It's not a victory for me, I already know that the soul is a made-up concept. It is you who have banked so much on some imaginary part of you surviving your death.I told a new convert the other day (ex atheist and loves to debate) that unbelievers will try anything to get you to say, "I don't know," so they can claim victory.
That's because it's so easy to do. Stuff people have made up is usually riddled with holes.They'll take basic doctrine, like Original Sin or Jesus' Deity, and ask 30 questions if they have to, to get you to say, "I don't know," one time.
If you can't distinguish your soul/spirit/whatever from a figment of your imagination then it rather pulls the rug from under the rest of what you think you know.Then they'll retrofit that back through the chain of questions to make the [false] point that you really don't know anything.
I'd call it pointing out a problem for you.I just recently found out that that is called "spreading."
I'm seeing an awful lot bluster and excuses and blaming it on everyone else, but I'm not seeing you getting any close to solving your rather significant problem.It's really a form of tag-teaming, where one person asks a good question, then others join in to demand explanations of ever jot and tittle, until they hear those magic words: "I don't know."
Your "I don't know" answer isn't my problem, it's yours.Thanks for the QED
You can't be shown your way.
Your spirit is dead because of sin.
Only when your spirit is quickened (made alive) can you see.
And even then, it's not with the optic nerves.
Not knowing what a soul is might be amusing for us, but for you....less so.
Not having the faintest idea what the soul might be is rather serious for you considering it's the bit of you that you are hoping will survive your death - a vain hope, admittedly, but one that you have staked rather a lot on. Consequently, being unable to say it's a real thing and not just something that's been made up would seem to be rather important for you.
It's not a victory for me, I already know that the soul is a made-up concept. It is you who has banked so much on some imaginary part of you surviving your death.
That's because it's so easy to do. Stuff people have made up is usually riddled with holes.
If you can't distinguish your soul/spirit/whatever from a figment of your imagination then it rather pulls the rug from under the rest of what you think you know.
I'd call it pointing out a problem for you.
I'm seeing an awful lot bluster and excuses and blaming it on everyone else, but I'm not seeing you getting any close to solving your rather significant problem.
Your "I don't know" answer isn't my problem, it's yours.
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