Davian
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No, I have problems reconciling Genesis with virtually all of mainstream science, right down to the laws of thermodynamics. I am told by religionists that God/souls/Heaven/etc are all magically free of entropy because... well, after that they sort of fall apart and start preaching.You have problems reconciling the contents of Genesis with what you believe the history of the universe to be. What about the content of the other books in the bible, particularly the book of Acts?
How do you know this?Not immune to that, at all. But I do know that these do not explain the sudden comprehension of Christianity that I was given in a moment when I asked for it.
Parsimony. In the absence of evidence for gods, and in the light of how the brain can trick itself, the latter explanation stands, your credulousness notwithstanding.Would you like to offer an explanation for this then, I will be better able to respond properly then. I will be grateful for that co-operation
"Convincing sense" and "common sense" are not science, or philosophy. As this forum Statement of Purpose states, we are here to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Perhaps your arguments would be better suited for the Exploring Christianity forum.Yes I can. But, to do this for a moment gives me only a moment's understanding of it. But as I explained, to commit to this belief and gain further understandings, the implications are that I need to consider that I have been mistaken about my experiences, and that others too have been either mistaken or dishonest. It doesn't make the most convincing sense to me, so to commit to that belief would require me to be dishonest about various information that supports my belief that God is real. Thus, my belief is a conscious decision that is based on considertion of various information.
To consider your Adam and Eve story to be possibly true, I would have to entertain that virtually all of mainstream science and knowledge is wrong. You may be able to do that. If you are asking me to take that seriously, I cannot take you seriously.The origin of the information in Genesis is not known to me. Therefore I consider it possible that the information origniated from Adam and Eve, transpired all generations into it's present form. The other possibility is that it was invented one way or another and therefore originated as mythology and somehow got compiled into it's present form. Since I don't know which origin is true, and both seem to be possible, I cannot honestly commit my beliefs to one in such a way I have to discount the other possibility on a hunch. But, when the message that someone is giving me depends on considering the origin one way or another, I am able to look at it that way. I wonder if this is a reasonable way to view it that gives you confidence to take me seriously. If you still feel that you can't take me seriously, can you please explain why not?
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