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Sorry, but that is not logical since they contradict each other. You are now dodging the burden of proof. You took on the burden of proof when you made your claim. By dodging it you in effect admit that you were wrong. That is how debates work.
I value holy texts in general…
Like gold
Any source that makes claims that can be objectively confirm by either observation or testing. Scientific sources tend to follow those rules. So do many historic sources.By that requirement, what could ever be considered as a reliable source? I can't think of a single thing that someone else wouldn't object to as a source for information. Even if you did provide support for a source, you'd still need to provide support for the source of that support, and then support for your source-support support, and then support for that support-source, and so on. Firm logic there.
Sorry, but that is not logical since they contradict each other.
Any source that makes claims that can be objectively confirm by either observation or testing. Scientific sources tend to follow those rules. So do many historic sources.
I don't think they contradict
Buddhism is more elaborate
Again, if necessary one can check out many of the claims oneself if one has the time and talent.Only if those sources are presumed reliable by those involoved, otherwise, back to your revolving door of support.
Really? The Bible does not contradict the Vedas? Or the Quran?
That is a weak excuse since. Even if true it does not mean that they do not contradict each other.
Different perspectives on heaven
… it does not mean that they do not contradict each other.
No, when it comes to matters of life and death it is hardly "trivial". Members of one faith would traditionally either kill members of others faiths or force them to convert.
Trivially contradictory
No, when it comes to matters of life and death it is hardly trivial …
Why? You may be falling for the failed Pascal's Wager argument.
I think atheism is perilous
Why?
Again, if necessary one can check out many of the claims oneself if one has the time and talent.
There is a reason that scientific sources are considered to be very reliable. They not only tested their results, they will tell others how they can test them. How would you test the claims of the Bible to be objectively true? Even more important, what tests could prove the Bible to be wrong? If you cannot answer that last question you have admitted that your biblical belief is irrational.
That's one of the great ironies of atheism, within its ranks reside some of the most blindly religious people I've ever seen.
view …
You need evidence of the "higher realms" not just wishful thinking.
Wrong view leads to the lower realms
Buddhist teaching
I am always willing to support my claims. You do not appear to understand what a reliable source is. Here is one clue, you cannot use a source to defend a source. In other words you cannot use the Bible to defend the Bible, especially since it does fail quite often.I'm sorry, but you will need to provide support for your claims and conclusions. Otherwise, they have to be considered unreliable. Your rules, not mine.
The problem here is that at some point you have to consider some things you consider true to be foundational, and therefore usable for support for other things within your own personal paradigm. In order for these things to be considered to be true would dictate where that person has placed their own faith. That's one of the great ironies of atheism, within its ranks reside some of the most blindly religious people I've ever seen. They just bow to the god of illogical reasoning instead of another, and their scriptures state, 'and science said' rather than 'and God said'.
You need evidence of the "higher realms" not just wishful thinking.
his words are valuable
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