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What is it evidence of, then?
You do realize that Hindus believe the opposite, right? Like, literally put "Christian God" wherever you put Vishnu in that rant and you have exactly the same argument from the other side.
You have no more evidence that your God is real than Hindus have of Vishnu or Muslims have of Allah.
You are an atheist with respect to Vishnu and all the other Gods beside the Christian one. Us atheists just go one God farther. So really, you know what it is like to be an atheist.
I know what it like to be a Christian... to be born of God and to know my Heavenly Father. I know what it is like to be led of the Spirit of God. I, also, know what it is like to be a non-Christian ... unsaved, lost and without God and that is what it is like to be an atheist or a Hindu or a Muslim etc. One God for ALL of humanity. One Creator. One means One and that is it.
Well, it's obvious that you have not compared the two. They are nothing alike. Their gods are not real. There is one God.
What if someone said...
I know what it is like to be a Hindu...to be born of Vishnu and to know him. I know what it is like to be led of the Spirit of Vishnu. I, also, know what it is like to be a non-Hindu...unsaved, lost, and without Vishnu and that is what it like to be an atheist or a Christian or a Muslim etc. Vishnu for ALL humanity. Vishnu is it.
What would you think?
I'd think it was a foolish statement coined by an atheist who doesn't know what either Christians or Hindus believe.
You refuse to even entertain the possibility that you might be wrong. There are Muslims and Hindus out there who are just as convinced as you are that their Gods are real. They have just as much evidence as you as well, as in just their own holy texts. Your own personal conviction, as strong as it may be, is still not evidence of anything.
I find this quite amusing to accuse someone else of the above given that you just claimed (incorrectly, I might add) that all non-Christians feel the exact same way you did without God.
Your submission is rejected. It is evidence that the people who decided which year to arbitrarily set as zero in the Gregorian Calendar were christians. Nothing else.Maybe you aught to go back and read what he said again, before you make such a hasty remark.
Here, let me refresh your memory:
If you still agree with him, then show me B.V. or B.A.
In order for evidence to have weight, you have to have evidence first; and I submit that the world splitting time up should be counted as evidence.
To ignore it is to ignore history.
No they don't. That is your assumption but that is not reality. Why should I entertain the possiblity that I might be wrong. I am not. Do you entertain the possibility that you might be wrong?
Yes, it's called intellectual honesty.
And there are Muslims who have blown themselves up in the name of their god. You'd want to be pretty convinced of his existence to do something as extreme as that.
Your submission is rejected. It is evidence that the people who decided which year to arbitrarily set as zero in the Gregorian Calendar were christians. Nothing else.
Also, for your education:
Islamic calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buddhist calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
None of these are evidence of anything apart from the religiosity of their instigators.
So are you saying that Muhammed is not real, and Budhha is not real and I guess you'd say Ceasar is not real either based on this answer to AV.
Plenty of Christians aren't given the choice to believe. They're brainwashed from an early age, and many of them never escape.Christianity is a CHOICE to believe where as Islam is a brainwashing of it's adherents by force. Not the same thing.
Well, in your best intellectual honesty tell me all your doubts about what you believe. What do you entertain is wrong about the way you think?
No, I'm saying that the Gregorian Calendar isn't evidence that your god is the One True God.
Plenty of Christians aren't given the choice to believe. They're brainwashed from an early age, and many of them never escape.
You never answered me earlier, do you think you could choose to be a sincere Muslim, right now? Just choose to stop believing Jesus is the son of the One True God, and choose to believe in Islam instead? I'm guessing the answer is a resounding "no". So why do you assume that other people have a choice to sincerely believe christianity? You either believe it or you don't. Once you open your mind, you've got no more choice.
All my doubts? That's a pretty long list. I'm not arrogant enough to assume that I hold the one and only perfect position on everything. As an example, although I don't believe in a creator deity, I don't summarily rule out the possibility of there being one. I don't think there is a divine creator, but I freely admit I could be wrong.
Christianity is a CHOICE to believe where as Islam is a brainwashing of it's adherents by force. Not the same thing.
Well, in your best intellectual honesty tell me all your doubts about what you believe. What do you entertain is wrong about the way you think?
I believe he was a real historical figure, but that claims of his divinity have been greatly exaggerated.So are you saying you believe Jesus Christ existed?
It's true. Most christians come from Christian families. The only reason they're christian is because they've been indoctrinated by those around them. If they were first told about christianity at a later age, many would see straight through it.Oh, Give me a break!!
You're clearly very passionate about your religion, and I think this is clouding your judgement when it comes to evidence. Science can't explain everything, and probably never will be able to, but neither can religion. Christians don't complain about "gaps" in the bible because it doesn't tell them how to achieve cold fusion, or who the third Inca emperor was.I CHOSE to believe. I still CHOOSE to believe, even though, I have had so many atheists trying to change my mind with all their "evidence" . I still CHOOSE to believe because no one can tell me where it all came from. No one has the answer to how we got here. No one can fill in all the gaps and blanks that are still out there and no one can remove the last 40 years of a credible relationship with the Lord God from my life. He's in my heart, my life, my mind. No one has EVER been able to show me a better way. Do you have a better way, AC?
I would, yes. Of course, I'd require better evidence than just an inner monologue.So if God revealed Himself to you you might believe in Him?
No they don't. That is your assumption but that is not reality. Why should I entertain the possiblity that I might be wrong. I am not. Do you entertain the possibility that you might be wrong?
I'd think it was a foolish statement coined by an atheist who doesn't know what either Christians or Hindus believe.
BUT if it were a real statement and I didn't know God I would begin to ask questions about what they meant by each of those things. Not so I could disprove them but so that I could understand. But I do know God and I do know Hindus don't have any of that in their religion and neither does any other religion ONLY Christianity with the ONE TRUE GOD.
Christianity is a CHOICE to believe where as Islam is a brainwashing of it's adherents by force. Not the same thing.
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