The Scientific Method & Macroevolution?

[AV1611VET]

Just seems like a position you wouldn't normally take.

I'm against gun control.

 

[selfinflikted]

I'm against gun control.

To what extent? Do you think people should be able to own military grade assault rifles?

 

[AV1611VET]

To what extent? Do you think people should be able to own military grade assault rifles?

As long as it isn't against the law.

 

[crjmurray]

I'm against gun control.

Ditto. But your source points out that Christians are supposed to obey the law. So if the government were to outlaw guns, you would have to obey. That doesn't seem like the "Bible says it that settles it" attitude I'm used to. Seems like you would tell the government to go scratch. I'm only pointing this out because of your source.

 

[crjmurray]

To what extent? Do you think people should be able to own military grade assault rifles?

What else am I gonna use in my monthly carbine matches?

 

[selfinflikted]

As long as it isn't against the law.

That's interesting. What if it was against the law to own any guns?

 

[selfinflikted]

What else am I gonna use in my monthly carbine matches?

Red Rider?

 

[crjmurray]

Red Rider?

I'd put my eye out.

 

[ThinkForYourself]

I'd put my eye out.

LOL!

Thanks for the chuckle.

 

[selfinflikted]

I'd put my eye out.

 

[crjmurray]

To what extent? Do you think people should be able to own military grade assault rifles?

Most of the weapons for sale to the public that some would classify as "military grade assault weapons", yes I am OK with them being owned by citizens.

 

[AV1611VET]

I'd put my eye out.

 

[Davian]

I thought you might have come back with something a bit more challenging. I guess, I should have given a bit more detail. Firstly, the fact that I have this confirmation of God's love for me, changes the way I think and feel about myself and my life -- it also fills me with love for those who are sometimes very unkind and cruel, and helps me to forge deep relationships founded on that rock of self-assurance coming out of the knowledge that I am genuinely loved and appreciated in ways that I have never experienced from any human being.

If that "confirmation" that you experience is, by all external measures, generated by your own brain, I would expect it to be quite convincing. No one knows you better than your own brain.

I would be wary of referring to it as a 'rock-like foundation', when it may only be self-deception. Scientific methodology, and all that.

 

[PsychoSarah]

I'm against gun control.

So am I, to a degree. Personally, I can't imagine why anyone would need to own some of the more... militant guns, especially the large ones like machine guns. Those aren't really for hunting like rifles or even the occassional shotgun, and they are too big to hide in a coat or purse for personal protection, so I feel iffy about people owning those kinds of weapons, and I do think at times that it is too easy for the emotionally compromised to obtain them.

But the purse pistol is fine by me.

 

[AV1611VET]

So am I, to a degree. Personally, I can't imagine why anyone would need to own some of the more... militant guns, especially the large ones like machine guns. Those aren't really for hunting like rifles or even the occassional shotgun, and they are too big to hide in a coat or purse for personal protection, so I feel iffy about people owning those kinds of weapons, and I do think at times that it is too easy for the emotionally compromised to obtain them.

But the purse pistol is fine by me.

Some people join a gun club, where they have a venue to swap and shoot their firearms.

 

[PsychoSarah]

Some people join a gun club, where they have a venue to swap and shoot their firearms.

Well aware of the recreational use, but that would hardly justify ownership of a rocket launcher, now would it (well aware that they aren't legal for regular citizens to own in any country I can think of, and the reason being how dangerous they are)?

 

[lewiscalledhimmaster]

If that "confirmation" that you experience is, by all external measures, generated by your own brain, I would expect it to be quite convincing. No one knows you better than your own brain.

I would be wary of referring to it as a 'rock-like foundation', when it may only be self-deception. Scientific methodology, and all that.

That's a bit more challenging. I'm no Edgar Cayce, but I do know the difference between what comes from my brain and what doesn't.

It's all very subjective I know but I was and still am a very skeptical person, so I don't lay down easy. I am cautious with such ideas as 'experience', for there are many distractions in the prayer closet of the heart. Learning to deal with them, is paramount to me. I guess when you have tried every possible angle, you either pack it in -- or give it one last try. I did and the results were life-transforming. So, for me it is a solid rock!

 

[Davian]

That's a bit more challenging. I'm no Edgar Cayce, but I do know the difference between what comes from my brain and what doesn't.

Please detail the methodology by which you make that determination.

It's all very subjective I know but I was and still am a very skeptical person, so I don't lay down easy. I am cautious with such ideas as 'experience', for there are many distractions in the prayer closet of the heart. Learning to deal with them, is paramount to me. I guess when you have tried every possible angle, you either pack it in -- or give it one last try. I did and the results were life-transforming. So, for me it is a solid rock!

Unless you stop believing, and it all vanishes. I don't see how your "rock" analogy applies.

 

[crjmurray]

So am I, to a degree. Personally, I can't imagine why anyone would need to own some of the more... militant guns, especially the large ones like machine guns. Those aren't really for hunting like rifles or even the occassional shotgun, and they are too big to hide in a coat or purse for personal protection, so I feel iffy about people owning those kinds of weapons, and I do think at times that it is too easy for the emotionally compromised to obtain them.

But the purse pistol is fine by me.

Full auto and Short barreled barreled rifles/shotguns are heavily regulated and cost prohibitive for the vast majority of your average violent criminals. I do agree that more could and should be done about keeping guns out of the hands of people who may have mental issues that could be dangerous.

 

[lewiscalledhimmaster]

Please detail the methodology by which you make that determination.

My life. You'd have to walk a mile in my shoes to get it, and seriously dude I don't see you doing that.

Unless you stop believing, and it all vanishes. I don't see how your "rock" analogy applies.

Doubt plays a very definite roll in my life. As explained (in earlier comments), I sometimes wake up with as much faith as tiny seed, but with a little watering it springs to life again and so on and so forth.