What Do You Consider Evidence of the Supernatural?

[Larniavc]

Which came first, in your opinion? God, or those things I mentioned?

Those things you mentioned came first. Like how all those delightful Taoist temples, fascinating Greek temples and all the other artefacts made by humans to celebrate the various religions they follow came first.

When you can demonstrate that those things you mentioned are a result of the reality of God (and then explain why the same evidence does not count for other religions) you may have a point.

But to be clear: I’m not stating that your god does not exist. I’m very specifically stating that those things you mentioned are not good arguments for God’s existence as they can be absent the existence of God.

Glad to have you back. I hope you had a mighty Christmas.

 

[AV1611VET]

Glad to have you back. I hope you had a mighty Christmas.

Thank you, Larnievc!

Yes, we had a great Christmas, indeed!

I pray yours was good too!

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

1. Time divided into BC and AD.
2. Organizations such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army.
3. Hospitals built by Christian organizations.
4. Beautiful Christian artwork, edifices, statuary and literature.
5. IN GOD WE TRUST on our coins and UNDER GOD in our pledge of allegiance.
6. The Ten Commandments and other literature displayed in public.
7. Christmas & Easter
8. Symbols on bumper stickers and flags.
9. Public debates in the name of Christianity.
10. Crosses and billboards erected to testify of Jesus Christ.

Meh. As usual, evidence only of belief in the supernatural, and not different in kind from the equivalent indicators of other supernatural belief systems.

 

[AV1611VET]

Meh. As usual, evidence only of belief in the supernatural, and not different in kind from the equivalent indicators of other supernatural belief systems.

Accept no imitations.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

1. Time divided into BC and AD.
2. Organizations such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army.
3. Hospitals built by Christian organizations.
4. Beautiful Christian artwork, edifices, statuary and literature.
5. IN GOD WE TRUST on our coins and UNDER GOD in our pledge of allegiance.
6. The Ten Commandments and other literature displayed in public.
7. Christmas & Easter
8. Symbols on bumper stickers and flags.
9. Public debates in the name of Christianity.
10. Crosses and billboards erected to testify of Jesus Christ.

I have to ask: do you have that list saved somewhere or do you have to take the time to search for it so you can copy and paste it?

 

[AV1611VET]

I have to ask: do you have that list saved somewhere or do you have to take the time to search for it so you can copy and paste it?

I typed that list into my Bible software's note section years ago, under Hebrews 11:1, which reads:

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Whenever I need it, I just copy-and-paste it as necessary.

I made that list up on my own, and without the software, I'm reasonable confident that I can remember about 60% of it.

 

[tas8831]

Except we have his autobiography...

No we don't.