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Basically just another restatement of the argument from evil. The theist response is compensating goods. A moral God can allow evil if there is a comp...

Happy to end here as well

one is free by faith alone, to believe to be true and act accordingly anything one wishes and not be a fool, with only two caveats. That this belief i...

the accusation could have, and should have been investigated confidentiality. it is completely possible to have investigated this allegation and keep ...

There is nothing I know of that would have prevented sen feinstein from informing the committee and immediately using the existing investigating abili...

We are working on different definitions. I have never said it is not reasonable to believe science will not answer every question. As I will say it is...

Your theology just got incredibly worse if you think any pope could change anything at all about the Catholic teaching on salvation. To help, Catholic...

Just FYI, your theology is bad, that is not a Catholic belief.

what is the basis of what we hold as true based on science in 2018, is any different than what was held as true based on science in 1718, 1818, 1918 ?...

I have come to the conclusion that you just like to argue. I’m done with engaging you.

that right there is the Flake platform - and it has my vote As an aside - I still find the National Review a valuable read

Just amazing politics to watch - Seems a shoe in now that Flake is getting ready to be the moderate republican to challenge Trump in 2020. And hopeful...

my point was you are starting down a well trodden path. probably worth the time to see what the folks who walked it before have to say about it.

Others would say the rape was an evil act of free will of the rapist. And the compensating good of humans having free will is great enough to allow fo...

I find the agnostic position the weakest. At its base it is not saying they are un convinced of either theism or atheism - at its base it is saying th...

do you find the converse equally abhorrent? That an un-supported allegation could prevent a nominee? Or should we always err on the side of the accuse...

His guilt or innocence is completely secondary to both parties concerns. The republicans want to deliver a conservative court to their base in the mid...

that point should be directly related to the nature of the allegation. And if the issue is - did this or did this not happen - it should have been inv...

I do think it was politically well played to use Dr Ford's accusation at the 11th hour to delay the nomination process. I think as a member of the US ...

Facts: Dr. Ford accused Judge Kavanaugh Judge Kavanaugh denies the accusation Dr. Ford named 4 witnesses - who when questioned do not support her accu...

After watching this, I believe Dr. Ford believes she was asaulted by Judge Kavanaugh I also believe Judge Kavanugh believes he did not assault Dr. For...

i am, and always have been in complete agreement with this point. Yet again it is not a matter of fact that unicorns are or are not. And it is not a m...

you are just elevating science to a religion -

yes we are in disagreement with what a fact is. 2 + 2 = 4 is a fact. the world is round is a fact. the cat is in fact on the chair that which is confi...

that is nothing more than faith in science - no philosophic/rational difference between that and my answer that it is a "necessary being"

I find the cosmological argument reasonable, more so since the current conventional scientific consensus is there was a beginning.

I have no idea at all what that was suppose to mean. You asked for an argument - I gave you one. I think you are just getting semantic - but I am not ...

all arguments are not.

I agree that in a fully developed argument one would need to define "God". Here and in other places it is convenient shorthand for a supernatural bein...

i have absolutely no issue with your atheism, nor anyone else's. I have a standing issue with anyone who believes that my theism is in conflict with t...

Again - There is no basis to believe as a matter of fact that God is not. You can not say, as a matter of fact that unicorns do not exist on earth. Si...

i think all rational arguments start with the proposition that "God is" and looks for reasoned arguments for. I also think all rational arguments that...

other than it is not a matter of fact that "God" is not, nor is it in conflict to reason that "God is" - there is nothing wrong with your post. But si...

- the most basic of religious claims - that God is. Has been philosophically argued for about 1,000 years.

perfect

agree. Religion is religion, and philosophy is philosophy. Philosophy of religion is philosophy - arguments over theism, meaning, basis of morality et...

agree - just think this is more about Garland and Roe than fact finding about the alleged assaults.

sadly - I think we have moved past the point now where what actually happened matters anymore. The accusations have done enough damage that the dems w...

true - add it to a very long list of stuff they got wrong. Which goes alongside another long list of stuff they got right.

“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents a...

My Rank Amateur opinion is, how the topic is addressed and argued has more to do with if it is philosophy or not, than the subject.

Seems like you have faith in science.

I think Anselm did a better job : By definition, God is a being than which none greater can be imagined. A being that necessarily exists in reality is...

Do you think science will be able to definitely answer how the universe was created one day ??

that covers about 99% of the reason i enter into discussions such as these. I have no issue with atheism as a belief. I have always acknowledged that ...

i only know of 2 basic arguments against the proposal that God is not. The first is a noseeum argument- if there was a God we would see Him, we don’t ...

none of that changes the fact, that all we really have, at least so far, are the 35 year old memories of 3 people to make some judgement on what in fa...

All we factuality have is the memories of 3 people of an act from 35 years ago. That is it. Every thing else is speculation.

And you know, as a matter of fact, what truth is. That will certainly save us all a great deal of angst.

All due respect, I disagree. The proposition that God is, and the purpose of religion is salvation, is as valid a proposition as the others proposed h...