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That's one way to prove it. In any case the entire concept seems to be in difficulty.
June 26, 2021 at 01:38
I think it is an unwarranted view to take the position that 'we can't know if this existing'. A person can believe in the existence in God with the sa...
June 26, 2021 at 01:28
Apparently there are many who argue about just such a thing, and the arguments are among theists, since it concerns their faith. There are many argume...
June 25, 2021 at 13:02
To be fair the ad Infinitum version of the argument requires an infinite succession of creators, so that does not work either. And then a God-Creator ...
June 25, 2021 at 12:55
Yes, but with an additional comment, that there is a reason to believe that the universe was created 6,000 odd years ago, and that 'reason' is the tra...
June 25, 2021 at 12:48
' That view is on the face of it rather simplistic, but at a deeper level it is a sophisticated argument: God exists, but leaves no evidence, as in mi...
June 25, 2021 at 03:33
Although a literal interpretation of Genesis is very clearly in conflict with the current scientific understanding of origins, it is clear to me that ...
June 24, 2021 at 17:17
Evidence may be damaging to an irrational position, but may not persuade a person to give it up. There is evidence that will support the several sub-c...
June 24, 2021 at 04:39
Anyone may think God does exist or does not exist but in any case, it may or may not correspond to reality. But that is not what I want to discuss. I ...
June 24, 2021 at 04:29
The entire question of evidence is central to this debate. I have already distanced myself from the practice of finding evidence to fit my interpretat...
June 24, 2021 at 00:43
The short answer would be to ask God in heaven, but that is really not a reasonable answer. A miracle, not to put too fine a point on it, in one sense...
June 23, 2021 at 16:47
Correction: if someone believes that miracles happen, then they could believe that Creation was a miracle. As for being irrational, what can I say? If...
June 23, 2021 at 10:14
Why not have this teaching established not only at present, but the opinion is offered that this will be the stand for now and all possible future gen...
June 23, 2021 at 04:30
Referring to the above address, the following is found:
June 23, 2021 at 04:20
In your opinion, then, is the Catholic church's stance rational? Is it self-consistent? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-evolution-idUSLG626...
June 23, 2021 at 04:12
I find this interesting. Of course, it does not include the dinosaurs. Or reptiles. Or maybe the mustard seed is not the smallest of seeds. According ...
June 23, 2021 at 01:11
That is just the point. Believing in monsters on Venus is an option for the Monster Believing cult. We are not discussing this leap of faith. Granted,...
June 23, 2021 at 01:01
"Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat" " Something doesn't add up if you want to tak...
June 23, 2021 at 00:50
Indeed, so making sense of it has to be something like this: the thoughtful believer sits down with a pen and paper and uses the dimensions of the ark...
June 23, 2021 at 00:39
That is an excellent book, I have not read it, but it demonstrates the kind of frameworks that help the Christian and perhaps the scientist grapple wi...
June 23, 2021 at 00:26
My point is that, if someone believes in miracles, there are many who do, but numbers do not matter, then it is reasonable that Creation itself could ...
June 23, 2021 at 00:14
Why is the Christian view always off the table in these discussions? He could have been the Son of God for Christ's sake!
June 23, 2021 at 00:10
The success of the Bible and other religious texts rests on the demographics and possibly the social psychology of the human race. Why are certain boo...
June 23, 2021 at 00:08
What we follow is the received text, to be blunt, no matter how inaccurate it turns out to be. There are some reasons to have confidence in the text, ...
June 22, 2021 at 16:04
Any acceptance of the Biblical account as being a true account of creation has to be accompanied by a harmonization of the scientific theories of evol...
June 22, 2021 at 11:29
In the area of Biblical translation, actually, the problem is fairly straightforward. The translations are in front of us now, and with the additional...
June 22, 2021 at 05:34
Well I would not call it a Jesus Legend. Also, the accounts of creation seem to be different on further examination, and there are contradictory state...
June 22, 2021 at 05:29
I really need your views on how to handle irrational, attacking, dogmatic views on both sides of the debate. I do mean both sides. This is a real conc...
June 22, 2021 at 04:32
OK I will look at these.
June 22, 2021 at 04:30
Yes, this is one approach, which is not without difficulty, but one that has been adopted by many denominations.
June 22, 2021 at 04:30
"The world would have to be irrational in a high degree for science to be wrong on this and why do Christians think their translations of ancient text...
June 22, 2021 at 04:28
Hi Gregory. First of all, thanks for the civil response. I have been discussing these with various persons and I know the reactions that I get from de...
June 22, 2021 at 04:19
Just to be clear, the received truth is that the Republican party is bad and the Democratic party is good, is that correct? An objective standard woul...
January 22, 2021 at 01:32
It is a really tiresome piece of hyperbole and exaggeration. Again, the entire Republican party is now to blame, in some insane logic, for a few hundr...
January 21, 2021 at 14:59
Better suited for the job is a good criteria. A pre-election article about voters highlighted the reasons people voted for their candidate. Some voter...
January 21, 2021 at 14:42
That is absurd. 80% or more were approving of him after 4 years. Does that sound like a poor choice? Not from their point of view, and your point of v...
January 09, 2021 at 10:55
So those private 'speech codes' are not subject to government regulations, is that right? If Twitter has decided to take sides, shouldn't there be an ...
January 09, 2021 at 01:24
Well yes, I agree with you here. I do not think Trump is delusional. With the people who came forward to say various things about election fraud forge...
January 09, 2021 at 01:15
Banned from Twitter? Twitter has their own rules which they are absolutely in their right to enforce. Of course we can all keep checking on Twitter's ...
January 09, 2021 at 00:55
When I spoke about respecting the office I simply meant taking the example of President-Elect Biden: "He exceeded even my worst notions about him. He'...
January 09, 2021 at 00:46
I was referring to this curious Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religi...
January 08, 2021 at 10:04
Trump somehow strikes a chord with the millions of people who support him. If it was not Trump, it would be someone else. I have a lot of respect for ...
January 08, 2021 at 10:00
There is nothing admirable about storming the and breaking into government buildings. That said, the view in America seems to be that breaking propert...
January 08, 2021 at 01:26
The man won the most admired man award. https://nypost.com/2020/12/29/trump-tops-list-of-most-admired-men-of-2020-poll/ Someone is crazy. Or maybe thi...
January 06, 2021 at 16:47
Speaking of influence: CNN is telling people their vote might be stolen or fraudulently overturned would make them stay at home. Interesting logic. An...
January 06, 2021 at 16:44
Biden will make America Great Again Again!. I sincerely hope so... build back better - I welcome it. We will be watching from Day 1 as the Covid Influ...
January 06, 2021 at 16:40
Obviously if he thinks he won, he wants to find the missing votes, like you would if you lost some dollars you would want to find the missing money. D...
January 04, 2021 at 10:54
His supporters are in it for to aggrandize his personal ego? What do they get in return? That does not seem like politics. I do not demonize either si...
December 22, 2020 at 09:45
It's funny you should say that, because, if the results of the election are correct, he did lose support. Or did he gain opponents? It is important to...
December 22, 2020 at 03:37
I have skimmed through Peter Navaro's report. Much of the report is based on testimony and statistical analyses which have no standing with CNN and th...
December 21, 2020 at 03:10