(December 20, 2016 at 5:04 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: People often equate belief in God or Christianity with following a certain prescribed set of rules or things they must accomplish. This is where Christianity differs from all other religions. Salvation has nothing to do with following rules or living a certain way. Yes those things may come, but they are not a prerequisite.
How convenient. Although useless, if it's not required for 'salvation'. I can stick with living as an atheist and achieve the same results, with none of the strictures.
(December 20, 2016 at 5:04 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: It appears to me the Bible itself, and the events depicted in it, and the life of Christ, are among the strongest evidence for God.
Then it falls at the very first gate. Bring me a talking donkey and a bottle of water that spontaneously transmutes into wine - then we'll talk about gods.
(December 20, 2016 at 5:04 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: The Bible is testable. If you find it to be true then what it claims should hold some weight. At the end of the day it is still entirely up to the individual if they desire to subscribe to it.
Maybe, and maybe not; but nobody is questioning the existence of the bible.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
