(May 7, 2014 at 2:24 am)hobie Wrote: Why doesn't God interact with us today or communicate with us in an audible voice? Why do pastors say he communicates to us through the Bible?

Two words:

They got a password for whatever god they imagined.

(April 29, 2014 at 9:05 pm)te1148 Wrote:

(April 29, 2014 at 9:03 pm)Beccs Wrote: To get me to believe? Testable evidence.

Why don't I believe: Lack of the above, contradictory documentation, etc

Do you only believe in things that have testable evidence?

Do you believe in the tooth fairy? Or put another way, please tell me another phenomenon you believe in that has no testable evidence.

(April 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm)te1148 Wrote:

(April 29, 2014 at 9:13 pm)Losty Wrote: The lack if evidence

There is more physical and testable evidence for many of the truths of Christianity, than many things that are almost universally believed. The resurrection of Christ, example was seen by hundreds of people. What keeps you from believing that?

And God spoke to the entire all the freed Hebrews around Mt. Sinai.

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As for evidence two words: necessary being.

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(May 7, 2014 at 11:19 am)ChadWooters Wrote:

(April 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm)te1148 Wrote: There is more physical and testable evidence for many of the truths of Christianity, than many things that are almost universally believed. The resurrection of Christ, example was seen by hundreds of people. What keeps you from believing that?

And God spoke to the entire all the freed Hebrews around Mt. Sinai.

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As for evidence two words: necessary being.

And besides, others a difference between data and evidence.

The following video is way off base on why God doesn't show himself. It says if God showed himself, we would only obey him out of fear not of love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBu_Jw61UZE

(May 7, 2014 at 11:19 am)ChadWooters Wrote: As for evidence two words: necessary being.

Here's another two words: unjustified assertion.

Oh, and here's three more: cheap rhetorical trick.

(May 8, 2014 at 3:34 am)Esquilax Wrote:

(May 7, 2014 at 11:19 am)ChadWooters Wrote: As for evidence two words: necessary being.

Here's another two words: unjustified assertion.

Oh, and here's three more: cheap rhetorical trick.

hehe, just made a thread in reference to his response.

(May 8, 2014 at 3:21 am)hobie Wrote: The following video is way off base on why God doesn't show himself. It says if God showed himself, we would only obey him out of fear not of love.

So even they recognize that he's a very scary individual.

(May 8, 2014 at 3:21 am)hobie Wrote: The following video is way off base on why God doesn't show himself. It says if God showed himself, we would only obey him out of fear not of love.

That doesn't make any sense. Why can we love things that we can't prove exist, but we can only fear them if we know they exist? Fear and love are both emotions. There's nothing special about love that transcends existence, and there's nothing special about fear that can only make it apply to real things. Why are kids afraid of the monsters that aren't under their bed?

If God wanted love and not fear, there are better ways to get that. I accomplish that with my children by not threatening them with eternal torture and they totally know I exist.

(April 29, 2014 at 9:03 pm)te1148 Wrote:

(April 29, 2014 at 8:58 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: There is no evidence for a god(s).

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What has brought you to that conclusion?

Do you think it's something besides looking for such evidence and not finding it? If so, why do you think that?