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    Thread: A 'proof' of God's existence - free will
Post: RE: A 'proof' of God's existence - free will

(April 28, 2020 at 2:14 am)cleansed Wrote: (April 27, 2020 at 9:58 pm)mrj Wrote: Regardless, I haven't decided yet what the answer is.   I welcome your thoughts. If God did not exist, there could ...
mrj Philosophy 54 6267 April 28, 2020 at 10:19 am
    Thread: A 'proof' of God's existence - free will
Post: RE: A 'proof' of God's existence - free will

(April 28, 2020 at 12:14 am)ignoramus Wrote: Quote:However, I do not consider myself an atheist.  At least not yet. Do you think it's intellectually honest to be "not" an atheist until further exam...
mrj Philosophy 54 6267 April 28, 2020 at 8:05 am
    Thread: A 'proof' of God's existence - free will
Post: A 'proof' of God's existence - free will

Just to ground the discussion - I find very little justification to believe in a theistic entity.  However, I do not consider myself an atheist.  At least not yet.  And I continue to search for logica...
mrj Philosophy 54 6267 April 27, 2020 at 9:58 pm
    Thread: Best books debunking Christianity
Post: RE: Best books debunking Christianity

(November 26, 2017 at 7:29 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: So, they look over Holy Scripture and work up this Salvation Flow Chart: [Image: https://feileadhmor.files.wordpress.com/...n-flow.jpg] Kinda looks l...
mrj Christianity 83 14912 January 16, 2020 at 4:29 am
    Thread: Objection to Kalam Cosmological Argument
Post: Objection to Kalam Cosmological Argument

Here's another I posted on reasonablefaith.org.  Again, I doubt it will be approved. What do you all think? I have several objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA).  Perhaps I will post th...
mrj Christianity 5 750 January 16, 2020 at 4:24 am
    Thread: Plantinga's "Free Will" defense contradicts Christianity
Post: Plantinga's "Free Will" defense contradicts Christ...

I posted this on reasonablefaith.org (I doubt it will even be approved by the moderator).  I figure I'd post it here as well.  I typically don't post on this forum because it's no fun when everyone ag...
mrj Christianity 96 5670 January 16, 2020 at 4:21 am
    Thread: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation
Post: RE: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation

(February 4, 2019 at 1:07 am)snowtracks Wrote:   All 4 premises are false, so any conclusion would be.  If you are a Creationist, and accept the literal interpretation of the Bible, that Adam was cr...
mrj Christianity 255 19801 February 6, 2019 at 8:24 am
    Thread: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation
Post: RE: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation

(February 3, 2019 at 10:02 pm)Yonadav Wrote: (February 3, 2019 at 9:29 pm)wyzas Wrote: gods spark, is that what they're calling it now? More literally it would be 'the breath of G-d'.  This discus...
mrj Christianity 255 19801 February 6, 2019 at 7:54 am
    Thread: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation
Post: RE: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation

I asked about that. There are no souls other than those that descend from the one that committed original sin. There are no souls whatsoever that are not descended from the one. Therefore, the firs...
mrj Christianity 255 19801 February 3, 2019 at 5:39 pm
    Thread: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation
Post: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation

i raised this issue on a Catholic forum recently and I was surprised how little it bothered people.  I claim that Catholicism and Evolution are not compatible, based on the following:  Consider that ...
mrj Christianity 255 19801 February 3, 2019 at 3:51 pm
    Thread: Reason Jesus must have been a real person
Post: RE: Reason Jesus must have been a real person

(September 23, 2018 at 1:22 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: What? Well his name wasn't Jesus. That's an anglicization of yeshu'a. Either way the argument doesn't make much sense. Actually I've found that the...
mrj Religion 74 10147 September 23, 2018 at 8:14 pm
    Thread: Reason Jesus must have been a real person
Post: RE: Reason Jesus must have been a real person

(September 18, 2018 at 8:57 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:I would think based on prophecy, a 'fake' Jesus would have been named Immanuel.  Not Jesus. The first thing you have to do is lose the notion ...
mrj Religion 74 10147 September 23, 2018 at 9:49 am
    Thread: Reason Jesus must have been a real person
Post: Reason Jesus must have been a real person

There have been several theories proposed that Jesus was not a real person. For example, he is a divine being that lived his life in the space between heaven and earth.  I think Richard Carrier propos...
mrj Religion 74 10147 September 18, 2018 at 8:15 pm