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    Thread: Question for Christians/Muslims etc.
Post: RE: Question for Christians/Muslims etc.

Actually I think there is good reason to believe in the resurrection (which there is no point going into). People at the time saw Him, so it does say more than no one seeing Him come out of the gra...
solarwave Christianity 60 20881 January 8, 2010 at 2:51 pm
    Thread: will these religions ever come to an end?
Post: RE: will these religions ever come to an end?

I think that religion wont go away since it seems to be a big part of what humanity is. (December 25, 2009 at 11:32 pm)theVOID Wrote: There will continue to be fallacious arguments for the existe...
solarwave Atheism 41 13192 January 2, 2010 at 7:36 am
    Thread: Question for Christians/Muslims etc.
Post: RE: Question for Christians/Muslims etc.

I'ld have to say yes because Gods gift is also to help us in this life and have a relationship with us now. But I have to agree with what rjh4. Jesus' resurrection was proof of His claims and since ...
solarwave Christianity 60 20881 January 2, 2010 at 7:10 am
    Thread: Faith, what is it?
Post: RE: Faith, what is it?

(December 21, 2009 at 1:43 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: (December 21, 2009 at 12:12 pm)solarwave Wrote: (December 20, 2009 at 11:01 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Quite frankly, yes I would require real ev...
solarwave Religion 29 15646 December 24, 2009 at 11:54 am
    Thread: Faith, what is it?
Post: RE: Faith, what is it?

(December 20, 2009 at 11:01 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Quite frankly, yes I would require real evidence on big claims. As real as we can get. The point I'm trying to make is that you should believe wh...
solarwave Religion 29 15646 December 21, 2009 at 12:12 pm
    Thread: Faith, what is it?
Post: RE: Faith, what is it?

(December 19, 2009 at 8:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So, IOW, you have "belief" and not "evidence." Don't feel bad. None of the rest of you have any evidence, either. No repeatable laboratory evidence ...
solarwave Religion 29 15646 December 20, 2009 at 10:38 am
    Thread: Faith, what is it?
Post: RE: Faith, what is it?

My use of the word evidence reffers to reason and what I've experienced through life leads me to believe. Not repeatable results as some people want.... sadly not everything is repeatable and common...
solarwave Religion 29 15646 December 19, 2009 at 7:48 pm
    Thread: Mind = Brain?
Post: RE: Mind = Brain?

Ok I havn't read anything here other than the first post and Frodos retelling of Arcanus. I think that the mind is something different from the brain but it is caused by the brain. So at a certain l...
solarwave Atheism 123 35907 December 19, 2009 at 5:47 pm
    Thread: Faith, what is it?
Post: RE: Faith, what is it?

I see little difference in the words trust and faith. So for my Christian faith I would describe it as trusting in where the evidence best points. I think faith is more of a choice and action rathe...
solarwave Religion 29 15646 December 19, 2009 at 5:29 pm
    Thread: Christian Explanation
Post: RE: Christian Explanation

(November 14, 2009 at 3:00 pm)rjh4 Wrote: When I first became a Christian, I thought a lot about theistic evolution. I do not hold to is as it seems to me to create inconsistencies. For example the...
solarwave Religion 27 8531 November 15, 2009 at 4:34 pm
    Thread: If there is no God....
Post: RE: If there is no God....

I can't reply to everyone so I'll try to go for the main points. For those who said they dont like religious people who spread what they believe; isn't it understandable that they do that though. If...
solarwave Religion 97 27093 November 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm
    Thread: If there is no God....
Post: If there is no God....

If there is no God does it matter if people believe in Him? So do you have a problem with people believing in God? Of course religion has caused some bad things to happen in the past, but I think wh...
solarwave Religion 97 27093 November 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm
    Thread: Christian Explanation
Post: RE: Christian Explanation

(November 12, 2009 at 9:43 am)rjh4 Wrote: I am a young earth creationist and think that the fossil record (or at least the bulk of it as I would not rule out some of it being the result of local ca...
solarwave Religion 27 8531 November 14, 2009 at 1:02 pm
    Thread: Determinism.....
Post: RE: Determinism.....

So it isn't about being joined to the mother its about it being conscious or thinking, and not being able to live on its own? Does the amount of time someone is not conscious or thinking matter to i...
solarwave Religion 120 33807 November 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm
    Thread: Determinism.....
Post: RE: Determinism.....

(November 10, 2009 at 7:01 pm)Saerules Wrote: Yes. :) It is a growth with a sorta 'mind of it's own', kinda like the penis :joke: Haha! (November 11, 2009 at 8:51 pm)theblindferrengi Wrote: Siam...
solarwave Religion 120 33807 November 12, 2009 at 6:22 am
    Thread: Christian Explanation
Post: RE: Christian Explanation

Hey rjh4! I havn't really talked to you on here so far so I'll like to ask you the same thing you asked Arcanus to get an idea of what it is you believe.
solarwave Religion 27 8531 November 12, 2009 at 6:21 am
    Thread: Christian Explanation
Post: RE: Christian Explanation

I dont see what the problem is with the post? lol Obviously the slavery in the bible isn't the same as we think of it (africans being made slaves). And nor does it say slavery is ok.
solarwave Religion 27 8531 November 10, 2009 at 6:54 pm
    Thread: Determinism.....
Post: RE: Determinism.....

(November 9, 2009 at 11:12 pm)theblindferrengi Wrote: @ solarwave: it has nothing to do with first breath, it is when the baby is physically severed from its mother (umbillical cord) it becomes ind...
solarwave Religion 120 33807 November 10, 2009 at 6:48 pm
    Thread: "Cut and paste" Christianity
Post: RE: "Cut and paste" Christianity

EvF: As said, Pascals wager is not for atheist, but more for theists. More from someone who wants a reason to follow Christ rather than themself because to be a christians have to follow not believe....
solarwave Christianity 129 42471 November 10, 2009 at 3:00 pm
    Thread: Determinism.....
Post: RE: Determinism.....

(November 9, 2009 at 6:11 am)Arcanus Wrote: Because they could have done differently, as you put it. Theirs is not a physical inability but a moral one. As pastor John Piper put it, "Physical inabi...
solarwave Religion 120 33807 November 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm