Do you see any benefits to religious faith?

[Arkilogue]

Nice anecdotal and irrelevant segway btw..

* Segue.

Ah my brother with a wise reproof, thank you!

[Arkilogue]

Gee thanks for making a totally unreadable thread, Arkilogue. I have no clue what you are all about. It's just incoherent gibberish!

Let me sum it up for you:

"If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me."

[Whateverist]

I have no idea if you're doing your father's bidding but I'm inclined not to believe you.

[Mudhammam]

Hey, make up what ever definition you like. Write up a Newspeak article.

What hath Clarity done to make you despise her so much? You've obviously demonstrated, in your attempt to conflate the meaning of a Greek term by invoking it in ways in which it doesn't apply -- in spite of the varying senses and contexts in which it was used -- that you could benefit from giving greater precision to your definitions.

[Pat Mustard]

I don't "believe" in the bible nor do I need to. I have found what I've needed and moved well beyond it.

Bullshit, you're some kind of fundagelical. This fact is evident in pretty much every post you make. All your points are to defend the biblical view of the world, from science through morality all the way to the supposed historical validity of the bible.

It's bloody annoying when people like you lie about your religion.

[Mudhammam]

Bullshit, you're some kind of fundagelical. This fact is evident in pretty much every post you make. All your points are to defend the biblical view of the world, from science through morality all the way to the supposed historical validity of the bible.

It's bloody annoying when people like you lie about your religion.

I gather that he's easily taken in by "deepities"; a "postmodern believer" who, in essence, thinks all religious are metaphors to describe "the super-real"; I am willing to bet that "everything is nothing and nothing is everything," and similar such declarations, which might impress a small group of hippies sitting around a fire tripping on LSD, would also describe the feelings of a believer like himself. Like I said, a lover of deepities. His posts are better examples than those which I could conceive. That's my sense anyway.

[Arkilogue]

I have no idea if you're doing your father's bidding but I'm inclined not to believe you.

Did you completely forget the entire context of the previous couple pages? That's not a quote from me.

[Arkilogue]

Hey, make up what ever definition you like. Write up a Newspeak article.

What hath Clarity done to make you despise her so much?  You've obviously demonstrated, in your attempt to conflate the meaning of a Greek term by invoking it in ways in which it doesn't apply -- in spite of the varying senses and contexts in which it was used -- that you could benefit from giving greater precision to your definitions.

Did I not quote several popular historical non-biblical sources that used it in the same manner and supported my original claim that the founders of the Christian religion meant it in that manner from the source document the Christians use to support their entire religion??? Yes. I have.

You want it to mean what you want it to mean due to your atheistic confirmation bias. It's plain as blinding day light.

I have accepted the burden of proof and provided a plethora of evidence from relevant source of the time. But you, just like the spitting flip image of a religious fundamentalist cannot change perspective even when confronted with overwhelming evidence.

[bennyboy]

Arki, I think the reason you're losing everyone here is that (1) you aren't addressing the OP, which means your text walls are seen as kind of pointless; (2) you haven't provided crayon drawings to clarify your points.

[bennyboy]

You want it to mean what you want it to mean due to your atheistic confirmation bias.  It's plain as blinding day light.

I have accepted the burden of proof and provided a plethora of evidence from relevant source of the time.  But you, just like the spitting flip image of a religious fundamentalist cannot change perspective even when confronted with overwhelming evidence.

Arki, if you want to define a term, that's fine. People say what meaning of a word they are using, and then they carry on with their point. Fine-- you've said how you use the term. Great, now you need to ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION of the OP. Remember that? This thread is about something.

So do you see any benefits to religious faith?