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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 8:24 pm
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(November 8, 2016 at 4:32 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 4:27 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: . . . or -- I don't know -- maybe dying and being resurrected. You know, the little stuff.
Oh, but if we had that, there wouldn't be any need for faith!
Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. It's called evidence.
I dunno... I think even if it was caught on tape, skeptics would still say it was a trick or w/e. I don't think anything would be evidence enough.
Well...
Considering there was a Hindu holy man that died pretty recently (in the age of modern technology) and supposedly doing miracles in front of his millions of followers (many of them from advanced Western countries), with video and film of him, and you would not believe he is actually doing miracles, I detect a bit of special pleading on your part.
Yes, I admit, photos or video alone would not convince me of Jesus' divinity (or even his supernatural abilities).
It is not that we are too skeptical, it is you are too gullible. You do not apply your skepticism equally. I am sure you apply skepticism very well when it comes to Sathya Sai Baba (the 'holy man' I mentioned above), yet for similar claims for your 'holy man', you do not.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 8:28 pm
Well . . .
while Catholicism and Protestantism are both false religions, Mormonism is an ESPECIALLY false religion.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 8:45 pm
So, if you had to choose Catholicism or a Protestant denomination, which would you choose?
I've often thought that if I had to be a Christian, I'd be a Catholic. I have a lot of respect for orthodoxy.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 8:48 pm
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Catholics aren't Literalist and the certainly don't buy into Biblical Inerrancy, so they are DAMNED.
And they further compound their essential and intrinsic error by failing to use the King James 1611 Bible.
Jesus is going to personally see to their ETERNAL and INFINITE torments in Hell for their abominations !!!
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 9:18 pm
(November 8, 2016 at 4:09 pm)Edward Johns Wrote: Welcome to the Catholic VS Protestant Discussion Thread on atheist forum! This thread is all about debating which form of Christianity is true, Catholic or Protestant.
False dichotomy.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 10:01 pm
Catholic vs. Protestant! Oh Boy! Just like my family reunions. I haven't had this much fun sincer I went to the roller derby. I will enjoy the play by play atheist commentary!
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 8, 2016 at 10:34 pm
(November 8, 2016 at 8:45 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: So, if you had to choose Catholicism or a Protestant denomination, which would you choose?
I've often thought that if I had to be a Christian, I'd be a Catholic. I have a lot of respect for orthodoxy.
I'm almost certainly biased by my upbringing as a Southern Baptist, but I'd be Protestant, I think; as you value orthodoxy, one of my key values is individualism.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 9, 2016 at 4:54 pm
(November 8, 2016 at 4:37 pm)Aegon Wrote: If Jesus Christ magically invented a camera on the spot in 20something A.D. Jerusalem, I think he would be universally worshipped to this day.
Because he'd be known as the guy who made it possible to make pr0n.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 9, 2016 at 5:01 pm
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(November 9, 2016 at 4:54 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 4:37 pm)Aegon Wrote: If Jesus Christ magically invented a camera on the spot in 20something A.D. Jerusalem, I think he would be universally worshipped to this day.
Because he'd be known as the guy who made it possible to make pr0n.
Possibly one good reason, but above all because it wasn't the will of God.
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RE: Catholics VS Protestants Debate Thread
November 9, 2016 at 5:08 pm
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(November 9, 2016 at 5:01 pm)Edward John Wrote: (November 9, 2016 at 4:54 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Because he'd be known as the guy who made it possible to make pr0n.
Possibly one good reason, but above all because it wasn't the will of God.
Well...
Isn't that convenient?
Yes, we understand that the only argument theist have to why Yahweh remains hidden, is "it's his will". Responses like this (or "he is mysterious") are meaningless.
They are not answers or explanations.
They are nothing more than sweeping the question under the rug.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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