Posts: 35299
Threads: 204
Joined: August 13, 2012
Reputation:
146
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 4, 2018 at 10:55 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2018 at 10:56 pm by The Valkyrie.)
Moderator Notice Please read up the rules about necroposting. This thread hasn't been touched in over two years.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
Posts: 193
Threads: 0
Joined: March 8, 2018
Reputation:
0
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 4, 2018 at 11:06 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2018 at 11:13 pm by He lives.)
(August 28, 2015 at 5:37 pm)TubbyTubby Wrote: TubbyTubby Wrote:This is tiresome. It gets pushed into young vulnerable minds from various sources, churches, religious groups, internet (the infamous AIG), street corner preachers, door to door evangelists etc.
None of this should be allowed, it's damaging to society and encourages recycling of stupidity and should be made illegal whatever the source. Free speech is one thing, forcing fantasy and myths into minds and telling them it's true oversteps the line - it ruins a childs mind, often for life.
Call me extreme, militant, whatever you please. That's just how I am and I make my opinion clear, especially if this nonsense comes near my children (as I recently did at my daughters school).
What about your belief in abiogenesis? What about your fantasy that God does not exist? What is really damaging society is lack of morals, virtue, honesty, love, humility, and charity. If you believe it is harmful to teach these things, then you are the one who is damaging our society.
(April 4, 2018 at 10:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Moderator Notice Please read up the rules about necroposting. This thread hasn't been touched in over two years.
Sure but the question is still relevant.
Posts: 15452
Threads: 147
Joined: June 15, 2015
Reputation:
88
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 12:28 am
(August 28, 2015 at 10:47 am)IanHulett Wrote: I'm debating a creationist ATM, and he thinks that because we don't know how life began, it must be god. But why? Since a lot of (christians/creationists) think that, why does the answer to our biggest questions have to be God? Why can't we settle for "I don't know" and try to find the answer to these questions?
I'd love to see your responses.
You're right, "we don't know". A higher power being involved in one way or another is a possibility that many people consider. Myself included. As long as we keep exploring and striving to learn as much as we can about the origins of the world, I don't see why it matters that people have certain opinions/beliefs/hypotheses that you don't agree with.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
Posts: 5706
Threads: 67
Joined: June 13, 2014
Reputation:
69
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 12:48 am
Oh my god, it's alive. Praise Jesus it's a miracle. The thread has been resurrected.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
Posts: 69247
Threads: 3759
Joined: August 2, 2009
Reputation:
259
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 12:52 am
Posts: 35299
Threads: 204
Joined: August 13, 2012
Reputation:
146
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 2:11 am
(April 4, 2018 at 11:06 pm)He lives Wrote: (August 28, 2015 at 5:37 pm)TubbyTubby Wrote: What about your belief in abiogenesis? What about your fantasy that God does not exist? What is really damaging society is lack of morals, virtue, honesty, love, humility, and charity. If you believe it is harmful to teach these things, then you are the one who is damaging our society.
(April 4, 2018 at 10:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Moderator Notice Please read up the rules about necroposting. This thread hasn't been touched in over two years.
Sure but the question is still relevant.
So, start a new thread.
Follow the rules or lose your posting privileges.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
Posts: 193
Threads: 0
Joined: March 8, 2018
Reputation:
0
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 1:27 pm
(April 5, 2018 at 2:11 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (April 4, 2018 at 11:06 pm)He lives Wrote:
Sure but the question is still relevant.
So, start a new thread.
Follow the rules or lose your posting privileges.
Why don't they close out obsolete threads? That would fix the problem.
Posts: 9915
Threads: 53
Joined: November 27, 2015
Reputation:
92
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 1:39 pm
(April 5, 2018 at 1:27 pm)He lives Wrote: (April 5, 2018 at 2:11 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: So, start a new thread.
Follow the rules or lose your posting privileges.
Why don't they close out obsolete threads? That would fix the problem.
You paying attention and abiding by the rules would fix the problem. How hard is it to check the date on a thread?
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Posts: 35299
Threads: 204
Joined: August 13, 2012
Reputation:
146
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 1:43 pm
(April 5, 2018 at 1:27 pm)He lives Wrote: (April 5, 2018 at 2:11 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: So, start a new thread.
Follow the rules or lose your posting privileges.
Why don't they close out obsolete threads? That would fix the problem.
You following the fucking rules, like everyone else, would solve the problem.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
Posts: 13901
Threads: 263
Joined: January 11, 2009
Reputation:
82
RE: Christians: Why does the answer have to be god?
April 5, 2018 at 1:44 pm
(April 4, 2018 at 11:06 pm)He lives Wrote: (August 28, 2015 at 5:37 pm)TubbyTubby Wrote: What about your belief in abiogenesis? What about your fantasy that God does not exist? What is really damaging society is lack of morals, virtue, honesty, love, humility, and charity. If you believe it is harmful to teach these things, then you are the one who is damaging our society.
Life started by some natural process that is what abiogenesis says. There are even some very good ideas as to what they could have been.
But for god there is nothing, what is a god made of and how did it start life? What was its process I want supporting evidence for your conclusions.
Got nothing have you.
You also have the problem that one of the main things that damages societies is religion.
If you look at religious countries now they are all repressive hell holes.
You look at history, religious countries have always been repressive hell holes. From the Aztecs to the protestants, kill oppress and control.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
|