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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 2:00 am
(June 10, 2013 at 2:19 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: (June 10, 2013 at 10:37 am)Maelstrom Wrote: I have always been of the belief that if it cannot be explained with reason so that absolutely anyone can also reasonably construe the idea as truth, then it is merely something of personal affiliation that cannot in any way be held anywhere near the validity of knowledge.
hmm. I happen to think that my faith stance matches this test. Given the same information, I would fully expect any person to reach the same conclusions.
You could do what so many other people have done, when they've come to a conclusion about religion that they're sure is the right one: start a church.
I'm sure that after 30,000 denominations, you've got it just right. Everyone will see that.
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 2:22 am
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No need Esq. I already have affiliation with thousands of Christians that share my reasoning.
And every Christian I know choose Christ rationally as I describe. That's how it works in my understanding.
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 5:34 am
(June 11, 2013 at 2:22 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I already have affiliation with thousands of Christians that share my reasoning.
Only thousands, out of the billions who believe in the same God?
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 6:32 am
(June 11, 2013 at 5:34 am)Maelstrom Wrote: (June 11, 2013 at 2:22 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I already have affiliation with thousands of Christians that share my reasoning.
Only thousands, out of the billions who believe in the same God?
And the ones that don't just have it wrong... which is kind of my point. The same spirit of rationality seems to send christians every which way, so how can we possibly know which path to trust?
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 6:35 am
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(June 11, 2013 at 6:32 am)Esquilax Wrote: The same spirit of rationality seems to send christians every which way, so how can we possibly know which path to trust?
Such a pernicious spirit, quite devilish.
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 6:47 am
(June 11, 2013 at 6:35 am)Maelstrom Wrote: (June 11, 2013 at 6:32 am)Esquilax Wrote: The same spirit of rationality seems to send christians every which way, so how can we possibly know which path to trust?
Such a pernicious spirit, quite devilish.
One might even call it irrational. 
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 6:50 am
(June 11, 2013 at 2:22 am)fr0d0 Wrote: No need Esq. I already have affiliation with thousands of Christians that share my reasoning.
And every Christian I know choose Christ rationally as I describe. That's how it works in my understanding.
There's a new use of the word "rational" that I've not previously encountered.
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 7:14 am
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(June 11, 2013 at 5:34 am)Maelstrom Wrote: (June 11, 2013 at 2:22 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I already have affiliation with thousands of Christians that share my reasoning.
Only thousands, out of the billions who believe in the same God?
Catholics don't count! 
Seriously - I didn't count them because I'm curently thinking most of them don't know what they believe, just as nominal anybodies.
Ohyeah and "thousands" is the actual numbers I've sen with my eyes at various events who all hold those exact beliefs. Of course there are presumably millions more, but this is hte mood I'm in today 
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 9:14 am
(June 10, 2013 at 4:44 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: (June 10, 2013 at 10:59 am)Godschild Wrote: Not when the oil leaves their feathers and 40 days of rain would and no food would do that. Why would they have no food? All those dead things had to go somewhere, right?
The ducks were part of those dead things they drowned, lack of oil in their feather. They would not have been able to eat in such conditions and, ducks do not eat dead things. Also sharks like their duck, especially when bar-b-qued by lightning.
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RE: Science confirms the Bible?
June 11, 2013 at 9:22 am
There wouldn't be any sharks left either GC........
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