(January 20, 2011 at 3:23 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: People did directly observe Christ
Really? Who? Because no one mentions him in any contemporary text or document.
Quote:it's a pretty fringe position to believe that Jesus of Nazareth never existed.
Well, since there is no evidence that he ever existed....
Quote:As for God, He does not lack observable proof at all, creation is clear proof of a creator God,
Bullshit. Creation proves nothing more than things were created. It is certainly not proof that some invisible man in the sky did the creating.
Quote:and every person has knowledge of God, many just suppress it in their hearts (Romans 1).
Crappola. Did people living in the Americas prior to Columbus have "knowledge of god"? And what exactly does that mean anyway? I know there are people who believe in the existence of this god. I have no knowledge that he (or she, or it) is real.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?