RE: Question?
July 30, 2016 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2016 at 9:42 am by Simon Moon.)
(July 29, 2016 at 1:06 am)PETE_ROSE Wrote:(July 29, 2016 at 12:42 am)Minimalist Wrote: I'm genuinely curious because you seem like a reasonably intelligent person. How can you believe such utter shit?Truly it was a long road. It started with the typical questions about life, death.
In my college studies the origin of the universe and the best explanation of its design and that it has a beginning point to "a" God.
What makes you insert the term "design"? Design implies a designer, and the evidence for a designer is drastically insufficient to support that claim.
The assertion that the universe is designed requires evidence.
And why is it, that the majority of physicists in the world, do not agree with your assertion that the universe has a designer? They're the ones that actually have dedicated their lives to studying the universe, actually understand the physics, and work in the field every day. What did they miss that you did not?
Quote:From there I examined most all of the major religions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and a few others. At its core Christianity is unique in what is required so to speak. The bar is set very low, where as in other religions there is a requirement of works and accomplishments to be met.
Oh really? All religions have unique characteristics? I'm shocked.
Quote:I share nearly all of the objections and hard truths that everyone here has with religion, the Old Testament, science, the list is long. However, when taken as a whole, even the really brutal stuff, I honesty find truth in the bible and in Christ's words.
We don't have "Christ's" words. We have texts written by unknown authors, who were not eyewitnesses, written decades or more after the alleged events occurred.
Quote:From there it was a matter of now I believe, do I choose to accept it, the good, the bad, the really hard stuff that I don't agree with, or reject it and go about life. It is very difficult to ignore something that holds such eternal ramifications without giving it serious consideration.
Seriously?! Pascal's Wager.
I know you are somewhat new here, but so far I'm not impressed with your logic and arguments.
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.
