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Quote: There's a famous problem in computer theory known as the dining philosophers problem. In the problem, you have a number of philosophers sitting at a round table. In front of each philosopher, there is a plate of spaghetti, and to the side, between each is a fork. The philosophers do two things: eat, and think. When they want to eat, they pick up a fork and dig in. To think, they put down the fork and ponder. The problem is, if they all decide to eat at the same time, there aren't enough forks, so there will be a deadlock over the last fork.
Now I bring this up simply to point out that what philosophers do is not esteemed to be the sine qua non of existence. Indeed, they're poked fun at. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an amateur philosopher myself, and have undertaken to correct an ignorance of the subject -- but philosophers doing something, specifically failing to do something isn't exactly hot shit.
Now Cinjin Cain points out something you should pay attention to here. You come across to many here as an arrogant prick. You seem more interested in pummeling anyone who disagrees with you than sharing your worldview. You this very evening mouthed off to me in private message simply because I chose not to talk to you. Dude, if you want to bring glory to God, you're doing something wrong. A little humility, and some mutual respect would go a long way toward getting people to listen to you. But whatever; it's your funeral.
Re: Carl Wieland. I must have been thinking of another Carl or maybe I just didn't know who you were talking about. The only ex-atheists with any name recognition to me are Antony Flew and Lee Strobel. Regardless, my offer still stands. If you can make good on explaining why I am an atheist Taoist, I will make time to learn the story and reasons for the re-conversion of a theist of your choice. That you chose not to take up the gauntlet and focused instead on trying to paint me as ignorant and foolish is yet another example of your butt munchery. Nobody likes you Statler -- that's not helping God display his glory.
Actually I was not rude to you at all, I simply said I was disappointed because you always expect people to give reasons for what they believe but when you are pressed as to what you believe you dodge the issue or just flat out ignore the questions as you did in the PM. Don’t misrepresent the facts please.
Even if everyone hated me on here (which they don’t, I have a positive rep and have several theists I get along with fine on here) it would not bother me in the least. I have been ten times more civil to others on here as they have been to me. I have been called a “F**ker”, “Moron”, “Sh**head”, “A**hole”, told to die, told to suck a fart out of someone’s a**, and a closet homosexual just to name a few of my favorites to date. If you can point to any example where I have used such brutality, be my guest. The fact is though; you give all these atheists a pass and bash the theist just because he does not compromise on his positions. Christ said the world would hate Christians and what they taught. So I would actually be a bit worried if everyone loved my worldview on here. I have never received a warning for personal attacks on here, so I think I am doing alright.
As to why you are an atheist now, I do not know. I know it is one of two things, you are either one of the sheep and just in a period of doubt, or you never were one of the sheep. As to which you are, that is not up to me. You cannot tell me how people as intelligent as Carl Wieland and Alister McGrath can denounce their atheism and decide to carry the cross can you?
Quote: Someone explain to me how it is NOT possible that this universe was put together by a mortal?
Therefore making the creator a faulty mortal of a godless universe.
Because it is impossible to have an infinite series of finite causes. So the first cause must be separate from the Universe and also eternal.
