RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
April 14, 2017 at 1:55 pm
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2017 at 1:57 pm by Harry Nevis.)
(April 14, 2017 at 1:12 pm)SteveII Wrote:(April 14, 2017 at 1:06 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: bold mine
Would you prefer Delusion? Hokum? Malarkey? I'm trying to be nice/tolerant. That's the most civil word I can think of to describe your belief in one word.
I know you won't be able to do this but, imagine your self explaining your belief to a society that had never conceived of a god or had the concept of a completely different god. What do you think they would say?
I can't believe that you are not able to construct a sentence that does not have an intentional derogatory term in it. Civil discourse has as one of its principal concepts that you cast your opponent's position is the most charitable light possible--even if you do not agree with it.
I can't believe you expect thinking people to swallow your crap.
(April 14, 2017 at 1:24 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(April 14, 2017 at 11:32 am)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: Does it make more sense to have faith in the supernatural rather than trying to rationally understand something that is beyond reason? With all due respect, if one tries to understand the supernatural via reason, then is "supernatural" just a way of describing a lack of understanding about how reality works?
How reality works may not be (and probably isn't ) based on the current materialist paradigm. The dividing line between supernatural and natural is not fixed. It changes based on one's understanding of what is considered an allowable explanation.
Just what is that probability? Since we have no evidence of anything supernatural, that dividing line must be a brick wall.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
