RE: The Problem of Evil combined with the problem of Free Will
May 26, 2017 at 10:12 am
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2017 at 10:15 am by Mister Agenda.)
SteveII Wrote:Mister Agenda Wrote:
He says, with no consciousness of irony, while dismissing the experiences of the 5 billion people who aren't Christians....
Ad populum, appeal to pity, and plain old wrong.
I am not sure that most other religions have a personal God wishing to have a one-on-one relationship with you. Setting that aside, how do you know that the experiences of a personal relationship is the same or similar between religions?
How do you know they don't?
SteveII Wrote:Christians believe that we have the knowledge of God imprinted on our souls (Rom. 1.20; 2.14-15). Experiences in other religions would have this common denominator.
Christians who believe that people who say they don't believe in God are lying are in good company because it's not hard to find people who say the same thing who belong to other religions. Especially Islam.
SteveII Wrote:I can see how a skeptic would not be able to distinguish between different religions, but that in no way implies that a Christian can't have an authentic experience that give him/her warrant to think their belief is true (properly basic).
Just no more warrant than anyone in any other religion who claims to have an authentic experience.
AtlasS33 Wrote:If somebody spent years of party, and then death came, what is the worth of the fun times?
Both little Jamal and little Bobby got their equal share of meanings: both felt life, both felt food, both breathed, both had minds.
If you spend your life in earnestness and dour hard work, when death comes, what was the point of not having fun?
Rik is here, time for me to leave this thread.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
