Ah - this site is alive, I see. I met a few dead ones before. This forum doesn't seem as gripey as the others were... Well done. That was just a teaser to see what I'd catch in my screen.
But anyway, let's play with the "FAITH" toy for moment. ~~
An atheist will typically say, "Why should I be concerned about something I don't have evidence for?"
Hebrews 11:1 reads - "Now faith is the substance... and evidence of things not seen."
>A felled power line< "Don't touch it! Don't go near it!" Why? We choose to be "extra aware." What is this extra awareness? Do we have the evidence of danger or just the words of warning?
Even mere invisible word of mouth about law and punishment will discourage a certain behavior of people. Strange how invisible things can demand our respect. Faith, be it in God or anything else is not so different nor as strange as people choose to think. We all don't call it the same thing, but we all use it all the time. We all don't apply it the same way, but we all do apply it. Now then - what is your definition of "faith" or no "faith?" What are your views?
>Btw - nihilism is a cop out. Don’t go there.<
My next challenge: If the formation of life were indeed as accidental as non-creationists suggest; >example: the Big Bang - then, how do you account for the assembly of the simplest living thing from chaotic matter and energy? From my point of view; be it billions or even millions of years,
like a plasmic tornado passing a billion times through a parts warehouse, won’t just cook-up a form of functioning machinery. Or no matter how many times you frappe a strawberry in a blender, you won’t get another terrestrial fruit. If subatomic particles have their place, then from where did they begin? What are your views?
But anyway, let's play with the "FAITH" toy for moment. ~~
An atheist will typically say, "Why should I be concerned about something I don't have evidence for?"
Hebrews 11:1 reads - "Now faith is the substance... and evidence of things not seen."
>A felled power line< "Don't touch it! Don't go near it!" Why? We choose to be "extra aware." What is this extra awareness? Do we have the evidence of danger or just the words of warning?
Even mere invisible word of mouth about law and punishment will discourage a certain behavior of people. Strange how invisible things can demand our respect. Faith, be it in God or anything else is not so different nor as strange as people choose to think. We all don't call it the same thing, but we all use it all the time. We all don't apply it the same way, but we all do apply it. Now then - what is your definition of "faith" or no "faith?" What are your views?
>Btw - nihilism is a cop out. Don’t go there.<
My next challenge: If the formation of life were indeed as accidental as non-creationists suggest; >example: the Big Bang - then, how do you account for the assembly of the simplest living thing from chaotic matter and energy? From my point of view; be it billions or even millions of years,
like a plasmic tornado passing a billion times through a parts warehouse, won’t just cook-up a form of functioning machinery. Or no matter how many times you frappe a strawberry in a blender, you won’t get another terrestrial fruit. If subatomic particles have their place, then from where did they begin? What are your views?
"Children can be scared of the dark, but some grownups are scared of the light!" ~ the Ethereal Enigma
