(July 27, 2017 at 11:17 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 27, 2017 at 4:03 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: By any logical standard if there was any evidence for the existence of god, that would make faith irrelevant.
That faith is needed in the religious community reasonably means that zero evidence is in existence to prove god is real.
IMO, I think the conclusion does not follow from the premise because a Christian does not have to have faith that God exists. That God exists can be known. Rather we are called to have faith that Jesus Christ can/will/does provide atonement for our sins if we ask and in his other promises related to the Christian life.
If that god comes down and kisses each and every one of our asses, apologizing profusely for being the one who set up the bullshit condemnation for creating us with that nature he could have just as easily not instilled in us, then your last sentence doesn't make you look like a fucking piece of shit. Otherwise...eat a dick. Any god who would withhold love or knowledge or anything important like that, for any reason, is not a good god. Period. Fuck you for not being willing to acknowledge that.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
