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Josh McDowell
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RE: Josh McDowell
August 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm
(August 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm)Thor Wrote: And if your deity is truly omniscient, won't he already know whether or not I'll accept him? Then what's the point in allowing me to choose? He already knows (before I'm born!) what my choice will be! So what's the point in creating me when he already knows what will happen?

This.

This is the big one.

Omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omni-benevolence can NOT all exist in one being. It is a logical impossibility.



You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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Josh McDowell - by salty - August 29, 2011 at 11:00 am
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RE: Josh McDowell - by Simon Moon - August 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm
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