We don't know. You don't know, I don't know. If you do, go and claim your Nobel Prize.
Again, if you don't know, you can't say that I don't know. I don't know means I don't know, it doesn't mean I don't know but I know you're wrong. You can't know I am wrong if you don't know.
It may be simple to say, but it is, again, not a simple concept. It's easy to say "wood burns", however, explaining this statement would take a fair few more words. I'm familiar with divine simplicity, and it's trash, just like every other piece of theology I've ever seen. Just come up with some evidence, this would all be cleared up real quick.
Again, what evidence are you looking for? Photographs? Please tell me what your standard of evidence is. Also, how can we reasonably discuss this topic if you dismiss all theology as trash? Isn't that incredibly closed-minded?
Ah, finally, evidence, yes, I would like to discuss archaeological evidence and evidence for fulfilled prophecy.
We can discuss this after we figure out what your standard of evidence is.
God has explanatory power? Excellent, elaborate upon "goddidit" as an explanation for the cosmos. God is exactly equivalent to faeries, unless you have some of that evidence you mentioned? -Mis-using logic, fixed that for you.
Comparing God to teapots is trivial. There is no reason to believe that magic teapots exist, but plenty of positive arguments in Gods favor. I think the explanatory power is obvious. The conception of God unites every metaphysical, epistimological and ethical discipline. It answers questions from the nature of love, to altruism, to morality, to why things are beautiful, to the nature of the truth and so on. It explains why the Universe has an appearance of design, as even Richard Dawkins admitted. It explains origins, history, logic, reason, and all of these explanations for a cohesive unity which is utterly absent in a purely materialistic Universe.
Cause is equivalent to god why? Because you believe it to be so? Hardly. Maybe god "caused" my morning erection.
If you're capable of creating an argument without referring to your anatomy, I'll address this.
No evidence for a natural explanation of life.....on this planet.....wtf is wrong with you? Please, please, please don't make god out to be an idiot in an attempt to prove that he exists. If god is the cause, it's a bit further back than life. If god is the cause, this natural explanation of life is exactly how he did it. Show me any current scientific model of anything that invokes god. Where is he necessary? You aren't linking Salty's website are you? Because we all had a good laugh at that last time (you didn't actually buy that shit right? your just throwing links up to get rid of me yes?)
Here you make the presumption that the naturalistic explanation is correct, and that God couldn't have created it another way. What happened to "we don't know"? There is quite a difference between the scientific model and the biblical account. Specifically, the age of the Universe. The theories about cosmological evolution, even if they did work, all need vast amounts of time to function. If the Universe is much younger than the billions of years that these theories are predicated on, they all fall to dust.
Since you're appealing to websites, I'll point you to this video which explains how horribly flawed big bang cosmology really is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9HbSvtQXs
The last bit of your post means fuck all because you failed to provide any evidence for this being in the first place. Non-existent beings clearly don't sit in judgement of those of us that do exist, unless you'd like to imagine some leprechaun tribunal lording over all the midgets of the world. Grow up.
Whatever you think it means, or what the evidence is, you asked what is the practical value of Christianity to your life. The most immediate practical value is that you are no longer under Gods judgement and are given eternal life. When you accept Christ as your savior, you are a new creation, and you receive a new spirit.
Again, if you don't know, you can't say that I don't know. I don't know means I don't know, it doesn't mean I don't know but I know you're wrong. You can't know I am wrong if you don't know.
It may be simple to say, but it is, again, not a simple concept. It's easy to say "wood burns", however, explaining this statement would take a fair few more words. I'm familiar with divine simplicity, and it's trash, just like every other piece of theology I've ever seen. Just come up with some evidence, this would all be cleared up real quick.
Again, what evidence are you looking for? Photographs? Please tell me what your standard of evidence is. Also, how can we reasonably discuss this topic if you dismiss all theology as trash? Isn't that incredibly closed-minded?
Ah, finally, evidence, yes, I would like to discuss archaeological evidence and evidence for fulfilled prophecy.
We can discuss this after we figure out what your standard of evidence is.
God has explanatory power? Excellent, elaborate upon "goddidit" as an explanation for the cosmos. God is exactly equivalent to faeries, unless you have some of that evidence you mentioned? -Mis-using logic, fixed that for you.
Comparing God to teapots is trivial. There is no reason to believe that magic teapots exist, but plenty of positive arguments in Gods favor. I think the explanatory power is obvious. The conception of God unites every metaphysical, epistimological and ethical discipline. It answers questions from the nature of love, to altruism, to morality, to why things are beautiful, to the nature of the truth and so on. It explains why the Universe has an appearance of design, as even Richard Dawkins admitted. It explains origins, history, logic, reason, and all of these explanations for a cohesive unity which is utterly absent in a purely materialistic Universe.
Cause is equivalent to god why? Because you believe it to be so? Hardly. Maybe god "caused" my morning erection.
If you're capable of creating an argument without referring to your anatomy, I'll address this.
No evidence for a natural explanation of life.....on this planet.....wtf is wrong with you? Please, please, please don't make god out to be an idiot in an attempt to prove that he exists. If god is the cause, it's a bit further back than life. If god is the cause, this natural explanation of life is exactly how he did it. Show me any current scientific model of anything that invokes god. Where is he necessary? You aren't linking Salty's website are you? Because we all had a good laugh at that last time (you didn't actually buy that shit right? your just throwing links up to get rid of me yes?)
Here you make the presumption that the naturalistic explanation is correct, and that God couldn't have created it another way. What happened to "we don't know"? There is quite a difference between the scientific model and the biblical account. Specifically, the age of the Universe. The theories about cosmological evolution, even if they did work, all need vast amounts of time to function. If the Universe is much younger than the billions of years that these theories are predicated on, they all fall to dust.
Since you're appealing to websites, I'll point you to this video which explains how horribly flawed big bang cosmology really is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9HbSvtQXs
The last bit of your post means fuck all because you failed to provide any evidence for this being in the first place. Non-existent beings clearly don't sit in judgement of those of us that do exist, unless you'd like to imagine some leprechaun tribunal lording over all the midgets of the world. Grow up.
Whatever you think it means, or what the evidence is, you asked what is the practical value of Christianity to your life. The most immediate practical value is that you are no longer under Gods judgement and are given eternal life. When you accept Christ as your savior, you are a new creation, and you receive a new spirit.
(September 26, 2011 at 8:47 pm)Rhythm Wrote: stuff
