@Brian37 I was asked for a reason why people give God credit. I cited dogma of those people to explain why they do it. I also did not excuse them not being appreciative of other contributions to the positive and negative things that happened to them. I figured that was a more appropriate to reference something they believe and think on than citing the biochemical, societal and evolutionary reasons people thank their skydaddy. That doesn't mean there aren't multiple reasons, but it's not circular. If it was a Muslim I would have quoted Surah “Why should Allah punish you if you have thanked Him and have believed in Him. And Allah is Ever All-Appreciative (of good), All-Knowing.” (4:147)
To be more precise:
1. X believes in the Bible
2. the Bible says Y
3. Therefore X does Y because of the Bible
I understand you feel the authority of the Bible is a circular argument and I wouldn't necessarily disagree. But we weren't talking about whether person X should be thankful to God, but why X did thank God.
@Cod If you want to be a dick at Christmas, more power to you. Notice I said "thanking one extra cause" meaning that you should be grateful for all the causes.
You also admit that acting on beliefs helpful, don't believe talking to yourself helps and don't want to discuss faith.
https://theweek.com/articles/476117/talk...g-car-keys that was with a 5 second google search, because you don't even need to open the door to the power of prayer to get my point.
To be more precise:
1. X believes in the Bible
2. the Bible says Y
3. Therefore X does Y because of the Bible
I understand you feel the authority of the Bible is a circular argument and I wouldn't necessarily disagree. But we weren't talking about whether person X should be thankful to God, but why X did thank God.
@Cod If you want to be a dick at Christmas, more power to you. Notice I said "thanking one extra cause" meaning that you should be grateful for all the causes.
You also admit that acting on beliefs helpful, don't believe talking to yourself helps and don't want to discuss faith.
https://theweek.com/articles/476117/talk...g-car-keys that was with a 5 second google search, because you don't even need to open the door to the power of prayer to get my point.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
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