(January 16, 2012 at 7:19 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: OK, so the Christian has two choices:
1. Believe that such magic is possible for mortals and that angels do get personally involved in real life, in which case you are so loony that there's no point in having a rational conversation with you.
2. Admit that the Book of Acts is kind of fanciful and shouldn't be regarded as a historical document.
And before anyone whines about my "prejudice against the supernatural", all I'm doing is operating by the same rules we all do in every day life. ECREE. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Since you don't lend the same credence to the supernatural claims of other religions, you should understand why I don't let such credence to yours.
I was born a Christian but off of religion for the last 45 years or so. I'll have to choose 2, not a historical document. *applause* What do I win?
Seriously, I just noticed that you label yourself an agnostic deist. That makes you a pretty rare bird and interesting as hell. Frankly I don't know why all theists and deists don't likewise claim agnosticism. "Faith" could mean something if it didn't come dressed up as certainty. Why don't more of them admit as you do that they have no more proof than anyone else and nonetheless affirm their intuition/hunch/whatever that there is .. something more. No one could really argue with that so long as you didn't want to go messing with the curriculum in the public schools.
