(February 3, 2012 at 1:17 am)brotherlylove Wrote: So, it is the same principle. Not a power from man, but a power from Satan through man.
Which brings us back to why it's not happening today? "It is. I saw it on the 700 Club" is not sufficient evidence to convince me that it's happening today.
Quote:I'd believe it if He confirmed it to me.
God told me that It doesn't want to take away your free will. You've already been given the Truth through the Gift of Reason. Life is a test. If you die still believing these false, terrifying and silly stories about God, you'll be condemned to spend thousands of years writing "I won't believe silly superstitions" over and over again on a blackboard while I'm in paradise enjoying my three bisexual wives and one bisexual husband. Do you really want to take that chance?
(February 3, 2012 at 12:45 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: I've said it before. Heal Stephen Hawking. Make him walk and talk again. I'll be on my knees a second later.
Quote:You should investigate the life of Smith Wigglesworth sometime.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Wigglesworth
Would it be safe to assume that none of his magical healings were ever peer-reviewed by the medical profession?
Oh, and God says he was a charlatan.
Quote:However you want to chop up your "mysterious mind", you are posulating intelligent design and special creation.
God doesn't preclude evolution. In fact, deism dovetails nicely with evolution. We are "rational animals" as one deist once said, long before Darwin's discoveries.
God has just told me It agrees but that the process isn't finished yet. Our evolution is still unfolding. It said that It won't "spoil the surprise" of how this all ends but has hinted that there will be "intelligent life" on this planet one day.
Quote:I have prayed for you to receive a sign, and faith.
God says you're wasting your time.
Quote:You mean to say that if you were to become omniscient you would understand how God is not omniscient?
God wanted me to ask you who said It was omniscient? or omnipotent? or perfect? It turns out God is a lot more modest than Its reputation would suggest.
Evolution doesn't preclude God but it does disprove a perfect or omnipotent god.
Quote:Doesn't seem like you can get around it. Anything which transcends this material reality is technically supernatural.
How so? If it exists, it can be observed. If it can be observed, it can be studied. If it can be studied, it can be understood. If it can be understood, it's part of the natural universe.
Quote:How/why do you think God is limited?
An omnipotent god wouldn't need evolution or millions of years to accomplish it all.
Quote:Faith comes by hearing the gospel, that is why God ordered us to preach it.
But I have heard the Gospel. I can probably quote it better than any Christian. I don't believe it. But I need to believe it in order to receive the Holy Spirit. But only by receiving the Holy Spirit can I believe it. Catch 22.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
