RE: How Christians and there god sound to me.
November 27, 2012 at 1:46 pm
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2012 at 1:47 pm by CliveStaples.)
(November 27, 2012 at 1:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I wouldn't disagree with you there. I don't have to physically speak with someone to have interacted with them either (or to lead them). Nevertheless, there is a hefty chunk of the narrative that describes direct, personal conversations (or walks even) with a god....and of course we don't really see a whole hell of alot of that anymore. Some folks wonder why.
Wonder away to your heart's content. But when "some folks" start making claims--like "God has stopped interacting"--then they have the burden of giving evidence to support their claims.
To quote Christopher Hitchens: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Quote:Quote:Of course my actions are going to be based on my understanding--specifically, of my understanding about God's will for me. That's not what Proverbs 3 is cautioning against.
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Quote:Of course my actions are going to be based on my understanding--specifically, of my understanding about God's will for me. That's not what Proverbs 3 is cautioning against.
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Quote:It appears to me...that your interpretation of the interpretation of said proverb cautions against that exactly. As I have been saying..it's a self defeating statement - unless you can invoke and establish interaction from a god involving a description of it's will...and not just your understanding of it.
...uh, what exactly do you think my interpretation of Proverbs 3 is? Did you even read it?
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
