(December 13, 2012 at 12:16 pm)pocaracas Wrote: ok, I have some patience...
(December 11, 2012 at 3:13 pm)ronedee Wrote: The Creator is infinitely more intelligent than us!! So much so do we pale in comparison...that we can be compared to something...ANYTHING that ...oh just forget it!!How do you (or anyone) know about that?
I do have a life outside of this forum...
I guess I could ask you the same question?
"IF" (FTSOA)....there is a God....eh...wouldn't it be a good guess He is pretty smart?
IMO and others, there's more reason to believe... "think" an omnipotent individual created all that we see? JUST BECAUSE WE ARE HERE!!
Now...If this is what you need to hear; there are (at least) 3 very physical elements in our lives that defiy our understanding and are explained only by theory: Time, Water, and Gravity.
Anyone can try to explain these things (w/ scientific pov). But the reality is that there is no difinitive answers!
And...it is the opinion of atheists that if you can't explain God in a physical sense, He doesn't exist.
A "thinking" individual can surmise there is indeed some mystery in life?
The difference is atheists aren't interested in a mystery that personally and directly involves them! Because it makes them vulnerable.
I remember as a kid, at Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner wanting to say a prayer of thanks to God. Although not very religious,(my dad and a brother are atheist/agnostic) my family members nodded and let me at it...
After my little prayer, my uncle sarcastically said: "Don't you feel stupid now?"
I looked around at everyones faces....They were all eagerly waiting for my reply! I entusiastically said: "NO, I don't feel stupid"!! No one including my uncle said a word. Everyone just started eating...And I had this great feeling of Joy!
Personally, I really felt what I said then! That was a difining moment in my spiritual evoltion. Something that can't be explained...only felt! Each of us has "something " that drives us...right? And we can't always put that into the "right" words!
So, yes...we are on very opposite ends of a sensitive issue!
Like I said when I first arrived here...I'm not here to convert anyone(although it would be a nice thought!), or shove my belief mechanism down anyones throat. I'm here to state, and defend my belief in Jesus.... and to challenge my own Faith!
Unfortunately, I haven't heard anything intelligent yet to rattle my cage!
It mostly sounds like an inner-city classroom here with insults and profanity the order of the day....w/ all the regular arguments on re-run!
But, pocaracas I appreciate your civil approach to our debate...because we can actually learn from each other! And maybe break some new ground on the old arguments. Ron
Quis ut Deus?