(August 21, 2013 at 2:25 pm)Drich Wrote: Again, no.
Both you ( the one who says there is no God) and the son who says my 'father/God' is dead, have arrived at the same point or destination(your favorite spot on the beach) now the son who says the father is dead took the Interstate. And you who says there is no God took the back roads. Either way you want to look at it you both wound up in the same place. (Your favorite spot on the beach) meaning to both of you there is no God. You want to look at the sons journey and tell me your in a different place than he is, but your in the same place. So again it does not matter how you got to the beach, the fact of the matter is that you are there.
Again, no.
The places I and the son have arrived at are very, very different. The son does not deny his father's existence - he simply denies its relevance to his life. I do deny the father's existence. The son is very much aware of the fact that his father exists and is real - I am not. The son knows and understands that god exists and chooses to ignore it. I know and understand that he does not exist.