RE: What Is The Point Of Prayer?
August 24, 2013 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2013 at 12:13 pm by Chas.)
(August 23, 2013 at 3:21 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote:Quote:Erroneous statement. I worship nothing.
You will have something you revere in your life more than anything else. It can be person possibly. I don't mean Carl Sagan someone important to you personally.
Lets have a look at what Jesus himself said.
"Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me." Matthew 10:37
Now clearly here he was speaking with the authority of God. And he's telling his followers not to put anything before God.
No, it is not at all clear that he was 'speaking with the authority of God'.
He may have thought so; I don't.
(August 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm)discipulus Wrote:(August 23, 2013 at 4:17 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: Firstly, SoC, I'd like to thank you for not responding to my post. It lets me assume you had no counterargument.
Secondly, you bet your damn ass I'll put my love for my family over my love for a guy who didn't even exist. Your God's a pretty selfish dude.
How can a person that does not exist be selfish?
The person would have to exist in order to be selfish right?
Very funny.
We, of course, refer to the extant description given in the myths.
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Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
