(September 20, 2013 at 1:04 pm)John V Wrote: Are my assumptions incorrect?
They're not even worthy of an answer.
(September 20, 2013 at 1:04 pm)John V Wrote: I don't see personal attacks, but if I made some - what do they say? Consider that atheists make many, many more personal attacks against me than I do against them when you answer.
I didn't mean personal attacks as in you are insulting me. I meant you were using personal attacks in place of an argument(ad hominem). Rather than try to answer my questions, you simply accused me of being unwilling to accept any answers that would come from the bible, regardless.
Besides, I find being told what I will and will not accept a hundred times more insulting than being called an "asshole."
(September 20, 2013 at 1:04 pm)John V Wrote: You're saying that the creator should tailor messages to the unreasonable expectations of the creation. I disagree.
Not should. Would. Communication is a two-way street, which I think is an outrageously simple concept for an omniscient deity to understand.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell