RE: Do Christians actually want evidence?
January 17, 2014 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2014 at 10:02 am by Sword of Christ.)
(January 17, 2014 at 9:46 am)Yahweh Wrote: Which is why some are skeptic when it comes to believing in a deity. Following something without a shred of evidence could mean you're gullible, and/or not very rational.
I agree entirely but who said there isn't any evidence? You have evidence and different ways interpreting it. Now evidence isn't the same thing as proof no-one has that and no-one would claim such a thing. Proof would entirely negate the need for faith of course, if such a thing was even possible in relation to God. You can't prove the existence of something that doesn't exist in terms of matter, energy in the dimensions of time and space. You could potentially have evidence for existence of Zeus who would exist in that sense if he existed but hardily anyone has faith in Zeus these days so that's irrelevant.
Quote:There are commercials where people state that you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet, but the same people advising that, are the ones who fully accept the bible as the word of god, even though it was written THOUSANDS of years ago, with no credible authors.
So if something is very old it can't be any good? No-one with an education is saying the Bible is a reliable book of science but it isn't a scientific journal. If something was a genuine revelation of God thousands of years ago then it would still be a revelation of God today.
(January 17, 2014 at 9:46 am)Yahweh Wrote: This single picture alone denies any argument you put forth claiming that your god is, in fact, who he says he is. If you were to say he's a selfish, homicidal fuck that deserves to burn in hell, in that case, you would be correct. I guess you just gotta have faith though, right? ; )
The problem of evil? That's been very seriously well covered in theology by now. What you have here is a natural world which can be seen as an arena for the action to take place, created for the purpose of generating beings with freewill who are subject to sin/flaws who will then have a genuine opportunity to have a relationship with God and live a life of good or evil.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.