I'm gonna put my christian hat on here
Christian hat off.
(July 15, 2014 at 1:41 am)whateverist Wrote: 1. How is the method by which you became a Christian reliable?Because Jesus had someone reach out to me, I could feel it. When I read the gospels I felt the holy spirit rush in to my life and what I had done wrong become so clear but yet I was so at peace. There is no way that could be anything but the holy spirit.
Quote:2. Apart from church dogma, how can you know what happens when we die?Because I accepted god into my heart and he quides me everyday.
Quote:3. What if you and your silly bible are wrong and there is no heaven, hell or afterlife of any kind?Why would you call the bible silly, it is the most inspiring testament on earth. However too imagine life without god is well, bleak.
Quote:4. If you are God's unthinking lacky, how can you call yourself moral? Do you really think morality is simply a question of rule following?Of course I'm not a unthinking lacky, and your thinking of gods rules the wrong way. Instead of a robot following a set of commands think of its like the rules a father may set out for his son. These are rules of love to teach us.
Quote:5. Even if there is a God, you are obviously free to do what you want. The prisons are full of Christians. Do you or do you not believe God gave man free will?Of course he did, he wanted children not robots!
Quote:6. If all you do is follow God's rules, how does your life have any meaning? What makes it your life?It is following god and living to his imagine that gives life meaning, Agian think of it like a father/son relationship.
Quote:7. Where did that which you believe created the universe come from? (And if anything can always have existed, why not the universe and all its prior conditions?)How can you say the austere beauty of the universe is a simple coincidence, look at our brains for example, even today our technology can not even come close!.
Quote:8. What about miracles? Aside from the most ridiculous claims, wouldn't most of what technology makes possible today have seemed miraculous to the ancients? So what's the big deal?Despite all the wonders of modern medicine, I have yet to see a man rise from the dead after 3 days.
Quote:Harris I don't know, but dawkins is stuffy and arrogant, but hitchens on the hand is nuts. Despite the fact he is a alcoholic that I disahree with I have to respect his brand of crazy and how he sticks to his princples.
9. What’s your view of Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris? Do you read anything else but the bible?
Quote:10. If there is but one God, then why does every society have a different religion? [Props to Jenny.]Because, some are jealous of humanity's relationship with god and seek to destroy by leading us astray.
Christian hat off.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
