(July 15, 2014 at 1:41 am)whateverist Wrote: 1. How is the method by which you became a Christian reliable?oooo. I like these threads!
Because I found God at the end of my quest, as promised.
Quote:2. Apart from church dogma, how can you know what happens when we die?when we/you will die, and your questions will be answered.
Quote:3. What if you and your silly bible are wrong and there is no heaven, hell or afterlife of any kind?then it will matter as much as everything before I was born.
Quote:4. If you are God's unthinking lacky, how can you call yourself moral?BZZZAT. (Wrong answer buzzer sound) begs the question. Rephrase without defaulting to a logical fallacy.
Quote: Do you really think morality is simply a question of rule following?"morality" it little more than whatever pop culture says it is.
Quote:5. Even if there is a God, you are obviously free to do what you want. The prisons are full of Christians.because prisons are full of Christians we have evidence that we are all slaves to sin.
Quote: Do you or do you not believe God gave man free will?no, He gave us but one choice. To find redemption for the sins we are slaves to or remain in our sins.
Quote:6. If all you do is follow God's rules, how does your life have any meaning? What makes it your life?i think your describing catholism. This is not biblical Christianity. Biblical Christianity says we have no hope in following God's law therefore we must seek redemption. Once we have redemption for sin we live a part of or free from the law for the purpose of loving God with all the gifts and talents we may have been given.
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?)the universe is a relatively small or limited point of time and space. Meaning it has a beginning an end and takes up a given amount of space. God exists outside that realm. To ask where did he come from is to think with in the confines of the linear nature of this particular time and space. If God exists outside this time and space then locating or validating point of origin is not a valid endeavor, as time as we know it exists in a linear fashion that only exists with in the confines of our existence.
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?then produce something technology can manifest with out the use of technology. Or rather will a result without technology.. That is the big deal. It's not the result, it's the how the result came about.
Quote:9. What’s your view of Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris? Do you read anything else but the bible?confused, attackers of straw men and destroyers of religion. Which has little to do with the God of the bible. Accept this or not most of you parrot back the stuff these guys spout. To which anyone with basic knowledge of the God of the bible can easily refute if they speak where the bible speaks and simple remain silent where the bible is silent.
Quote:10. If there is but one God, then why does every society have a different religion? [Props to Jenny.]Their is but one true God/creater. Their are many gods beings who pretend to be God or people looking to serve self or a god the can control.
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