RE: My naive questions
November 15, 2014 at 3:34 am
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2014 at 3:59 am by Godscreated.)
(November 14, 2014 at 11:51 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(November 14, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Godschild Wrote: Do I need more, it's hasn't seemed necessary to have more than one?
GC
The question is, do you need any?
Yes, God's voice is a great comfort and leads me to many decisions and understanding of many things.
GC
(November 14, 2014 at 11:48 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(November 14, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Godschild Wrote: What makes you think we have never met God, could it be because you haven't so that means it's not possible for us. What kind of logic is that.
It's the same logic we use in every other area of our lives, outside of our favorite religion. It's called "the burden of proof". If you claim X exists, it's up to you to prove X exists. It's not up to me to prove X does not exist.
I'm not trying to prove God exists to you or anyone else, I know He does and for my life it's what matters.
Quote:I could announce that 100 winged monkeys just flew out of my ass. Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean it didn't just happen to me. But you wouldn't believe me without proof, would you?
Didn't you just scold Alpha Male for using physical examples in a spiritual argument. You would have to prove to me that any monkeys have wings, you're big enough of a butt that I could believe that 100 monkeys...
Quote:Another feature of this common use of logic outside of religion is the doctrine of ECREE. The more extraordinary the claim, the more evidence is required to meet the burden of proof. If I told you I had lunch with my wife today, you'd accept that on my testimony alone.
Not necessarily, you could be using that as a deception to hide the fact you were some where you should't have been.
Quote: If I told you I had lunch with my late father, deceased over 10 years now, who's ashes from his cremated body reconstituted themselves into a living body and he's feeling much better now, I'd need a mountain of evidence.
I suspect four witnesses would not be sufficient for my lunch-with-my-late-father claim.
That's how logic works.
That also depends on what might of happened right before lunch, if Christ had returned and I knew your father was a Christian I would find that statement quite believable.
Just because you or anyone else doesn't believe something doesn't necessarily mean it's not true. Nor does it mean I have to prove it to you.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
