(May 19, 2017 at 11:49 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(May 15, 2017 at 11:19 am)SteveII Wrote: Evidence and reasons to believe in God:
1. Person of Jesus is compelling.
No he isn't.
Quote:2. The NT describes actual events including the miracles, life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
No it doesn't.
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vorlon comments:
Being crucified twice on consecutive days is pretty gosh darn compelling, ain't it ??
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Quote:3. God works in people's lives today--changing people on the inside as well as the occurrence of miracles.
No it doesn't.
Quote:4. The natural theology arguments:
Fail when they encounter facts.
Quote:a. God is the best explanation why anything at all exists.
God is probably the worst possible explanation for "why things exist at all".
It supposes that an intelligent agency that consists of nothing at all and in with no time to exist in managed through means not gone into create everything including space and time and hates the gays.
Quote:b. God is the best explanation of the origin of the universe.
Nope.
Quote:c. God is the best explanation of the fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.
Nope.
Quote:d. God is the best explanation of intentional states of consciousness.
Nope.
Quote:e. God is the best explanation of objective moral values and duties.
Nope.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.