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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 2:25 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 2:21 pm)ronedee Wrote: You need proof. But to get your proof you need to actually believe first.
Believing, having faith, is not proof. Faith, after all, is the veritable lack of evidence.
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 2:32 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 1:40 pm)ronedee Wrote: (June 14, 2013 at 1:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote: For once I agree with ronny. God can be a cunt or could be if he existed.
Your problem remains to demonstrate via actual evidence that your god exists.... cunt or otherwise.
A prick maybe... a cunt? I think not. At least in the pure definition of the words.
Why would god be a prick if there is not a comparably divine cunt?
Perhaps god is an autoerotic homosexual?
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 2:38 pm
ronedee Wrote:You need proof. But to get your proof you need to actually believe first.
Why is it that the method to affirm Christianity is rife with bias?
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm
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(June 14, 2013 at 2:38 pm)Faith No More Wrote: ronedee Wrote:You need proof. But to get your proof you need to actually believe first.
Why is it that the method to affirm Christianity is rife with bias?
As I said...but everyone takes everything out of context here!
YMMV... Faith is a personal relationship w/ God. I can't explain something you're are unwilling to try! Even if you/anyone did...its your own path to Him.
(June 14, 2013 at 2:25 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: (June 14, 2013 at 2:21 pm)ronedee Wrote: You need proof. But to get your proof you need to actually believe first.
Believing, having faith, is not proof. Faith, after all, is the veritable lack of evidence.
Ok! But, you make Faith sound like a void. Like something is absent.
So you say tomotoes and I say tomatoes?
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:23 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm)ronedee Wrote: As I said...but everyone takes everything out of context here!
If I took it out of context, why not defend it with the true context?
(June 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm)ronedee Wrote: YMMV... Faith is a personal relationship w/ God. I can't explain something you're are unwilling to try! Even if you/anyone did...its your own path to Him.
In other words, it can't be defended beyond the statement, "you just have to try it yourself."
If I did try and found nothing, would you accept my disbelief?
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:25 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm)ronedee Wrote: Ok! But, you make Faith sound like a void. Like something is absent.
Having a personal relationship with God is like a kid having a personal relationship with Santa Clause.
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:29 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 3:23 pm)Faith No More Wrote: If I did try and found nothing, would you accept my disbelief?
Honestly? I accept your disbelief now!
Its a great leap of Faith to believe in God. That's why the rewards are so great!
And...all you really have to do is ask in earnest for an answer. that's all God needs to reveal Himself.
I don't blame you, or anyone else. Some of my family members are atheists...including a daughter! Doesn't mean I don't care or love them.
We're still in all this together! I'm a Chrisitian, but also a realist!
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:31 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 2:25 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: (June 14, 2013 at 2:21 pm)ronedee Wrote: You need proof. But to get your proof you need to actually believe first.
Believing, having faith, is not proof. Faith, after all, is the veritable lack of evidence.
I forget now who first said that the sceptic says "I'll believe it when I see it", while the credulous says "I'll see it when I believe it".
I think it might have been me.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:32 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 3:25 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: (June 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm)ronedee Wrote: Ok! But, you make Faith sound like a void. Like something is absent.
Having a personal relationship with God is like a kid having a personal relationship with Santa Clause.
For you.....I won't try to convince you otherwise!
I was once in your shoes...eh....metaphorically that is! Just my life experiences made me give it a try! It worked out I'm happy to say!
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RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 14, 2013 at 3:35 pm
(June 14, 2013 at 3:31 pm)Stimbo Wrote: the credulous says "I'll see it when I believe it".
And are a great deal of them not in psychiatric wards?
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