why not believe in God!

[theVOID]

Proof is in the bible Min. Many very scholarly types (Christadelphians; Jehovas Witnesses) miss the point too.

Bible's a pile of shit, Frods. Now what?

Now nothing, that was it.

[Edwardo Piet]

I had one of you atheist say there is no absolutes.

Assuming you are referring to my earlier post, I did not say there were no absolutes-- I said there is no such thing as absolute certainty. Nuance.

If I may, I think, pedantically correct that. There is a such thing as absolute certainty. In the sense there are plenty of people who are absolutely certain about at least some things. There just isn't absolute knowledge, in the sense that, whether you're absolutely certain of something or not, that doesn't mean you absolutely know it in truth.

[Entropist]

If I may, I think, pedantically correct that. There is a such thing as absolute certainty. In the sense there are plenty of people who are absolutely certain about at least some things. There just isn't absolute knowledge, in the sense that, whether you're absolutely certain of something or not, that doesn't mean you absolutely know it in truth.

True. I think that is a much more accurate way of putting it.

[fr0d0]

Proof is in the bible Min. Many very scholarly types (Christadelphians; Jehovas Witnesses) miss the point too.

Bible's a pile of shit, Frods. Now what?

Now nothing, that was it.

Yep. When you miss the point... you're done.

[Zen Badger]

Proof is in the bible Min. Many very scholarly types (Christadelphians; Jehovas Witnesses) miss the point too.

Oh? really?

Where?

[fr0d0]

Some see the wood but can't find any trees

[downbeatplumb]

Some see the wood but can't find any trees

No one has ever done that, a wood is a grouping of trees, if you see a wood you see trees.

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

Good try man but I didn't trust in God until I was 15. Thanks though. When I look at the Bible I see logic.

Logic? What logic in the bible? What I see are fairy tales and the imaginings of primative bronze-age men with modern people attempting to 'interpret' the work into meaning something other than what it literally says to accomindate all the glaring errors and inconsistencies within the novel.
Even second-rate authors can make a more coherant and likable story than the bible's authors but the story is supposed to be written by god, who is often defined as omnipotent and omnicient. Do you really think that such a powerful intelligence would write such a poor novel? eesh.

I had one of you atheist say there is no absolutes. Well the means you must take things for granted or use that ugly word "trust" or "believe" in the unexplainible things of nature or the unexplained things of the universe. I just simply choose to believe instead of not believe.

Just to note that there being no absolutes in the universe does not mean that everything is absolutely uncertain enough to require any form of belief. It doesn't take any measure of belief that the sun will rise tomorrow, my cat will still want to be fed tomorrow morning, gravity will always pull things at a rate of 9.8 meters per second, the speed of light is just under 300 million meters per second, and water will still be made up of two parts hydrogen for every oxygen molecule. Despite being well known and very consistent, none of these things are without some error in our understanding of all of these things and the forces that control them.
Your religious faith, on the other hand, requires belief because the supernatural has failed to exist in the universe. You have to believe in god in hte exact same way I used to believe in Santa Claus. Because everyone told me he existed and even though I never met him there were signs of him everywhere with no actual evidence. It's just that people were putting him there, wearing his uniform, and signing things with his name.

I have no hard evidence or pictures of God in the family album but don't feel sorry for me I am a normal person with anormal job who loves the Lord and I serve Him out of love not duty or fear. Thanks for ur thoughts though.

There's nothing wrong with that, but keep in mind that I and most certainly others on this forum all view your beliefs with the same eyes that we see in adults to still think that Santa Claus is a real person or hold other imaginary friends.

[Minimalist]

Proof is in the bible Min. Many very scholarly types (Christadelphians; Jehovas Witnesses) miss the point too.

Bible's a pile of shit, Frods. Now what?

Now nothing, that was it.

It usually is.

[theVOID]

Notice how fr0d0 just confirmed my accusation by refusing to respond to any point of contention again...