... the problem is that religion addresses no mysteries of the universe. It makes up untestable, unverifiable stories. Throughout history science has greatly...
jayrome301, Are they truly untestable stories? Maybe you don't want the "stories" detailing how we should treat ourselves and others and the subsequent effects...
The Bible, the Tao te Ching, and other ancient texts can and do give some insight into the mind of man during the time they were written. Some may even offer...
... give some insight into the mind of man during the time they were written. Some may even offer moral and ethical lessons for today. Reading them as a...
I think many could benefit or at least appreciate the differences in the Bible more if they had a better understanding of the times the writers of each book...
MS, There is an excellent book (my apologies if you have read it already) which concerns itself with the distinctions that you are speaking of, it is called...
... even that they may contain valid "messages" or moral teachings. It's the underlying supernaturalism that moves them out of the realm of NATURAL science, as...
... You miss the point, the moral fables are not inventions of the bible, they existed way before the people attested to have written them in the bible. The...
jayrome301, Ummm, in my other postings where I spoke of the documentary hypothesis I made it pretty clear that I believe that the Bible is a patchwork of...
Basically what it boils down to is this: Jayrome, you choose NOT to believe, scholaryly1 chooses to believe. It is a matter of faith. You have faith that...
Don Parkison
ccmyouthguy@...
Mar 6, 2003 6:17 pm
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Actually it has utterly nothing to do with faith or choice,with no evidence of there being a god what reason would there be to believe? ... believe. It is a ...
You'll have to be more specific, there is simply no evidence for you. None. There really isn't! I, and others, see and feel a great deal of evidence of a...
Leon, I wasn't "special pleading." My behaviour was in this case much simpler than any dancing on the head of a pin smokescreen you are trying to paint me...
"Hence arises the fact that everything better struggles through only with difficulty... But the absurd and perverse in the realm of thought, the dull and ...
... faith that ... Incorrect, disbelief is not a matter of faith, it a lack of faith. Faith is the belief in something without evidence to support that belief....
... You have also made it clear you believe it to be a document that provides evidence for a "highter power" because of its moral fiber. What I showed was that...
... I like your debating style that you think is far above everyone elses, Read this again. You can't see, or hear the evidence, you have feel it in your...
... It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside...
... From: longform108 To: evolutionversuscreationism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:42 AM Subject: [Evolution versus Creationism] Re: Hello...
So....what does all of this have to do with Evolution vs.. Creation? I am fairly new to this post and have yet to catch where these 2 ideas come in. Or is...
Don Parkison
ccmyouthguy@...
Mar 7, 2003 11:50 pm
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I guess we are waiting for a creationist to put up some evidence of creation that is logically valid and passes scientific scrutiny, until then... ... I am ......
... PS. it is not like proving the existence of the wind. I can feel the wind, I can measure the velocity of the wind, and predict the effects of the wind, I...
Sorry,"feelings" arent evidence because they arent objective. And with no evidence of a magic man that lives in the sky what reason is there to believe in one?...
""Much like proving the existence of wind......."" Theres evidence for wind,go to a dollar store and buy a childs windmill,or turn on the discovery channel and...
I am believe that Jesus Christ is God and he is the creator of everything that exists, including Adam & Eve. However I believe very strongly that no one will...
