03-23-2002, 05:56 PM | #81 |
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I covered this in my evidencer vs. proof post, but I'll try again. When it comes down to it, you're not choosing faith or logic. I'll concede that Christianity doesn't have all the answers, but any other belief system has as many holes in it. THIS INCLUDES: atheism, agnosticism, and skepticism. Your taking a leap of faith no matter which direction you choose.
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Ack! No, I was talking about Laurelin, sorry, Earnieal...
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Oh, silly me! I thought you were referring to my post. No worries...
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For crying out loud, I was trying to avoid getting onto this....
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Athiesm: a)Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. b)The doctrine that there is no God or gods. The prime tenant of Athiesm says, in bold letters, "There is no God." Now that I've deconstructed your faulty statement, let me say that the rest of your arguement is somewhat more correct. If there were multiple gods, it would be possible to have faith in one but not another. However, that's Pantheism, and we're discussing Theism. All theists say "There is A God.", but they are at odds as to who that god is. Quote:
1) You assume that theism is a logically unsound concept. 2) You assume that there is sufficient probability to believe in naturalism. The first is,as near as I can determine, simply the result of yourown bias. I have previously given reasons why it is logical to believe in a Creator. You completely missed my point, but more on that later. As for the second, what of the naturalistic assumption that everything 'just happened'? There is null realistic probability of the universe organizing itself spontaneously. So your own arguement works against you. Prove to me that there is sufficeint probability to believe that the universe is spontaneously self organized. Quote:
God created humans, Adam and Eve. He told them, "Look, Everything is good right now. And everything will stay good as long as you live the way I mad eyou to live. I won't force you, I'm giving you a choice. But if you choose to go your own way, you'll live a hard life, die, and the whole world will basically suck. So please don't." They did. They lived hard lives, died, and the whole world basically sucks, God did create an escape clause-jesus- that allows us to return to him and go his way. But that doesn't negate the consequences of our being imperfect (due to that choice), and thus, life is still sucky. Quote:
a) Wrong. If there is no God, I simply cease to exist. I can't go to hell if there is no god, because the concept of hell requires God in the picture. B) Also Wrong. Likewise. You don't exist anymore, so even though you are correct you won't know it. You could have stated it better. But I'm just moving on for the sake of brevity. Quote:
You're not the exception, but the rule. Because the majority of people raised as christians miss the point. As you have. I continually scoff at theology and the common understanding of christianity. Theology and teaching is utterly useless if it doesn't affect your life. Going to church does not make you a christian. Quote:
Are you saying that, despite the fact that Billions of humans since the beginning of time have believed in some higher power, there's no reason to think they're right? Quote:
Did I even once say that 'because we don't understand some things, there must be a God? I? I didn't even come close to saying that what science doesn't understand must come from God. What I said was that without God, it would be impossible for science to understand anything. Let me repeat myself: Science says that everything is ordered and predictable. Order cannot arise from chaos. Therefore, the ordered laws of nature must be the result of some higher order. Eventually, you must come to some order that is self existant. I.E. God. It is only the belief in an ordered universe that makes science valid. It is only the belief in an orderly creation that makes an ordered universe logical. It is only be belief in an orderly creator that makes an orderly creation possible. Quote:
It's patently false. An earth that is billions of years old is simply popular at the moment. That doesn't make it any more true than a flat earth. The old earth belief is based on Unaversalism, the belief that everything happens at a predictable rate. Which doesn't hold up. Furthermore, were you aware that every historical record available stops at a few thousand years ago? How strange that, if humans are hundereds of thousands of years old, there are no records any farther back... As for your last argument-my dear fool, even the scientists which claim humans evolved from somehting else are unable to agree whether it was australopithicus or some other animal. So beginning your arguement with that assumption is patently false. Shall I quote someone for you? Richard leaky, one of the most prominent evolutionists of the last century, said: "Either we throw out the fossil record or we forget about evolution." Now, does that cast your position in a little more realistic light? Quote:
So, if the fossil record is against evolution, geology is dubious, and archaeology points towards a younger earth, where does that leave you? A few points behind, I'd say. ]: ) Quote:
Anyone who claims to follow god and yet doesn't evidence it is a lying hypocrite. You're really not being logical at all. Surely, anyone CAN come to God. But you can keep away from him as well. As there is only one way, it's a rather simple-you're in or you're out. Now, that bit about god finding everyone is bull. Admittedly, god wants everyone to be saved. But that's where you miss the point. He is willing to forgive sins, any sins. God's not lowering his standards for anyone, but he has provided a way that we may automatically pass, even if we wouldn't have before. Everyone has an alotted time to choose sides. Either you're with god, or against him. And when you die, you get to find out which side you've chosen. Oi! That was badly worded. I hate super-long posts.
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I have a new found respect for you Wayfarer. The theology is good, and bieng a biologist, I can back up the scientific statements that you said. There is no current proof for macroevolution (evolving from one species to another). That isn't a disputed fact even among non believing scientists. Yet it still stays in textbooks because they claim to have "no better theory to replace it with"
Geology arguments also can be disproven because of the the flood being able to create things in a short period of time. Solid proof for a billions of years old world just doesn't exist.
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Wheee....that WAS long, Wayfarer!
Anyway. I'm not sure who said any of this, I don't know what I'm replying to, but I'm going to scribble out a little something anyway. I am a theist, by that I mean I believe there is something out there, up there, in here, wherever, that is more that we can explain on Entmoot. However, I am not connected to any established religion, ie Christianity, Judaism, Islam, any of it. I know there is something out there. I just don't know what. I don't pray very often, not in the usual way; when I do, I'm not entirely sure what I'm praying to. I'm not really the worshipping type, which is why some religions bug me. It may sound stupid and a little selfish, but I don't like abasing myself to some supreme being that has power over my entire life and everything else as well. I prefer to think of said supreme being as a being I can turn to, to help me if I need to talk to something, or if I am feeling confused and don't know what's going on with the world. It's more of a simple sense of connection for me, rather than a Religion. Yikes. That was rather wishy-washy and longer than I wanted it to be. But there you go. Here's Tanoliel's somewhat strange beliefs. -tano
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03-23-2002, 07:15 PM | #87 |
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can you go to heaven or hell if you have never been introduced to any sort of orgnized religeon? if you were on a desolate island where there were no traces of christianity, muslim or jewish propganda what is your fate?
i am starting to believe that if you believe in god and follow "natural law" then you can go to heaven or hell w/o believing in any of these organized religeons. in all likelyhood this is all the people had to follow before the bible and jesus. i always welcome your replies nibs, they are very informative. as are yours crickhollow.
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Hmm, this is very interesting. I think I'll just follow along and read this one, except for a few points.
Yep, these are for Wayfarer. 1. How do you know that order can't come from chaos? 2. How do you know that if God doesn't exist, you will cease to exist when you die? 3. Historical record stops a few thousand years ago because that's when humans learned to write and started recording. 4. Archaeological record goes back much further than four thousand years (I am very interested in archaeology, and know this for a fact). "The earliest traces of human occupation in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley of southern Mesopotamia date to around 5500 B.C." - that's merely one example, 6500 years ago, and that civilization already had pottery, indicating a somewhat advanced state. 5. You say that the earth being a few billion years old is merely a passing belief. I'm just wondering, but how do you explain carbon-14 dating, the sun's life-span, the age of the moon, etc. There's lots of evidence on Earth and in the solar system to support the billion-year ideas. Don't want to argue this debate, just putting up some facts.
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Secondly, 'austrolopithecus' debates are concerned with the classification of the species, not whether or not we are descended from them. We know that we are descended, or related in some way to the australopithecus family, we just don't yet know how to classify them in the linnaean taxonomy system, yet!
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This was Christ's plan - to be sent to Earth, live a pure life, and atone for the sins of the world. Satan's plan was to abolish sin altogether and usurp the glory for himself. Christ's plan was chosen. The Atonement was compulsory for the salvation of mankind. "No unclean thing can enter into the presence of God." Since we all commit sins, there must be a process to become cleansed of them. The Atonement and accepting it through repentance are that process. The Atonement, as I know it, is eternal and everlasting. It covers all who are and were upon the Earth. This is very confusing, too, because how could that affect those beforehand? It doesn't fit, logically. I don't think it fits afterwards, either. It's another matter of faith. However, as much as faith is a factor, we can have experiences with the divine daily. How? Well, it tells you in the Bible. Let's take a looksie. "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13) Again, repentance. It's quite a process and never fun, but you'll never feel better than after you have forsaken past sins. I can testify of the truthfulness of this verse. "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:7-8) "We have fellowship one with another." That's another. No contention; just the spirit of peace and serenity because of living as Christ did: perfectly. We obviously cannot be perfect as Christ was, but we can become more perfect through this process of repentance. It's almost like drawing a picture. Imagine you're in a drawing class. Since you have no access to an eraser, when you make a mistake, you must sincerely ask the teacher to rectify it, then continue. If we neglect to ask help of the teacher, he will not come on his own. He is available to all those who ask him, as long as they have completed their homework . I enjoy these discussions, as long as they don't become degrading to others. I enjoy the feeling of kinship through common preferences that we have, and I'd rather that these opinions, as weighty they may be in my own paradigm, won't abolish that feeling of friendship. I expound my beliefs out of love, not contention. I wouldn't share them if I knew they were only to be mocked at, and I appreciate how well we've treated each other. May we continue to do so.
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I can handle a few of those.
1. The law of entropy is very well established and isn't disputed. Things spontaniously go from a state of order to a state of chaos so that they are in a lower state of energy. 5. There is no solid way of dating the earth and the sun. We can only make predictions. Methods like carbon dating have serious problems because they assume that atmospheric consentration of C-14 has always been the same, and that the C-14/C-12 ratio in the atmosphere is always constant. We know that these numbers do fuctuate over time, making the method inacurate. This is also true for other forms of radiometric dating
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I know about calibration for when you have a sample that is confirmed to be of the same age. A problem with that is how do you figure out the date of the core samples without the problem leading into circles?
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The first one: Also include children. There would be no inkling of mercy in that policy if it were so. God does not allow those without an opportunity to be condemned. I have been taught and believe that those who didn't have a sufficient chance in this life to hear and live as God would have them, they will definitely have that opportunity in the life to come. How does that work? Faith. I hate for it to seem as though I'm using that one concept as a crutch for all my statements, but it is the basis of my religion and my being, as I understand it. Now, as for the second one... what, exactly do you mean by "natural law"? I'd guess, except for my fear of sounding stupid.
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Beardopants and FF thanks
too tired to have replied WAYFARER you are using language that will get this thread closed. for calling him a fool your erudite( priggish meaning) behavior makes YOU look like a fool because it shows your own faulty knowledge see FF and BOP responses I haven't forgotten to answer your previous stuff just busy as for atheism that is ONE of several definitions. BOTH of you are correct the romans thought that the christians were atheist NIBS and EMPLYNX I appreciate the manner of your responses.
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Carbon14/12 dating is only one method of dating
check these two threads out for more the theist non-theist debate http://www.tolkientrail.com/entmoot/...0&pagenumber=1 http://www.tolkientrail.com/entmoot/...&threadid=1780
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Ok, I just had a chance to skim through this thread from the beginning.
Anduril: Wow. You said it! Your arguments are wonderfully clear and well-phrased. Everything I want to say but don't know how. I also noticed that no one has yet been able to answer your points about the impossibility of a being both omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent (what a mouthful). I also want to say thanks! to everyone who's keeping this thread calm and non-flamed!
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And according some this is still true. In fact everyone on this board (but me) is pretty much guaranteed access to some sort of nifty afterlife. I on the other (unless I find some more internal belief) will have to enture some purging first. Unless there's a skeleton in someone's closet.
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