[ QUOTE ] This is exactly the reason why I don't think you can use the Bible as anything other than a safety blanket - you can't just "pick and choose" which parts absolutely must be true, and which parts are a bit nasty-and-weird-so-let's-skip-over-that... it entirely defeats the object of using it as a source of truth.…
[ QUOTE ] Proof is in the eye of the beholder I don't expect my proof to prove anything to you . You have to find your own proof especially in this matter . No matter how technologically advanced we get there will always a be a way to refute the exsistence of God or a Creator and Religion . [/ QUOTE ] Not true. Proof is…
http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/2007/06/ethics-of-metap.html That is a good article, and some of the responses are interesting too. Even as a Christian I have come across other Christians who seem to have lost their perspective on compassion and care for the world in the present. I think this is because these…
Knowing is merely believing with conviction, unfortunately many (most?) people don't realise this, from all areas of belief (religion and science). I've always felt that believing in something because it can't/hasn't yet been proved false is very much the wrong way to go about it. I feel belief (in whatever) should be…
i don't wanna change the topic of discussion here, but i'm just wondering what the most scientific religion is? Every word spoken by preachers is based on something that can actually happen, so that when it does, peoples' belief in that preacher and his religion would multiply. right? so im trying to figure out what the…
[ QUOTE ] A lot of people (including myself) think that the old testament is somewhat useless. When I went to Mexico about a month ago, the hotel's bibles were the new testament only. Also, when I went shopping at the Malecon in PV, they were only selling copies of the new testament. [/ QUOTE ]I'm not preaching or trying…
[ QUOTE ] This is exactly the reason why I don't think you can use the Bible as anything other than a safety blanket - you can't just "pick and choose" which parts absolutely must be true, and which parts are a bit nasty-and-weird-so-let's-skip-over-that... it entirely defeats the object of using it as a source of truth.…