I thought it was that if there were such a thing as an all knowing all powerful creator, then he would have created us with full knowlege of the future (because he is all knowing) and therefore, all our choices were made for us because of how he made us. God created our fates and all that by knowing everything, so how…
[ QUOTE ] I cant define God, God is a person/being, I cant define me or define you either, that doesnt mean we dont exist. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but the big difference is I can prove whether you do or do not exist, and so can anyone. Proving God does or does not exist will forever be impossible, at least for me. Which is why I…
[ QUOTE ] That's a pretty contemptible and insincere reason to believe, isn't it? I think God would have more compassion for an honest atheist who lived a good life than for a so-called "believer" who believed in God as a sort of insurance. I hate it when people make the "better safe than sorry" argument. You can make the…
[ QUOTE ] That's a pretty contemptible and insincere reason to believe, isn't it? I think God would have more compassion for an honest atheist who lived a good life than for a so-called "believer" who believed in God as a sort of insurance. I hate it when people make the "better safe than sorry" argument. You can make the…
[ QUOTE ] Yeah, but the big difference is I can prove whether you do or do not exist, and so can anyone. Proving God does or does not exist will forever be impossible, at least for me. Which is why I don't try to prove or disprove God's existence. I personally don't believe in God, I'm not religious nor am I spiritual even…
[ QUOTE ] Your right it isnt a very good reason to believe but if a person starts out in their faith just using it as a "better safe than sorry" crutch and then eventually finds truth and freedom and real powerful faith then they have found something amazing and their faith isnt insincere or comptemptable at all. Its like…
[ QUOTE ] If you're going to rob a bank on December 3rd, 2009, God already knows this even though it hasn't yet happened (remember, he's omniscient). That means your actions are predetermined, because if you decided to change your mind at the last minute and not rob that bank, then you would prove God fallible (and…
[ 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 ] [ QUOTE ] If you're going to rob a bank on December 3rd, 2009, God already knows this even though it hasn't yet happened (remember, he's omniscient). That means your actions are predetermined, because if you decided to change your mind at the last minute and not rob that bank, then you would prove God fallible…
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…