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  1. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Why does one have to sign a card?
  2. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    You may be taking "Jesus is the voice" literally.
  3. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Oh, the irony! :facepalm:
  4. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    I was an atheist who discovered that these 'pleasant myths' turned out to hold disturbing truth. It is not so pleasant for an atheist to be slowly convinced that Myth became Fact (C.S. Lewis) "Pagan myths are not to be regarded as a nemesis. They are the whispers and Jesus is the voice; they...
  5. samtonga43

    What happens after we die

    Yes, you believe that you know.
  6. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Is the point of religion to make one 'happy'?
  7. samtonga43

    Knowing vs Understanding

    Knowing is a process taking place in the mind. Understanding is a process taking place in the brain.
  8. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    I would have thought that a religion for this age would communicate its message in the language of today's people. Why 17th Century English?
  9. samtonga43

    Knowing vs Understanding

    Or perhaps you have the book first, find that it is irrational and do not practise it.
  10. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Did you investigate on your own, CG?
  11. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Double Negatives Don’t Not Make Your Writing Confusing, so Avoid Using Them! Why You Shouldn’t Use Double Negatives
  12. samtonga43

    There is no evidence for God, so why do you believe?

    He thinks it is a rational conclusion. Most theists would consider it a rational conclusion. Atheists would not.
  13. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    This lack of awareness, in my experience, is due to a psychological phenomenon known as cognitive dissonance.
  14. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    There is a sense in which the two statements are analogous. In A's opinion, depriving people of sex is not wrong. In B's opinion, torturing babies is not wrong. Of course torturing babies is not like depriving people of sex. Only a very shallow thinker would think that this is any kind of...
  15. samtonga43

    There is no evidence for God, so why do you believe?

    Exactly. He concludes that it is rational to believe that 'God did it'. He does not conclude that 'God did it'. Can you see the difference?
  16. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    So, to you, unless this type of argument is presented, you will continue to view homosexuality as evil, shameful, unnatural, should be purged, etc. Correct?
  17. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

  18. samtonga43

    There is no evidence for God, so why do you believe?

    Can you show me where he concludes "God did it"?
  19. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Exactly. Tb cannot see the principle underlying the words.
  20. samtonga43

    Homosexuality and religious.

    Tb thinks that what you just said shows optimism re Bahai texts. You couldn't make this stuff up.
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