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  1. Rational Agnostic

    "I Don't Have to Prove a Negative"

    I don't disagree, but I think it's important to remember that the vast majority of people who call themselves "atheists" are actually agnostic, but the vast majority of people who call themselves "theists" are gnostic and assert that they know with certainty that a god exists. The theistic claim...
  2. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    I'll address your first two points for now. 1. Can a person in heaven choose to do evil or is that impossible? If it's impossible then why would this be different than God restricting people's abilities on earth? 2. Who does earth belong to then? And why would God create a world knowing full...
  3. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    Not at all. If an all-powerful and all-loving god exists, he could easily stop the most horrific acts of evil from occurring without making people "robotic." Also, he wouldn't have to end *all* pain and suffering, since you could argue that some pain and suffering builds character, etc. My point...
  4. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    If God is not a product of "objective reality" then what, and where, is God exactly. With all due respect, it sounds like you're defining God as being indistinguishable from the imaginary.
  5. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    I'm glad you have the honesty to recognize that as a possibility.
  6. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    Thanks for the reply. I'm glad we can agree to disagree and still discuss. As far as your friend born without an eardrum goes, I wouldn't dismiss it completely, I am sure you are not intentionally making it up, but I would definitely have more questions. How old was this person at this time? Is...
  7. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    Again, I wasn't there and didn't have your experience so I can't say whether or not it was equivalent to a dice roll many times in a row, but it seems to me it could certainly be attributed to chance. For me, there are many things I can think of that would convince me of the existence of God...
  8. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    Thanks for the genuine reply and sharing your story. That's an interesting coincidence and again, I am not here to say that you're wrong or did not actually experience God--I really don't know the answer. However, I tend to not be impressed by coincidences and personally don't think that I would...
  9. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    Okay, thanks for the reply. So it sounds like you are convinced mainly because of the Bible but not because you have had any interactions with God that you can clearly demonstrate were in fact interactions with God?
  10. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    I posted in the debate section because there is a possibility of some discussion/debate happening, but I did not create this thread with the explicit intent of starting a debate. I am genuinely curious about understanding more about theistic beliefs, specifically if most theists' experiences of...
  11. Rational Agnostic

    Question for Christians and those Who Believe in a Personal God

    I would like to pose a question to Christians, and anyone who genuinely believes that they have a personal relationship with a god or gods. My primary question is: Have you ever thought that it is possible that this relationship could only exist in your imagination, and not in objective reality...
  12. Rational Agnostic

    Why are men expected to take care of their children?

    Do you have an alternative idea that is different than the current system? If men weren't expected to pay child support then literally ALL of the physical, mental, emotional, and financial responsibility of taking care of the child would be on the mother and the father would have ZERO actual...
  13. Rational Agnostic

    Another irrefutable proof that God created all things using mathematical induction. And a proof that The Bible is the word of God.

    I was a math major and it's very obvious from this post that you don't know what mathematical induction is. Not only does this "proof" not use mathematical induction, it's not even possible to follow or understand because it's incoherent gibberish. I can't even point out the flaw in the logic...
  14. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    I don't know Hebrew and Greek so I can't comment on that. Do you believe that these verses were mistranslated and that Jesus did not actually predict these things? If so, why would an all-powerful god allow his Word to be corrupted during the translation process?
  15. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    It's not my interpretation because there is nothing to interpret. I literally read the texts as they are written. The only people who have to make their own "interpretations" of these passages are Christian apologists and pastors, since a literal reading of the passages proves that their...
  16. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    Wow, what a brilliant, insightful response. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this. I'll definitely have to rethink my views now. :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:
  17. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    It's actually pretty funny to me that all you have responded with are sarcastic, passive-aggressive, and childish one-liners and you haven't actually addressed anything I pointed out. Probably because I actually put thought into this and deep down you know that I am right but you have no actual...
  18. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    I assume I would know if he is the all-powerful creator of the universe and would send me to hell for questioning that.
  19. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    So Jesus was a liar and manipulator then? How much money would you bet that this liar and manipulator is returning in a year or two?
  20. Rational Agnostic

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    Did the destruction of the world and the final judgment of unbelievers take place during the destruction of Jerusalem?
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