I didn't trash him, I said I don't like him. If he is the person I am thinking off, one of the 4 horsemen then I just think he is a very bad philosopher. It's not bias, I enjoy Hitchens very much. However I think Dawkins should stay in the lab, he is probably even worse than Dennet IMO (again if...
My view on Hell has them going off to eternal punishment as well. Isn't having your soul annihilated so that you cannot enjoy God, love, peace, contentment, your relatives, etc...... forever, not an eternal punishment?
It is true many Christians believe what you say because most Christians...
Of course I have committed all those errors of which you say I am guilty but then God has not publicly resurrected me putting a stamp of approval on my life's work and claims. And the authors of the bible condemn rather that approve my conduct. I have often been at odds with the bible's message...
There is nothing to be sorry for. I appreciated your post very much.
Very true. I will add a few details along this line.
Based on Jesus' claims and the response to them Jesus was either God or a madman and C.S. Lewis points out which.
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really...
This question has an elegant answer. Jesus' resurrection was God's stamp of approval on what Christ had been claiming. Do you think that if Jesus showed up on Earth and just decided to make up a bunch of lies about God and faith that God would bring him back to life? Even if he did wouldn't you...
Before going off on a rant like this you should first figure out where you learned about what Hell is in the first place. If it is the bible then Hell is usually described by apocalyptic trash talk that isn't literal. All those worms and burning torment are description of the valley of Gahanna...
Do you think making up a convoluted name for your own invented God then obsessing about it's gender of all things is a productive way of spending the limited amount of time you have on this earth?
Ok.
Keep in mind that in the post where I supplied that data my claim was that Obama's recovery was slow despite his spending over $700 billion in just one stimulus bill. That is what my sources proved. Your using them for some other purpose and we will see what I need to do to meet this new...
Because as Christianity and many other faiths claim it is what we do in this life that effects what we will spend eternity doing. Just take Christianity, it specifically says that if you do not give your heart to Christ and become born again your going to spend eternity in a terrible place. So...
I will just add a few points. You asked why the economy crashed in Bush's term. Many reasons but the main reason was that Carter invented a housing bubble which Clinton doubled down on. Conservatives tried every trick in the book to warn congressional lefties that a housing bubble was set to but...
As you probably guessed I am not much of a Dennett fan, I think he is a lousy philosopher.
Choices don't exist without freewill. Also the range of events I described did not occur within too limited of a range. If Atoms ricocheting off each other is all that determines events then after every...
Your preaching to the quire but it's even better than you suggest.
Among a consensus of those best trained to know (NT historians, regardless of faith) agree that these five historical events are historically reliable.
1. Jesus appeared on the historical scene with an unprecedented sense of...
I didn't say anything was true because it was popular. You use accusation of fallacies like some kind of crutch.
7.4 billion divided by 2.2 billion is 29.7%. Get a math book.
The people who want to rebel and by the God of their own lives will always outnumber those who can swallow their pride...
Warning, if you desire to have a discussion with me never accuse me of lying. To claim I am lying means that you must know that I knew what I said was untrue but said it anyway. You have no access to whether I knew what I said was untrue or not so your accusation is actually a lie. Claim I am...
I didn't say anything about anyone having a degree in religion but it is referred to as a degree in divinity in most places. Why are you wasting your (and infinitely worse my own) time making fun of having a degree in theology. I don't remember the last time you even attempted to make a bad...
What straw man are you talking about? I simply said that quoting from a book you really don't understand is a waste of time (even so I have done it anyway on many occasions which so far you have completely ignore.
I doubt it. I threw my TV into the lake where I used to live and did nothing but...
Come off it Bob. You posted six times in 9 minutes. Your not taking the time to reason through actual arguments your just ranting, raving, and complaining. You might as well be yelling at traffic. You also have started doing that thing where you respond with two or three posts to every one I...
This is what I said. Why are you quoting it back to me so it looks like something your saying.
BTW you really need to read some Dan brown or N.T. Wright and get away from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not meant for an in-depth study of anything.
1. It is true that in general the bulk of the NT...
For the purposes for which they were initially supplied I only looked at the articles lead ins.
Those articles were designed to do two things. Show that Obama's recovery was very slow and that he spent unimaginable amounts of money to achieve what he did. They succeeded 100% at those two goals...