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  1. Etritonakin

    Evidence for a god existing or not existing

    Verifiable facts are very much constantly disputed -usually by those who have not yet verified them or have no interest in dong so. It's not as if the first to verify something has immediate universal acceptance. That's understandable, as we're all newbs. There is currently speculation about...
  2. Etritonakin

    Evidence for a god existing or not existing

    It is absolute fact that certain things are possible before the development of self-awareness, creativity, etc. -and certain things are made possible by such. We humans are all evidence which establishes that fact every day. We purposefully manipulate the same things which existed before the big...
  3. Etritonakin

    Evidence for a god existing or not existing

    I provided everything necessary -but you have to do the work yourself ;)
  4. Etritonakin

    Evidence for a god existing or not existing

    Logic, math, physics, etc., say so. We have the basic languages of reality. Therefore we have a basis for determining that which can not be readily produced or reproduced. Man has managed to reverse-engineer the entire universe from one tiny planet within a relatively insignificant time frame...
  5. Etritonakin

    Evidence for a god existing or not existing

    God (or an extremely intelligent and capable self-awareness, if you will) MUST have existed -or have developed -before the universe -or the processing ability and forethought necessary for the extreme purposeful complexity of the universe could not exist. (Why there was originally one may be as...
  6. Etritonakin

    Evidence for a god existing or not existing

    It seems logical to me that everything is proof of God's existence (based on the concept of God literally being everything). God would essentially be the original -the sum of all things -having/having developed self-awareness and all else -from as simple a state as possible. It would...
  7. Etritonakin

    Are you a born sinner? Is anyone?

    I don't believe we are continuously reborn -but born once as humans and born once again as spirits. However, our spirit is in us as humans -but we are not born completely new again. We retain what we gain as humans, but are transferred to a powerful spirit body. (Marvel not that I said you...
  8. Etritonakin

    More than one God in the OT?

    Depends what you mean by scripture. If only the OT, then very little is written -and one has to consider whether there was even any idea of a Messiah put forth at the time of the writing -that he would become Messiah -similar to how it was not revealed initially that God allowing no flesh, then...
  9. Etritonakin

    More than one God in the OT?

    It is (which is a yes). Most of the stuff in parentheses/quotes are parts of scriptures or contain keywords from scriptures. Sometimes I paraphrase, but avoid interpretation or outright guesses and focus on what is clearly stated in many scriptures -considering them all together. "line upon...
  10. Etritonakin

    Loved ones in hell - take 2.

    I have never been so happy to say a person was so wrong about anything (not assuming your actual beliefs). The former things will not be remembered or called to mind. The former people will -but not "in heaven", as such. (The meek shall inherit the Earth -then inhabit "the heavens") We must...
  11. Etritonakin

    More than one God in the OT?

    "God" is a (translated) word which applies collectively to two beings. It is not extremely clear in the OT that this is the case, but the being Moses saw the back parts of (in his glorious body) was actually the Word (Logos) who later became Christ ("before Abraham was, I am"). The same was...
  12. Etritonakin

    Does Science disprove the Genesis description of Creation?

    Read the definitions. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. No time frame is given whatsoever for how long that took. Then it says the Earth HAD BECOME formless and void/waste and ruin.... to an unspecified degree. THEN the rest took place... what follows after is not the...
  13. Etritonakin

    Are you a born sinner? Is anyone?

    Not sure I know what you mean.... ...but there is the knowledge humans can gain from their limited perspective and experience -which they hopefully don't lose in various dark ages, etc... ..Vs the knowledge of the original who designed and initiated the physical universe... Even our temporary...
  14. Etritonakin

    Genesis Creation

    The only part of Genesis that refers to the creation of the universe is the first line -which does not state the heavens and Earth were created all at the same time -or instantaneously -and which actually has nothing to do with what happened during the seven "days". There is just a general...
  15. Etritonakin

    Are you a born sinner? Is anyone?

    Someone here once asked me if my buttocks hurt from sitting on the fence.... but it affords the best view. Actually, it was not "as heaven", but like God "knowing BOTH good AND evil" -as opposed to knowing ONLY good -and there is a difference between knowing and doing. When they did evil, they...
  16. Etritonakin

    Question About Prayer

    Unless sincere, there would be no meaning in it. It could possibly be taking God's name in vain -but he would also consider all other aspects, such as your heart being in the right place even if the act was not correct. Attitude is important. He also knows he is not calling all to repentance yet...
  17. Etritonakin

    Are you a born sinner? Is anyone?

    We are not guilty of anything at birth -but it doesn't take too long before we break some law of God. It is inevitable -or at least very near it -that we will sin. Jesus died for the reason you stated, but we are required to do things to essentially have that apply to us -such as repentance and...
  18. Etritonakin

    Creationism and Evolution. Conflict or reconciliation.

    As for Bible-based creationism, the young earth sort is not biblical at all, but neither is the idea that God simply poofed everything into existence (except, perhaps, at the big bang). "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen...
  19. Etritonakin

    Creationism and Evolution. Conflict or reconciliation.

    Please see edit above. In addition (all of this is as I presently see it)... "Everything" could only develop so far until it essentially looked in a mirror (self-replication) and understood enough to say "that is me". From that point it could knowingly alter the mirror image -and understand it...
  20. Etritonakin

    Creationism and Evolution. Conflict or reconciliation.

    No. It is really just a question of which happened at which point. Obviously, both evolution and creativity exist and naturally occur. Specific points may be debunked, but the general idea of the necessity of a creator is logical. Ironically, the idea that such a creator necessarily evolved...
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