"This happened nearly 30 years ago and I will never forget it and one of the many many reasons why I am convinced that God exists."
For the sake of the question, let's stipulate that a god gave a woman this winning lotto ticket exactly as it appears to you. Your timeline places this nifty...
Shoddy work here... You have committed the logical fallacy paucis exclamation signum. Everyone knows it takes at least 18 exclamation marks to make even a marginally effective case, and you could barely be bothered to use 13. Obviously, I am forced to remain unconvinced.
We could also ask why it was "expanded" to literality in the first place. One obvious answer lies in how convenient a control mechanism it can be. As humanity begins to move away from taking mythology literally, hell's effectiveness at controlling people is diminished, and that likely explains...
I was taking issue with the implied priorities. If protecting someone who already has all sorts of "human" protections takes precedence over protecting someone who has none of those, then there are clear moral conclusions to draw from that priority, and they would reflect directly on the...
Selective intervention raises more questions than it answers. For example, at pretty much every high-school football game I have attended, there is a prayer asking god to watch over the players and keep them safe. We are talking about kids who, on a global comparison scale, live like kings -...
He passed today.
http://news.yahoo.com/anti-gay-pastor-fred-phelps-sr-dies-84-162046972.html;_ylt=A0SO8y11KCtThUMAPsVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2diMTVlBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1NNRTQyM18x
Dutch consider banning religious animal slaughter - Yahoo! News
Interesting issues raised. Which is more important: Human religious freedom or animal rights?
I'll be taking a well-undeserved break to focus on my offline life.
No idea how often I'll be able to check back in, but then again, that's what makes me lovable: I'm so damned unpredictable. :p
Anyway, don't worry, everything's OK - I just need to refocus.
Just carry on as if I'm not...
In case anybody stops by, don't worry - I am taking a well undeserved hiatus for god only knows how long. I may check in from time to time.
Don't forget to put the lid down.
One of my very favorite threads sort of related to this subject:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/biblical-debates/38643-must-kingdom-god-fail-order-succeed.html