The only option then is blind faith.
That is not a logical conclusion. It is a preconceived conclusion. The evidence contains the proofs, or it does not.
Regards Tony
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The only option then is blind faith.
Yes, I should have said know. I guess context is a concept that is foreign to you.
But no, even with "real evidence" there can be plenty to talk about. "Real evidence" may be insufficient, it may be misinterpreted, etc..
Don't blame me for something you should have said, but didn't.
Just to be clear, I wouldn't say I believe 2+2 = 4. I would know this. We can't have that same certainty with the evolution story, over a period of 3.7 billion years. Belief plays a big part.
Agreed, fossil evidence can be misinterpreted. After all, the most interesting fossils are hundreds of millions of years old. Not to mention evidence from three billion years ago.
Well, assuming a God exists as you think it does. And assuming sin is an actual thing, which is doubtful and lacks evidence. Salvation is absurd, anyway, given the whole story starts with Adam and Eve, goes through a global flood, and ends up with God creating a child just so he can be executed to atone for the sins of humans in a world God created.
And assuming health problems isn't largely just the lottery of life, just as some children are born with defects or genes that cause cancer, and not God deliberately causing these problems for children.
Or do you think God deliberately put genes in children that cause them cancer? And often a premature, and painful death?
How did you mangle your interpretation of my post so badly?
That is their quandary.
I was sceptical before I actually studied the evidence. In fact my wife nearly disowned me, as I was so pig headed about the new Faith she had found. I wanted nothing of any faith.
So it may just be their loss.
Regards Tony
Your personal beliefs are irrelevant.I believe God can punish sin in any number of ways; pestilence is only one of them.
I believe people are wrong about that. The story starts with the words "In the beginning."
I believe that is wrong. There is no end to the story. There is an end to temporal life for a time but that comes 1,000 years after the return of Jesus.
Was it you she encountered?I believe one may wish to please a spouse but mine was dead set against me; stomped on my Bible and threw pots and pans at me until the day came that she encountered a demon and could no longer deny the supernatural.
Their is no onus to answer some questions. You screwed up.I believe your statement is a prime example of avoiding the question.
I believe I manage because I don't see things the way people usually see them.
I believe one may wish to please a spouse but mine was dead set against me; stomped on my Bible and threw pots and pans at me until the day came that she encountered a demon and could no longer deny the supernatural.
No, evidence does not work that way. It is rather clear that you are conflating evidence with confirmation bias. As long as a person is reasoning rationally evidence is the same for everyone. "It is evidence for me" means that what you have is not evidence.Everyone gets to judge the evidence for their own selves.
Each person can let their own nature, nurture and opinions tarnish the Evidence does give us.
We can be the worst of demon's, or we can be angles.
Regards Tony
No, evidence does not work that way. It is rather clear that you are conflating evidence with confirmation bias. As long as a person is reasoning rationally evidence is the same for everyone. "It is evidence for me" means that what you have is not evidence.
And that once again raises the question of if it is available why don't you ever post any?The Evidence is available and is the same for everyone. I have pursued it and was able to weight it using reason and logic.
The evidence will not be viewed the same way by everyone, that is why there are juries.
Denial of that the evidence exists, by anyone else, does not concern me at all, not yesterday, not today, not tomorrow, not ever, as that is 100% thier problem.
So maybe you will not offer that again?
Regards Tony
As long as a person is reasoning rationally evidence is the same for everyone.
2+2 =4, no problem all agreed.
Pre Big Bang = natural causes. There is no rational consensus.
You say this, but as soon as critical thinkers (people skilled at reasoning via facts) give their assessment you attack them for getting the wrong conclusion, but then offer no better rationale yourself.Everyone gets to judge the evidence for their own selves.
See what I mean? You have your own personbal assumptions that you insist are true and valid, and then accuse anyone who disagrees with you as having some bias. This is completely false, and ironic since your assumptions have been exposed as lacking facts, and even being contrary to what is understood of reality. I have noted on a few responses that this insulting attitude is passive agressive behavior, and indicates your own discomfort about how these debates are going. You don't seem willing to refelct on your own thinking here.Each person can let their own nature, nurture and opinions tarnish the Evidence does give us.
At least 90 degrees, eh?We can be the worst of demon's, or we can be angles.
Right, rational thinkers require adequate answers, so no natural cause, and certainly no supernatural cause.2+2 =4, no problem all agreed.
Pre Big Bang = natural causes. There is no rational consensus.
So what? How does that help you with your claims?