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They do seem to go together don't they. I always love the comments that state they were once atheist who now found god. They ignore all of those who were once fanatic believers who realized they were believing in fables and finally wake up to the real world. I was raised Christian but now quite comfortable in the natural world.
Of course I'm satisfied that my life as far as I know, is finite and will eventually die, that's why I don't desire immortality. This result in me not seeking ways to comfort myself with belief of immortality. I'm satisfied with knowing that there are illnesses in the world and we've found many ways to eliminate them. That's why I don't desire a miracle pill that cures all illness. I'm not concerned with evolution, why would I be? It's not like evolution has an agenda out to kill me whether I agree or disagree, or like or dislike it. But I am satisfied that because of evolution, in which survival of the fittest, we as humans has evolved to be what we are today and become the dominant species of this planet. If I get diagnosed with an illness today saying that I will die in three months, I can say that I'm satisfied how I lived my life. And when the three months comes and I don't die, then great, happiness adding to satisfaction isn't a bad thing.
As a matter of fact, as I'm thinking about it, Haeckel's idea was that the human embryo went through primary stages of evolution until, I guess, it reached human stage. Is there any evidence of fossils of any organism in the midst of changing or growing into another form, where the dna can be seen to be emerging into a successive form, if you understand the question?
It is primarily a rhetorical device.
Because of many of the ideas of religion I turned away from belief in God at all. Until ... (something happened, which I am not sharing right now on these forums).
Nope again. I am only saying my experience right now, but it could happen that others will have a similar experience. I don't say I know better. Not at all. But I now believe in God, whereas I did not.
You don't? There are fundamental differences of belief. Some profess to believe, but when push comes to shove, there is an outward show (Christmas, crossing themselves, church) but no real fundamental belief. So this woman, to make it clear, has an outward appearance of belief (sings in the choir, goes to church) but does not believe in the Bible. I must ask her some time about evolution if she believes in that, and if she does, how does she reconcile that with belief in God. Good question, thanks for bringing it up (in my mind). :-/
No, I am asking what you believe about this, and I am asking based on our conversations, not some other site. But thanks for showing yourself. (Always helpful. lol.) In the future, I hope you can be more honest about answering instead of making fun or bullying. But this is basically unfortunately what I have come to expect from 'people like you.' Just as some scientists have declared -- it is dangerous to have a different opinion about the what's, how's, and why's about evolution lest one's employment is in jeopardy.
That depends on what group of murders are calling another group. There are millions of babies killed each year in the US if I recall? They fought unjust wars and untold murders.
That happens to some athletes or fighters also. It sells tickets. The bible told no one to do any such evil thing.You could beat them to within an inch of their life though.
Who said that in the flood, or in the Sodom event the plan was to get rid of all wickedness? I think the plan was to reduce it to more manageable levels so that man could last long enough for the plan of salvation.So his little plan to rid the world of wickedness and start over again didn't work?
You'd think god would have known that ahead of time. Instead he seems to bungle things at every turn.
Why did Jesus tell His disciples to go buy some supplies? If Jesus walked on a road built by Romans does that mean He supported Roman atrocities? God told Israel how to cope in a wicked world. That included how to treat workers who were called slaves. Many of those workers had a chance to be free and chose to remain working for their bosses. The world today has millions of sex slaves and sweatshop workers, and slave labor, and etc. Why do you ignore this to focus on the past? Everyone on earth that is not saved is a slave! Why deny it?
Whose reality? Mine? The folks in ancient history? Most people alive today on earth? Or yours?It's hard to believe in a thing that's never manifested itself in reality.
He sets slaves free. Try it.So God is evil, and he enlists his creations to carry out his evil deeds on his behalf. Great.
No. We understand the ignorance of those denying Scripture, history, and spirts!
So once again you have answer my question. But to answer your question, most likely Jesus knew that answer. So he probably walked on roads build by Romans because he is willing to admit that roads are not atrocities and didn't want to be known as a fool by replying with irrelevant and incoherent questions to something he can't answer.
That's why he told Israel not to lie but not to abolish slavery. So was god against lying? Or was he against telling the truth? He did, afterall, he never told Israel to tell the truth.
I am focusing on the present, hence this conversation about your god not being against slavery. When did I said that he was only not against slavery in the past?
I agree. The big problem here is that those slaves cannot be save until they stop being in denial and actually see what their slavemaster looks like.
