Audie
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Besides my being too young and in China
Mom didnt allow a tv in the flat.
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There is no evidence for God, so why do you believe?
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Mom didnt allow a tv in the flat.
Truthseeker
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Yes, and still alive. Jimmy Carter is 99, and if he lives to October 1st, he will reach 100.
Trailblazer
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His wife lived to be 96, she died last November. So at least he hasn't been alone a long time.
Trailblazer
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His wife lived to be 96, she died last November. So at least he hasn't been alone a long time.
Carter remains the nation's longest-living president; he is 99 years old. His 100th birthday is on October 1, 2024.
Jimmy Carter, 100 Years Old, Voted for Kamala Harris
Carter is the nation's longest-living president.
Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
Yes, I just read he "hopes" to vote for Harris in a Wikipedia article. He also is not conscious every day, according to his grandson.His wife lived to be 96, she died last November. So at least he hasn't been alone a long time.
Carter remains the nation's longest-living president; he is 99 years old. His 100th birthday is on October 1, 2024.
Jimmy Carter, 100 Years Old, Voted for Kamala Harris
Carter is the nation's longest-living president.www.townandcountrymag.com
The love of Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter is legendary.
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YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Your God is not my God. We worship different Gods. That's for sure.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
There is only one true God, which is the same God that was revealed in the Bible and by Baha'u'llah, so we are worshiping the same God
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
I do not believe as you do. Take care.
Trailblazer
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I do not believe as you do. Take care.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
No it isn't. We do not worship the "same God."
Maybe this will refresh your memory:
Audie
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Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
In the end, I don't think it matters if different people have a different conception about God. Just that they believe in the religion they are following, which has teachings that produce good fruits, and they actually strive to live those, and also have a connection within themselves with God.
Audie
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No more than there is to disprove Batboy.
Specific claims like "flood" can be disproved.
Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
Yep, It was said a lot, I see. Don Adams died, Barbara Feldon is still alive at 91. Of Edward Platt as chief was older, so I know he can't still be alive.
Agent 99 was smarter and more capable than agent 86, that's for sure. She was a capable agent, which made her a good role model for women, and showing her as capable was ahead of its time. On Wikipedia, it says that Don Adams won three emmy awards for Maxwell Smart. The show is described as a combination of James Bond films, and Inspector Clouseau films (Pink Panther). Mel Brooks had a co-creator named Buck Henry. Mel Brooks said "No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first."
Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
Yep, It was said a lot, I see. Don Adams died, Barbara Feldon is still alive at 91. Of Edward Platt as chief was older, so I know he can't still be alive.
Agent 99 was smarter and more capable than agent 86, that's for sure. She was a capable agent, which made her a good role model for women, and showing her as capable was ahead of its time. On Wikipedia, it says that Don Adams won three emmy awards for Maxwell Smart. The show is described as a combination of James Bond films, and Inspector Clouseau films (Pink Panther). Mel Brooks had a co-creator named Buck Henry. Mel Brooks said "No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first."
His next important project was "The Producers" which featured a musical as part of it that included the song "Springtime for Hitler". The core idea for the film was that he wanted to have some sort of satire about Hitler with a song "Springtime for Hitler". I loved that movie. In it Brooks featured Gene Wilder for the first time, who went on to star in other Mel Brooks movies, like "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein". I loved Gene Wilder.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
God decides what happens to a person in the longer run. He knows each person in order to make a judgment.
Or, just skip the gods and religions altogether and pursue moral excellence according to your conscience. Don't have one? Religions can't fix that.
You place more value in these religions than I do. Really, I look at the religious and I don't see better people. If you're a good religious person, you would have been a good atheistic humanist. If you're a bad guy outside of religion, then you'd be a bad guy in religion, and probably making money from it.
Too many of these people seem to think that good moral behavior consists of being polite and not speaking obscenities, going to church every week, promoting their faith, and contributing to the collection plate. In your faith, one also needs to talk about world peace.
All of this is in place of action. A friendly smile is not kindness. Telling people that you love them or that God loves them is not love. Giving money to the church is charity for the church and clergy, but little goes to the needy.
In America it seems that moral behavior consists of imposing Christianity on unwilling non-Christians by criminalizing abortion or trying to take their contraceptives or IVF from them, because one has been taught that that is moral behavior because their god expects it.
Also, trying to coerce LGBTQ+ to obey their understanding of their god's will. All of this is called love, and most believers complacently accept that understanding. As I said, love is action. It's action in service to the needs of another. It involves protecting, teaching, and sharing according to the needs and desires of the object of one's love, not what you wish to impose on them according to what you believe your god wants of you.
None is needed.
Just as you don't need evidence to believe in one (or call prophecy or life sufficient evidence to conclude that a god exists), the critically thinking empiricist doesn't need evidence against gods to be an atheistic humanist. The lack of it is enough.
Would it matter to you if there were compelling evidence that your god doesn't exist? Would you see it and adapt accordingly? Most believers don't. I've posted several times that the god of the Christian Bible, who created the world in six days including an original pair of human beings doesn't exist, but it has never had any apparent impact. People go on worshiping it anyway.
The evidence that the creation myth is as false as any other creation myth doesn't matter to any Chistian that I've encountered. Some simply disbelieve the science, and some call the myths allegory, but none in my experience say, "I guess the Bible was wrong." These are the same people who can't see internal contradictions or who consider biblical prophecy strong evidence of divine prescience.
My point is that people who didn't come to their beliefs using evidence can't be budged from them whatever evidence arises.
But they do represent having an interest in reason and evidence. Most believers don't like to say that they don't need or use it just as they are averse to calling the Bible wrong.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
I needed evidence to show me there is a God. You may not agree that it is evidence, but for me it is certainly evidence. To me it is like something very, very precious, so I do not share the evidence with everyone, but as far as I am concerned there is no doubt that it is evidence that God exists.