religion argument
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Bingo. The statement about knowing where he is going when he dies assumes that those who hold different beliefs than he does will not be going to the same place solely becuase they have different beliefs. That is very narrow minded and judgemental of those of us who do not believe in the same things as the poster.
Just as I expect you to respect my choice to believe in what I do and my ability to post about it.
I believe that there is one God, one Bible, and one Christ. Through the grace of Christ and faith in him one will have eternal life in Heaven. Everyone will have eternal life. Some in hell and some in Heaven.
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to the intelligent design people, i ask this:
If god is love and we are his children, and the "intelligent design" is the work of his hand... then why is it far an away the most brutal process imaginable, full of suffering and death.
what caring considerate god would force that on his beloved creations.
If god is love and we are his children, and the "intelligent design" is the work of his hand... then why is it far an away the most brutal process imaginable, full of suffering and death.
what caring considerate god would force that on his beloved creations.
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seriously, i love the christian response... "its just a theory".
exactly... look up what a theory is. a hypothesis is a guess a theory ios backed up by evidence. when you say "evolution is just a theory" with a smarmy look on your face you are validating the work of thousands of people and you don't even know it.
religion isnt even to the hypothesis level... it isnt clearly defined or testable.
exactly... look up what a theory is. a hypothesis is a guess a theory ios backed up by evidence. when you say "evolution is just a theory" with a smarmy look on your face you are validating the work of thousands of people and you don't even know it.
religion isnt even to the hypothesis level... it isnt clearly defined or testable.
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Faith: the confident belief in the truth of or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.[1] It is also used for a belief, characteristically without proof.[2] Informal usage of the word "faith" can be quite broad, and may be used standardly in place of "trust", "belief", or "hope". For example, the word "faith" can refer to a religion itself or to religion in general. As with "trust", faith involves a concept of future events or outcomes.
Science: the effort to discover and increase human understanding of how physical reality works. Its purview is the portion of reality which is independent of religious, political, cultural, or philosophical outlook. Using controlled methods, scientists collect data in the form of observations, records of observable physical evidence of natural phenomena, and analyze this information to construct theoretical explanations of how things work.
The two can not be combined. You can not observe true physical evidence, and have faith that it was caused by "god" at the same time.
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seriously, i love the christian response... "its just a theory".
exactly... look up what a theory is. a hypothesis is a guess a theory ios backed up by evidence. when you say "evolution is just a theory" with a smarmy look on your face you are validating the work of thousands of people and you don't even know it.
religion isnt even to the hypothesis level... it isnt clearly defined or testable.
exactly... look up what a theory is. a hypothesis is a guess a theory ios backed up by evidence. when you say "evolution is just a theory" with a smarmy look on your face you are validating the work of thousands of people and you don't even know it.
religion isnt even to the hypothesis level... it isnt clearly defined or testable.
Last edited by Jin; 02-23-2009 at 02:39 PM.