People can totally move the goalposts. Perspectives on Christianity have changed endlessly over the years (and this has never been any secret), from the religions earliest beginnings, to the present day. It is why there are so many different churches, so many different cultures etc.(Original post by Unkilled)
So, you're just saying that people can move the goalposts.
The only Christians who claim to try and follow the bible 100% are the Jehovah Witness's, and they only make up a tiny percentage of Christians (so are not really representative of the broader religion).
Christianity has always been in a state of flux.
Not really true when previously you stated that you hadn't read any other religions books. Rather than using the Christian God because "it has the most objectively defined parameters", more like you are using the Christian God because it's the only religions God that you're somewhat decently familiar with.(Original post by Unkilled)
The reason I'm arguing against the christian God is that it has the most objectively defined parameters that I can think of.
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Exactly. That is the so called “God” people keep going on about. There is no heaven, there is no hell...There’s simply existence. And life never ends, it’s an iterative cycle. -
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god is god no one created him but he created us and this world the Most Mercifull the Most kind
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The thing about the big bang is that it happened before time existed. Therefore, it needs no creation.Posted on the TSR App. Download from Apple or Google Play -
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Look up String Theory: chaotic inflation and eternal inflation. It explains it pretty well. -
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I dislike the idea of a God for so many reasons. I won't go into rant mode yet but the idea of something watching over us is unsettling and eternal life or punishment is just immoral and despicable really.
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This seems dismissive of dialogue. -
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If you use the logic of “someone must have made it” then you must think someone created God. How did god begin? I remember in youth group being told to say “faith is believing in god despite not having all the answers” when people asked that question. But you can’t use “because god” as an argument since theres no way to prove he exists.
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If you use the logic of “someone must have made it” then you must think someone created God. How did god begin? I remember in youth group being told to say “faith is believing in god despite not having all the answers” when people asked that question. But you can’t use “because god” as an argument since theres no way to prove he exists.
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- 04-02-2018 18:51
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As Einstein said: "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness." -
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- 04-02-2018 19:02
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Well, I would say that there isn't a god. Not that I think that it isn't possible for some higher entity to exist: that could be credible, but I don't think there is enough evidence to support that belief. However, I do think that the God described in religious texts does not exist.
This is because it is not logically possible for a god to possess any of the following factors:
- Omnipotence
- Omniscience
- Omnipresence
- Omnibenevolence
- Supernatural
Omnipotence is not possible because you can't make a square circle. Omniscience because then the God would've known his own existence before he existed. Which is impossible. Omnibenevolence speaks for itself, and I refuse to believe that God is supernatural giving that his existence MUST have a scientific explanation. As for Omnipresence, the universe constantly expands. So there.
1) The characteristic of omnipotence has not been defined as "being able to do anything" by theists for centuries now. They knew, all those years ago, that such a concept would include the flaws you've pointed out. Theists have therefore redefined omnipotence to mean "the power to do anything that is logically possible". In this way, God would still be omnipotent, he cannot make a square circle, not because he isn't omnipotent, but because a square circle is logically impossible. Not even God can make a married bachelor or a child who is its own parent, because these things are internally contradictory. Nonsense is still nonsense, even when applied to God.
2) Not quite sure what you're trying to say by the omniscience point considering that most theists believe God has always existed and never came into existence.
3) How does the expansion of the universe contradict an omnipresent god? -
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i dont need to read the bible thank you because its been changed and i will read the quran because it has the truth and before you say god isnt mercifull and kind just think how disrespectfull that is to people who belive in god especially muslims like myselve
I believe that a god who demands to be worshipped and obeyed without question is nothing more than a dictator or a slave owner. And I find it disrespectful for a so called higher power to murder and torture, or condemn people to hell (or something like it) if they don’t do exactly as he says.Posted on the TSR App. Download from Apple or Google Play -
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- 04-02-2018 19:07
(Original post by cat_mac)
If you use the logic of “someone must have made it” then you must think someone created God. How did god begin? I remember in youth group being told to say “faith is believing in god despite not having all the answers” when people asked that question. But you can’t use “because god” as an argument since theres no way to prove he exists.
He isn’t very merciful or kind if you’ve read the bible.
Also, there is no way to prove that God doesn't exist. Agnosticism seems the most logical viewpoint to have.
It depends on what part of the bible you read as is the case with any holy book. The Old Testament certainly has more stories about God's Vengeance than the New Testament. -
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I actually do agree with this, like if you believe in a god and its correct, woohoo you get to go to heaven, if its incorrect like you would care anyway cause you're dead by that point. However if you disbelief and there is a god then you're gonna go to hell right. -
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(Original post by asianprincess123)
i have a strong belief in god i dont need to be finding logic about it because i belive in god why do people deney god when science has proved god exists only ignorant people would ignore it
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(Original post by asianprincess123)
i dont need to read the bible thank you because its been changed and i will read the quran because it has the truth and before you say god isnt mercifull and kind just think how disrespectfull that is to people who belive in god especially muslims like myselve
Re: your comment about it being disrespectful to you. Promoting genocidal religion is more disrespectful to the numerous dead killed by religion - both Christianity and Islam. -
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The main point is that we can't see God, but we know he exists because of Religious texts. Some people claim to be God (we got Hitler and Buddha) but they all died. Some people were worshipped as a God (Jesus - he didn't die per the Islamic view).
The thing when looking at the grand scale of things God has been linked with humanity since times long past. Obviously I'm Muslim - i believe that Jews, Christians and Muslims essentially worship the same God. The figures are all linked to each other and idol worshipping is banned in each. Though the rules within each are different because the texts (Torah and Bible) have been changed.
The only way to prove God exists is through his texts - and that is the reason why i believe in him, because some passages in the Quran are proven by science (embryonic development) over a millennium before the scientific research found out about it. -
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- 04-02-2018 19:13
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Religion has also given people the strength to be brave and compassionate in extremely difficult and scary situations.
So religion has given nothing that a person cannot get somewhere else.
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