Intrepid wrote:
Contrary to some believe.... age does not absolve anybody of any responsibility. A lesson a few on this board should heed.
Hummmmm. I will reserve comment for now.
Quote:Not all Christians are irrational and incapable of logical thought.
I quite agree. I remember back in the 1950's I met a Christian who....
...ahhh, well...
...maybe I'd better leave it at, I quite agree that not all Christians are irrational and incapable of logical thought.
Quote:Neither are they thoughtless sheep that follow something that they do not understand.
Hey..."sheep" "shepherd" "flock"...are all words that come from Christian mouths all the time. I gotta take their word for some stuff....and this is one area where I think they are right on the mark.
Quote: The fact is, they do understand.
Choose one:
a) Well why don't they act on it.
b) Well they certainly manage to hide that fact.
Quote: Many have difficulty putting their faith into words so that their detractors can understand. Of course, in all of mankind, we also have people who are not logical. Doesn't matter if they are religious or not.
A lot of their problem, though, is that what they are trying to say does not make any sense...and is totally illogical.
Quote:I think you would have to agree that many posters in the religious threads show a level of intelligence that the most logical of minds cannot dismiss.
Another area of agreement between us, Intrepid.
The agnostics posting here certainly do.
Quote: These same people have an abiding faith that the others cannot understand.
Ooops. Obviously you were not referring to the agnostics.
Sorry.
Quote: Is the person who has faith incapapble of explaining it or is the person who does not have faith incapable of understanding it? It is very subjective.
I suspect it is not something that should be "explained"...because most often, it does not make any sense.
"People of faith" should simply practice their faith...and not try to explain it, because it is not amenable to explanations. It is quite irrational.
Quote:A person of faith can also believe in scientific analysis and even in evolution....evolution as an extension of creation. that is.
Yup...once they get on that "believing" bandwagon...it is hard to get off.
I like to question both religious and scientific explanations...especially when they become dogmatic.
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Many try to put their interpretation into real terms of 24 hour days and an absolute 6000 years. It creates cramped thinking to stay inside the box. One only has to look at the number of scholars that also have a faith. Are they all delusional?
If you are asking for an opinion...and it appears you are...
...mine would be an unqualified and very loud "YES!"