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Tue 3 Oct, 2006 09:35 am
if you are looking for the right faith to live for, or just curious as to what Christianity has to offer that makes so many people want to give up their lives for it then please drop a line or 2 and we'll get back to you when a line is free.
WE? Are you in any way related to Mindonfire?
The attraction some people see in christianity might be nothing more than a sense of community without responsability.
The wisdom one can extract from it without assuming the cloak of brotherhood, so I do not think that is the main reason on ewould become christian.
"We'll get back to you when a line is free."
Does this joker think he/she/it is speaking on the telephone?
Maybe he's on a dial-up modem.
That would mean that he/she is actually paying specifically for bringing us this message...
The debate concerning God's existence has, of course, been going on for millenia. That does not mean, however, that no progress has been made. Some of the classic arguments for God's existence have been largely abandoned, others have been refined, and new arguments or points about arguments do regularly appear. The search for an answer to the question of God's existence should not be written off as futile simply because the question is an old one.
If There is a God, then What is He Like?
If they are successful, then none of the classic arguments for God's existence proves exactly the same thing. The ontological argument, for instance, purports to prove the existence of a perfect being; the cosmological argument purports to prove the existence of a necessary or eternal Creator; the teleological argument purports to prove the existence of a Creator concerned with humanity. Each of these arguments, then, bears not only on the question of God's existence, but also on the question of his nature, of what he is like.
The same can be said of many of the Arguments for Atheism, explained in the second section of the site. Many of these arguments seek to exploit a perceived incoherence in the traditional doctrines concerning God's nature, raising questions as to how those doctrines are best formulated. The challenge If God is just, then how can he also be forgiving?, for instance, has led theists to understand both God's justice and his forgiveness in ways that can be reconciled. The challenge If God is all-knowing, then how can our choices be free? has prompted a similar approach to divine omniscience and human freedom. The arguments for atheism, then, no less than the arguments for theism, influence the way that theists conceive of God, so contribute to the project of answering the question If there is a God, then what is he like?
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The debate concerning God's existence has, of course, been going on for millenia. That does not mean, however, that no progress has been made. Some of the classic arguments for God's existence have been largely abandoned, others have been refined, and new arguments or points about arguments do regularly appear. The search for an answer to the question of God's existence should not be written off as futile simply because the question is an old one.
There are no sound arguments for the existence of a deity.
Religious faith is superstition, plain and simple.
Doktor S wrote:Quote:
The debate concerning God's existence has, of course, been going on for millenia. That does not mean, however, that no progress has been made. Some of the classic arguments for God's existence have been largely abandoned, others have been refined, and new arguments or points about arguments do regularly appear. The search for an answer to the question of God's existence should not be written off as futile simply because the question is an old one.
There are no sound arguments for the existence of a deity.
Religious faith is superstition, plain and simple.
Is the Church of Satan a superstition?
You truly amaze and confuse.
Intrepid wrote:You truly amaze and confuse.
Asking if a 'church' is a 'superstition' is rather ridiculous. If you are simply lazy and didn't bother to proofread before submitting, and you meant to say "Satanism', a bit of basic research into the subject would reveal your question to be equally as ridiculous as the untranslated original.