Magic
You totally missed the point.
Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin etc. murdered people, just like x-tians. However, these 3 didn't pretend to be part of a religion that was about peace, love, forgiveness and understanding.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Magic
You totally missed the point.
Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin etc. murdered people, just like x-tians. However, these 3 didn't pretend to be part of a religion that was about peace, love, forgiveness and understanding.
it is time for christians to accept evolution, in my opinion.. there are many reasons why i think it is long overdue for all christians to finally accept what science says about evolution.
below i will show these reasons.. .
the bible tells people to pay attention to nature to see the glory of god (psalm 19; romans 1:19-20).
ALL x-tians should accept science because it's based on logic and evidence. Not to do so is illogical. However, the inherently illogical nature of x-tianity never stopped x-tians believing in it so why change now?
When it comes to the point where science conflicts with the teachings of the babble or a belief system such as x-tianity, then then babble/belief system should be disregarded for it is based on nothing.
When parts of the belief system have to be discarded because science is in conflict with it, then it places question marks over the remainder of the belief system and the credibility of the whole belief system is brought into question.
This is why people hang on for dear life to their beliefs, even in the face of logic and common sense.
To believe in x-tianity and evolution is two-faced. However, x-tians have been two-faced throughout their existence in that they have raped, pillaged, enslaved and murdered their way through history and STILL claim that their religion is one of peace and love.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Truthseeker100
Be careful with the common sense thing. There are many on this site who were talked into believing in God and Satan and the bible, based on common sense, who today don't believe a word of it.
The two underlined and emboldened words are mutually exclusive.
... but I keep my mind open until it's proven one way or the other.
I have an open mind too - but not so open that my brain has fallen out.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
GreatTeacher
No one is asking anyone to believe in atheism because Dawkins said so. It's a conclusion many have come to after considering much evidence from many sources.
Many are ignoring the evidence and believing in god anyways.
Dawkins doesn't do anything for you? Great! You've still got to do your homework; what evidence do you have for a god?
Even after 2,000 years, there's still no evidence. Wake up to reality people.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Truthseeker100
I believe agnosticism is the only position that a true scientists can take.
In everyday life, we are constantly faced with situations for which there is no proof one way or the other. In such situations, we make a decision based on 'common sense' and/or logic.
It says in the babble that god created heaven and Earth in 6 days and, was so knackered, that he had to rest on the seventh day. So, we have this ever so powerful sky wizard that can create whole universes and yet needs a rest now and then. Does that sound believable to you?
It says in the babble that god created day and night on day 2 I think? Two days later, on day 4?, god created the Sun and the stars. So, we have a god that is so powerful that he can create night and day and yet doesn't understand light because he doesn't create the Sun until two days later. Does that sound believable to you?
It say in the babble that god created Man. Well, Man, as a biological entity, works, sort of, but the design ain't great.Let's put it this way, DNA wasn't one of god's greatest inventions. Does that sound believable to you?
I could go on but, on the balance of probability, god ain't looking a good bet.
Agnostics claim that there isn't any proof one way or the other that god exists. That's true. There isn't. However, based on common sense and on the balance of probability, there's more proof against god than there is for him existing.
For me, the only sensible position to take is Atheism. It's certainly the most likely and the most probable.
Dawkins. in one of his Youtube vids, though extremely reluctantly, states that he believes that the chances of god existing is less than 1%. I got the feeling from the vid that he only puts the odds this high is because he can't actually prove that god doesn't exist.
Yet, the majority of US citizens believe in god as do the majority of a so-called godless Europe.
i guess that's what a cult upbringing does to a child:.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3092457/boy-7-taken-away-parents-judge-rules-damaged-jehovah-s-witness-mother-s-religious-beliefs.html.
Hoser
The dubs will cry persecution over this one.
...And ...?
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.
there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.
7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.
Outlaw
Brain Dead JW Elders Disfellowshipped him for it.
Tut, tut. This assumes they had a brain. Bad Outlaw.
1. some say we are all gods, and god is omnipresent..
2. some say: god created his children who later challenged his sovereignty, who in turn asked his eldest son: go down to the world, do not resist the wicked, but be murdered by them, the value of which will be used to atone the sins of the world..
3. universe arose out of a big bang.
Brandnew
Um im thirsty......im gonna think up a cold beer.......let y'all know when it "pops " up.....; )
What make of beer are we talking? - need details.
1. some say we are all gods, and god is omnipresent..
2. some say: god created his children who later challenged his sovereignty, who in turn asked his eldest son: go down to the world, do not resist the wicked, but be murdered by them, the value of which will be used to atone the sins of the world..
3. universe arose out of a big bang.
Fusion
Thank you for acknowledging evolution as a random process. I get upset when I see some people on Twitter claim it's not random.
It's random in so much as the mutation process is. The preferential selection of the mutations is not.
clarified understandings / new light of the past 7 years or so:.
* the faithful and discreet slave is only the governing body and only since 1919.. * the faithful slave was appointed in 1919 by jesus but it will not receive its greater authority until the judgment of the sheep and goats.. * charles taze russell was not part of the faithful and discreet slave.. * there was no slave for 1900 years before 1919.. * there may not have been any anointed during those 1900 years, but it's possible there were a few.. * 1935 was not the cut-off date for the selection of the anointed-- this selection is still ongoing.
* 1935 has no special biblical significance.. * 1918 has no special biblical significance.. * gog of magog is not satan, but is a coalition of nations, who may be ruled by the mysterious king of the north.. * there is no evil slave class.
Also, a couple more things I forgot to include in my main post above:
* Solomon will likely be resurrected.
* Korah will even be resurrected.
I can hardly contain myself.