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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
This continues from "An argument for the existence of God: First formulation…" The first formulation was getting very full, so here's a second pass... Some fairly simple rules Keep it clean, foul language will not be tolerated Play the ball, not the man Deviations from subject will be tolerated, so long as they are within the context of the "debate" (e.g. If someone declares they are dropping out it is perfectly in order to wish them well) Breaking the above may result in various degrees of moderation being applied. If someone asks a direct question a direct answer is preferred to one that says nothing but derides the question - this is a request, not a rule, but.... Finally, if it is getting too heated moderators may call "time out" on either individuals, or the whole group. Don't moan - Here I request my fellow moderators to make it quite clear that a time out is being called. Debate about a moderator's call, by an individual, may result in it being more than just a few hours for that individual. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I disagree. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 |
This Thread just gives Me a headache. Can't people just believe as they choose on This Subject Without Bickering?!. I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I do not have to explain WHY I believe. Just know that I do. If that ties your undies in a knot, so be it. Get some ointment. Belief is something that sometimes cannot, or should not, be dissected into little bits. It is the whole of it, which I know confounds some of you. It's just the way it is. I do believe in a higher power. Call him, she, or it.....God, or whatever you want to. Or do not wish to.....your choice. I have stated this stand before. More than a few times. I am not gonna argue the point with anybody. Simply stated, I believe. The same as I believe that entity made other life forms in this universe, which I have spent a lot of money and time looking for on behalf of the project in whose forums some of you are now expressing disbelief. And no, Jim, I don't think this subject can be discussed without bickering. Some are true trolls, and some are expressing their true disbelief, to which they are entitled. I shall not try to enumerate which are which. It becomes apparent after a few posts. I have made my statement, which you all know by now to be true. Like it or not, I have laid it out. Done with the 'argument'. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0 |
Im thinking on it... |
BarryAZ Send message Joined: 1 Apr 01 Posts: 2580 Credit: 16,982,517 RAC: 0 |
Mark -- actually -- you've laid it out quite well. It is a *belief* in the existence of God (or whatever you wish to call a deity). It is not something that can be proved -- or disproved for that matter. When some folks who *believe* they have disproved the existence of a deity run up against some folks who *believe* they have proved the existence of a deity, what you observe is lots of bytes tossed back and forth to no purpose. |
Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
For anyone here that is not aware of my postings to these forums in the last year and a half, here is a refresher; 1. I found God. Quite literally, i actually FOUND him! 2. God left a "Book" behind as he was leaving several thousand years ago. I was carrying out some research down in the middle east when i discovered the book. Its was hand written by God himself. 3. I am currently decoding and translating the book (very time consuming). I have been working on this full time for the last year and a half. 4. The book is a written account of what happened before the biblical "book of Genesis", and during the Genesis event itself. 5. As a side note, at the same time i discovered this book God left behind, i also solved some of the greatest problems in physics. In particular problems relating to Gravity. Any questions? John 3:7 |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Mark -- actually -- you've laid it out quite well. I, of course, have no proof. The bible laid up to my head is no proof. Nothing I have seen to date is any 'proof'. My faith, given to me by my parents, my teachings, my church, is good enough for me. Why I need proof of little green men wandering the stars is quite another thingy. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
musicplayer Send message Joined: 17 May 10 Posts: 2430 Credit: 926,046 RAC: 0 |
Apparently this thread was started by a current moderator. No need to say anything else. Just idiots around. I guess some numbers went to the thrash. What about the rest? Like Mark, I am supposed to be an idiot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtuR-tMQ1oU Short ending. |
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0 |
This is how I would like to start, more words to follow... |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Apparently this thread was started by a current moderator. I do not ever suppose to be an idiot. I am not. What kind of a statement was THAT?????? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
Mark -- actually -- you've laid it out quite well. That pretty much says it all. Subject closed. NEXT :-) (just kidding) #resist |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
Mark -- actually -- you've laid it out quite well. A very respectable statement as well. Nice one kittyman, and you know I would never tell you or others otherwise. Arguing beliefs is one thing, telling you and others not to believe, is not something I would never do, I respect faith. #resist |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
K, back to debate: This is how I would like to start, more words to follow... Those dark ages appear to be much longer than seven days... Input, thoughts? #resist |
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0 |
K, back to debate: How long is a day for God? And does each and every day for God have to be something less then 2 billion years? And was two billion years the same about of time as two billion years are now? How long was the Dark Ages? 150 million to 800 million years? And in the Bible a day is NOT defined as a 24 hour day. So, in the beginning God said let there be light. The bang happened--then there was light. |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
How long is a day for God? The Bible was written of men, for men. Would they not have used the same units for "days" that men understood? If the term "days" is up for interpretation, how much more of the Bible is up for interpretation?... Who decides what's solid truth in the Bible, and what's up for interpretation? #resist |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
God's days are forever, my friend....... We only try to measure them in our little minds of time. Infinity is the one thing my mind has always had a problem with...... As in....always was, always has been. I cannot fix this for you or myself........... I just do not know. He does. And shall explain when I get there......... I am sure some of you laugh at me for my pure belief. It makes me smile sometimes. And cry at others. Mostly smile.......and sigh for what is to come. Only a few of us believers can see or imagine what is to come.......................................................... And yes, John knew....... He knew. Imagine....he DID. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
BarryAZ Send message Joined: 1 Apr 01 Posts: 2580 Credit: 16,982,517 RAC: 0 |
Fair enough there -- there are a number of observant Jews who are astrophysicists. They make that work by accepting variable length days as part of their belief system. Then again, they (like many Jews) look at the Tenach as very much subject to interpretation -- multiple interpretations for that matter. How long is a day for God? |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
And yes, John knew....... Indeed he did: Imagine there's no heaven Seems to me these are not the words of a believer. I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0 |
How long is a day for God? I have already spoken about Allegories and what think to be an Allegory in the Bible and what is not. At one time billions of years ago a day was as short as 18 hours. Curie point tells us this. So on this rock a day was shorter, then, in time, is will grow longer. I ask..."How long is a day for God?" |
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