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Post by Nuno on Jul 16, 2003 19:19:21 GMT -5
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Post by RPGCritic on Jul 20, 2003 14:23:39 GMT -5
Correct me if I am mistaken, but does it not say in they Bible - "though shall not curse" or something to this effect? If so, then many Christians I know are only self-proclaimed Christians, for they do curse. I do not believe in any god, not because there is suffering, but because if there was a god, why would he make us go through a first life to get to 'heaven', why , if all men are created equal, only some are allowed entrance to 'heaven'. The Bible was supposedly written long ago, if that is true, how can anyone verify the texts are true or untrue.
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Post by The~Inquisitor on Jul 20, 2003 15:06:37 GMT -5
If you asked God if he could make boulder that he cannot lift, what would his answer be? I'm just wondering seems God is supposed to be perfect.
If he cannot make the boulder that he cannot lift, he cannot be perfect. If he cannot lift the boulder, he cannot be perfect.
Hehehe...
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Post by SleepyTemplar on Jul 21, 2003 0:14:53 GMT -5
INQUISITOR:
Your argument is flawed because you misunderstand what people mean when they say "God is omnipotent". God cannot do what is logically impossible (theists will say because logic stems from God's nature and he cannot violate his own nature), and omnipotence is taken to mean "the ability to do anything logically possible". Your argument is "Can God perform a contradiction?", but because of the equivocation of terms, the rock argument doesn't work.
Don't get me wrong- such theist responses do bring questions up, such as how an omnipotent being can have a nature to begin with.
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Post by Zheil on Jul 21, 2003 23:45:07 GMT -5
Man, you guys must do your homework... especially SleepyTemplar... I'm already lost.
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Post by SleepyTemplar on Jul 22, 2003 1:07:35 GMT -5
I'm a philosophy major at college, and my interest lies in Free Will/Determinism, Ethics and Morality, and Philosophy of Religion.
I'm kinda not too interested in Epistemology (rather, I don't debate it much) and the Mind-Body Relationship, but they're okay.
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Post by theblakeman on Jul 22, 2003 2:45:21 GMT -5
I'm glad there is someone here who is on my intellectual level
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