tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post7367007432205895497..comments2023-10-30T04:38:32.153-06:00Comments on Mormon411: I Can't Prove God Doesn't Exist...Mormon411http://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-52469215054733709962011-07-10T00:49:14.876-06:002011-07-10T00:49:14.876-06:00Yes, I admit that it does result in a stalemate. ...Yes, I admit that it does result in a stalemate. But that is good... It seems that I have "god" by the balls. I mean, a stalemate with god should be considered a great victory seeing as how he is all knowing, all powerful, etc. If I can't beat him, at least I'm his equal! LOL<br /><br />No, in reality, the only thing I can't beat is the nonsensical thinking out of Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-5169876152566826922011-07-08T05:21:51.381-06:002011-07-08T05:21:51.381-06:00I like debate, and like attentive debate even more...I like debate, and like attentive debate even more. I can be as bad for descending to an illogical rant as anyone else. I try to be quiet and brief (you may disagree about the latter) and most of all I like being cogent, however emotional I might be.<br /><br /> It seems to me that with the phrase 'I can't prove God does not exist, but you can't prove he does' you have produced a Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-23631890358787970032011-07-07T15:15:26.721-06:002011-07-07T15:15:26.721-06:00>>>>> If it was not for the radical...>>>>> If it was not for the radical beliefs of certain individuals, the attack on September 11, 2001, would have never happened.<br /><br />Now you're doing it again. You've mocked Islam and the Greek pantheon, and then just arbitrarily threw Christianity in there with them by assigning the mockery to them, whereas you cannot validly do so, because what you've EriKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149923261251332685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-82396814126869857552011-07-07T15:10:36.750-06:002011-07-07T15:10:36.750-06:00>>>>>Why don't you find your ow...>>>>>Why don't you find your own truth instead of jumping in the collective boat of flow goers?<br /><br />Oh, I have. But there's a subtle thing to be aware of here: is your truth true for everyone else? We should all find THE Truth through own effort, but whatever the Truth is will be the same for all people, even those who disagree, and the Truth should be able to EriKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149923261251332685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-23964179637073976572011-07-07T15:01:37.163-06:002011-07-07T15:01:37.163-06:00>>>>But I can't prove that the Lor...>>>>But I can't prove that the Lord of the Right trilogy isn't true either.<br /><br />Yes you can. It bears all the marks of a book of fiction, and is easily traced to its author, who will acknowledge that the story isn't true, and that it was designed as an attempt to provide Great Britain with some badly needed mythology that he felt its culture lacked. <br /><br />You EriKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149923261251332685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-57459855728156965592011-07-07T14:46:09.520-06:002011-07-07T14:46:09.520-06:00Look, I don't want to be condescending, but yo...Look, I don't want to be condescending, but you don't know what you're talking about. This is a good thing, because when you realize why you're wrong, you'll get the chance to change your mind.<br /><br />For example:<br /><br />Not only is there no need for millions of animals, but rain wasn't the primary source of water, but the 'fountains of the great deep,' EriKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149923261251332685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-49435128806293576582011-07-03T02:03:22.227-06:002011-07-03T02:03:22.227-06:00Preach on brother. I'm a former believer turne...Preach on brother. I'm a former believer turned agnostic. Not prepared to say God doesn't exist. I don't know. But if he does exist he's certainly not the God the Christians shove down our throats.<br /><br />I grew up in the Lutheran faith, and was a theology major in college. And it was my theological education that turned me into an agnostic. In my very first New Testament Bear By The Bayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096903778658769157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-41925456335039009622011-06-13T09:33:07.958-06:002011-06-13T09:33:07.958-06:00It is true that if a poltical candidate declared h...It is true that if a poltical candidate declared himself an unbeliever in public in the U.S.A then his chances of being elected would be reduced to practically zero. How much is that to do with their belief and how much is that to do with the reductiveness of the mass media? American media simply has no subtlelty about it. Political candidates in other 'christian' countries (with a small Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-44642895810962531882011-06-13T07:52:11.121-06:002011-06-13T07:52:11.121-06:00Maybe this would have been a better set of "s...Maybe this would have been a better set of "stories" to compare. Why is there evil in the world? It is:<br /><br />A) Because Adam and Eve ate the magical fruit.<br /><br />B) Because Pandora opened the mysterious box she was given.<br /><br />One is a myth. One is the literal truth. Which is which?<br /><br />Which creation story is true and which is a myth?<br /><br />A) Jehovah Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-71349356240037307982011-06-13T06:13:05.400-06:002011-06-13T06:13:05.400-06:00Both stories are potential temptations to human hu...Both stories are potential temptations to human hubris.<br /><br />Because fairytales are stories aimed at children, they always have happy endings. Fairy stories are about infantalisation so Jack does climb the beanstalk, kill the giant and take the treasure, and endure and disprove the scorn of his mother for selling the household cow too cheaply as well, and all so painlessly! It would not be Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-62135135491667282852011-06-12T20:17:38.618-06:002011-06-12T20:17:38.618-06:00Hitler was not an atheist. A common argument agai...Hitler was not an atheist. A common argument against atheism is that an atheistic government would produce Hitlers and Stalins. Hitler was a Catholic and he believed he was fulfilling gods will in exterminating the Jews, who killed Jesus.<br /><br />I have corrected the typo.<br /><br />Many people make the mistake of claiming that since the Bible speaks of real cities and real events in the Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-40223654605686050792011-06-12T16:12:16.145-06:002011-06-12T16:12:16.145-06:00I find your scientific/common sense take on The Bi...I find your scientific/common sense take on The Bible sort of interesting. Is The Bible all stuff and nonesense? I am not so sure and I reserve the right to doubt science. In Britain there is that most famous of evangelical anti-believers Richard Dawkins who if it could be proved logically to him that he did not exist should dissapear in a puff of rhetorical smoke. When he is interviewed on Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-42018164416710299102011-06-11T14:06:00.864-06:002011-06-11T14:06:00.864-06:00I just ran across your blog and I'm intrigued....I just ran across your blog and I'm intrigued. There is certainly some dialogue to be opened up among believers and those who have seen through the hypocrisy of organised reigion.<br /><br />let me refer you to pagun-view.blogspot.com, my blog called "In My View", specifically the section on religion and the supernatural.let me know if we have anthing to talk about.<br /><br />all Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667491440288059055noreply@blogger.com