@ghost-of-a-duke saidWell again we agree every god you are talking about is make believe no more no less than a tooth fairy. The object of my conversation is not but the prime reality and the truth about everything else starts with Him, as Jesus is the truth.
Not sure how that post advances the conversation.
@kellyjay saidEvery god includes your particular flavour of God.
Well again we agree every god you are talking about is make believe no more no less than a tooth fairy. The object of my conversation is not but the prime reality and the truth about everything else starts with Him, as Jesus is the truth.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYes, and you have no idea how differentiate one from another, so you are completely unable to distinguish one from another. It is all just tooth fairy to you. It is like discussing degrees of color with a color blind individual, you simply cannot see or comprehend the differences.
Every god includes your particular flavour of God.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI understand it, but I have serious doubts about you.
Sorry Kelly. I appreciate evolution is something you struggle to understand. This is the reason I directed my post towards Suzianne and not yourself.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI actually think that for you that means that you only listen to those that agree with your opinion.
Well, I stand with the scientists who know what they are talking about.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidAnd not everyone who has degrees in physics, Biology, Chemistry, and so on agree with your unnamed experts.
The experts discovered evolution before I did.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidMy statement has evolved into its own thread, so I've picked up the conversation over there. I'll copy your post and answer it over there, although I think I answered some of that today.
But I believe in evolution, for example, because I have been convinced by the evidence, the proof. I don't think being convinced by something necessitates coercion. If God did indeed create mankind then he gave us intelligence and the ability to reason,...for a reason. I don't think intelligence and emotion/feelings are mutually exclusive.
@kellyjay saidThere is no evidence that Yahweh is any different to Marduk or any other gods humans have worshipped from time immemorial. The writings you appeal to prove nothing. And, if taken literally, are simply factually wrong on any number of counts. The Book of Genesis in particular was not dictated to Moses by God. The Jews lifted it from a prior Babylonian myth.
Every object of conversation here stands or falls for the evidence and the narrative surrounding it. If you compare all of the gods of this world that had their beginning inside this universe to the one who didn't, the narrative alone shows you are not talking about the same type of god, because the God of scripture transcends the universe as the creator of time, space, ene ...[text shortened]... entropy, the list is so large it isn't funny. All deniers will have no excuse due to the evidence.
@moonbus saidIt only shows that you have not read what I wrote, if you cannot see the difference, you are blind as they come.
There is no evidence that Yahweh is any different to Marduk or any other gods humans have worshipped from time immemorial. The writings you appeal to prove nothing. And, if taken literally, are simply factually wrong on any number of counts. The Book of Genesis in particular was not dictated to Moses by God. The Jews lifted it from a prior Babylonian myth.
@kellyjay saidWhat distinction? Transcendence? Saying Yahweh transcends the universe adds nothing whatever to the probability that he exists. I could say there is a transcendent pineapple, too; that doesn’t mean it really exists.
As I pointed out to another, if you lump them all into one basket and refuse to see the distinction, there is nothing that you can see that will matter, you are willfully blind.