Evidence for God from Science

He is, of course, incapable of telling you how "good" you have to be to prove that you "truly believed". Do I have to give away all my property to the poor like Jesus said? Leave my family to serve Him? No? How do you know? Do I have to repent of all my sins? Every single sin I'v...

There is little doubt that the scriptures say that God is working all things out for His glory. Which verse are you referring to specifically? How would you handle God's statement about Paul. I will show him how much he must suffer....... That Paul must suffer to spread the Gospel. Just the way he ...

There are literally tens of thousands of people who prayed not to fall away like James, and yet still fell away. James is perfectly right that he should tremble in fear on the "true faith will endure until the end" theology.

How can you be an atheist and believe in life after death? What kind of life after death are they referring to? A person's future as worm food? Does this have anything to do with the late atheist philosopher AJ Ayers? Just curious. Thanks. :wave: All I know is that the statistical fact of the matte...

Well, to begin with, not all atheists are pure naturalists. There are atheists who believe in an after-life. But since you're probably wondering about the former, I would say, the fact that they have no meaning in some universal, eternal sense, doesn't mean that they have no meaning at all. And so, ...

jlay wrote: First- What is your view of scripture?

What do you mean? And how is this relevant to the topic?

If you're asking me if I think it was inspired by God, then yes, I do.

Abraham lied twice to save his life, and God not only did not chastise him for it, He even punished the Pharaoh and threatened him with death because he acted upon being fooled into believing Abraham's lies. I hear there are also passages that indicate that God Himself lied, but I haven't read those...

Smiley, This is the classic, "I don't like the way things are. I don't like God's M.O. So, therefore he isn't true." Wrong. This is a purely logical problem. It's not about what I like. Why should we care what you describe as 'loving?' You shouldn't. I am working under the definition of l...

This is one of the things that, in my opinion, make absolutely no sense on Classical Theism. The "glory" answer is a Calvinist one, and quite frankly, it's total nonsense. A loving God who lets millions of people, including little children, be raped, enslaved, tortured, mutilated, starve t...

It seems you've forgotten Jesus Himself constantly engaged in arguments on the street. And we are told to imitate His life.

If you're interested in anti-Islam arguments, you can find a comprehensive list of Muslim vs. Christian debates here:

http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=171

And while I have come up with some more or less satisfying answers to it, they require adopting either Open Theism or Inclusivism. I have to say, I was close to abandoning Christianity when I realized how futile it is to try to rationalize this issue on Classical Theism. You have come close to aban...

The Qur'an is like an Old Testament that never had a Jesus Christ to rebuke all the violence in it.

Anyhow, the truth or falsehood of the Islam faith isn't dependent on how it relates to modern morality.

does this show that the Bible does indeed contain contradictions and or show that either parts of the Bible or (God forbid) the whole Bible is not inspired? It shows that there are apparent contradictions. Now, of course, it is possible to reconcile them with some effort. The question is which one ...

Yes.. Well a careful examination of all faiths should be in order.. That meaning studying all the faiths.. Such as Islam, Buddhism, Mormonism, etc.. Okay, I don't know where to start. 1. A very minority of people on the planet have access to the holy books of all religions in the world. 2. An even ...