Oh don't misunderstand me. I'm only showing you the basis for your idea that there is a god. And, as the above clearly indicates, the best you...
To illustrate the depth of your absentmindedness, I've never mentioned Satanists, masons, or lizards; you just like to spit. Nevertheless, why...
Now we get to the crux of your position. You've read a book whose contents include the story of a thing called a god, and you want to persuade...
Oh my poor, sad little Balby. How did that sound? Made me sound like I have a drinking problem, didn't it? Yeah. Anyway, you should have...
Persuade a reasonable person of what? And why? Why is judgment a better term? Judgment implies the possibility of "otherwise." Consensus...
I didn't call anything science. You said science is also based ultimately on opinion--i.e., the consensus judgements of other scientists based on...
Standing on the beach near the point; Feeling how to think with a joint. And with a bottle of booze I wondered how can I lose, And then I threw...
Yeah, the word God will tweak proponents of both sides of the issue. On one side we have those who read the literature (Bible) and condense it...
What have you heard that needs defending? Waiting . . .
No, but anything you say about the god is compromised by your admission that the god is a great mystery. As such, there is nothing you or anyone...
Indeed. And as such, peoples' love for the god is comparable to their love of a great mystery novel.
EDIT: Innocent days when I at least Resembled not so much the beast Recede from me like memory Like most of you, like most of me . . .
I concur . . .
Innocent days when I at least Resembled not to much the beast Recede from me like memory Like most of you, like most of me . . .
Hmm. If Hell is a metaphor, is the god that the metaphoric hell can separate you from a metaphor, too?
I pick up any and all hitchhikers. Lots of interesting stories.
It's probably useless to argue or otherwise try to reason with peoples' indifference to the pain and misery of beings other than themselves.
Oh me too! :grinning:
When I first saw the thread-title, I thought I was going to hear stories about defective condoms, and I thought, that's not funny. And it's not...
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable . . . and our chairs stained.
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