I agree with that definiton of religion. I realize now that I am talking about modern religion, particularly the 5 major religions of the world...
I don't see it that way.
This was the original claim you made. Obviously its ridiculous and absurd because you yourself are a mortal and your commenting on the limits of...
How could any mortal know that it would be impossible to know gods power??? How could you as a mortal attempt to describe that which you condemn...
It might explain some of the variety in the interpretations of the major religious teachings/texts that humanity has. There has to be some sort...
When you speak about power/ability and you say that such is limited by nothing, then you imply that the power/ability that he doesn't have is...
If it is an untestable hypothesis, it would be impossible then to assert that human culture naturally assumes a religious point of view. How can...
But it did not, clearly this is the case because religious belief is not something that ALL CULTURES experience equally and thus claiming that...
It can't create nothing. It surely can opt to do nothing, because it is anything is possible for it. However, it cannot bring into existence that...
That book is hugely criticized and easily debunked. There is clear evidence of many cultures in the world that never had any formal religion....
Both Books, except the one written by Paul were purportedly written 200-300 years before Jesus came into existence. I cannot see how it is a...
It is my suspicion and the suspicion of others that religion is social originated, as most if not all historical texts, from the elite...
No - because a state has to exist in order for it to be a thing, because all things exist, whereas no-things do not.
God can create something from nothing however, he cannot create nothing from nothing because creation implies that the thing in question(in this...
I guess praying would be the first option. Still, I would like to get the same treatment the prophets supposedly got before I believe that I am...
Thanks for that. heheheh I wonder how long it would take for me to change gods mind about having pre-marital sex.
No creation, is defined as the process and action of bringing something into existence. :2thumbsup:
I am not targeting any specific group, just the concept of God that the Abrahamic Texts provide(Islam/Christianity).
Precisely. In order to make someone afraid of an omnipotent being you have to convince them that the being has expectations/wants in relation to...
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