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- Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:15 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
Don't insult my God or I will sick Him on you. I have done it before and won't hesitate to do it again. Stop means stop. You can disagree without being a total fool. No mas! You complete douche bag!!! You're gonna threaten some one with magical discourse over their expression of free speech? Do you...
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:45 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
Face palm...
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:37 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
The existence of absolute truths in no way establishes the existence of God. The absolute truths you'll point to are things like universal law such as gravity, or something biological, or mathematics all of which can be demonstrated and observed. However, can you demonstrate the existence of God on ...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:25 pm
- Forum: On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt - by Richard Carrier
- Topic: The Case Against the Historic Jesus Christ
- Replies: 245
- Views: 99396
Re: The Case Against the Historic Jesus Christ
Because it wasn't Jews who worked out the NT. It was hellenized people who were dealing with communities in gentile locations who were reading the Greek Septuagint and making connections to the pagan world. When you put it all in context it suddenly makes more sense...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:18 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
tat tvam asi, let's put this metaphor business to rest. Are you a metaphor. Is the person of whatever name a metaphor. NO! You are a person. So quit trying to mix apples and oranges. You have a name, body, residence and certainly a cognitive process. You are, because you are!! Since God does exist ...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:07 pm
- Forum: On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt - by Richard Carrier
- Topic: Ch. 1: The Problem (On the Historicity of Jesus by Richard Carrier)
- Replies: 46
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Re: Ch. 1: The Problem (On the Historicity of Jesus by Richard Carrier)
We have to remember too that ancient peoples had no scientific language. If an enlightened person back then had a complex thought about reality, he had no way to express it except through metaphor. For example, Father, Son and Holy Ghost could be primal in the sense that when a neutron decays, it f...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:06 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
a metaphor is symbolic of something. When you say God is symbolic - you are saying that He does not exist. It means something else. Not something to be taken literally. Maybe you should have defined it. Yes, God is a metaphor for the actual mystery of everything, the mystery of the very existence o...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:00 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
Bob, do you know what a metaphor is?
Please give me an example just so we can determine whether or not we're on the same page here. Thanks.
Please give me an example just so we can determine whether or not we're on the same page here. Thanks.
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:55 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
Most of these guys can not fathom God as a metaphor. That's an extremely intellectual critique of eastern mysticism and it's just too foreign for the joe average Christian to wrap their mind around. And obviously this poor demonstration of intellectual prowess means you'll be at loss to make head wa...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:31 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 48933
Re: brother bob proves the existence of Christ.
This has got to be the dumbest attempt at proving God that I've seen to date...