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Is God the cause of the world? : Comments
By Peter Sellick, published 16/10/2009Belief does not rest on evidence; it is a different way of knowing than that of scientific knowledge.
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And Gravitationalist, sophism: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
Clarification, not deception is the go.
Clarification #1: Man chose to disobey God, but God paid the price. That’s what real fathers do - pay the price for their children. God didn’t mess up/fail... we did.
Clarification #2: God DOES know everything but life is pointless without freedom of choice. You’ll just have to ask the Big Fella yourself how that works.
"The Bible is not proof of anything and referring to it as though it had some authority is pointless when talking to someone who has the critical thinking skills to question it."
Clarification #3: Critical thinking does not invalidate the Bible either. Tell the millions of people who have experienced a miracle that it is not logical.
"If the consequence of not believing in your god is hell, then this invisible “loving parent” has an obligation to make his existence undeniable knowledge. Otherwise, he is negligent."
Clarification #4: So what do you think God is doing right now? Your choice.
"We do not choose what we believe in."
Clarification #5: Sorry, but that’s just nonsense.
"That’s like the ATO telling us that we have the “free choice” to not pay our taxes, but that we’ll go to jail if we make this choice."
Observation #1: Well, last time I read the papers, hundreds of people still freely choose jail by trying to dupe the ATO.
"'Good' does not necessarily equal 'True'."
Observation #2: Give me good any time over bad.
"There are terrorist organisations that provide aid to their people too. Does this mean their beliefs are true as well?"
Observation #3: Christian relief organisations help ANY country or people-group, even those contrary to their own beliefs. I don’t think you’d see any terrorists sending money for the tsunami victims.