so, i recently finished reading "the god delusion" by richard dawkins.
i read it with a certain amount of hesitation.
after all, i am still recovering from my disappointment at realizing that the wts is not god's organization.
Sorry BrotherDan, i missed it....
All men are without excuse for disbelief in God. According to the bible. Hebrews 11 examines faith closely and says that it is our expectation of things hoped for based on evidence. 11:6 says that without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those that seek him.
I've just read Hebrews 11 and nowhere does it say that faith is based on evidence.
Paul
so, i recently finished reading "the god delusion" by richard dawkins.
i read it with a certain amount of hesitation.
after all, i am still recovering from my disappointment at realizing that the wts is not god's organization.
So what is your definition of faith, if Dawkins definition is incorrect?
since they have fingered you as a mod, you should have a very interesting tale to tell; please do!.
Thanks for sharing your story Rose.
Paul
so, i recently finished reading "the god delusion" by richard dawkins.
i read it with a certain amount of hesitation.
after all, i am still recovering from my disappointment at realizing that the wts is not god's organization.
Great thread, i've just started to read The God Delusion myself so was interested in what you had to say on it. I am finding myself disagreeing with some of the things that Richard Dawkins has said. I really want to challenge my conceptions of God after having spent a few years trying to create my own definition of what God is. I guess at the moment i'm what Dawkins calls a Pantheist, that the universe and God are one, but not necessarily something existential.
I'm interested in a comment you made in your opening post BrotherDan,
Dawkins criticism of religion revolves around his view of "blind faith". Almost all of his arguments are based arounnd this claim of faith. If he accepted the CORRECT definition of faith, he woul dhave to completely change or at least seriously reconsider his views on so much in his book. How scientific is Dawkins actually being in his analysis? I have say, "Not at all!"
What in your opinion is the correct definition of faith?
Paul
dear ones.
rather, it is our adversary who says we will do anything... anything... to avoid it.
a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. even curse god to his face.
The issue is that God ALLOWS us to suffer....
do you really believe jesus was teaching the crowds that he would appoint a small group of men in ny in 1919 a "faithful and discreet slave class"????
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Brotherdan...Where's that pic from digderidoo?
Came up in a google search, but can't remember what i googled to get it Dan. Good one though.
Paul
do you really believe jesus was teaching the crowds that he would appoint a small group of men in ny in 1919 a "faithful and discreet slave class"????
?.
do you really believe jesus was teaching the crowds that he would appoint a small group of men in ny in 1919 a "faithful and discreet slave class"????
?.
do you really believe jesus was teaching the crowds that he would appoint a small group of men in ny in 1919 a "faithful and discreet slave class"????
?.
us pastor says will burn koran despite petraeus concernshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusreligionislampastor.
tue sep 7, 9:21 am et end .byline washington (afp) the pastor of a small florida church said tuesday he will go ahead with his plans to hold a koran burning this week, despite warnings by the us commander of the afghan war of violent reactions in the islamic world.terry jones, who heads the dove world outreach center in gainesville florida, said he had given "serious" consideration to the concerns expressed by general david petraeus over plans to torch a koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks, but said he would proceed anyway.. "we are taking the general's words very serious.
we are continuing to pray about the action on september 11th," he said.. nevertheless, he said "we have firmly made up our mind" to go ahead with burning the muslim holy book.. "i mean, how long, when does america stand for truth?
The guys out for publicity, heard today his church has only had 30 regular attenders. Wonder how many he's going to get now?
