ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
People talk about the moral teachings of Jesus. What are they and how are they justified? How do you reconcile thinking of God in biblical terms, with a laissez-faire God that doesn't interact or violate the natural laws of the universe? If nothing else, the Bible is thus reduced to its human authorship, with all the potential for malfeasance and misperception over 2000 years which that implies.
"Christ" is Greek for the messiah or anointed one. How was he chosen? How do you reconcile the fact that the word has unavoidably taken on divine son of God connotations? Do you feel the need for continually qualifying what "Christian-Deist" doesn't mean, or do feelings determine your beliefs?
Where is the evidence for (or proof that) the existence of God can be determined through reason and observation as claimed by so called "modern" deists? In the apparent complete absence of such evidence, much less proof, how can we make any statement about God without the preface, "IF God exists....."? Can we even talk about God beyond speculation about It's motivations?
"Christ" is Greek for the messiah or anointed one. How was he chosen? How do you reconcile the fact that the word has unavoidably taken on divine son of God connotations? Do you feel the need for continually qualifying what "Christian-Deist" doesn't mean, or do feelings determine your beliefs?
Where is the evidence for (or proof that) the existence of God can be determined through reason and observation as claimed by so called "modern" deists? In the apparent complete absence of such evidence, much less proof, how can we make any statement about God without the preface, "IF God exists....."? Can we even talk about God beyond speculation about It's motivations?