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Actually it does. What is praised goes far beyond trusting.Nowhere does it say gullibility.
And if you insist, a synonym for gullibility is trusting.
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Actually it does. What is praised goes far beyond trusting.Nowhere does it say gullibility.
And if you insist, a synonym for gullibility is trusting.
And abusing dictionaries does not help you.Dictionary defines them as synonyms - merriam webster
So a circle is eternal. Nobody had to start one.
Im not very complicated so if you have a cookie cutter in the shape of a circle, dipped it in paint, and put it on paper, no one started the circle, it just is. Saying life has a starting point is saying that we aren't forming from one thing to another but linear and just poof from existence.
I know people like to find origin and have a secured destination but life just doesnt work that way.
I was reading an article about goals versus intentions. Goals assume that we know the future because we plan for something we will be present and alive to experience the goal completion.
Then you have intentions which isn't based on what you have faith in achieving but your current state of what you want to do now. Not future but present.
When you have a linear shape, we assume it will go on forever without an end. So we yearn for heaven and assume lines dont end. A lot of us on the other hand (of many) see life based on intention. So we are reborn nothing just ends.
The thing is, not all are comfortable with staying on earth. They want to escape.
Our wants and beliefs doesn't make lines go on for eternity and circles have a beginning and ending. But not all accept that their beliefs don't define reality. At least mathematics wise.
And abusing dictionaries does not help you.
by a point. you define one point as the start.
and all the points as a start must be a circle because...?I define Nessie as God. And all points as the start.
Now what?
and all the points as a start must be a circle because...?
you say life is a circle with no starting point. don't you?Sorry-ah you must use standard Engrish or I
will have no idea what you said.
you say life is a circle with no starting point. don't you?
Uh, no, nothing even faintly resembling that.
I cannot even guess how you came up with that.
The circle was not there till you put it there.
Dictionary defines them as synonyms - merriam webster
Of course, the real issue is TRUST. YOU WOULDN'T TRUST ANYONE OR ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T SEE PERSONALLY, RIGHT?
Anyone who does not appreciate the honesty and gullability of a child is a devil.
No it isn't.Dictionary is wrong.
No it isn't.
In case you don't know synonyms are not words that are exactly the same.
The circle was not there till you put it there.
Same with makin' a universe.
A god can be a circle if it wants to, but that wont
make it more or less eternal.
But never mind we did rock a round the clock already
In John 20:29, Jesus supposedly states "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
In other words, this is a verse praising gullibility as a virtue. It is, according to Christianity, apparently virtuous to believe extraordinary claims that are unsupported. Why is this the case? I find it very strange, especially considering the fact that many Christians are just as skeptical as anyone else about everything, except the claims of their religion.
For instance, if I told you that there was, say, a plane crash in your neighborhood, most of you probably wouldn't believe me, at least not without first checking the evidence and *seeing* for yourself. Yet, when a less believable claim is made about a guy who, 2000 years ago, supposedly died and became alive again three days later, with the only evidence to support this claim being the contradictory reports of documents written by anonymous authors decades or more after the alleged events took place, these same Christians who are skeptical about everything else will believe that these events took place. Do you see the inconsistency? Why do so many Christians believe that gullibility is a virtue when it comes to believing the claims of their religion, yet remain skeptical about much more believable claims? Also, why should gullibility be a virtue at all? Gullibility, or "faith" in the absence of evidence is useless, and helps no one. If anything, it should be considered a "vice" and not a virtue.
When people hear a news report, such as this...
[GALLERY=media, 8663]News Report by nPeace posted Sep 24, 2018 at 1:47 PM[/GALLERY]
They are not gullible, just because they accept the news report, although the did not see the actual person, or the events reported.
In fact, there is no way they will be able to get that information to investigate for themselves.
They trust that the report is genuine.
Christians are doing the same.
They did not see Jesus in person, not witnessed the actual events, but they trust the reports, which on the contrary have been supported.
that is correct. life's symbol in my opinion is the snake that eats it's tail. and it is a circle. life doesn't need anything apart itself, it has all it needs. who created the unbreakable circle? God in my opinion. that something that started the circle.life works in a cycle and recycles itself into many forms both living and none.