Message to 1robin: I have finally decided to stop debating at this forum, maybe for a while, and maybe for good. It has nothing to do with your posts, but with making the best use of my time.
Some people think that I am a debating tiger, but actually, I am a very peaceful person, I do not...
I am interested in the passage that I mentioned, not in the historicity of Jesus. If Jesus existed, that would not necessarily mean that Paul wrote the passage, and that the passage was written in the first century A.D. I am interested in why the apostles believed that they saw Jesus after he...
You continue to defend the historical Jesus even though I have told you that I am not for or against that. What you said is not an adequate reply to my post 278, although I admit that that post is off topic for this thread.
Since I am not arguing for or against mythicism, I am not interested in whether or not Paul knew Jesus' brother. Rather, I am interested in the passage that I mentioned, and you still have not replied to my post 278.
No, but I am much more interested in the questions that I asked you. I am not arguing for or against mythicism, I am arguing against Paul as a credible source regarding the passage that I mentioned.
Consider the following Scriptures:
Where did Paul get that information from?
Why did Paul believe that over 500 people saw Jesus in the same place at the same time in Corinth, which was far away from Palestine? I doubt that mass hallucinations could account for that.
Why did Cephas...
If so, you would still subconsciously consider choice to be an issue, but many people consciously admire other people, an example being cases where people admire rescuers who do not work for money who do not have to rescue anyone. You would not admire a robot who rescued people except to admire...
Nonsense, any child who grows up in a devoutly Christian home, and regularly attends church, and knows the Bible well is accountable, at least in Protestant theology. I assume that the majority of conservative Christians would agree with that, including William Lane Craig, and Ravi Zacharias...
That is absurd since you have claimed that God invented morality. If God is an imposter, and likes to tell lies, then lying is a great making property.
Obviously not since no logic says that everything that is claimed is true until it is proven to be false.
There is not any widely...
Yes you do since any child who grows up in a devoutly Christian home, and regularly attends church, and knows the Bible well is accountable. There is no doubt that some children like that who became Christians would not have become Christians under certain other circumstances, and that some of...
If a being is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, quite obviously his nature would require all of his thoughts, and actions to always be good. That is just plain old common sense, logic, and reason, and it could not possibly be any other way.
You have claimed that God did not have to...
That is fine, but don't bother if you are not willing to discuss all of them at great length, for many months like you have done in some threads. Based upon some of my past experiences with you, I suspect that if we made a few more posts regarding the first topic that I mentioned, you would...
On the contrary, you have not provided any good arguments against my post 3639, at http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/143367-indisputable-rational-proof-god-exists-existed-364.html, which shows that an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, and perfect God could not have...