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Recent content by Complexity

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    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    I was brought up in a very faulty, cultish religion. I felt very strongly that it was the one and only true faith. Contradictions and doubts built. I was told that good boys don't ask questions, and I should simply truth those in long robes. I dumped that dog at age 15. I had a bucket-load of...
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    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    This is the classic problem of indistinguishability. There is no way to prove I have a right hand, or that I'm not a brain in a bottle with tubes and electrode sticking in my brain, or I'm matrix character; except with circular bootstrapped reasoning. This problem goes back to Plato (2420 years...
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    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    I agree that we should be tolerant on minor issue. But we should debate how we each judge major principles of life: rather it works by criteria X, what are the other types of evidence, revelations, potential value (some say intuitions; feeling-following). Before becoming a Christian, what worked...
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    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    The root of all sin and the first sin is to lust after godhood (the power, fame, knowledge, etc). I see it in myself and in others. Some people do claim to have God in their pocket and have special powers from God. False preachers and prophets have always been around. The Bible warns us about...
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    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    It is common to talk past each other since we humans tend to use different definitions of words. Saving faith is far more than believing God exists or even following God. I doubt any human knows the depths of what God really wants from us. But Biblical baby steps appear to be: hope a good God...
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