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Recent content by Rick B

  1. Rick B

    Science vs Religion, I will solve this debate for you once and for all.

    @Evangelicalhumanist While preparing a reply to your posts 176 and 174, (again demonstrating your continued sliding down the rabbit hole of irrational argumentation and logical fallacies, e.g. when you state: I “can't very well continue with our "reasoned debate" because “the reason is simply...
  2. Rick B

    Who or what, is the final authority on truth?

    Since science is your final authority then you must be able to demonstrate the truth of your assertion by way of the scientific method using empirical or measurable evidence consisting in systematic observation, testing, experiments, and formulation. Oh, wait. That can ONLY be worked out in the...
  3. Rick B

    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    I don't know, your avatar looks pretty aggressive.
  4. Rick B

    Science vs Religion, I will solve this debate for you once and for all.

    Good premise up until you add the second conclusion. I reject the last sentence and will withhold my reason for not considering your Atheistic worldview's justification for your final conclusion warranted until after your response.
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    Science vs Religion, I will solve this debate for you once and for all.

    Do you mean we can't have a debate because I accept the Bible as my final authority and you don't accept it as your final authority? That is not the thesis of the debate. You don't respect the fact that I present Biblical citations regarding the issues at hand that support my arguments. As I...
  6. Rick B

    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    If by "fight" you mean defend and contend, you just did.
  7. Rick B

    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    Are you absolutely sure about that?
  8. Rick B

    Science vs Religion, I will solve this debate for you once and for all.

    4. "The very idea of “original sin” infecting all of us is totally contrary to every decent philosophical argument. It deserves the deepest scorn I can summon up, and trust me, it gets it." Who decides what is "decent"? What is your moral standard of right and wrong? Atheism says it's up to each...
  9. Rick B

    Science vs Religion, I will solve this debate for you once and for all.

    @Evangelicalhumanist You are exposing the glaring hypocrisy with which you proceed in your replies. For you decry: "I hate to have to do this to you again, but what possible use could it be to try to convince me of anything whatever using quotes from the Bible." And: "I have tried to make it...
  10. Rick B

    Who or what, is the final authority on truth?

    The sentences with question marks would be a start. And any of my challenges to your assertions and worldview, if you have a "direct and relevant" response, would be another.
  11. Rick B

    Who or what, is the final authority on truth?

    A major problem with your position is that you claim that "science" is your final authority. A final authority is that source of truth to which there is no more ultimate appeal. You offered as a definition of science from Wikipedia as: "To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly...
  12. Rick B

    Who or what, is the final authority on truth?

    The assertion that you "do not face any problem in my life" is because in your worldview problems are just an illusion, the don't exist. For that matter you say that you don't even know whether you exist. As for we Christians in the West, we proceed from critical thinking skills gleaning from...
  13. Rick B

    Science vs Religion, I will solve this debate for you once and for all.

    Just to be clear, when you state "the knowledge that most of those souls created by this god" these souls were not technically "created" they were the result of natural procreation. That is an important distinction because the result of natural birth is: "And you were dead in your trespasses...
  14. Rick B

    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    There was no inference on my part that I had any authority over Scripture as you fallaciously misrepresent. I have repeatedly stated that Scripture was my final authority. The final standard of truth to which I apply to make truth claims. I exercises authority over me. Perhaps you just...
  15. Rick B

    Are people who claim to know God liars?

    You: "You argue your case based on what?" Based on your question: "Then why can't Christians all get on the same page and make the same claims about God? Why are there so many denomination and views by Christians out there?" You: "What gives you or someone else any authority to makes claims...
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