Give me proof that it was created.
So what you have a little book written by men. So many religions have the same thing. Me and my friends could write a book and SAY we were inspired by Munagwagon the new god of the universe that really always was. And you wouldn't be able to dispute...
Does religion allow a more detailed path? We can easily look at how it's been misinterpreted and twisted for thousands of years to the point that the current form of say Christianity resembles not it original form.
Religion teaches hate. A lot of war revolves around religion in some form...
The interesting part about this entire conversation is that there is a lot of assuming going on about Satan.
You won't find much at all in the Bible on Satan. Especially his "fall". Most of what people think they know about Satan doesn't come from Christianity at all. That's what is so...
It could be argued that the law is written for stupid people that have no common sense and do not know the difference between right and wrong.
For example....I don't NEED a sign to remind me that I don't need to go 70 MPH in a school zone. IT's dangerous and I might kill a kid. The sign is...
I have a milk jug at home in the refrigerator that is God.
One time I prayed to the milk jug that my wife would cook lasagna for supper. When she came home she jumped right intot the kitchen and cooked me up some lasagna. I just KNEW it was the power of the milk jug.
One time I prayed to...
That fight was disappointing. I thought Shogun won 3 of those rounds. And it was a boring fight. If it was not a title fight Machida would have lost.
I really thought Machida would walk through Shogun in 3 rounds.....shogun did his homework.
I agree with you 100%. This is one fo those "must have" fights. it's just gotta happen. Silva is going to have to bonce up in weight class.....he's throttled everyone in his! hehehehe
OR is it that it's not GOD that wants us to know those things but man that wants us to know those things under the guise of God?
For example you and I would probably agree a lot on morals and values as far as what they SHOULD be. Where we would differ is where they come from. So if you can...
There are lots of stuff inteh Bible that I beleive to be truth....or common sense. But does that mean we shoudl worship God if the stories are fiction? IF it's not real....and it's Gods word....doees that mean God is not real?
Well for example.....if we say the Creation story is allegory....then did God REALLY create the Universe or is it more important to understand that we should obey his commands?
See the Bible is often used as the ultimate source for Christians on creation....but if it is allegory (and many...
you are a fair and balanced man. You are an asset to your religion. If people would get past their egos and open their mind.....a lot could be accomplished in understanding each other.
Debate....you never know what you are goign to get with Hitchens. Soemtimes he is in rare form and sometimes he is oblivious. He's an alcoholic...perhaps that plays in somedays. I could imagine him getting a bit trashed before a debate with yet another silly Christian.
However, I don't...
Hitchens is mad awesome. HE just doesn't pull punches and while he can be scathing, he normally does it and is dead on the money and generally the Theist that he is slaughtering has brought the verbal beat down upon himself. Sometimes you just have to be honest about how stupid something is.