You are right about the homosexuality thing. I personally don't think it is sin, so debating on the matter with me is not of much use as I surely don't want to tell anyone that it is a sin right now. And what I 've said in every post almost when answering to you is, to teach your child in a way...
I must ask you though, have you ever acquainted yourself with any of the accounts of these people? You say you demand evidence before acknowledging facts, and yet, do you even look for evidence? The human mind is complex, but that still doesn't explain the fact as to how it can be working when...
Did you read my post? There are people with flat EEG's, no brain activity, that have had NDE's. Are these people lying because of "social pressure?" You say you don't care about spirituality, and yet you care about what is real. Spirituality is quite real. Read some of these people's accounts...
I agree with Storm. It seems you don't know very much at all about spirituality. Your last reason for there being no God doesn't prove any non-existence of God. Most of your reasons are just opinions and have no basis whatsoever. You say that religious leaders are not perfect. Obviously not...
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No, not all are devout Christians, but I challenge you to find a person who has had an NDE, and believed themselves that it was not real.
Your quote does not claim your opinion to be true. Peter said God would appear to the ones he had chosen, but he never said the apostles were...
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Then how do you explain people who say they've gone to Heaven in an NDE even though the meter measuring their brain activity (EEG) was flat, measuring zero brain activity? And most of the people who have these NDE's are convinced of their truth. Many live their entire lives on Earth...
I never said all the people. I said many. Also, please explain how material wealth enables a person to better construct their life than someone without it. And how am I contradicting myself? Are you saying that the only way to not slack around is to build up material wealth? Perhaps I've only...
For God, there is no time, every time is now, there is no past, or future, just the present. So 2000 years ago, 200 years ago 20 years ago, what's the difference? And I doubt people would believe even if he did show himself. People don't believe in NDE's even though many of them have staggering...
Ok, this probably isn't the right forum for this, but please do, support your statement. And answer the questions I posed in my post to Mickiel while your at it.
If we didn't allow religion, we'd be like Hitler and Stalin in the 30's and 40's. Shipped off to Siberia for believing. How else would you enforce this kind of a rule? What is wrong with religion if it is carried out non extremely? Religion can help people greatly. Also, no one can be sure of...
Why would you think I said atheists are lazy? I just said that God would not want to promote laziness. And I also, never said you hadn't found the truth. You're assuming things that I never wrote. I wrote that if you truly search, you will find the truth. The truth is different for everyone and...
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Thank you for the frubals! I'm just curious but you are from India, and I hate to stereotype you, but are you Hindu? If so, you believe there is a way to escape reincarnation right?
I haven't negated my own claim. I view self satisfaction, and self pleasure/enjoyment as two entirely different things. My view is that self-satisfaction comes when you have achieved something important to you, like at the end of a 5km run, or after finishing a big job. Pleasure on the other...
Let's say you write a massive, 15 page essay on a very tedious topic. Are you not satisfied when it is done. Are you not satisfied after going for a jog, after doing work? If not then I guess you're just different from me in that sense. I for example, feel very satisfied after finishing some...