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  1. JamesYaqub

    The Ultimate Challenge To Creationists

    The Greeks are relative newcomers and don't really count for much when considering ancient history. What about your own intuitive processes? Do they provide insight?
  2. JamesYaqub

    The Ultimate Challenge To Creationists

    I believe that the authors of the NT considered the Torah in their work but that this was a great mistake. Since Jesus was a Jew who seemed to defy the expectations of the day the scriptures for the emerging religion should have done likewise. Too bad those men could not see into the future...
  3. JamesYaqub

    The Ultimate Challenge To Creationists

    One of the biggest mistakes Christianity makes is to include the Hebrew "bible" as a part of their own scriptures. Christianity would be much better off sticking to the message of Jesus which is what the New Testament is all about. Complicating this is the inclination for some to cite the King...
  4. JamesYaqub

    Nothingness

    Your post is provocative but illogical...
  5. JamesYaqub

    Who designed the designer?

    I do not understand what you are saying. Try removing the poetry, religious opinion and quotes of other men so I can discover what YOU really want to say. You're right about one thing. I do tend towards agnosticism. I am inclined to believe in God but care little for any religion. I study...
  6. JamesYaqub

    Spiritual vs. Existential

    I would see one as being dynamic and the other as being static and meaningless. Imagine a whole universe of worlds with causes but no reasons. That idea would take a lot more faith than any religion demands.
  7. JamesYaqub

    Reincarnation and Nonexistence

    1. A soul usually is busy for a few Earth years before it comes back. 2. Time is linear. One cannot jump around as you suggest. 3. If there is no supreme, purposeful intellect then perhaps what you suggest might be the way it is. Imagine how boring an eternity of Earth lives would be if...
  8. JamesYaqub

    The Ultimate Challenge To Creationists

    I agree with this statement. For once I'd like to hear creationists base their beliefs, not on the demerits of evolution, but on the merits of creation. They seem to be saying that creation should be considered a viable concept because there are weak areas in the theory of evolution. The...
  9. JamesYaqub

    If humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

    It is almost only the most conservative of the American Christians who carry on this way. Most of the Christians in the world have learned that there is no conflict 'tween science and religion, specifically none between evolution and creation. First of all to the statement you quote. Has...
  10. JamesYaqub

    What happens to us when we die, what is the afterlife?

    It is normal and common for us to view ourselves and to think of ourselves as human beings who have souls. We consider our identities to be body and personality only who, by the way, have souls. We are taught that the soul is the bit of us which lives on after death. Is a soul just a part in...
  11. JamesYaqub

    Should we really trust man to tell us what "God's words" meant?

    Most of us believe in God as being some sort of super person who speaks in terms anyone can understand. This is the problem. God does exist but "he" is not a personality who speaks. Rather intermediaries (people we call prophets) serve as go betweens to humanity. They do not listen to words...
  12. JamesYaqub

    Who designed the designer?

    The ultimate source does exist but it is unknowable for us because human beings and their minds are of too low a nature to comprehend. Because we live in three dimensional space we think in terms of before, now and after. These concepts work in our world but not in the higher realms. Our...
  13. JamesYaqub

    God and Pre-universe

    One of the biggest difficulties is the idea of "eternity". That word does not mean an endless succession of time. Eternity in the physical universe is impossible. Rather, it is an existence where there is no time at all. Our universe is made up of the physical which is the densest and many...
  14. JamesYaqub

    Questions about Islam

    The point, which plainly completely eludes you, is regarding the unpredictability of human beings. It is nothing to do with founding a religion vs modifying one. See this, without embellishments, and understand. You must begin to realize that your's is not the only valid world view...
  15. JamesYaqub

    Questions about Islam

    He is one man. So was Joseph Smith and Abraham and Muhammad and Jesus and Zoroaster and the English King who began the Church of England. Jakob Amman was also. Mr. Phelps differs from these in that he is whacko. His followers, however, think he's the cat's meow. Herein lays the danger to...
  16. JamesYaqub

    Questions about Islam

    I disagree.
  17. JamesYaqub

    Questions about Islam

    We can praise or condemn religions, or their scriptures or origins, all day long but it is people that make them what they are or aren't. Example: Westboro Baptist Church. Westboro Baptist Church Home Page
  18. JamesYaqub

    I cannot cope with being religious

    I've learned not to categorize others... I am a naturalist who includes a vital and vibrant spirit world in support of our more familiar physical one. I guess my beliefs are close to those who practice Wiccan. I mean, what the hell, I've seen all the Harry Potter movies.
  19. JamesYaqub

    I cannot cope with being religious

    Thanks for clearing that up..
  20. JamesYaqub

    I cannot cope with being religious

    Some believe that there cannot be a spiritual universe without first there being a god. Others disagree. Some atheists will allow for a higher existence and some think that this Earth is all that is. Some believe in "spirit" while still disallowing any god. Which type of atheist are you?
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