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Are Atheist Skeptics?
No that's not correct, a skeptic is someone who requires evidence to change his (or her) currently standing view, so if there is no evidence to his satisfaction then he will doubt the veracity of a statement, that does not mean skeptic are doubters by definition or default. They doubt because of...- Dave Smith
- Post #33
- Forum: General Religious Debates
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circumstantial evidence to Gods existence
yes, a jury can come to their decision based entirely on circumstantial evidence - it is the perogative of the judge to overturn their decision in that case but hardly ever happens.- Dave Smith
- Post #100
- Forum: Religious Debates
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Was Jesus a Christian ?
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- Post #133
- Forum: General Religious Debates
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circumstantial evidence to Gods existence
do you then deny your willingness to believe in something that you or anyone else has never experienced - Please explain what gives you confidence in what you believe - about the dog, I think it did just hunt you down and bite you're arse, which is why you scream foul so loud :)- Dave Smith
- Post #95
- Forum: Religious Debates
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circumstantial evidence to Gods existence
clearly the majority of people don't agree with that statement and is self evident by the fact that they support a system of law that does rely on circumstantial evidence. obviously you are entitled to your own opinion about what evidence you will and will not accept but that in no way makes it...- Dave Smith
- Post #92
- Forum: Religious Debates
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circumstantial evidence to Gods existence
"No they don't" Dave Smith 2017 :-) All any claim requires is the willingness to accept it. if you believe that something comes from nothing and life starts from lifelessness despite all physical evidence to the contrary then all that was required to validate that hypothesis was your willingness...- Dave Smith
- Post #39
- Forum: Religious Debates
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Was Jesus a Christian ?
Jesus is not a Christian because he is not a follower of Christ and does not require salvation thru faith in himself, but he is Christian in that he leads Christian values. He was a Jew because he was Hebrew but was not jewish because he did not follow the life of a Jew. Jesus is alive, you can...- Dave Smith
- Post #130
- Forum: General Religious Debates
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circumstantial evidence to Gods existence
Circumstantial evidence is good enough to send someone to prison (or not). In the law, in the face of no direct evidence, indirect or circumstantial evidence may be used to infer facts and if this circumstantial evidence is weighty enough then a jury may decide to convict based on it. So why do...- Dave Smith
- Post #29
- Forum: Religious Debates
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Was Jesus a Christian ?
Of course Jesus is not a Christian but he is Christian as defined by what he is i.e. the foundation of Christianity and the fulfillment of al that it means to be Christian. A Christian is defined as someone who must put their faith in Jesus to acquire salvation and all that bestows. Jesus did...- Dave Smith
- Post #123
- Forum: General Religious Debates
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Resurrection of Christ: Literal fact or spiritual reality?
If you don't believe in the death and resurrection of Christ as a true and necessary fulfilment of God's purposes and fulfilling the requirements Law in order that you may return to God's presence in perfection just by faith in Jesus without sin or concern for sin fully entitled as His child to...- Dave Smith
- Post #130
- Forum: General Religious Debates
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Morality
Bill What are Humanian ethics (are ethics and morals equivalent in this case?) What's wrong with humans destroying ourelves? Again what you believe is ethical must be what you believe is right and if it is right then it must be tru and so what you are saying is 'there is no absolute truth' but...- Dave Smith
- Post #15
- Forum: Religious Debates
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Morality
Serpent - If you believe that morality is absolutely self centered then how do you test this hypothesis if you have no external reference? I think that you must agree that Morality must by necessity be true since if it were not then you would have to disagree with yourself. If each persons...- Dave Smith
- Post #14
- Forum: Religious Debates
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Morality
Serpent - If you believe that morality is absolutely self centered then how do you test this hypothesis if you have no external reference? I think that you must agree that Morality must by necessity be true since if it were not then you would have to disagree with yourself. If each persons...- Dave Smith
- Post #13
- Forum: Religious Debates
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Science vs Faith
Science is a system of enquiry, this system supplies data. Facts are what is found in the light of interpretation of data and give data meaning, how you interpret data, and come to define your facts, entirely depends on your a priory belief in a self evident truth i.e.it depends on your axiom of...- Dave Smith
- Post #160
- Forum: Science and Religion
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How did Jesus gain favor with God? (Luke 2:52)
Latuwr I'm a bit confused - I appreciate your reasoning but I fail to understand your motive since you describe yourself as an agnostic and yet write as a Jew upholding the Tora but apparently supporting a faith in your Messiah Jesus.:shrug: Your argument merely highlights the difference between...- Dave Smith
- Post #58
- Forum: Scriptural Debates
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How did Jesus gain favor with God? (Luke 2:52)
Anyway Shermana despite all that negative stuff I came to forum after pondering on the Luke 2:52 verse and finding and replying to your OP has been very helpful in enhancing my insight into it. Cheers Dave smith:seesaw:- Dave Smith
- Post #54
- Forum: Scriptural Debates
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How did Jesus gain favor with God? (Luke 2:52)
Shermana you wrote "I am not asking how Jesus "as God" could give himself more favor." But earlier you asked "And naturally this has an application against the idea of the Trinity, as it would be pretty strange for God to gain favor...with Himself. Even as "another person" In the...- Dave Smith
- Post #53
- Forum: Scriptural Debates