The following is a post from an atheist I was chatting with on another forum. I told him I would post it here to get other opinions.
Nothing you said addresses that with ultimate power comes ultimate responsibility. The only argument you could make is that God is either not all powerful, not...
@Brian2 and I have been discussing the following verses and what they mean for over 10 years. The discussion began on another forum and it has continued here. This thread was inspired by the following post on another thread.
In post #690, @Brian2 said:
We start off with the idea that Jesus rose...
This thread was inspired by the thread “What do you get from being atheist?”
The reason my question is interesting is because it seems to make a deep assumption, and that deep assumption is that there is "something useful, something good, something valuable or precious" in holding a belief (or...
What do different religions teach about casual sex? By casual sex I mean sex just for fun, sex without love, and sex outside or marriage.
My religion, the Baha’i Faith, teaches that sex is only allowed between two lawfully married people, a man and a woman.
As I understand it, the New...
What are the best and worst things about heaven?
I’ll start. There are a lot more things but these are my top 5.
Best things about heaven:
1. No more cars or traffic.
2. No more houses to take care of.
3. No more physical ailments or physical pain.
4. No more grief when loved ones die.
5...
The underlying assumption is that one believes in God because there is evidence for God.
Is it reasonable to believe in God if one does not like God?
Is it reasonable to believe in God because one fears God?
Is it reasonable to serve God out of duty if one does not like God?
What do you think...
Christians claim that God is Love and Baha’is claim that God is All-Loving, but where is the evidence?
Christians say that the evidence of God’s Love is that God sent Jesus, His only Son, to die for our sins.
Baha’is say God is All-Loving because God sends Messengers and because Baha’u’llah...
Can we change our mind about what we believe?
@PureX said that one CAN change their mind, but they won't because they don't want to deny their current understanding of 'what is'. #523
I disagree. One CAN change their mind, and they sometimes do, if they get new information that causes them to...
Is faith in God enough to give one hope when they feel hopeless?
Some people believe it is, and I used to think so. Look at what I posted only a little over a month ago.
My faith and hope are in God
But as time goes on and the hopeless situation continues, I believe it less and less...
When Christians have told me that the Bible says that God wants everyone to be saved, I have disagreed with them, saying that God does not care if everyone is saved. Now I have to retract my what I said previously because I stumbled upon these passages that say God wants everyone to be saved...
For about five months I have been attending GriefShare meetings at a country church. Yesterday was the meeting in the series and the group facilitators handed out mugs for all the members. The mugs were of three colors, tan, olive green, and dark brown, each with different Bible verses. They...
I am a Baha’i, and I have posted to a lot of atheists over the last 10 years on various forums so I am well aware of their position about God’s existence.
As I see it, regarding God’s existence there are three mutually exclusive logical possibilities, given the evidence we have.
1. God exists...
Do Baha’is believe ‘everything’ that Baha’u’llah said in this prayer?
I have tried to say this prayer but I cannot say it anymore since I feel it would be dishonest, since I do not really believe everything that it says.
O Thou Whose tests are a healing medicine to such as are nigh unto Thee...
This is a continuation of a thread I started three months ago.
If you want to know why I would have no hope without trust in God you can read the OP of that thread:
Without God there is no hope
Please note that I was careful to change the title of this thread from Without God there is no hope...
Some atheists have claimed that believers believe in their religion and in God because they want to believe, and the implication is that believers have no evidence for their religion or God’s existence, so the 'only reason' they believe is because they want to believe.
I have replied that I...
A man I met on eharmony told me that he was raised in a Christian church and he fervently believed in God, but as he aged and grew in life experience, he did not see the Hand of God at work in our world, although he still believed in God. Then when his wife got sick with cancer and he turned in...
I have been attending a GriefShare group for the last three weeks and it will go for 10 more weeks, although I might continue attending longer. The reason I started attending is because I thought it might be useful to be in a group of people who are dealing with similar issues owing to the...
One Lord, One Faith, One God: The Exclusivity of Christianity
Open your Bible to Ephesians 4. And we have been in Ephesians 4 for a month, I think, but we finally have arrived at verses 4, 5, and 6. And this is a very, very important moment to stop and consider a far-reaching reality that is...
I am not making a claim, I am only expressing a feeling, and I could be wrong so I am open to other perspectives. This is only the way I am feeling now, based upon my trying to change certain things and being unable to do so. In short, I feel completely stuck, like I have no control over my...