It's not simply about the faith, it is about the force of the faithful, and the risk they pose. The beliefs are not the concern of the government; the rallying of people under those beliefs is.
How easily you forget the persecution, cruelty and all-around hardship Christianity has imposed ON these Asian nations in the past. What do you expect, honestly, what on Earth would you expect from anyone? A smile and a wave?
Really...
Christians stormed into many nations and cultures of...
The best thing you can do is stop asserting to these people that they and their beliefs are wrong. Such conflictive attitudes are the very reason people resort to these drastic and irrational measures of uprisal and objection. They aren't twisted; they are ignorant. Very much like yourself, it...
You mean, "Unless you believe this farcical nonsense, you will see it for what it is: crap"
'Creationist scientist' is an incongruous insult to science.
Creation is story which under no circumstances will ANY embellishments contradict the starting position.
Ludicrous! Science is searching...
I admire the persistence, but nah... The mind exists in the functions of the brain. Each and every cognitive process or feeling is localised or attributed to a cortex of the brain, residence to the neurons which through their vast network of synapses unify senses and thoughts into a 'mind'...
Hang on.. If God is going about writing laws on my heart, would this not influence my '100% free will'?
Correct me if i'm wrong, but I would say writing secret codes affecting ones conception of something as universal as 'good and bad' is somewhat a violation of PURE free will.
Yes, we...
Nah, I would say the Christian grasps the bossom which remedies uncertainty and fear of the unknown.
I contend this, also... I've yet to meet a 'naturalist' professing unwavering truth in his/her conception of reality. I see scientists, embarking on the eternal quest for truth. Unless I wasn't...
I see the unequivocal effect of X-rays, in that I can see my boooones.
Could some outside force have intervened and be the -real- cause of medical X-rays?
Perhaps... But it's absurdity makes it hardly worth considering, ya?
So yes, indirectly I CAN see X-rays. Bad example ;)
Though my...
Don't forget corrective lenses! That's an insult to the imperfect vision infallible God 'blessed' you with.
Enjoy your -daemon- vision! *hisses*
Despite the ambiguity of the topic post, I will respond to the conjecture anyway-
I cannot form an opinion on designer babies... A child is the...
Well put!
Alternatively, if I were to put a realistic twist on this-
"God exists in my perception of reality"
For the world you know is the way you perceive it.
If you've accepted the existence of a God, you cannot escape seeing life through that preconceived scope.
You see what you...
In order to measure chance, you must know all the possible outcomes of an action. Tell me, Orthodox, do you?
If I were to generate any random number between 1 and 678 000 000, would you really attempt to refute the result? Having it right in front of your eyes? "How could you land on that...
Also, our predilection of truth strongly affects our research and physical observation of the world. Creationist scientists, anyone? lol
This is why Im strongly opposed to an individual pursuing a scientific profession with any assumption of truth governing their mind.
Science is the study...
Do you really believe the victims of 9/11 were innocent? Less guilty I could agree with.
How is what they did any different to America dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan? They killed 'innocents' in order to terrorise Japan into submission.
That, in my opinion, was the worst act of terrorism...
The only question that needs to be asked, really, is WHY?
Why would anyone go to such great lengths to contrive this 'phoney landing'?
I doubt the "We got there first" mentality would suffice for conspiracy.
Welcome to the forums!
Oh... wait, that's not my line.
Hello, I'm NEW to the forums. :cool:
I live in Western Australia and I stumbled in here by accident. I really can't remember how...
From all the forums I post on, i'm used to being the big fish in a little pond.
I'm somewhat...
Well firstly i'd like to remind you once again that you don't know what your God wants from me.
Anyway- Why would God want me to rush the decision?
"Come on! Be decisive, pick at random! GO, GO, GO!"
I take care in my decisions, I go where evidence and logicality lead me. If that is away from...