tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post9008347656683149738..comments2024-03-29T13:37:11.174+00:00Comments on TPQ: Two Fears That Atheists Have AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12275153060329227342019-05-24T20:03:10.826+01:002019-05-24T20:03:10.826+01:00Steve R,
Yes, I believe the Biblical account of ...Steve R, <br /><br />Yes, I believe the Biblical account of Creation. And the scientific case has problems for both sides, and seeming supportive information for both sides. <br /><br />The other stuff you list is supernatural in origin, so science is not able to comment on that.<br /><br />Your caricature of God's gift of His Son for the rescue of His enemies is hardly fair. Jesus bore Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874590970329192225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7198915331921402702019-05-22T23:34:01.955+01:002019-05-22T23:34:01.955+01:00Wolfie,
So you really do believe in the creation ...Wolfie,<br /><br />So you really do believe in the creation myth don't you? Even despite science completely destroying it by every yardstick imaginable?<br /><br />If you believe that you believe in talking snakes, undead Jew-Zombies who demand psychic servility under threat of eternal damnation of as yet unproven self-essence, mammalian parthenogenesis in the genus Homo for the one and only Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36546769821561325192019-05-22T20:02:20.867+01:002019-05-22T20:02:20.867+01:00Steve R, I thought I was clear - but here goes aga...Steve R, I thought I was clear - but here goes again:<br /><br />'Mankind was made with innate moral sense. We all have it still, however badly distorted.' We did not gradually evolve from the simplest molecules, through countless stages, until an ape got moral sense. Man was created a fully fledged moral being. <br /><br />That is, from the moment of Adam's creation. Man was made Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874590970329192225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37287423079050408792019-05-21T23:01:08.434+01:002019-05-21T23:01:08.434+01:00No worries Wolfie, you avoided answering my questi...No worries Wolfie, you avoided answering my question and instead waffled on about something else entirely. So I will ask it again..<br /><br />When exactly do you think humans acquired these gifts of morality? Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45277380798249269202019-05-21T20:17:08.685+01:002019-05-21T20:17:08.685+01:00Steve, my apologies for not getting back sooner. ...Steve, my apologies for not getting back sooner. For some reason I'm not getting notifications lately. <br /><br />Mankind was made with innate moral sense. We all have it still, however badly distorted.<br /><br />Atheists have to say that moral sense is just a feeling, an emotion, evolved over millions of years because it gave mankind an edge on the rest of the animals, or at least Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874590970329192225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-652143961815550702019-05-13T22:20:54.558+01:002019-05-13T22:20:54.558+01:00'Good and Evil' are the concepts of those ...'Good and Evil' are the concepts of those who believe in magic Wolfie.<br /><br />When exactly do you think humankind was bestowed these great gifts of morality Wolfie?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62227551438078678042019-05-10T21:36:17.057+01:002019-05-10T21:36:17.057+01:00OK, Steve - but tell me how your morals are right ...OK, Steve - but tell me how your morals are right and those of someone you consider an evil person are wrong. If we are super-sophisticated chemical reactions, self-aware and all that - but still only matter, are our feelings of right and wrong not just a combination of genetic inheritance for survival and social conditioning? Are you saying those who have a different morality are Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495589127117406007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-17358296695588596322019-05-09T00:59:11.733+01:002019-05-09T00:59:11.733+01:00"Quite so - but it means their morals are wit..."Quite so - but it means their morals are without foundation, illogical if they do not advantage the individual who imagines them. The rational atheist would be amoral, serving only his own interests. Maybe pretending to be altruistic and caring, but only for advantage."<br /><br />When you cut through all your guff Wolfie, this paragraph you write says absolutely everything we need to Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69224406677954773992019-05-08T20:58:01.162+01:002019-05-08T20:58:01.162+01:00Steve R said:
'"Yes, God is the ultimate...Steve R said:<br /><br />'"Yes, God is the ultimate thought police. Policing evil is a good thing,not the suppression of good that we find in human thought policing."<br />Then say goodbye to Free Will.'<br /><br />I agree. Our 'freewill' is bound to our sinful nature. We act on its desires - unless God intervenes to restrict that ( as He often does). He even intervenes Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495589127117406007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56296333423459970992019-05-08T20:31:46.227+01:002019-05-08T20:31:46.227+01:00frankie said:
'Reymarch is getting bullied/le...frankie said:<br /><br />'Reymarch is getting bullied/lent on in school so leave the kid alone. and stop filling his head with crap.'<br /><br />Sounds to me like he is being laughed at - something many Christian kids face in school in our secular society. Disrespectful, but hardly persecution.<br /> <br />'When are you going to wake up and accept that we are either a complete freak Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495589127117406007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9727420341903015452019-05-06T23:34:52.359+01:002019-05-06T23:34:52.359+01:00"Yes, God is the ultimate thought police. Pol..."Yes, God is the ultimate thought police. Policing evil is a good thing,not the suppression of good that we find in human thought policing."<br /><br />Then say goodbye to Free Will.<br /><br />"You cannot deny that atheism was a fundamental policy of Soviet, Maoist and all Marxist regimes. The purification of the people from the heresy of theism."<br /><br />I cannot deny Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75838775595366787262019-05-06T22:09:03.940+01:002019-05-06T22:09:03.940+01:00Wolfsbane,
Reymarch is getting bullied/lent on i...Wolfsbane,<br /><br />Reymarch is getting bullied/lent on in school so<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBH-9VzNiLE" rel="nofollow"> leave the kid alone</a>. and stop filling his head with crap. <br /><br />When are you going to wake up and accept that we are either a complete freak of nature or somewhere north of Kenya and south of Egypt an advanced civilization paid this rock a visit, frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-90125723685288810452019-05-06T12:00:41.048+01:002019-05-06T12:00:41.048+01:00Yes, God is the ultimate thought police. Policing ...Yes, God is the ultimate thought police. Policing evil is a good thing,not the suppression of good that we find in human thought policing.<br /><br />You cannot deny that atheism was a fundamental policy of Soviet, Maoist and all Marxist regimes. The purification of the people from the heresy of theism.<br /><br />Your optimism on human nature is foolish. The logic of an atheist worldview leaveswolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18305610586054027558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6964618015174106652019-05-05T23:31:28.229+01:002019-05-05T23:31:28.229+01:00"your Creator will bring you to answer for ev..."your Creator will bring you to answer for everything you have thought, said and did that was evil. "<br /><br />The ultimate thought police eh Wolfie?<br /><br />"In that the gulags and re-education camps of atheism"<br /><br />I'm sorry, what? I must have missed this...what atheist gulags? Don't even try your nonsense about Stalin with me, he was a totalitarian mass Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23985937451251262962019-05-05T16:28:12.440+01:002019-05-05T16:28:12.440+01:00Hi, Reymarck.
I'm sorry you face ridicule and...Hi, Reymarck.<br /><br />I'm sorry you face ridicule and rejection because of your beliefs. Multitudes of Christians share that with you. As you know, many have been murdered in the Philippines as well as other parts of the world. Today as in many times in history.<br /><br />But if I may suggest, your biggest threat in this life comes from Muslims and other atheists, not Christians. The wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18305610586054027558noreply@blogger.com