Posted on 04/12/2007 1:27:09 PM PDT by freedomdefender
I do not have any problems in that department. Not a cent.
“Anyone ever seen or experienced a perpetual motion machine?”
Sure.
The earth around the sun.
The sun around the Milky Way.
The atoms in their perpetual cycles and bouncing off each other to and fro.
Being ridiculed by an Anglican is pretty much hitting rock bottom.
It is usually unwise to debate a reformed person, regardless if it is theological reform, or political. They are usually very informed, and have thought about their positions in an honest and critical manner.
Was a Democrat...never again. Thank God I saw the light!
So what?
"Today" doesn't enter into it. The large majority of atheists/agnostics simply lack faith. Some think believers are deluded or dumb, but most don't care. And only a militant few try to win others over to atheism. Pretty much as it has always been.
Richard Dawkins is a brilliant biologist. But like so many scientists, he's so used to being the smartest person in the room that he can't imagine someone else knowing more than he does. That's why he somehow thought it was a good idea to debate theology with a theologian.
For what it is worth, sometimes I would consider that a blessing and not a curse. ;0)
Exactely.. Thats why I say the TOE(of DNA) is a direct assault on the (Christian) Holy Spirit.. and the (Judeo) Spirit of God.. What is spirit/Spirit (materially)?... Who knows.. maybe spirit is not material at all.. and as mysterious as Dark Energy/material.. At least material in the sense of what this human body can sense or even concieve of..
There was a time when men didn't know what "air" was (not too long ago).. it was mysterious but could not be denied.. Could be the spirit is just so.. and that soon all will know what "spirit" is.. YES, even Dawkins..
Thanks for the ping.
Intelligence always happens by accident.....@#$%^&
It depends on the priest.
There is a story told of a priest in Old Russia, who was approached by a man who professed that he wished to believe in God, but couldn't--the intelligentsia in the 19th century was quite familiar with the refutations of the rationalistic proofs of God's existence. The priest did not present an argument, but gave him an icon of Christ, and told him to do 100 prostrations before the icon each day, and return in a year.
When the man returned after following the instructions, he was a believing Christian.
I tell the story because it is an error shared by Western Christians and atheists alike to fancy that theology is a synthetic science like mathematics, rather than a positive science like physics or biology. Noetic experience of God in prayer--even the wordless prayer of a prostration before an icon of Christ by one who doesn't yet believe--is the basis of the knowledge of God, not 'proofs' from 'necessary' hypotheses.
I am, however, charmed by the 'seventh proof' of the existence of God offered by the Devil during his visit to Bolshevik Moscow in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margurite.
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
It's not chance, although chance is an element.
LOLOL! Well said, dear brother in Christ!
In short, Dawkins is deaf, dumb, and blind to the "spirit" that matter needs in order to form any kind of intelligence, or to be any kind of life.
Well said.
Thanks.
Yeah, aside from the rich heritage of music, art, philosophy, moral foundation, and freedom it's brought us, that's exactly what religion is.
You’re not a very deep thinker, are you? Or perhaps you’re just acting stupid to make a point?
Science once thought leaches were a great cure all.
Just as we look into the past and heckel their science, so future generations will view our science the same way.
I sure hope so. That's how science is supposed to work -- one generation's finish line is the starting line for the next.
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