Posted on 04/27/2008 2:42:03 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
God has challenged men for thousands of years to test Him.
Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Where did you get the idea Jesus was a superhuman? Certainly not the bible.
I see know that you are coming from a position of total ignorance.
You should read about Jesus before taking such a firm stance against the truth in Him.
You have a very unscientific approach toward Jesus and the bible.
So, was Jesus human?
If Jesus is to be assumed neither superhuman, nor human, then why do the test in the first place?
You are jumping through hoops.
In an animal evolving high core body temps, there would be two solutions. Individuals with gene mutations allowing efficient sperm production at higher temps would out compete an animal that was slowly evolving a way to get its testicles outside the body.
The bird’s solution makes sense.
I'v tried it. Several times. Over years on end. It doesn't work. What do I do next?
Why not read the evidence laid out by the witnesses and decide for yourself? What do you have to fear from a fairy tail and at least you can come to these arguments armed with knowledge rather than ignorance?
I see no signs in your writing that your heart is seeking God at all let alone earnestly.
You are assuming that the former method might achieve success faster than the latter one. You are also assuming competition as equally distributed. The evolutionary path of birds might have resulted in the heat-fighting method, which involves complex biochemcal changes, more successful than the descended testicles method.
In mammals with generally low frequency of reproduction as compared to birds, the physical descention method might have been more viable.
The variables are vast; and the success of each evolutionary path depends on those variables, and their timing of play.
I’d try driving thru the express lane at McDonalds.
Seriously, it can take allot of time, and earnest soul searching (it did for me). It costs nothing though, so you lose nothing while you search.
You don't have to see it. Perhaps the intensity disillusionment is the product of the weariness from innumerable failed attempts at seeking your illusionary opiate.
If I had tried just once and failed, I would have been more mild in criticism, don't you think?
The "witnesses"? As I said earlier, they are of highly suspect nature. How can you prove otherwise?
You are apparently more trusting of what the illiterate masses in a foreign land heard and saw, than you are of the real people around you, today. Why would the oppressed people born 2000 years ago be any more trustworthy than the people you see on the streets, today? What effect could a person like David Blaine have on them, were he to go back in time and perform his stunning tricks?
And please don't bring the "can't fool people all the time" excuse. Religions like Islam spread from one individual to the present billions, with just the same kinds if incidents of miracles and other trickeries, as in other religions. Since these beliefs cumulate over time, they can grow into massive entities of ignorance, as they are, today.
The only shreds of support that you clutch, are derived of 2000-year old scrolls. You have nothing else in support of your beliefs. Without the matter in those scrolls brought to you, you would not hold these beliefs.
I’m aware of the time it takes. But sane people do come to a point when it becomes pretty obvious that the efforts are futile.
Atheists don’t wish there was no God. They just don’t see Him, no matter what efforts are put in to believe. It gets tiring after a while, and giving up is the most sane thing to do. Betraying one’s own sanity is akin to mental adultery.
Your cynicism is noted...
I guess it’s a choice you can make (I was dragged). I’d tell you not to give up.
BTW: your post above, once it happens you do know 100% that there is GOD. You’d have proof, but only others who have been through the same thing could understand. I’d never really looked at a bible, other than seeing one when I got dragged to church as a kid. There was practically 0 bible knowledge, and no want to get it.
...and from where, exactly, did the “laws of physics” come?
More than that, you just reveal how weak your beliefs are, that you swallow illogic hook, line and sinker, to avoid having to test your own faith. When you come to a point where you are forced to do it, I hope you survive the accrued agony that’ll pour hard on you, when your beliefs shatter.
from objective observation of nature
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