[kosta50]

In all likelihood, you do not know my brother. But I do... You may say his existence is hypothetical. But I know him personally, so your claim is absurd...

Thank you too, AG. To say you have a brother is not an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary evidence under oridnary circumstances. Ordinarily, when a person says he or she has a sibling is not a hypothetical statement.

[spirited irish]

kosta: Ordinarily, when a person says he or she has a sibling is not a hypothetical statement

Spirited: Ordinarily, when someone makes a claim such as the one made by kosta, the automatic assumption is that the claim is the written manifestation of a thought process originating in the mind.

However, whenever an agnostic/atheist/materialist either speaks or writes something we must assume that ‘a discarnate entity’ hovering somewhere in the unseen realm near to the machine-body called kosta has ‘oozed’ a meme onto the material brain of robot-kosta, then ‘caused’ the robot to open its’ mouth in order that memetic utterances can be heard.

What else are we to think but a variation of the above since if materialism is paradoxically true, then kosta is both soulless and mindless?

“As a man believes so he is” can be otherwise stated as “ideas have consquences.” The consequences of abusing your free will in order to reject the living God is the loss of your soul and mind.

[MHGinTN]

Isn’t it telling that one who chooses to deny can sweep aside the Universe existing, with all the exquisite fine tuning and complexity, as ‘not extraordinary evidence’.

[Alamo-Girl]

Emphasis mine:

To say you have a brother is not an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary evidence under oridnary circumstances.

It is so obvious that there was a Creator, those who refuse to retain that knowledge of Him are without excuse.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: - Romans 1:18-20

And worse, God Himself will give them over to a reprobate mind.

And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. - Romans 1:28-32

God's Name is I AM.