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To: metmom
There is no way to ever determine what error is if there's no objective, absolute standard of truth by which to measure it.

There are objective standards, and something called Bible scholarship. Just because you believe something is true is not an objective standard.

Therefore, if you claim that you know error when you see it...

And you know the absolute truth?

Now from someone who says that they don't even know if God exists, there is no way to make that determination ...

Apparently you think just because you believe something it must be true. It doesn't work that way. If you claim you know the absolute truth then prove it. BTW, I am still waiting for you to tell me what God is.

So which is it? Is there truth? Is there God? Is there truth without God? How do you know?

How do you know?

Do not pride yourself too much on your intellectual or philosophical prowess. It fails miserably. It's got holes in it a second grader can see through.

Oh, sure, that's very convincing/s.

You are displaying faith in your facts, that your facts are indeed facts, and faith in your philosophical abilities that they yield an accurate, objective, correct conclusion.

Sophism will get you nowhere.

The question still remains.... How can you call yourself a Christian or a Catholic or whatever it is you claim to be, when you aren't even sure that the object of that faith even exists?

I called myself a Christian? Where? How can I be a Christian and an agnostic?

Are you saying that you have faith in something (God) when you don't even know if He IS?

When did I say I have faith? I asked a simple question what is God and you have not answered me. is there a problem?

On the second thought, don't bother. If you can't keep the discussion on a theological level but must make it about me, then please stop posting to me.  I am not interested in shooting the breeze. I have serious questions and I expect serious answers, not 2nd grade sophism.

3,624 posted on 11/29/2010 9:31:09 PM PST by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: kosta50; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; Belteshazzar; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; ...
You didn't answer any of the questions or address any of the comments. Turning it back on me by asking questions is just a red herring.

Try again.

For the record, you've been getting serious answers to the second grade questions you've been asking.

"I called myself a Christian? Where? How can I be a Christian and an agnostic? When did I say I have faith?

OK, so if you make no claim to being a Christian or having faith, then why do you get all bent out of shape when anyone else says it about you?

I asked a simple question what is God and you have not answered me.

God is. Ask a simple question, get a simple answer, which you've been given many times. It's not our fault you keep rejecting it.

is there a problem?"

Not on my end. You got your answer. If that's not good enough, the problem is on your end.

3,633 posted on 11/29/2010 9:54:55 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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