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why do we have so much emphasis around the world (even for non believers) on the word of a 2000 year old book. I stopped believing in fairy tales when i was about 5, so why do people revolve their lives around some old stories. it almost defies belief.
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Keyplus, No, I'd have said I don't know where the keyboard came from.
The Koran has clearly been filched from earlier texts, and even though your prophet was apparently illiterate, one cannot help suspecting that over the long period of time it took to write the Koran, he had a little help.
The fact that the first Arabic version of the New Testament was written later is irrelevant.
Come on, Keyplus, you're making excuses. You agreed to read the book, so read it.
No positive, logical, argument to offer then?
The Koran has clearly been filched from earlier texts, and even though your prophet was apparently illiterate, one cannot help suspecting that over the long period of time it took to write the Koran, he had a little help.
The fact that the first Arabic version of the New Testament was written later is irrelevant.
Come on, Keyplus, you're making excuses. You agreed to read the book, so read it.
No positive, logical, argument to offer then?
If you say that no one has filled the jar up for you, it follows that the bible hasn't influenced you in any way whatsoever - likewise organised religion. However, since you believe in the God of the bible, that would be a contradiction and therefore cannot be accurate. Others have very clearly filled your jar, but you're either unaware of the influence they have had on you, or you are reluctant to admit it.
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Oh, now it's getting interesting. Are you really telling me that you've encouraged this discussion to continue even though you know the other contributors here are suffering under a misapprehension that you haven't had the courtesy to dispel, or are you just dangling the carrot? What makes me think you've chosen the God of the bible? Well, I'm clearly not the only one who thinks that, but I think it for the following reasons. You said 'I believe in God', and unless people specifically mention Zeus, or some other God, it's usually assumed they're talking about the biblical God; you encouraged Keyplus (who does believe in the biblical God) to continue believing; you haven't responded to my question about the universe, and you've said absolutely nothing to make anyone here think otherwise. If you would be kind enough to clarify your beliefs before we continue this debate, it would save a lot of wasted time and effort.
I await your explanation with great interest.
I await your explanation with great interest.
Hi naomi - I've said it before: it all depends what you mean by 'God'.
I'm a Pantheist, i.e. I believe that God and nature/cosmos are the same thing, but that there is more to it all than matter and energy. I believe in evolution, for example, but believe it is not just an accident. The universe and all its marvels didn't just come from nothing without something behind it. Yes, there's more than just matter and energy. There's the great unknown and unknowable 'why?' as well.
This force, of which everything is part of, I like to call 'God'. The problem is that whenever the 'G' word is mentioned, everybody assumes you mean a man in the sky. Some people do imagine God in that way, but they're not 'wrong', because it's 'right' for them. That's their interpretation.
So what I believe in, you might not call God because it doesn't fit with your definition, but I do. I prefer to.
Cheers, dudette.
I'm a Pantheist, i.e. I believe that God and nature/cosmos are the same thing, but that there is more to it all than matter and energy. I believe in evolution, for example, but believe it is not just an accident. The universe and all its marvels didn't just come from nothing without something behind it. Yes, there's more than just matter and energy. There's the great unknown and unknowable 'why?' as well.
This force, of which everything is part of, I like to call 'God'. The problem is that whenever the 'G' word is mentioned, everybody assumes you mean a man in the sky. Some people do imagine God in that way, but they're not 'wrong', because it's 'right' for them. That's their interpretation.
So what I believe in, you might not call God because it doesn't fit with your definition, but I do. I prefer to.
Cheers, dudette.
