Another idiot has opened his mouth and revealed he is an idiot. Congrats. Did any of you ever go to college and actually study philosophy? I doubt it
For the clowns who worship websters layman dictionary, I suggest you pick up a dictionary of philosophy which trumps the laymans dictionary. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy: "Atheism. Either the lack of belief in a god, or the belief that there is none." The mere lack of belief, is the most common case for atheists by far. It should always be listed as the first definition. Implicit/weak atheists are what atheists refer to when we say "atheist", not the extreme minority of strong atheists who do not represent the overwhelming majority. Get it now??? Too many dictionaries are dated and theist biased. Now read part 1 and 2 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/12346
Quote by jem: Obviously it is not a good "work" to attempt to kill your son on a hill. But it was because Abraham (the father of his people -to whom the promises were given) had faith in God's word or his promise that Abraham was found righteous. He was found righteous because he was willing to act in accord with Gods promise. Abraham knew that God keeps his promises so there was no way God was going let him kill his first son. That was not a sacrifice that father had to make for the sake of his people. =========================================== I think I see this event slightly differently than you. Abraham was willing and had to be willing to kill his son. Abraham was going to kill his son and fully expected God to raise him from the dead. God spared Abraham's son. God did not spare His own Son however. 17By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."[c] 19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=65&chapter=11&version=31&context=chapter
what is even more ironic is that the guy arguing to dilute and pollute the meaning of an important word is calling the others uneducated. If he thought for one minute about the importance of agreed upon definitions between educated people he would probably have to change his ET handle.
From the Christian perspective, once a man/woman accepts the sacrifice of Jesus you understand that your life is no longer your own, being bought by the blood of a great king. Since your life is not yours anymore you are required to do as the Master (ie. Jesus) wants. This may be trading or something else. I used to post at another forum (not elitetrader) that had a number of atheists in it, a while back. I found that anyone that believed in their heart that God didn't exist was someone I couldn't reach. I will throw out some things below though, if anyone has interest. Do you believe in the existence of good or evil? If you do, you must believe in God. Or to put it another way, have you ever been treated unfairly? There is also interesting stuff in science... ------------------------------------------------------------------- You begin to see the point? Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes. Keep pressing home on him the ordinariness of things. Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can't touch and see. There have been sad cases among the modern physicists. Screwtape Letter I http://members.fortunecity.com/phantom1/books2/c._s._lewis_-_the_screwtape_letters.htm âIf quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.â - Niels Bohr
Have you considered that it is the story of how man listens to the voice of an idol [the god-of-this-world], to the point where killing one's own son sounds reasonable? Have you considered that the angel which stopped Abraham is a symbol of man's better angel's...the Voice of the true God? I can assure you, our Father does not call for sacrifice, or tests of loyalty, or proofs of faith. And yet, the same insanity that infected Abraham would make you think he does. I represent your better angels. You misinterpret the crucifixion, strengthening the god-of-this-world's grip on your mind. It would be just as easy to interpret it correctly, but that you prefer insanity to sanity. Jesus
This is the perspective of the god-of-this-world, the one that makes it. It is not my perspective, or *our Father*. And so you have fallen in with the devil, to use the crucifixion to support his own cause. You are not a believer in the crucifixion, nor the resurrection, because you don't understand what they mean. How can you "accept" what you don't understand, or are not willing to understand? Your perspective will damn you and anyone who listens to you, trapping you in hell for as long as you believe it, spinning your wheels through cycles of torture and death. In other words, nothing will change for you, and the status quo will continue. What is the status quo? You are crucified, with Christ, while you attack the Truth, and drink his "blood" that "you" may "live". What blood? You are using Christ's mind to crucify him, that you may "live" at his expense [sacrifice]. But this is not living, this is a walking death. And your days are numbered. The writing is on the wall. Jesus
What is ironic is the idiot is too stupid to realize he is the idiot. This board is full of a bunch of quacks who believe in stupid little fairytales and cant think for themselves. They worship the laymans dictionary as the end all to all definitions, even when the definition is trumped by a more specific expert source. Now stick your heads back in the sand, we wouldnt want the pillars of your childish belief system shaken any further. Back to discussing stupid fairytales about schitzo fathers who hear voices and decide to murder their sons. While were at it, lets have a cannibal party and pretend to eat the flesh of jesus and drink his blood like some sick vampires, you sicko demented freaks.
The belief in the existence of good and evil is to "eat"/ingest the proverbial bad "apple", which is the symbol of the attempt to combine and "know" both Truth and Lies as one thing. The attempt to do so yields a world in which there is no truth, but appears to be "real" [think: true] as the appearance of truth grows side by side with the appearance of lies, like wheat and tares growing together, such that you cannot tell the difference, and decieve yourself. The Kingdom of God has no opposites. Where are you, then? What are you? "You" think you "know", while "you" believe there can be an opposite to the Kingdom. Understand that "you" are the effect of baseless magic [think: sorcery], and you will begin to have a clue what is going on. It is impossible to "know" both good and evil. Try and you will experience a living death, a world in which opposites are accepted as "natural", or "necessary". But in such a world, neither the "good" nor the "evil" are either true or real. "You" are neither living, nor are you dead. And "you" will go insane trying to justify such an existence, combining good and evil into one thing. God cannot become flesh. "Eat" this, and "die". Only the Truth can be known. Knowledge is total and certain, and an unchangeable attribute of the Kingdom of God. Your belief damns you because nothing in such a world can be certain. And that is the whole point of such a world. Its cause is mad, and its goal is madness. You can believe in good and evil, but you will never "know" it as true. And you will drive yourself mad trying to prove it true. The world does try to prove it, like a Joker trying to take over Gotham City. Look at it's fruits, then choose again for Truth, not against. Adam, where are you, then? What are you? Jesus