Faster, While I enjoy your humor (and I genuinely mean that), if you believe yourself to be the alpha and omega of all this shit than I would have to say that you are the foolish one my friend... PEACE and good trading, Commisso
no chas, not categorical proof. this is not required for the rational creature. but a strong case can be and has been made against this god supposition. that is all that is required, necessary and sufficient. ____________________________________________________ "There's no use trying. One can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice. ... Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Alice & the Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
i have done as you requested dark, i scrolled back and then proceeded to ask the tough questions. the answer to your query is ...you i, fear NOthing
OK, Faster. What you have described is <i>faith</i> -- the acceptance of a premise as fact in the absence of categorical proof. You are welcome to your faith. Just see it for what it is.
no chas, that is what YOU have done. you are The Believer, not i. i am the skeptic. i believe what is reasonable, rational, logical. not some child's fairy tale. i gave it up with 'puff the magic dragon".
Faster, listen to yourself. You <i>believe</i>, I believe. You <i>cannot</i> disprove God's existence, so you choose to not <i>believe</i> it. It has nothing to do with facts, but everything to do with <i>preferences.</i>
"If you actually believed in opening your eyes to strong and rational cases, rather than shallow reliance on the physical and the temporal, you would be on your knees begging forgiveness of the one who shall deal with you." LMAO, i prefer "shallow reliance on the physical" to angels dancing on the head of a pin. (btw dark, how many angels ARE on the head of a pin?) you see, i like a good solid footing to keep my head out of the clouds.