Arguing that someone placed their faith in XYZ instead of God falls flat if the person isn't convinced 'God' exists. The arguments works only...
I agree with you here, but I guess we're both surprised how many Christians there are that are in exactly this position, though. They don't...
Yes, this is precisely what I've been saying. I didn't hold the Christian Bible to the same standard I demanded of other religious texts, and...
I don't agree, and this dismissal doesn't at all address the point I was making. Missing the forest for the trees. And, again, you're assuming...
The reason I suggested another thread is I don't want to invite trouble. I wanted to give my thoughts on deconversion, to lend first-hand...
Yes, but I am maintaining a distinction between the former as subjective and the latter as objective. No, I'm not a relativist when it comes to...
Refusing to trust a metaphysical claim without evidence is not irrational, if the person making the claim can provide no reason to believe it. (No...
I'm not sure this is the right direction to go in this thread. Maybe a new one, if you'd like.
This is why I said it was a moot point. For people who aren't Christians — or aren't anymore — making a distinction between 'real true faith' and...
I can say I've had strong, positive emotional responses in a Christian religious context. And, at times, I attributed that feeling to 'God'....
I'm going to speak from first-hand experience, and give my thoughts on some of the points raised. I'll try to be concise. For one friend of mine,...
I would go as far to suggest that gMark denies the idea of Jesus being (a) God. The gospel was addressed to people from a culture where gods in...
Unpopular assertion: they're correct, to a degree. Authors in the NT viewed Jesus as a man empowered by God (gMark, gMatt, gLuke, Acts), or as a...
In the narrative context of Mark 3.22-30, the sin that will never be forgiven is a very specific act: attributing an undeniable miracle from God...
The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs says the lowest of the seven heavens is 'gloomy' because it is 'near all the iniquities of men', and that...
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