Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 23:05:22 -0500 Message-ID: <559B501C.2FCF@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:05:48 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.atheism,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. References: <2ei5papjljr943ivvetqepgagr5j6ie61o@4ax.com> <6aofpahv2i5388355fr6lqjt4i55qfnu5v@4ax.com> <4fogpathhd6tpt6p0qlg3gb7203libvhs1@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 61 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 23.241.144.149 X-Trace: sv3-Sihm/m1sfw6aVdghjFd6cv0yefF+qy9t81KzykGK5dfuIOkiX5pcRn+pd7jnZksfHdE4tI6YG/n/yij!bzaDm6gSY7fKO/ioj36xrhz1M/7RKSatOm61BLbsRqWCM0Oy1hDyiSrOsWYqWI85bXSrxQN6y3oj!clYan4rKH9Y= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3686 Xref: aioe.org alt.atheism:1937858 sci.physics:505185 sci.physics.relativity:356045 Jeanne Douglas wrote: > > In article , Smiler > wrote: > > > On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 06:55:03 -0500, Gordon wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 06:42:19 -0400, HVAC wrote: > > > > > >>On 7/5/2015 11:01 AM, Gordon wrote: > > >>> On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 06:59:16 -0700, talishi > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> On 07/05/2015 06:10 AM, duke wrote: > > >>>>> There's only one God almighty. > > >>>> > > >>>> But you have no problem believing in a Triune God. > > >>>> > > >>> My father was also a triune person. He was my father. He was my best > > >>> friend. He was my training manager. All three in the form of one. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> All three function as and indeed are one entity. > > >> > > >> > > >>In for a penny, in for a pound? > > >> > > >>The funny part is how human understanding of god has evolved...ALL > > >>without any participation by god. > > >> > > >>God remains aloof. Almost as if he wasn't there at all, eh? > > >> > > > Yes, and His reason is to make it possible for those who volitionally > > > choose to do so to reject Him. This is set up in a very carefully > > > balanced way such that no one is impelled to believe in God if they > > > choose not to. We each make our own sovereign choice. God doesn't make > > > it for us. > > > > Sorry, moron, but I never CHOSE not to believe. Nobody has ever given me a > > reason to believe. Until you provide some evidence for this supposed god > > character of yours, why should I believe in it? > > Beliefs, opinions and 'holy' books are NOT evidence. > > I keep asking this question and have never gotten an answer. But I'll > try again: > > WHY should I believe in your god, Gordon? What REASON? There are a billion reasons WHY! How can you list them all? How about, "In God we trust, all others pay cash." If God borrows a dollar from you, you can trust him to pay you back. God is someone you can ...trust. He is not going to rip you off...