AgentOpaque wrote:
It's not up to me to decide when I will quit answering the questions of a non believer.
This is fair, but I'm wondering why it matters that I'm a nonbeliever. If a person of faith were asking these same questions (at least the majority of them are still valid and pertinent whether you believe or otherwise), and I've heard many of my friends of faith asking many of them, would you answer them? I think that understanding (not necessarily answering, but acknowledging -- grokking, if you will) the questions that your faith leaves unanswered is key to having a solid faith, but maybe that's just me.
AgentOpaque wrote:
So if you were not attacking me personally, then please don't feel any obligation to feel as though you were at fault for my toes being stepped upon.
Okay, that's a relief (I actually, literally lost sleep over that last night, I'm glad to have it cleared up).
AgentOpaque wrote:
nothing evil can come from God because He is goodness
Pardon my heathen ways, but I often hear phrases like this and I want to know where it comes from. I hate to keep asking people to dig through the bible for me, but since I don't know my Corinthians from my Ephesians, could you tell me where in the Bible god is said to be wholly good? Since I hear it all the time, I suppose it's said a thousand times over in the Bible, but a citation or two would be helpful to me.
Unfortunately I have to remind you that god, having created all things, created evil, so the idea that nothing evil can come from him, at least as far as I can tell, a fallacy.
AgentOpaque wrote:
If you are best friends with the king of your country, the fact that you are friends doesn't mean that he ceases to be your king.
Hmm, good show. I guess it's just a matter of preference. I don't know if I, personally, would want to be friends with a king who would only be my friend if I promised to kneel before him, fear him, do as he commanded, etc., and if I didn't would condemn me to the royal dungeon for all eternity. I would much rather have a friend who would only ask friendship in return, or a king who would only request obedience.
AgentOpaque wrote:
Oh one more thing, the God that I worship is capitalized all the time because God is His name.
Okay.
AgentOpaque wrote:
Why is it easier to accept evolution and not creation for those of you that do not believe in creationism?
Though I can't speak for all, I think they might say it's because of the scientific evidence that supports evolution, much of which was already discussed in the beginning of this thread. Some people do not take the Bible as fact, and certainly not as scientific evidence, and without the bible there is only circumstantial evidence that could suggest creation.
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