Pagan? As compared to what? A religion composed of scientific theories or state approved narratives? Pagan is a meaningless description.
To assume that the Bible came into existence at Nicea ignores the existence of the Tora many centuries before Jesus was even born. To assume that a political council invented the Bible in 325 AD from pag…
Pagan? As compared to what? A religion composed of scientific theories or state approved narratives? Pagan is a meaningless description.
To assume that the Bible came into existence at Nicea ignores the existence of the Tora many centuries before Jesus was even born. To assume that a political council invented the Bible in 325 AD from pagan myths is truly unlikely - and I'm being kind. One may not believe there is a Creator but it is much more likely, by comparison, that the Creator revealed himself to His creation and providentially supervised the compilation of His divine revelation down through the centuries. That is a possibility that probably should not be rejected out of hand.
As for your last question that is ALWAYS the refrain of the unbeliever, as if it proves anything, God cannot be judged because of man's actions. God gave man free will and the responsibility of his actions. God is the Judge of history. He is not the tooth-fairy that grants wishes. And for our brief sojourn in this life, God will judge all things, that men do, in eternity. That is the reality given in His Revelation.
"God cannot be judged because of man's actions. God gave man free will and the responsibility of his actions. God is the Judge of history. He is not the tooth-fairy that grants wishes. And for our brief sojourn in this life, God will judge all things, that men do, in eternity. That is the reality given in His Revelation."
LOL. All just CLAIMS with no evidence. God never uttered a single word. Somebody just made this shit up!
Stop the bullshit, Phil! Just present the evidence for the existence of your “God”. God only exists in the minds of people who need him to give answers to questions they want to hear.
You are really stuck on "evidence", aren't you? Even if I offered evidence, you have made it clear that your only response will be "Somebody just made this shit up!" You don't want any evidence - Not really. You just want an argument and the opportunity to call people Bullshit. Tell me I'm wrong.
But you don't get it and if you did, you would deny it. The evidence is ALL AROUND YOU. The evidence of the Creator is the Creation. You are the living evidence.
Now... Where is your evidence that the Creator does not exist? Hmmmm?
"The evidence is ALL AROUND YOU. The evidence of the Creator is the Creation." LOL Not this sorry old argument! GMAFB.
"Look at the trees" is such a classic Christian response to a request for evidence of God the Creator. The number of people who I've heard unironically saying this is mind-boggling.
“Why do you believe in a Creator?”....“Dude! Look at the trees!”
"Proof for God? Just Look At The Trees!" | The Atheist Experience
"Now... Where is your evidence that the Creator does not exist? Hmmmm?"
I don't claim that the Creator does not exist. She could.
But there is not enough evidence to prove she exists.
But the burden of proof is not with me, it's with the person making the claim. And ...'The evidence of the Creator is the Creation' is laughable. I thought that even you were smarter than that!
'Look at the trees' ~ you can clearly see that it was Krishna , or Thor, or Woden , or Yahweh or Jehova, or Mormoni , or Galgesh, or Zeus, or farmer John who created them.
Furthermore, merely attributing wonderful things to your God is not evidence for your God, or her being the Creator. You have no reason to believe that a tree points directly to a Creator. Trees are evidence of a Creator the same way lightning is evidence of Zeus. You don't get to infer that some supreme almighty being creator exists simply because you can't explain trees otherwise. Why do theists always say, “Look at the trees,” instead of, “Look at the eyeball-eating parasites?”
BTW, we're blessed with tape worms, plague, cancer, leprosy, dengue fever, malaria, and mosquitoes that spread diseases. The brain-eating amoeba is a special gift from a Creator if you believe in a Creator.
Pagan? As compared to what? A religion composed of scientific theories or state approved narratives? Pagan is a meaningless description.
To assume that the Bible came into existence at Nicea ignores the existence of the Tora many centuries before Jesus was even born. To assume that a political council invented the Bible in 325 AD from pagan myths is truly unlikely - and I'm being kind. One may not believe there is a Creator but it is much more likely, by comparison, that the Creator revealed himself to His creation and providentially supervised the compilation of His divine revelation down through the centuries. That is a possibility that probably should not be rejected out of hand.
As for your last question that is ALWAYS the refrain of the unbeliever, as if it proves anything, God cannot be judged because of man's actions. God gave man free will and the responsibility of his actions. God is the Judge of history. He is not the tooth-fairy that grants wishes. And for our brief sojourn in this life, God will judge all things, that men do, in eternity. That is the reality given in His Revelation.
"God cannot be judged because of man's actions. God gave man free will and the responsibility of his actions. God is the Judge of history. He is not the tooth-fairy that grants wishes. And for our brief sojourn in this life, God will judge all things, that men do, in eternity. That is the reality given in His Revelation."
LOL. All just CLAIMS with no evidence. God never uttered a single word. Somebody just made this shit up!
Stop the bullshit, Phil! Just present the evidence for the existence of your “God”. God only exists in the minds of people who need him to give answers to questions they want to hear.
You are really stuck on "evidence", aren't you? Even if I offered evidence, you have made it clear that your only response will be "Somebody just made this shit up!" You don't want any evidence - Not really. You just want an argument and the opportunity to call people Bullshit. Tell me I'm wrong.
But you don't get it and if you did, you would deny it. The evidence is ALL AROUND YOU. The evidence of the Creator is the Creation. You are the living evidence.
Now... Where is your evidence that the Creator does not exist? Hmmmm?
"The evidence is ALL AROUND YOU. The evidence of the Creator is the Creation." LOL Not this sorry old argument! GMAFB.
"Look at the trees" is such a classic Christian response to a request for evidence of God the Creator. The number of people who I've heard unironically saying this is mind-boggling.
“Why do you believe in a Creator?”....“Dude! Look at the trees!”
"Proof for God? Just Look At The Trees!" | The Atheist Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GmUjOYbhos&t=44s
"Now... Where is your evidence that the Creator does not exist? Hmmmm?"
I don't claim that the Creator does not exist. She could.
But there is not enough evidence to prove she exists.
But the burden of proof is not with me, it's with the person making the claim. And ...'The evidence of the Creator is the Creation' is laughable. I thought that even you were smarter than that!
'Look at the trees' ~ you can clearly see that it was Krishna , or Thor, or Woden , or Yahweh or Jehova, or Mormoni , or Galgesh, or Zeus, or farmer John who created them.
Furthermore, merely attributing wonderful things to your God is not evidence for your God, or her being the Creator. You have no reason to believe that a tree points directly to a Creator. Trees are evidence of a Creator the same way lightning is evidence of Zeus. You don't get to infer that some supreme almighty being creator exists simply because you can't explain trees otherwise. Why do theists always say, “Look at the trees,” instead of, “Look at the eyeball-eating parasites?”
BTW, we're blessed with tape worms, plague, cancer, leprosy, dengue fever, malaria, and mosquitoes that spread diseases. The brain-eating amoeba is a special gift from a Creator if you believe in a Creator.