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Originally Posted by Ixtellor
1) You avoided my 20 points, because you have no answers.
2) You can test your theory. Inject every human being on earth with the HIV virus. The set up half the population to use science to save humanity.
And have the other half use religion to save humanity. (You can pick any religion you want!)
Wait 20 years, and see which side was saved.
You could also replicate this experiment with a big astroid.
I guess the religious side could try:
a) pray real hard.
b) convert nonbelieves to your religion and hope that appeases god enough to save you
c) Write big checks to the preachers, buy them expensive cars, and fabulous homes, private colleges, and a helicopter. This seems to be the MO for many main stream American religions. I don't know how it would save you from HIV or an astroid, but apparently it is pretty important.
d) read the bible extra hard, form million man bible groups and discover what god really wants. (I hope you pick the right bible!) (example: God comes down and says "I am going to let the astroid hit your planet, because you guys all read the bible and the correct answer was "Book of Morman""
Ixtellor
P.S. Remind me again who the arrogant know-it-all is?
I say "I don't know" you say "I KNOW".
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I thought this thread was in it's death throes.
I didn't copy these "questions" you are referring to. So say again?
Here's the SITREP
I believe in God, I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, I believe that by having faith in this, I will have eternal life with God.
I don't mean to be sarcastic or flippant with this, if that is how it is appearing.
Those are genuine truths to me.
You believe what you want to believe.
The Constitution protects my beliefs under the 1st Amendment as "Freedom of religion"
There is NOTHING in the Constitution about "Freedom FROM religion"
only a clear separation of Church and State, which by the way I agree with.
In the meantime, you are now free to roam about the cabin on this thing called Life.