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Defining God To begin, we must recognize the limitations of language. Meaning arises not from the words themselves but from a shared framework of experiences, concepts, or references between the speaker and listener. Without this common ground, misunderstanding is inevitable. For example, what...

I did differentiate God from the religions that are attributed to Him. Indeed, this is one of my greatest revelations about the Bible. But, no matter, believe what you like. And, of course, you know more about anthropology and everything else than I do. I have no problem with that.

LOL. Choose what you like, believe what you like.

I only mention that I'm female to perhaps explain my gentler tone. Nothing more, nothing less. Quite true. That's why I said God hated religion. Jesus definitely did. God didn't say that. The Bible did. It's one of the reasons why God hates religion and Jesus condemned Judaism. Paul. Not...

Confession Alright. Time to 'fess up. I'm an anthropologist and female. That might explain the tone of my posts, lol. I'm "scientific" enough to have developed some computer programs, including my own little AI app which helps me manage my computer related work. With so much material to keep on...

Actually, my response is a little more subtle than that. It's difficult to explain because God is impossible to define, so it's entirely possible you believe what I believe as well but we're expressing it in a different way. Secondly, language is notoriously misleading. What I say if often not...

No tacti No tactic on my end. Believe what you will. You're not going to Hell, lol. I was just hoping to make a logical case for Christianity, LOL.

Actually, I don't agree with this. There're plenty of good people in this world, some are Hindus, Buddhists, Muslim, agnostics, etc. Believing in any religion does not necessarily make you a good person. My case for Christianity is not about the world being a horrible place unless we all bow...

The thing is to apply rationality to these arguments. If you can't see any rationality in any of them, then discard them all. Go with whichever makes the most sense to you. I'm not sure why you find the lake beautiful. I find it beautiful because it makes me feel peaceful when I look at it...

Why Christianity? If reality is a spiritual experience—as I argued earlier—then the deepest truths of life are not grasped by logic alone, but lived through the conscious, interpretive self. We don’t work with facts, we interpret them. Science itself is such an interpretation. We need the world...

I feel that these questions of belief are irrelevant. So what if they exist? So what if they don't? Are your values going to be determined by such trivialities? I am arguing that the validity of Christianity lies in its provable claims: 1. That love transcends moral laws 2. That moral acts...

The Reality of The Spirit Science claims that reality is something “out there”—concrete, measurable, objective. But what we actually experience is in fact, entirely constructed: a world filtered not just through our senses and constructed by our brains, but selectively shaped by our values...

Why the Bible (@bilby #278) My engagement with the Bible and my path to Christianity are rooted in a personal quest for understanding, approaching the text with an open mind to weigh facts and draw reasonable conclusions (@me #1). After about 50 years of agnosticism, I became a Christian around...

What do you guys think of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenChristian/s/JUYywpaG6I

I agree. God is culpable.

The Problem of Suffering Thank you all for the daily posts. There are many interesting points raised and internal conversations amongst yourselves. Perhaps I can continue by dealing with one of the more persistent problems: suffering. Why would a just and loving God allow suffering? At some...

Thank you, everyone, for this exciting and heated discussion. I apologise for not responding to you individually but you will appreciate that it's very hard to give everyone the attention you deserve. NHC is very helpful in terms of progressing my "case", so it's easier for me to just focus on...

Absolutely. And it's good to hear from you. I will leave you to find flaws and inconsistencies in my argument then. The Sermon on the Mount Generally, it is felt that Jesus’s core message is found in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7). It stands out because it's the inaugural sermon that he...

Holy Cow, we are really getting somewhere, huh? :ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO: I really do appreciate and enjoy our conversation here. Let's recap what I've presented and see if I have made any subversive moves. Scientific Approach I began by saying that I am going to present a case for...

In a way, yes. I'm saying that the claim of Jesus’s resurrection is not just about scientific or historical proof. And part of the fundamental problem with historical proof is its uncertainty. The further back we go, the less certain we are. Our discourse belongs to a different domain of...