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I'm not sure why that would be a problem for a theist in that situation. If he honestly can't answer with a yes or no to a question, then I'd think his answer could be that he doesn't know the answer or that he isn't sure what the answer is. Can you post an example of a question an atheist might ask a theist that can't be answered with a simple yes or no?
Interesting..
Being a debater as you indicated in your posts, that your are, or were. You seem (for some reason) to have been 'unaware' of a particular yes and no' type of tactitical questioning - sometimes used in arguments, in scenarios like court-cases, apologetics or what ever other debating arguments. are. I merely mention this ('Yes or No's,' in context to extremely limiting the answer, stifling the extra details) to illustrate the disingenuous use - i.e. being tactical, just for the sake of debating.
Again, can you clarify with an example of a yes/no question a lawyer might ask a witness in court that would get his client off on a technicality? Attorneys, of course, want to defend their clients so they're not found guilty. In a debate over religious issues, on the other hand, I think it's best to determine the truth. What good is it to win a debate yet be
I don't suggest at all, that some crooks get off on just ONE simple yes and no answer (it can be anyone, doesn't have to be a crook btw), although it could make the difference. Besides, the whole court ordeal scenario, would have a series of likewise questions, combined, building a particular illustrated portrayal in their favour. The underlining point is: facts don't necessarily matter, as long as its technically (or legally) sound - meaning the aim is to win!
(It looks like you're askking the above, tactically. ... just jesting )
I think most believers have the same answer to that question: Not yet. Believers who do specify a time for God's power to manifest itself have so far been wrong in every instance.
Many Christians look forward with glee to the death and destruction of Armageddon.
Most believers who take to the ' not yet' idea, must be the believers in Revelation, e.g. having 'not yet' happened, won't happen until a sequence of events happens in a particular order. Like the Gospels must be preached throughout the world - the nations marching under one rulership (as written, ALL nations fighting the return of Jesus etc..) and so on.
In light that you were a former believer, I would curiously ask, Where you a 'not yet' believer, or did you go along with the 'failed' prophecy dates?
Oh sure--maybe God has performed some miracles for some people. So far, though, it hasn't happened to anybody under circumstances in which everybody else can check to see if it really happened. It appears that if God does exist, then he only performs miracles for those eager to believe in them. Skeptics are not offered any such proof. It results in a snow-balling effect in which the skeptics become more skeptical when not only are they denied proof for the miracles but are called "an evil and adulterous generation."
Understandable . Seeing is believing.
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