What do you believe and why do you believe it?
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The Dictionary definition of "trust" is something like "having guaranteed reliance on something." Trust is 100% certainty built up as a history of past transactions. I need independent verification sometimes from others or a scientific method to be sure. What you are talking about is "confidence" which is a probability not a certainty. So I have a degree of confidence in my brain but sometimes I cannot be sure.
I have never claimed that. I dont know if there is an afterlife or not. All the evidence I have is that I am an animal not too disimilar from my pet dog and the myriad of other creatures this planet is teeming with. All you are doing, as I have repeatedly pointed out, is trying to find something wrong with the unbeliever. Its a double negative. You haven't even begun to meet the burden of proof about the Bible although you refer to it when you talk of Jesus and sin. Its just a classic Christian strategy to avoid scrutiny. What is your positive claim and what is your rationale and evidence to support that claim?
Thank you for sharing the what and the why of your belief. In terms of the why - have you not considered the possibility that New Testament scholars read Old Testament scriptures and prophecies? In which case it can hardly be considered a fulfilled prophecy if the events did not happen. Its just plagiarism. Also do you believe miracle claims in other religions e.g Islam or Mormonism. If not, why not?
My departure from the UK (and therefore this thread) has been delayed for a short while but I am pretty sure I will be leaving sooner rather than later. Maybe at a moment's notice. I am conscious that I probably have very little time left and it would be a shame if I was unable to respond to your argument. How far have you got with it?
Would you care to demonstrate this mathematically for me? You won't be able to. Even if you believed you had proved that the Universe has to have an all-powerful deity behind it, there is still a long long way to go to prove it also wrote the Bible. In Genesis, it can't even get the order of creation correct. Apparently plants were photosynthesising before the Sun was formed!
Not every atheist believes that e.g Raillians. However, from what I know about evolutionary processes, the human brain is possibly the most complex end result thus far from evolution although there are other end results such as bacteria or amoeba which haven't changed much over millions of years. Evolution isn't going anywhere. Evolution does not have a goal.
Another thought has occurred to me. What do Christians make of the Apochrypha - gospels written at around the same time as the accepted gospels - the Gospel of Peter/ Thomas? If there had been a fifth Gospel then we could have had a fifth trip by the women to the tomb. Would they have been overjoyed or frightened on this occasion or would they just have been indifferent?
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