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Shrek was an ogre who loved a beautiful princess.  One day, a donkey showed up that had the power of speech.  This donkey told Shrek that his beloved princess was worth fighting for.

Shrek found princess Fiona, even though there were many obstacles against him.  It was said he could never have her - but in the end - they found each other and since then no ogre has ever had to be unhappy.

QUOTE Originally Posted by HutchEmAll:

You're "exercise" is getting old for me.  

I went to college for 2 years with this guy.  He was destructive in relationships and even worse in general when he drank.  He got out of school and was never really happy.  Years went by and he got by, but he wasn't generally in a good place (I know this guy...he dated my sister). Heart of gold but just destructive.  He ended up meeting a guy (don't know his name).  He met this guy (friend of a friend) and they got to talking about the Bible.  He eventually convinced my friend to just sit down with him once to read and discuss the Bible.  He did.  He was intrigued enough so he did it again.  And the rest is history.  Pretty much his exact words:  "Nothing was really working for me.  I wasn't happy."

I know you're having fun with your little "experiment," but talking to a few others who had an "epiphany" and found God doesn't mean I'm going to have a similar experience.  

I've told you a million times, I'm a person who questions things by nature.  And when I don't get answers that make sense, I have skepticism.  It's just who I am.  Let it go.

And it is exactly what god made you to be - a being with a big brain made for critical thinking.

But if you use it, you are going straight to HELL!!!!

http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/vilenkins-verdict-all-the-evidence-we-have-says-that-the-universe-had-a-beginning/

"At a meeting of scientists – titled “State of the Universe” – convened last week at Cambridge University to honor Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, cosmologist Alexander Vilenkin of Tufts University in Boston presented evidence that the universe is not eternal after all, leaving scientists at a loss to explain how the cosmos got started without a supernatural creator?

Corinthians 1:19

 "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

christians are at a loss to explain, they give up and say it is "God's Will"

theerosionofprogressbyreligions 

 

This is great.

Scientists just keep on trying to find ways to avoid God as the conclusion.

Eternal Inflation -

Cyclic Universe -

Eternal cosmic egg -

Multiverse -

Corinthians 1:19

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

They have all these silly theories without any strong evidences to back anything up. It's more of a guessing game with them.

While the explanation of how the universe began was revealed to Moses by God some 3,450 yrs. ago.

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Doesn't make it true.  Means you repeated something in a book.  I don't see this as an "enlightened" view based on what smooth has said. 

Beliefs are derived from deductive reasoning....

Look at a married couple, do they have empriical or scientific evidence that they will be together till they die? Of course not, so why do they get married? Because of the faith and trust they have in each other..they dervied there faith fron there deductive reasoning, ie, do they get along, find each other attractive, have the same goals, ie kids, travel etc etc...If the answer is yes, then they are more likely to stay with each other making trust in each other more plausable.

Now apply this to God, look at the world around you, complexities, order, laws, natural beauty etc etc, do you deduct from this that it all happened by pure dumb blind luck with no reason for it at all or there was a creator behind it?

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The divorce rate is 50% which means there are a lot of idiots out there making bad decisions using deductive reasoning.