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bsforsale

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Posted: Jul. 18, 2010 - 12:09 PM ET #176

science does evolve, so do religions, but in the end i'll stick with science and logic. if you had to chose one over the other... wouldnt you rely on the science of medicine over prayer and faith?

so religiously speaking... explain a few things to me:

1. how old is the planet?

2. were dinosaurs real? did they live along side humans?

3. did adam and eve populate the entire planet?

4. did a snake talk to eve?

5. do animals have souls too or just humans?

6. how hard is it to find both sexes of every animal on the planet?

7. to be intelligent and religious dont you have to dumb yourself down into believing biblical facts that are just "wacky"?

8. If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father? Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her? seriously?

9. if you work on sunday, should you be put to death?

10. is it ok to "cherry pick" from the bible, believe what you want or do you have to have complete faith in the whole enchilada?

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RichardA

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Posted: Jul. 18, 2010 - 12:38 PM ET #177

Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:

it never takes long for some of the religious people to bring out the "what if you are wrong" argument. this argument is a lot of things- shortsighted, incredibly ignorant and an obvious threat. it's incredibly ignorant because the same argument applies equally to them. what if you guys are wrong? what if bin laden or someone in one of the thousnads of other religions is right.

supereagle and powerade, by being a christian and dismissing many other religions and their gods, that makes you an atheist, by definition. superegle, you reference facts that is a fact. can you explain, with facts, why you are an atheist. i.e. why you dismiss another religion's god in favor of your own.

your atheistic beliefs regarding all other religions and gods also subjects you to their hell more times over than i can count. i know you guys like to think you guys are the center of the religious universe and it's you against the atheists (which you guys are by the way) but there are many other competing religions and gods, many of which say you go to hell if you don't believe. just like yours.

keep in mind the christian business model is nothing new. other religions use it too. other businesses use it as well. politicians do it the same way. pay us your money (or votes) and fall into line and we'll sell you a nice, comforting story with a nice prize at the end of the day. it's going to cost you but it will be worth it. and if you don't, you're not going to like how it ends. but you'll just have to trust us.

the ignorant what if you're wrong statement comes with the threatening aspect of the business model but would have more meaning if there weren't a thousand other religions with their gods and their heavens and hells who can equally say the same thing.

as i always said, if anyone can show me any facts to support the idea that your religion and your god is more viable than any of these other religions and gods (bin laden's for instance), i'm ready to join up.

if not, can we keep the word "know" and the threats out of these discussions?

Why are you trying to equate someone's "spirituality" to business?

Read the Bible and FEEL it's overwhelming.........POWER.

That's all there is to it.

Let me say something else....Only God opens your eyes to the truth of the bible. If your eyes are not opened by it's profound truths'....be worried. Good Luck.