Mary Jo, first and foremost, I really am enjoying this exchange. I am curious as to how logic can guide you to the assumption that there must be a god. As far as I can tell, logic can only get you to a point where you can say "I cannot prove nor disprove the existence of a god". I'd be really curious as to how logic can get you to the existence of the biblical god.
On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > Sorry, but many of us that are very religious do so not from a lack > of logic, but in great part because that is where our logic leads > us. I actually have not been religious for most of my adult life, > but the more I thought and read about it, the more I realized that > everything I knew made me conclude that there had to be a God. You > will in fact find many examples of great thinkers who after > considerable study come to the conclusion that it makes far more > sense that there is a higher power in play than that there is not. > My degree and all my training is in science and my pastor was > original a chemical engineer, so from a similar background. We had > many great discussions on science and religion and both play a great > part in our understanding of the world. Quite simply, it is not true > that religious faith requires giving up logic and reason. Your logic > and reason may lead you in a different direction, but lacking > definitive proof you cannot say you are more right than I am. It may > be true that many religious people are quite lacking in reasoning > ability....but the same is certainly true for many non-religious > folks as well. ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306354 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
