logic and reason are not evidence. They are essentially word games nothing more.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "There is? Where?" > > That's the whole point. If religion is faith based, I don't need to > produce evidence. > > I have a master degree in math. I have been programming since I was ten. > I scored in the 99th percentile on the GRE logic section. I would like to > think I have a logical mind. I have spent a fair amount of time on > apologetics of the Christian faith. I find the arguments/evidence > convincing. I won't go into the apologetics. If you want some book > recommendations, I can give you some. I suspect you don't so I won't list > them now. > > Aside from these, I also believe in the God-shaped hole in the heart > concept. That is, there is something missing in life. Many fill it with > money, drugs, alcohol, sex, whatever. Usually it doesn't fill the hole for > long. The only thing that works is God. > > And yes, I know that this can be seen as a weak argument. It can be argued > that God fills the hole because the person wants it to. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "You don't need 'faith' to be atheist, the mountainous *lack* of evidence >> supporting the existence of 'god' is reason enough." >> >> I think you guys are confusing agnostics with Atheists. Atheist declare >> there is no God. If someone is going to stand on a soap box and make this >> assertion, they should produce the proof. If they cannot produce the proof >> and still make the assertion, it is based on >> >> wait for it >> >> >> wait for it >> >> >> Faith. >> >> >> >> Agnostics stand on the soap box and say "I don't know if there is a God". >> What in the hell can anyone demand from that? >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. >> - Henry Kissinger >> >> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, >> go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
