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  1. MarkFL

    Ruth's Friendship Fellowship-everyone welcome-come on in! Part 3

    I guess it's sort of like the Mr. and Miss Universe contests having contestants only from Earth.
  2. MarkFL

    Ruth's Friendship Fellowship-everyone welcome-come on in! Part 3

    Here's to Cleveland winning the next game, so the series is over and the likelihood of something I want to see being preempted is reduced. :D
  3. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    What we shouldn't do it is say that since science can't answer everything, it therefore can't answer anything. Science already explains a great deal, and is directly responsible for the technological progress we have made. But, there is much our science cannot yet explain...so our work is not...
  4. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    If new evidence comes to light, then yes we should all be open to it. Until then, the default position in the face of no evidence is to reject a claim. This is not a presupposition...it is in fact the opposite of presupposition.
  5. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Correct...no one can legitimately confirm or deny the existence of the supernatural...thus the default position is to reject any claim made about it.
  6. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    We all have our own stories and ways we came to our positions on theism. What works for one may not work for another. I'm just happy to have a chance to explain my personal methodology (and that it's not rooted in evil, only on skepticism), and to get more people to understand that atheism in...
  7. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Your open integrity, which shows clearly in your willingness to understand the positions of others without demonization or condescension, speaks volumes about how deep your faith is, so much so that you don't feel threatened or your faith compromised by your understanding and willingness to...
  8. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    I have been asked before just what kind of evidence I would accept, and all I can say in return is if anything more compelling than personal testimony comes along, I will certainly consider it. :D
  9. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Well, before we go directly to the birth, life and resurrection of Christ, let's (I don't mean you personally, I mean the hypothetical "they" who try to convince) just get to the point where we have any compelling evidence for the supernatural. Once we clear this very first hurdle, then we can...
  10. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Yes, but claims that certain philosophers lived doesn't need as much evidence as claims that a God in human form rose from the dead. We have good evidence that some people will be philosophers, but we have no good evidence that any people rise from the grave after 3 days or that anyone is...
  11. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    What other kind of compelling evidence did you have in mind? :D
  12. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Just because science can't explain everything doesn't mean it can't explain anything. And we don't get or need to just invent unfalsifiable explanations to fill those ever receding pockets of ignorance. Such assertions have no real explanatory power. Where science offers a theory (a scientific...
  13. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Sure, many religions have what I consider to be positive philosophies, but this doesn't validate all of their claims either. And the majority of those teachings actually predate the respective religions they've come to be associated with from what I've gathered. I am aware of no higher...
  14. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Before I began to really question my beliefs, I studied the Bible a great deal (read it cover to cover several times), and still know it better than my family members who are still Christians. However, I am certainly no expert on Biblical theology, nor do I really have to be to realize that I...
  15. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Yes, I never felt I had any tangible experience regarding anything supernatural. I do happen to care a great deal what evidence shows and what it doesn't show. :D
  16. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    For me it was simply a matter of a realization in my mid-teens that faith was an insufficient reason to accept an extraordinary claim. I will admit I do find many of the actions of God as depicted in the Bible to be morally bankrupt. But, that's just how I read it I suppose.
  17. MarkFL

    whats the weather like where you live?

    Fairly nice day here: Pressure 30.15 in Visibility 10.0 miles Clouds Scattered Clouds 4000 ft Temperature 82.6 °F Heat Index 85 °F Dew Point 65 °F Humidity 56% Rainfall 0.00 in
  18. MarkFL

    Josephus math

    One can also derive the solutions: $\displaystyle W(n)=2\ell+1$ and $\displaystyle W(n)=4a-1$
  19. MarkFL

    Josephus math

    Very interesting! :thumbsup:
  20. MarkFL

    A Gutsy Preacher

    I agree:
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