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  1. popsthebuilder

    A Gutsy Preacher

    To be skeptic is okay again, but you shouldn't allow incomplete theories to dictate truths. Peace
  2. popsthebuilder

    A Gutsy Preacher

    Not to reject per say, but to be open to new data and possibilities though our ability to measure or test such is as of yet bereft from us. Not gullible, but not insistent on ones own unevidenced presupposition. Peace
  3. popsthebuilder

    A Gutsy Preacher

    But the supernatural, by definition is outside of the normal scope of things so how would you even test for it? And why does GOD have to be supernatural? What if out knowledge is just so limited that what we consider to be supernatural is just simple inexplicable within current scientific...
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    A Gutsy Preacher

    But science cannot, at this time, confirm or deny the existence of GOD or the non material on any level. This could be because matter is the basis and extent of all existence, or it could be because we just haven't come nearly as far in our scientific knowledge as we would like to think. I agree...
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    A Gutsy Preacher

    But how can you limit what you consider to be true using yet to be fully defined terms? Science is an attempted explanation of the readily observable. A lot of theories. These theories are based on sound tested hypotheses but don't fully even relate to one another; let alone encompass an utter...
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    A Gutsy Preacher

    Perhaps you should view the religions or rather their respective core scriptures as what man perceives as right by the will of life, for the peaceable advancement thereof. There are exceptional teachings and truths within those writings. I know that you don't consider yourself to be the highest...
  7. popsthebuilder

    Is it possible to be consistently good in public for the sake of others?

    There is a difference in being polite, and being genuinely kind. Peace
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    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    Thanks for clarifying what you meant. But are we in agreement based on our last posts, or did we just stop? Peace
  9. popsthebuilder

    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    GOD IS....what? Could you go int some sort of detail as to what you mean here? But yes, I do agree that we should have Faith in the Word of GOD, and that GOD does reward those who sincerely seek GOD or the direction there of in all their doings. What I deny is that seeking out a reward or...
  10. popsthebuilder

    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    Woe...I didn't say I don't believe in the promises of GOD, sir. Please don't conflate what I say with any presupposition you may have...please. I'm only saying that to act a certain way for only a reward or negation of punishment is to not be genuine in your actions. But you say you can't...
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    Is it possible to be consistently good in public for the sake of others?

    Most assuredly. Sent from my Alcatel_6055U using Tapatalk
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    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    The Christ himself declared greed the root of all evil. But doing an action for the reward or abstaining from am action for fear or the consequences alone is okay to you? Both of those are forms of greed. What is right is only so when it is done for the right reason. Peace Sent from my...
  13. popsthebuilder

    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    No it cannot. It isn't the attainment of the reward, but ones own motives that are to be questioned. Do you do what you know to be right for the sake of reward for self? If so then you aren't doing what is right, you are doing what you want. They are nearly never synonymous. Would you agree...
  14. popsthebuilder

    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    You sorta skipped around the talking points I was most interested in. It isn't matter which should be eschewed, but the desires or the physical self or attainment of the material. You know this. Could you go back and consider my questions about the conscience please? If not, that's fine, just...
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    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    Please don't be offended. And if you don't want to continue in this line of questioning I would understand. You say the spiritual as you know it is only observable through materialization of some sort. So my question now is; do you not feel the spiritual at all, or is there an emotional...
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    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    This isn't really a response to the post it quotes. MoreCoffee, when you consider the substance and veracity of your own faith, what do you consider to be it's origins? Do you consider it to be of your own conclusions wholly? Do you consider to be within your own very substance or being in some...
  17. popsthebuilder

    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    You can choose to believe a thing about me based on what you know about me. To do otherwise is to assume. To not do so is to be willfully ignorant. So yes, people can choose to believe a thing without any influence or justification, but doing so is assumption. Does that make sense? Sent from...
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    Is faith a wholly voluntary act?

    Indeed faith is not wholly voluntary. It is to believe, or know. You cannot choose to know a thing, or even believe it. Either you do or you do not. Peace Sent from my Alcatel_6055U using Tapatalk
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    Critical thinking and religion.

    It is a shame and causal of the vast majority of actual atheism. History is to be learned from so the same mistakes won't be made. Also, in my opinion and insinuated in scripture; that government and faith or religion should be kept separate. This would keep tyrants disguised as shepards from...
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    Critical thinking and religion.

    the wars, divisions, and destruction of peace within the church are their works which show they are idol worshippers; clinging to the greed and wants of the material or other attainment. These truths may have eluded people in the past, but a new age is here. The information age. The wool...
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