Again, I'm not addressing the question "would the Christian God care much for the good deeds of atheists". Obviously, atheists aren't getting into...
I apologize for implying that you couldn't change your mind -- I was mostly teasing. Like I said before, I do appreciate your willingness to at least...
This is another tangent, of course, but even if it is for the benefit of the species as a whole (which it almost surely is), the act fits perfectly...
So there's really not much point in giving away all your possessions, is there? (Matthew 19:24) ;) And the original question wasn't "can atheists...
Losing against the spread is, by definition, not an upset.
So, if we DO clone humans, and they turn out to be perfectly normal human beings, will you consider that evidence against the existence of souls?...
I'm going further than saying "atheists can do good". I'm arguing that an atheist who quietly gives is actually MORE moral than a giver who fully...
Oh, what a tangled web we weave...
Sure. But our souls, the part of us that you believe will be either with God forever (note the "with") or separated in eternal agony (note the...
You are saying that our eternal souls were not created by God -- they ARE God? You realize that this is not at all doctrine for any major Christian...
Getting back to this original question, you also never addressed my earlier counter-argument. How can any act be considered moral if it is done for...
Our souls are timeless? So they existed, along with God, since the very beginning? What made our souls, if not God? If God created our souls, the...
On the contrary, God's time is the MOST relevant to this discussion. The issue is not whether WE are waiting to see our eventual fate, but whether...
Now you are breaking timelessness! If god is truly timeless, existing simultaneously in past and future, there is no "until that time" -- he is ALL...
Totally super, no doubt about it. But I don't blame him for seriously considering what was probably a pretty damn attractive offer.
Fantastic news. The guy seriously considered a well-paid position at the very top of his field - there's nothing wrong with that. Yes, it will be a...
Impossible. PapaG wears glasses, while Chip doesn't.
This thread just keeps on delivering.
What you are describing is limited omniscience, which is an oxymoron. Either he's timeless and all-knowing, or he's not -- you can't have it both...
We are both talking well outside the boundaries of physics, fwiw (and there's nothing wrong with that!).
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