[Byte1]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Correction.......BLIND faith.

Isn't that part of the definition of "faith?" Faith is the belief in something without the requirement of evidence, right?

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Why do you need to assume that someone provided something for us? Do the animals wonder about why the pond is there to drink for them?
We did not ask to be born, why are we suppose to regret it?
Personally, of course I believe in the Creator, but all this guilt stuff baffles me.

Paleontology proves differently. At least the theory of evolution has evidence one can SEE.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

My tombstone will read, " He came and went!"

Good one!

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Byte1

What's GOD have to do with cancer? How do you know that cancer is not caused by man? According to some on here, natural(?) disasters are caused by man caused climate change. Interesting how there are many folks in the world that wish to blame GOD for anything that happens to them, yet insist that man has caused all of the naturally occurring changes. Some folks need to make up their minds.

I was taught in Catholic catechism as a child........
God is good.
God is all loving.
God is all knowing.
God is all powerful.

Yet, there is childhood disease that kills children, there are natural disasters that cause death and devastation and so forth. What I was taught in catechism can not possibly be accurate about a God that allows the incomprehensible to occur.

As a young teenager, I never reached the agnostic stage. I dove right into the atheist stage when I realized everything I was taught as a child was just not logical.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Byte1

Isn't that part of the definition of "faith?" Faith is the belief in something without the requirement of evidence, right?

Yup. That's why I do not believe.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Paleontology proves differently. At least the theory of evolution has evidence one can SEE.

The theory of evolution has a lot of holes in it.

Holes in the Theory - How Evolution Works | HowStuffWorks

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Correction.......BLIND faith.

Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton???

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton???

When you hear Eric Clapton sing as well as many others it seems that is proof of God.

Saw him in concert in Mesa or Tempe, AZ in July of 1974. 18 July 1974 - Eric Clapton & His Band

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

The theory of evolution has a lot of holes in it.

Holes in the Theory - How Evolution Works | HowStuffWorks

Fascinating and compelling reading. Thank you for posting.

I remember several years ago, paleontologists were over the moon when a "missing link" was discovered somewhere in the world. It was earth shattering for the paleontology community. The community finally had real hard evidence to support the theory of evolution. Hard evidence, not fairy tales that involves super natural beings.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Fascinating and compelling reading. Thank you for posting.

I remember several years ago, paleontologists were over the moon when a "missing link" was discovered somewhere in the world. It was earth shattering for the paleontology community. The community finally had real hard evidence to support the theory of evolution. Hard evidence, not fairy tales that involves super natural beings.

But chaos just continues as chaos unless some force pushed things together. Big Bang Theory and all that.

[Velvet]

The Creator does not have to be an old man, to me, it is more like a force, electro-magnetic, or gravity - but different as this “force” emanates goodness and holiness. We were made in His image the good books say, not the other way around ie. that He is created in our image. Therefore, there are probably some human properties in this “force”. Paleontology is quite compatible with my understanding. I suspect that our human definition of “good” is quite different from what the Creator means by it. We tend to look at “good” in terms of, is it good for us (as humans?)

[chrissy2231]

You can buy "Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav on Amazon under $13. That book explains everything.

[chrissy2231]

Karma at its finest!

[chrissy2231]

wow!

[chrissy2231]

Belief is important. Karma is waiting for the cruel and evil people.