[rogerhb]

We can believe:

(a) the impossible

(b) the contradictory

(c) the first thing we're told on a new topic

(d) the lies

But we cannot believe that which we are not prepared to believe.

[mrflora]

I have a bridge for sale that I think you might be interested in.

[RonMN]

I know i'll be flamed for this...but...

I know God is in heaven...I know his plan is being executed as it should be.

I know that does not protect my physical body...so i need to prepare.

Too many people think that since they "believe" they wont have to suffer...this is simply not true. But if we keep our eyes open as best we can...we can avoid the worst of it.

[americandream]

Message from God......he's in your toe looking up at ya.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'I') know i'll be flamed for this...but...

I know God is in heaven...I know his plan is being executed as it should be.

I know that does not protect my physical body...so i need to prepare.

Too many people think that since they "believe" they wont have to suffer...this is simply not true. But if we keep our eyes open as best we can...we can avoid the worst of it.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'I') know his plan is being executed as it should be.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mrflora', 'I') have a bridge for sale that I think you might be interested in.

[clueless]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')las, when asked what exactly that plan is, the answer is "We can't know the mind of god". Which gets us precisely nowhere.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clueless', 'W')e can know exactly what God wants us to know - Written in his word...

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mrflora', 'I') have a bridge for sale that I think you might be interested in.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'R')oger, this is an interesting subject, but you need to go back to the opening post and change "I" to "we" or "people." People may read it as though you are referring to yourself personally, which throws them off.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'I') can believe:

(a) the impossible

(b) the contradictory

(c) the first thing I'm told on a new topic

(d) the lies

But I cannot believe that which I am not prepared to believe.

[Heineken]

Now I know you're even smarter than I already suspected, Rog.

[clueless]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')xcept, that minor point, that is deliberately avoided, that this chap you refer to, hasn't written anything.

[Ludi]

We should believe in the Bible because the Bible tells us the Bible is true.



Is there any other piece of information you would believe on the same grounds? Probably not. But the Bible gets a pass.

[clueless]

As I said, you choose not to believe.

[sciencegirl]

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clueless', 'A')ctually that is untrue, According to the Bible. You simply refuse to believe it.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[dinopello]

I love this quote

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')bjectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny — and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories when the tests fail (as they usually do).

— Stephen Jay Gould

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'I') think a preference to believe in something so incomprehensible that it defies any attempt to understand its nature or prove or disprove its existence doesn't really violate this definition of objectivity.