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Originally posted by randyvs
Originally posted by SisyphusRide
reply to post by paradox
no I was using it to express something... I've never read it either and my friend, your brand flavor is very weak!
Next...
You suddenly seem a bit more rational, so let me explain my previous post in the light of the word weak.
It just seems to me that someone with Christ in thier heart. Would at least have enough to say to make an OP that isn't at odds with the guidelines of ATS.( Two paragraphs )
You should have had a hell of a lot more text in your OP. The shortness of your opener isn't at all typical of someone who is excited by the truth that awakens a person to become a diciple.
You've been here long enough to know better.edit on 23-4-2012 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
Revelation 22:18-19 King James Version (KJV)
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
I have never read of a more stronger willed individual as Jesus imo
Originally posted by SisyphusRide
reply to post by DaRAGE
what exactly is an atheist? is it something you self proclaim oneself as because all laws in the western world (Christendom) are based on Gods laws?
atheist may like living in a barbaric Islamic nation possibly?
Atheist, agnostic, infidel, skeptic refer to persons not inclined toward religious belief or a particular form of religious belief. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. Infidel means an unbeliever, especially a nonbeliever in Islam or Christianity. A skeptic doubts and is critical of all accepted doctrines and creeds.
is the denial of the existence of God
Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago by accretion from the solar nebula, and life appeared on its surface within one billion years.
Humans (known taxonomically as Homo sapiens,[3][4] Latin for "wise man" or "knowing man")[5] are the only living species in the Homo genus. Anatomically modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago, reaching full behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago.[6]
Christianity began as a Jewish sect in the mid-1st century.
The term atheism originated from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), meaning "without god", used as a pejorative term applied to those thought to reject the gods worshipped by the larger society. With the spread of freethought, skeptical inquiry, and subsequent increase in criticism of religion, application of the term narrowed in scope. The first individuals to identify themselves using the word "atheist" lived in the 18th century.[9]
Originally posted by paradox
reply to post by Starchild23
You are trying to claim that everyone believed in a god up until 200 years ago?
What?
Originally posted by paradox
reply to post by SisyphusRide
An agnostic is someone who believes you can not ever know for sure.
An atheist is someone who denies the claim based on the lack of evidence, and would change their position if proven wrong. However, that is never the case, as there is no proof, and never has been. Hence the denial in the existence of a deity.
Originally posted by Starchild23
Originally posted by paradox
reply to post by SisyphusRide
An agnostic is someone who believes you can not ever know for sure.
An atheist is someone who denies the claim based on the lack of evidence, and would change their position if proven wrong. However, that is never the case, as there is no proof, and never has been. Hence the denial in the existence of a deity.
Ignorance. There is proof...just not concrete proof. It's what I call "circumstantial proof".
Admittedly, circumstantial is a little less than people are hoping for these days...especially considering the "circumstantial evidence" of everything going to crap.