Dude, take it from me, you don't want to piss your back off. Don't get into too many car accidents, and don't over-do it at they gym. Repeatedly. And don't sneeze too much. Or cough.
Hello. Name's Stephen. I saw what you wrote in Rachael-Dawn's journal, and felt that it would be inappropriate to respond in her journal. I hope you will allow me a few comments in response to what you had to say.
Faith has always amazed me in that people will believe what they will, regardless of the fact that there is no absolute proof either way.It really goes to show how irrational we can be about following how we feel.
Not everyone who follows religious faith go with feeling. The very fact that a person who prides himself in being logical should continue in a belief-system that goes against some philosophically intuitive and widely held points of view is a testament to the rational irrationality of some forms of religion - Christianity, for me.
because Christianity, as a religious movement, bases itself in fear and contradiction.This depends on what you mean by "contradiction." Since I do not think you are using this in a Kierkegaardian sense, I feel inclined to disagree. Many, for instance, will pick apart the Bible,
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*sigh* while i'd love to have this debate with you, i have very little time to type out huge responses to your comments AND i like debating face to face instead of over the internet.
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i will say this..... thank you for the post and the link. they are quite interesting as i always love differng points of view. i can see your faith is very strong and while i don't have a faith, i'm really respectful of the people that can hold on to that......
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See? I knew I should have stuck around tonight.
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Faith has always amazed me in that people will believe what they will, regardless of the fact that there is no absolute proof either way.It really goes to show how irrational we can be about following how we feel.
Not everyone who follows religious faith go with feeling. The very fact that a person who prides himself in being logical should continue in a belief-system that goes against some philosophically intuitive and widely held points of view is a testament to the rational irrationality of some forms of religion - Christianity, for me.
because Christianity, as a religious movement, bases itself in fear and contradiction.This depends on what you mean by "contradiction." Since I do not think you are using this in a Kierkegaardian sense, I feel inclined to disagree. Many, for instance, will pick apart the Bible, ( ... )
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while i'd love to have this debate with you, i have very little time to type out huge responses to your comments AND i like debating face to face instead of over the internet.
BUT
i will say this.....
thank you for the post and the link. they are quite interesting as i always love differng points of view. i can see your faith is very strong and while i don't have a faith, i'm really respectful of the people that can hold on to that......
peace.
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