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Just glanced at the first link, came across this intriguing quote from Mr. Dan Wakefield: "These are not kooks. They only spoke to me because their minister asked them to. The stories I have are not all religious, and they are from all different religions." Now this is even more confusing...

Re that example of rebuttal you just cited -- what about statistical evidences of prayer, or the lack thereof? i.e., a mathematically inclined non-believer might make this assertion: There is no hard evidence for the phenomenon of answered prayer. The one-off citations of answered prayer...

But the God of the OT is also a huge embarrassment to the modern church. He advocates stoning homosexuals, dashing babies' heads against rocks, making suspected adulterers drink water mixed with dirt (women only), human sacrifice (Isaac was just a warm-up), casual slavery, wholesale...

The verses I cited were in reference to Calvinism and God's omnipotence, i.e. why the Calvinist interpretation of God's omnipotence, and thus of Christianity on the whole, is the most biblically and philosophically consistent. Those who attempt to absolve God of ultimate responsibility for hell...

Thousandth Post! Cool! Oh wait, erm, I need a reason for posting. Here ya go: http://noodlynation.blogspot.com/2006/10/congratulations-chaplains-in-schools.html

Capuchin monkeys also have an innate sense of justice. That is an observable fact. p.s. http://www.primates.com/monkeys/fairness.html

Kind of a back-handed argument for religion, innit? Just imagine the bumper stickers. "Don't knock the Crusades -- Hitler was worse" "Atheists have hell too" "Pat Robertson: At least he isn't Mao"

Never said life is a "cosmic joke"... if anything I have repeatedly stated my belief that life is both profound and beautiful. As with many other ad hominems, the notion that nonbelief = cynical nihilism is something of a canard. Calvinism is the best of a bad lot. I've studied all the major...

I fully understand your position. In fact I articulated it multiple times. You can go back and check. You, however, still do not seem to understand that I understand -- as evidenced by the fact you keep saying the same thing, over and over again. If your powers of comprehension were...

You aren't comprehending me Maverick1. We aren't having the same discussion. I have little interest in debate of your selected verses b/c I've already spent hundreds of hours discussing, debating and researching soteriology issues from the inside out. (Quite frankly, it bores me now.)...

Sigh... Apparently I was not blunt enough.

Whatever dude. Pass the bong.

Do you understand the implications of omnipotence and predestination as laid out by Calvinist theology? I say honestly, not as ad hominem, that I'm not sure you do. Read this essay for a better understanding of what predestination entails. I was genuinely born again, Maverick1, as far...

Sweet quote, that's a keeper. You have a good weekend also.

I (basically) agree with you here, but with a caveat. It's possible that a higher intelligence could reveal itself via general revelation, leaving us to match up the puzzle pieces over time. But if this hypothetical intelligence chose to avoid direct means of communication, there would be no...

All logical declarations of fact or opinion in regards to the structure of reality are subject to this same observation. This is true whether God does or does not exist. Therefore, if you rely on this line of reasoning to discredit an opponent, you once again shoot yourself in the head. A...

Wrong. I do not, and have not, denied the possibility that God--a higher intelligence--exists in some shape or form. In fact I have gone out of my way to clarify the opposite. It is possible that a higher intelligence exists, and not logically possible to fully discount that proposition...

Remember that playground taunt, "my dad can beat up your dad?" One can play the same game with revelation. "My revelation can beat up your revelation." Religious folk like to pretend that General Revelation (i.e. the natural observable universe) and Special Revelation (holy books) are on...

Yes. If I recall my college philosophy lectures correctly, David Hume illustrated this principle by pointing out that fire might not actually be hot. We can only assume that fire releases heat because of the tight correlation so far. There is a technical theoretical possibility, however...

Can we throw hot dogs in there too? I always wanted to be one with everything.