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You have raised many points here that will require some time to answer. It's 1:00 AM here and I'm off to bed, but I'll get back to you. Good luck, Hans

Even if it's apparent that God isn't moral by your standards is your stance rational? Why would a solid logician like yourself condemn himself to an eternity of misery for the sake of one brief moment of heroic defiance ( a moment you may deal with forever but that would soon be forgotten by...

OK. No problem.

Judging the validity of the Bible as a moral guide is tricky. Morality is so perspectival. As a natural history book the Bible certainly looks pretty dubious, but it's possible the inerrancy some ascribe to the Bible refers to some other dimension of the book. If we think of the Bible as...

Giles, you've rearranged my words so that the meaning's been altered. I was suggesting that science in it's present form can't deal with paradoxes in nature, such as something coming from nothing, and that if science ever can deal with natural paradoxes it will have evolved into something...

Welcome to the club. Complete objectivity is perhaps approachable when we're dealing with some mathematical or logical operations; otherwise, we can't separate ourselves from our perceptions. Belief is a tuffy. Everybody's modular; by that I mean we all have different 'moods' or modes...

When science can overcome the paradoxes of something from nothing or something that conforms to natural law having no beginning or end science won't be science as we understand it today; science will be something else - maybe what today we call 'religion'. P.S: Scientism, the belief...

I named my dog 'Biff'. Is there any religion out there that features a god called Biff? I don't want any trouble.

No question - business trumps democracy.

What doctrines did you start with? Were/are you a member of a particular denomination?

Sorry about that, Giles. I was rushing and got you mixed up with Yip.

Do you mean change my mind in general or specifically about whether or not there is God or truth in the Bible?

I was responding to Giles, but I hope you also won't be offended by anything I post since it's not my intention to offend. You seem sincere and at times I may seem flippant but be assured that even though I'm not what you could call a believer I too am very concerned about the issues you raise.

Not trying to pick a fight with you, Yip. My question isn't confrontational. I just wonder why you might change your mind given that the Biblical explanation is as good as anything else around.

Don't be offended, but even though I'll rush to the defense of Christianity when its logic is attacked by atheists, I'm just an agnostic who likes to argue. I especially like to argue with atheists because they believe they have sole proprietorship over reason - which they don't.

You place the words 'objective' and 'believed' in quotes. Why?

Sure. Why not?

Gee, that's quite a statement. And your understanding of "rational" is... ?

'Reasons" is a tricky word. Some people would say they have reason to believe it because their parents are decent people and told them it's all true. What kind of reasons are you looking for?

I missed this on my last visit. It's too juicy to pass up. A purposeful entity must have mind and will; evolution is just a process and has neither of these.