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Knowing and believing are definitely two different things. I may believe there is (for want of a better word) a God, but I would not claim to know it definitively. The bible is a completely separate issue upon which we would probably find much in common - I do not subscribe to the concept...

If they're a trustworthy observer, I'd certainly give them the benefit of the doubt that they saw something unexplainable. I certainly wouldn't immediately jump down their throat and tell them they were an idiot for believing in ghosts. Do ghosts exist? Who the hell knows?? In the absence...

FYI - we actually loan and grant them billions each year ($3 billion recently) in both economic and military aid - totally about 1/6th the total US foreign aid budget) and then unlike every other country we loan military aid dollars to, we do NOT exercise controls over how they spend the money...

Hmm, how big's the pin? Do you know something about the physical characteristics of angels? Are they small enough to fit on the head of a pin? :) :) :)

An interesting point of view - "we don't have anywhere near all the answers", BUT you can apparently state with absolute certainty that those with a belief in a God are WRONG.

Alas, you finally revert to the last resting place of the limited and narrow minded zealots, so convinced in the "rightness" of their own opinion - Ignore all prior discussion, assert your opinion's "obvious" correctness (ignoring that you have no more to base your opinion on than others)...

To the same degree, there isn't any evidence to suggest there isn't. Either way, it's nothing more than a personal opinion formed without specific evidence to support it either way. You draw exactly the wrong conclusion from your example. You appear to be confusing an actual "lack of...

Just to clarify - we did not start out talking about a "biblical" God, only "a" God. As I mentioned earlier, even bible scholars don't attempt to claim the bible is a fully literal document. It was clearly selectively edited and contains allegory, adaptations of even older stories, parables...

No one said you were irrational for NOT believing in God. What was said is that it is irrational to have such self-righteous certitude in your chosen opinion that there is no God merely because you currently lack evidence to the contrary. Same is true of the other camp too (I'm not trying to...

Wonderful...hopefully that means we won't see any more about this crap from WT shills

Hmmm, good question - is YOUR grand super duper unjustified belief that in the vastness of all of existance, there is no God/creative intelligence? Lack of evidence in no way proves non-existance. Hence, your OPINION that no God exists is no more justifiable nor provable than the opinion...

I would definitely agree that an absolute belief that every word in the bible is literal and factual is at the very least illogical. But then again, many biblical scholars would similarly agree with that. However, the discussion was not about "believing in the bible", it involved "believing...

Non sequiter - you're conclusion proceeds from an illogical, ill-founded, and unproven premise. Objection your honor - assumes facts not in evidence. You'll need to first prove that a belief in a higher creative intelligence is "irrational" - and BTW, your opinion or your own "belief"...

Kronos - what makes you think all of the criticism of this POS comes from people who have never used it? That's the same general dismissal of criticism that the Wizescam folks use - "Oh, well, if you're criticizing WT you must not have used it". The one I love is the "You must not have...

Damn, half the people in New York would be in jail!! In Los Angeles, they avoid the whole thing - they don't bother flipping off other drivers, they just pull out a gun and shoot at them. In Chicago, they cut out all the middle steps and just insert the bullets manually :)

Another opinion no doubt based on your vast knowledge, deep insight, extensive research, and your place as one of the great thinkers of the modern era. All those Nobel Prize winners will be happy to hear that you don't consider them dumb just because they believe in God. They won't have...

Using that "logic" (term used loosely) - cops probably go to Dunkin Doughnuts because they're waiting for someone to rob the joint - couldn't possibly be because they LIKE doughnuts!!

Absolutely correct and it should be obvious that the answer to the initial question is YES. Gordon - you should take your lithium and lower the volume on the atheistic zealotry (which is just as bad as religious zealotry). The issue isn't whether all of these scientists were "right". The...

Ultimate identity theft - knock off a person and remove their chip and use it yourself :) As far as tracking people - maybe not down to the square foot at all times, but don't kid yourself if you think the Feds (don't mean the FBI - if you get my drift) can't track most people by a...

Re: Einstein - he rejected the anthropomorhpic, personal God and the human contrived dogma of the various religions that have evolved over the years to further their own mundane and often political and financial agenda. The view, held by many, and probably the result of the limitations of the...