Does God Suffer From Vanity?

Quote from james_bond_3rd:

Even if you're willing to subject God to constant scrutiny and doubt by scientific inquiry, it is not the proper thing to do. The argument for separating faith from science, is not just to protect science from religious muddling. It is also to protect religion from constant questioning and scrutiny as all science is. Remember, the only things in science that can be proven beyond any doubt, are things that are wrong. The only purpose to move religion into the realm of science is to prove it wrong. Why would you do that?



Could it be because you're too closed minded to see the other side?
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I'm open minded and agnostic but am taking pascal's approach as a hedge. If you believe you lose nothing, if you don't then you stand to lose a lot. Is the risk worth the reward ? That is your decision as I could care less.
 
V:
>I'm open minded and agnostic but am taking pascal's
>approach as a hedge. If you believe you lose nothing,
>if you don't then you stand to lose a lot.

I'm always amazed that people still play the pascal card. Considering the myriad of 'believe this and be saved' options presented in this world, it takes about 3 seconds of thought to realize that PW is nothing but a cute little conversation piece which withstands no logical scrutiny.

Oh well.

JB
 
Quote from Turok:

V:
>I'm open minded and agnostic but am taking pascal's
>approach as a hedge. If you believe you lose nothing,
>if you don't then you stand to lose a lot.

I'm always amazed that people still play the pascal card. Considering the myriad of 'believe this and be saved' options presented in this world, it takes about 3 seconds of thought to realize that PW is nothing but a cute little conversation piece which withstands no logical scrutiny.

Oh well.

JB
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What is PW? Is that Pascal something?
 
Quote from 2cents:

faith is a mind game, nothing more nothing less... there's nothing to lose in ignoring faith altogether, and the faithful :cool:
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I suppose that depends what you have faith in. I have faith in my family, but that sometimes is in spite of their actions :)
 
Quote from rcanfiel:

I suppose that depends what you have faith in. I have faith in my family, but that sometimes is in spite of their actions :)
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of course, and you should also have / keep faith in yourself... still a mind game though... helps keep doubts etc at bay, for a while...
 
Quote from volente_00:

I'm open minded and agnostic but am taking pascal's approach as a hedge. If you believe you lose nothing, if you don't then you stand to lose a lot. Is the risk worth the reward ? That is your decision as I could care less.
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This is typical characteristics of a "false teacher" that Jesus Christ himself had warned against. You have deviated so far from His teachings that you don't even know you're spreading Satan's message.
 
Quote from james_bond_3rd:

This is typical characteristics of a "false teacher" that Jesus Christ himself had warned against. You have deviated so far from His teachings that you don't even know you're spreading Satan's message.
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I'm not teaching anyone. You can believe whatever you want and you won't catch me preaching that you should be a holy roller in order to be saved.
 
Quote from Turok:

V:
>I'm open minded and agnostic but am taking pascal's
>approach as a hedge. If you believe you lose nothing,
>if you don't then you stand to lose a lot.

I'm always amazed that people still play the pascal card. Considering the myriad of 'believe this and be saved' options presented in this world, it takes about 3 seconds of thought to realize that PW is nothing but a cute little conversation piece which withstands no logical scrutiny.

Oh well.

JB
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I believe in a higher power because the risk of not believing has zero benefit.
 
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