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| bio | website | home.arcor.de/hirnstrom |
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| location | berlin.de | |
| age | 47 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 8 months |
| seen | Feb 13 at 23:58 | |
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Sep 6 |
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Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? ... There are other possibilities too. You ask for a definitive answer, but a significant part of Christianity is the interpretation of texts, of the bible, isn't it? And part 1 of an answer is, to collect parts, which might be relevant for the question - even if they seem contradictory; don't you think so? And interpreting a text is the process to find examples of real life, where the texts could be relevant. Without connection to the real world, it's just empty phrases, which you learnt to recite. |
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Sep 6 |
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Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? ... While there is no final decision, everybody would agree on, science evolved, and today tests are performed with statistics. Now in the sceptics forum was a question, whether prayers for healing have been proven to work, and with the methods of statistics, it might be possible to show, that there has been no statistical significant effect. But maybe the form of testing can be defeated with the argument, that this test is an attempt to prove the existence of God, and the opposite of faith. I don't say that I take this position, but that the possibility exists to take it. ... |
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Sep 6 |
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Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? What do you find ridicule? The question about asking God for help on earth? In the physical world? Well - I think it is a serious problem, maybe you don't. Let me explain how I approached to the question: In former times, people prayed for healing. Maybe you can agree with that. And in former times, people discussed, why sometimes God seems to help and sometimes not. I think there are plenty of discussions about this topic. One answer was, that if he doesn't help, it is a punishment for a sin, another explanation is, that he is testing his brave followers. ... |
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Sep 6 |
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If God controls our decisions, does this mean we don't have free will?There is nothing preventing a supernatural entity from seeing our whole life at once, except that 'seeing' implies light and eyes, so I don't see how 'seeing' makes any sense outside the scope of nature. Or seeing something, without a brain. But the Christian answer is, that his ways is not our ways, and the fact that he can't be understood is what makes him God. |
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Sep 6 |
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If God controls our decisions, does this mean we don't have free will? If God knew it before, and can't be wrong, which free choice did the Pharaoh have? He only could do, what God already knew - nothing else, no choice. Maybe the Pharaoh thought he had a choice. A foreseeable future excludes all alternatives. |
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Sep 6 |
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Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? Well, the answer is, that Jesus in Mt 4 says: "You shall not!", and it sounds pretty bindingly. |
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Sep 6 |
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Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? added citation, and personal view. |
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Sep 6 |
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Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? first citation |
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Sep 6 |
answered | Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God? |
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Sep 6 |
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If God controls our decisions, does this mean we don't have free will? Being able to control your action, and doing so, are two different things. You can stop a child from touching a hot oven, or you can let it happen. |
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Sep 6 |
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Looking for a study avoid horizontal scrolling |
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Sep 6 |
suggested | suggested edit on Looking for a study |
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Sep 6 |
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Are there evil acts which are not sins? There is a single word for it: Tautological. |
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Sep 4 |
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Abraham tries to sacrifice his son. Is exploiting a human a moral behaviour? @wax eagle: Hm. But how did Abraham know that he was talking to God, and not, for example, to Satan, or that he was fooled somehow? If he knew it was God, then it was knowledge, not faith - am I wrong? |
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Sep 4 |
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What is the meaning of `holy` for Christians? So when you talk about holier-than-thou, you're saying, the word is linguistically comparable? Is there a an example in the bible, where holier is used? I only knew the term as either holy or not. Not in terms of more or less. That is some surprise. |
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Sep 4 |
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Does God need our praise and glory? Hm. Doesn't that psalm state, that there are more than one god? I was always told, that Jewish and Christian Religion only have one God (the Christian one, a three-in-one God). But above all Gods means, there are intermediate ones too, doesn't it? |
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Sep 4 |
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Abraham tries to sacrifice his son. Is exploiting a human a moral behaviour? What, if Abraham had refused the sacrifice, and instead had offered to pray 48 hours non stop, for example? He could have proven his faith while showing a moral behaviour. Or maybe the story is not to be taken literally? |
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Sep 4 |
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Abraham tries to sacrifice his son. Is exploiting a human a moral behaviour? You wrote Faith is the key here, not blind obedience. but they don't exclude each other. One could argue, that if someone just has no faith - what shall he do? Pretend faith? Second remark: Do you think the story is senseless without Jesus? That is, like telling a joke, and waiting 1000 years for the punch line. So the jews where sitting there for several centuries, doing the wrong interpretation. It looks unfair, but maybe we can summarize it as my ways aren't yours!. |
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Sep 4 |
asked | What is the meaning of `holy` for Christians? |
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Sep 3 |
answered | What is the Bible and Christian view on Astrology? |
