georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:This thread is nose diving in a hurry.

If we can all agree that faith is NOT a virtue, but a character flaw, I'll consider that an epic win for this thread.

Not gonna happen, Homey. My faith is what keeps me from doing the wrong thing.

By the way, Swag, gathered from numerous topics, you believe in evolution.

Can you prove it?

I'll reiterate what you said for dramatic effect:

Quote:faith (noun)
2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust

RebelKev Wrote:By the way, Swag, gathered from numerous topics, you believe in evolution.

Can you prove it?

I'll reiterate what you said for dramatic effect:

Quote:faith (noun)
2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust

are you being sarcastic or what?

Fanatical Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:By the way, Swag, gathered from numerous topics, you believe in evolution.

Can you prove it?

I'll reiterate what you said for dramatic effect:

Quote:faith (noun)
2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust

are you being sarcastic or what?

No, he's not. Faith in evolution is a much bigger stretch than faith in God.

Fanatical Wrote:Public schools won't even teach that homosexuality is a sin, the end of the world is obviously right around the bend.

and I feel fine.

Fanatical Wrote:are you being sarcastic or what?

Nope. I'm saying he thinks faith is a character flaw, so I want him, as an evolution believer, to prove it.

Quote:"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

What a crock of crap.

lmfao

Wow, this thread did nose dive.

Endzone2 Wrote:

Quote:"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

What a crock of crap.

What is crap about it? I don't know what their economy is down there, but if it a tourism area, I'm sure the Mayor would do whatever it took to make the airport neutral.

RebelKev Wrote:By the way, Swag, gathered from numerous topics, you believe in evolution.

Can you prove it?

I'll reiterate what you said for dramatic effect:

Quote:faith (noun)
2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust

Atheisim can not be proved is the thing, they do the same thing they accuse God beleiving types of doing: Circular Logic

1) Assume Materialism is true
2: Dismiss religion by referring to step 1.
3: Repeat ad infinitum

the book I mentioned earlier is a famous Philosophy book that connects the dots in how this came about, known as the "Line of Despair". Its pretty interesting, especially when it gets into the Art and Music part of it.

fsquid Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:

Quote:"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

What a crock of crap.

What is crap about it? I don't know what their economy is down there, but if it a tourism area, I'm sure the Mayor would do whatever it took to make the airport neutral.

No more ragheads in America--for any reason!!!! How's that for being inclusive?

No more "out of the closet" raging flamers anywhere!! How's that for being inclusive?

GGniner Wrote:Atheisim can not be proved is the thing, they do the same thing they accuse God beleiving types of doing: Circular Logic

1) Assume Materialism is true
2: Dismiss religion by referring to step 1.
3: Repeat ad infinitum

That's some funny stuff. lmfao

Endzone2 Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:

Quote:"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

What a crock of crap.

What is crap about it? I don't know what their economy is down there, but if it a tourism area, I'm sure the Mayor would do whatever it took to make the airport neutral.

No more ragheads in America--for any reason!!!! How's that for being inclusive?

No more "out of the closet" raging flamers anywhere!! How's that for being inclusive?

No clue what that response had to do with mine.

fsquid Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:

Quote:"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

What a crock of crap.

What is crap about it? I don't know what their economy is down there, but if it a tourism area, I'm sure the Mayor would do whatever it took to make the airport neutral.

No more ragheads in America--for any reason!!!! How's that for being inclusive?

No more "out of the closet" raging flamers anywhere!! How's that for being inclusive?

No clue what that response had to do with mine.

O.K., how's that for making the airport neutral?

Endzone2 Wrote:No more "out of the closet" raging flamers anywhere!! How's that for being inclusive?

You are totally missing one of the major points of Christianity. For someone that was "saved & forgiven" from a life of sexual sin, you sure do come down hard on others that are also trapped into the same sort of spiral. What you did and what homosexuals do are no different in God's eyes. They both are are disgusting and seperated the offender from God. I would think that someone such as yourself would be quicker to take the gospel to said offender than just throw them out of the country.

Endzone2 Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:

Quote:"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

What a crock of crap.

What is crap about it? I don't know what their economy is down there, but if it a tourism area, I'm sure the Mayor would do whatever it took to make the airport neutral.

No more ragheads in America--for any reason!!!! How's that for being inclusive?

No more "out of the closet" raging flamers anywhere!! How's that for being inclusive?

No clue what that response had to do with mine.

O.K., how's that for making the airport neutral?

Someone wearing a rag on their head or being homosexual is the same as someone wearing a Christian T-Shirt or a hat with the cross on it. none of those are banned. My point is that this municipality might have a good portion of their economy based on tourism, so the Mayor will go overboard to make sure no one is offended to keep the business coming.

It's a money thing Endzone, not a conspiracy like you believe.

Hey EZ, Fred Phelps wouldn't happen to be your preacher, would he?

RebelKev Wrote:By the way, Swag, gathered from numerous topics, you believe in evolution.

Can you prove it?

I'll reiterate what you said for dramatic effect:

Quote:faith (noun)
2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/essays/courtenay1.htm
Evolution is based entirely upon the Scientific Method. That means it can and has been rigorously tested. Scientifically speaking, it's not an argument about whether or not evolution takes place. That's already been agreed upon. It's an argument on the finer points how it HAS happened.

Regarding "faith in atheism" ...
I cannot prove the existence of God one way or the other. That's why I am a deist, though I do come off as an atheist. I CAN, however, say with great confidence that the overwhelming majority of people in the world are wrong regarding their religion. They can't all very well be right -- in fact only one can be. I can say, furthermore, that I have a very very VERYYYYYYY hard time believing Christianity, due to the contradictions in words, ethics, and messages in the Bible. Furthermore, the assertions of most of Christianity do NOT jive with my observations of how the World works.

.....So you still can't show how evolution has been proven as a fact?

georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Evolution is based entirely upon the Scientific Method. That means it can and has been rigorously tested. Scientifically speaking, it's not an argument about whether or not evolution takes place. That's already been agreed upon. It's an argument on the finer points how it HAS happened.

If you don't know HOW something happened, how can you prove that it did happen? Talk about making a leap of faith on that.