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Christianity AMA

over 6 years

Christianity is the Truth, and every other belief system is false. If you can prove otherwise. I'd be glad to hear it :D

Freewill proves that we have souls.

According to Naturalism (All that exists is the material world):

A) We are matter in motion.

B) Matter banging into Matter has no moral signifigance.

C) Morality doesn't exist.

Why I believe (A designer) God exists:

A) Something cannot come from nothing. (The universe.)

B) Intelligence cannot come from unintelligence.

C) Life cannot come from non-life. (Abiogenesis)

D) Order cannot come from Chaos. (Shaking a box won't make a clock.)

E) Evidence of design all around us. (I.e Genetic CODE, puppies who have two eyes - symmetrical faces - obvious design patterns, every creature has a function and a form, we aren't malformed randomness (think spore but worse))

I believe salvation is by Grace, not by merit. Meaning we are forgiven, not paid what we deserve.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Feel free to ask me any questions you like, I will try my best to answer them, and other people can answer questions too! =)

Who draws the line in the sand between right and wrong? (Define's morality for everyone.)

Society (A group of people)

God (From the Bible)

I do (My opinion)

No-one (Morality doesn't exist.)

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over 6 years

souls n free will n shiite. lol it's a concept that humans made only to feel a lil better. there exists only the illusion of choice. you might think that something menial like picking cereal is free will but it isn't once you consider all the factors that lead you to picking rice krispies over fruit loops
the whole consequences counterargument is silly as well. all actions have consequences ultimately from the same basic principles as natural symmetries (physics talk xd picklerick.jpg)

MisterPresident

over 6 years

What do you think of the death penalty/a justice system able to judge and punish others severely?

Is it God's will for that person to die by the hand of man? What becomes of the man responsible for executing the criminal if it actually is God's will? That man committed murder

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

>Vapid: No, looking at gore and seeing people die and becoming all lifeless through different ways makes me think we're just walking meat-bags.

Do you believe we have freewill then?

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

The N A * Z I ' S were very intelligent. It didn't stop them from being

Got censored lol

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

>Lionel: if God is all-powerful, why can't he make the average human smarter, more ambitious, and more capable?

Intelligence, Strength, and Ambition are all tools.
Tools can be used for good or for evil.

God gave us freewill, and won't just strike us dead the instant we do something evil.

If God gave us more intelligence, some humans may devise even worse ways to commit attrocites.

The 's were very intelligent. It didn't stop them from being very evil.

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

> if you truly need religion to help you when you're having a hard time then whatever that's something completely personal but if you acknowledge your god instead of your own efforts n the people who helped you ..... wtf are you doing

All that matter's is Truth. Christianity isn't easier then other belief systems. Many of Jesus's apostle's who were eye witnesses to Jesus's crucifixion, and resurrection. Died very painful deaths for their faith.

In the modern-day, if as a Christian you say homosexuality is wrong, you are slandered, and can be fired from your job, or barred from obtaining employment.

Christianity means to stand up for the Truth, no matter how popular or unpopular it is.

Salt and Light.

> that is of course barely taking into account the consequences of christianity and in general western values on different parts of the human world

Christianity made America. If you read the Declaration of Independence you will see that our right's are granted to us, not by men. But by our creator!

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

This is very important because then men cannot take our rights away.

LioneI

over 6 years

if God is all-powerful, why can't he make the average human smarter, more ambitious, and more capable?

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

>view: no religion and no god is true or perfectly just or correct.

The only way to state this with absolute certainity, is to be omniscient. (All knowing.)

> this planet, let alone the solar system or the whole fuсkin universe, is a whole lot broader than human society and does not care a single bit what spiritual justice a buncha naked apes try to dole out.

If all that exists is the material universe, then literally nothing matters. Freewill doesn't exist. Morality doesn't exist. "Our" thought's are simply electrons, and chemical reactions firing off inside the brain.

Matter banging into matter has no relevance in the grand scheme of things.

Hedonism and Nihlism would reign. (This is the ultimate end of Atheism.)

> the only absolute in the universe is the mathematics it obeys, and even that could arguably be uncertain if you wanna factor in observers (physics problem observers, absolutely not layman terms observers).

Mathematical Constructs are an absolute. However they have no creative force. The universe cannot cause itself.

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over 6 years

bilateral symmetry is muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch older than puppies. it is also absolutely not the only symmetry life here has (starfish mayhaps ? ). do not forget that 3 billion years is a very long time
that genetic code is called code has zero implications of design at all. one name in one language whoop dee doo

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over 6 years

so the rules don't apply to god ? yeah even with hypothetical higher spatial dimensions that won't fly. the speed of light(=the speed limit of information) isn't a suggestion

Vapid

over 6 years

>Do I believe in souls?

No, looking at gore and seeing people die and becoming all lifeless through different ways makes me think we're just walking meat-bags.

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

Omnipotent means all powerful, and that is one of God's described characteristics in the Bible.

So if he does exist, it would be possible for God to man Adam from mud.

Also if you look at the make-up of humans, our chemical make-up is what is found in the ground.

And when we die, we return to it. Dust to dust.

https://www.thoughtco.com/chemical-composition-of-the-human-body-603995

MisterPresident

over 6 years

Heck yeah dude I love God

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over 6 years

wait a sec aint god make adam from mud!!!!!

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over 6 years

learning never hurts

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

>Amy: How are we supposed to spread religion to our children if we are all supposed to be virgins???

God actually said having children is a blessing. Have sex after being married and everything is great. Be loyal don't cheat, love each other etc.

You can also adopt, teach, mentor, etc.

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

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over 6 years

the tru facts is that people, especially christians, are extremely egotistical in their beliefs. no religion and no god is true or perfectly just or correct. this planet, let alone the solar system or the whole fuсkin universe, is a whole lot broader than human society and does not care a single bit what spiritual justice a buncha naked apes try to dole out. trying to argue this shiit from such an insignificant perspective is a real big waste of effort. the only absolute in the universe is the mathematics it obeys, and even that could arguably be uncertain if you wanna factor in observers (physics problem observers, absolutely not layman terms observers). ofc we don't know all of it yet and never will but it sure is cool how einstein continues to get things right with his equations huh.......

if you truly need religion to help you when you're having a hard time then whatever that's something completely personal but if you acknowledge your god instead of your own efforts n the people who helped you ..... wtf are you doing

that is of course barely taking into account the consequences of christianity and in general western values on different parts of the human world

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How are we supposed to spread religion to our children if we are all supposed to be virgins???

AllLivesMatter

over 6 years

Feel free to ask me stuff :D
I am very friendly.