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Did you guys see the series about Scientology that Leah Ramini did a couple years ago? Whenever I see someone that just isn't...

Yes. I completely agree. That cult is one of the craziest. Their founder was a complete loon.

I don't fault @oatmeal too much for this, because it is pervasive in Christian teaching, just like Calvinism and Arminianism are (which...

It's hard to give up firmly held beliefs, so they cling to whatever will allow them to maintain it in the face of logically strong...

I'm not saying it exists, I and Derf are just saying that's how they think. It's an irrational position.

I'd settle for a purely emotionally based explanation. I can't find any way at all to draw a line that connects the dots that get you...

It seems to me that when you say, "Logically, you can't both know someone will make a particular choice in every given circumstance, and...

How does making a big deal about God existing outside of time accomplish that goal?

You're demanding reason from someone who bases their beliefs on emotions rather than facts. (Not Derf, but any kind of person who would...

It allows them to say, "God is more wonderful than we can even know, so what I say about God is true." In other words, it is a blank...

Okay, first of all, the grammar here needs work. I mean, its two whole sentences. Did you just for get the order in which you placed the...

Yes. No. Space is not something to be created. Time is not something to be created. Neither exist ontologically. They are simply...

Good post Clete. I've reread the passage and stand corrected. Do you think that the reason that they had the Romans kill Jesus was to...

That isn't relevant. They knew what they could get away with and what they couldn't. Maybe they had to bribe someone, maybe they already...

But this was not a premeditated action. So it wasn't as if it was something that they "wanted" done. It just happened spontaneously...