Whats the point of #PrayforOklahoma or #PrayforBoston?

[Woo Bum-kon]

And it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.

So I have a choice, I can go with the reading there or the reading here, hmmmmm?..that's a tough one.

Let's have some more.

false dichotomy.

And you do have a choice between flawed reasoning and good reasoning. You chose the one that already shared your views.

[Avante]

http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=6894

Only Catholic Online, located at www.catholic.org, gives the largest and broadest population of Catholics worldwide easy access to comprehensive, educational and timely information about Catholicism, and provides a range of easy methods to integrate their faith into their daily lives.

http://christianity.about.com/od/new...fgodexists.htm

Being laid off from that job because of a reduction in force strengthened Jack's faith and trust in God. Five months later, he took a position as communications director for a national nonprofit organization. During his 16 years there, he wrote news releases, trade journal articles, direct mail packages, instructional materials and videos, and the organization's newsletter. He resigned from that position in 2002 and now writes articles and books for Christian publishers.

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/

"Every President has had some sort of religious belief, that must make it right!"

By your logic, you're also arguing that slavery, corruption, and marital infidelity are right since many Presidents have engaged in or supported those too....

[Avante]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury

[Clipper Nation]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury

Wow, I can't imagine why a Roman Catholic would be arguing for God's existence....

Son, give it up, you're not interested in an actual debate or presenting actual proof (since you have none), you're only interested in sources and articles that back up your preconceived agendaPERIOD

[Avante]

PRINCETON, NJ -- More than 9 in 10 Americans still say "yes" when asked the basic question "Do you believe in God?"; this is down only slightly from the 1940s, when Gallup first asked this question

[Woo Bum-kon]

This dude is so ing stubborn that he can't comprehend how extremely flawed his defense of religion is. And the worst thing is, he doesn't even believe the argument that he's making. Almost 2 billion people are Muslim, so, by Avante's own reasoning, they must be right, but nope! They're wrong, sick and primitive. The argument ad populum works for Avante when he is using it to defend a position that he agrees with.

[Avante]

http://patriotdepot.com/the-proof-th...bible-is-true/

[Woo Bum-kon]

Oh neat! More links to articles and books that Avante hasn't read! The best way to prove something is true is by liking the le of the webpage it's on, apparently.

[Clipper Nation]

PRINCETON, NJ -- More than 9 in 10 Americans still say "yes" when asked the basic question "Do you believe in God?"; this is down only slightly from the 1940s, when Gallup first asked this question

Nearly one fifth of Americans believe Obama's a Muslim, nearly 21% of Americans believe witchcraft exists, nearly 20% of Americans still think the sun revolves around the Earth, and nearly 63% of young Americans can't find Iraq on a map....

[Avante]

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The research relied on data from two national surveys: the Baylor Religion Survey, a nationally representative sample of 1,721 Americans; and the Work, Stress and Health Survey, which collects data from phone interviews with 1,800 people across the United States. In reviewing the data sets, Dr. Schieman studied the influence of people’s religious beliefs on behavior, and how education and income are related to views about God’s involvement in everyday life.
The study found that 82 percent of respondents said they “depend on God for help and guidance in making decisions.” And 71 percent believe that good or bad events are “part of God’s plan for them.’’

[Avante]

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Say you were driving along the quiet and bucolic countryside when you're forced to (patiently) wait at a train crossing. All you see is a series of flatbed cars that seems to go on for miles. After an uncomfortably long wait you realize that this is an infinite series of flatbed rail cars! Would it then be logical to conclude that there is nothing actually pulling these cars -- no locomotive? That would clearly be absurd, as you know very well that flatbed rail cars have no power of locomotion, i.e., they are contingent/dependent on an outside force to move. As such, you can (and must) conclude that even if there are an infinite number of these cars -- or of anything (any series of contingencies) -- there must be an original, non-contingent force that is doing the moving, a force that has not been, and cannot be influenced by any other. This force is God.


http://www.livingwaters.com/index.ph...art&Itemid=199

[Clipper Nation]

The research relied on data from two national surveys: the Baylor Religion Survey, a nationally representative sample of 1,721 Americans; and the Work, Stress and Health Survey, which collects data from phone interviews with 1,800 people across the United States. In reviewing the data sets, Dr. Schieman studied the influence of people’s religious beliefs on behavior, and how education and income are related to views about God’s involvement in everyday life.
The study found that 82 percent of respondents said they “depend on God for help and guidance in making decisions.” And 71 percent believe that good or bad events are “part of God’s plan for them.’’

Just another poll in a venerable sea of them that make this country look dumb, tbh....

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Say you were driving along the quiet and bucolic countryside when you're forced to (patiently) wait at a train crossing. All you see is a series of flatbed cars that seems to go on for miles. After an uncomfortably long wait you realize that this is an infinite series of flatbed rail cars! Would it then be logical to conclude that there is nothing actually pulling these cars -- no locomotive? That would clearly be absurd, as you know very well that flatbed rail cars have no power of locomotion, i.e., they are contingent/dependent on an outside force to move. As such, you can (and must) conclude that even if there are an infinite number of these cars -- or of anything (any series of contingencies) -- there must be an original, non-contingent force that is doing the moving, a force that has not been, and cannot be influenced by any other. This force is God.


http://www.livingwaters.com/index.ph...art&Itemid=199

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Inspiring and equipping Christians in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Mission

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[Avante]

It goes on forever, no end in sight. Colleges dedicated to the existence of God attended by students far more intelligent than, well....

Something is responsible for all this, for anyone to...."oh no it just happened"...pretty much tells you how intelligent they aren't. I prefer to deal with those with some deeper thought processes than..."can ya prove it, huh? huh? huh?"...hahaha!!!!!!!! How immature and childish is that sort of reasoning? Where's the deep thought?

I'm done reading those so simple and uneducated they still haven't figured out what the word...faith...means. Haven't bothered with the childish behavior we see above. Who would?

Yes, I don't buy into the God of the Bible but that doesn't mean I disrespect or challenge those who do. I go with a Master Designer instead. So I am agreeing more or less that yes there is a God/something out there. To do a monkey with a hard on bit like..."can ya prove it huh? huh? huh?"....nay, outgrew that long ago.

Totally, completely, 100%...see ya~~~~~~~~~~~~

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

lol Avante
lol trying to site college when his highest education is a 2 year associates degree
lol old white bible thumping trash
lol some response to this about how he doesn't believe in the bible

[Clipper Nation]

I prefer to deal with those with some deeper thought processes than..."can ya prove it, huh? huh? huh?"...hahaha!!!!!!!! How immature and childish is that sort of reasoning? Where's the deep thought?

How is "deep thought" possible without basic proof of the subject existing first?

I'm done reading those so simple and uneducated they still haven't figured out what the word...faith...means.

Faith can be irrational, and in the case of religion, it is....

[Woo Bum-kon]

Something is responsible for all this, for anyone to...."oh no it just happened"...pretty much tells you how intelligent they aren't. I prefer to deal with those with some deeper thought processes than..."can ya prove it, huh? huh? huh?"...hahaha!!!!!!!! How immature and childish is that sort of reasoning? Where's the deep thought?

Yeah, nothing says deep thought like believing something is true based on zero good evidence solely because you want to believe that it's true, then bashing anybody who actually tries to look at the claim objectively.