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What in the fossil record would compel me to conclude otherwise? Well, you are siding with the cladists. The way we must categorize is simply by last common ancestor nodes, period. But the Phentists and the Evolutionary Taxonomists, while recognizing that the same genetics, see humans as not belong...

There is something to this. The United States neutralized Saddam Hussein, who attacked Kuwait, oppressed the Kurds with chemical weapons, and fired missiles at Israel. Then the US neutralized the sadistic ISIS thugs. Now, thanks to Allah, Trump is neutralizing the IRGC terrorists, who initially dec...

IGod must be benevolent, omniscient and omnipotent. Why must God be those things? Would you have it that God is not these things? Yes. And once you move outside of Abrahamic religions, it's less common to think that way. Also, even in those traditions, the actually scriptures don't make claims that...

I've probably spent an hour trying to come up with a foolproof answer to your question with no success. I appreciate the humility and honesty in your response, Gary. Just to be clear, often people who don't believe in God, attribute qualities to God and then show the problems this leads to. Unbelie...

Crazy American voters support the ayatollah regime, and what proportion of Iran's population supports the ayatollah regime? Nope. They have issues with going to war yet again in the Middle East. Of course, the wars in the ME the US waged have made the region so much better, I don't know what their ...

commonsense wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2026 4:40 pm IGod must be benevolent, omniscient and omnipotent.

Why must God be those things?

Yes, science has come a long and glorious way, but the Christian world is not able to reach Aristotle, because the dogma of the god-man does not allow them. Your previous post made no sense regardless of whether Christianity has problems. This is one of the fundamental confusions. My team is right ...

And, by the way, talk of God being able to do anything is unscientific. God "can" nothing, for potentiality is not inherent in God, the One is only actual. Read Aristotle, and perhaps Maimonides, too. Bit of a boo-boo then having Moses write so much text that shows God reacting with emoti...

If God is all powerful, then why would there be a holocaust in the first place? I think you need to read my post a bit more carefully. I think you need to answer my question. Seriously. Did you try to read my post more carefully? I think you are wrong about what I need to do and not good at picking...

Lately, Europe has been going crazy with its insinuations against Israel, and suddenly the news is reporting about crazy, unprecedented heat in this Europe. Prove to me that this isn't a hint from the Heavenly Office. This is a great hypothesis. The Winters in Europe were extra harsh during the Hol...

Lately, Europe has been going crazy with its insinuations against Israel, and suddenly the news is reporting about crazy, unprecedented heat in this Europe. Prove to me that this isn't a hint from the Heavenly Office. This is a great hypothesis. The Winters in Europe were extra harsh during the Hol...

Second reply of the thread, I posted a pdf link of 13 misunderstandings about evolution And I quoted the misunderstanding about evolution being random. Did IC bother reading it? Nope. The evolutionary theory in his head is much more convenient. As is his version of any position he disagrees with. F...

So are you saying evolution is a purely random process No. Evolutionists say that. They do not say that. Mutations are random, but natural selection is not. And this is not just external selection, which is what most people think. You know, it has to lead to changes that at least don't lead to gett...

BUT FOR THE MOMENT. IC, explain. a) If your moral system is valid because it is dictated by a god. what standing do you assign the moral systems dictated by other gods (to the believers of those gods? Do you understand this question? I am not a Christian but a person familiar with many religions an...