You seem to believe that the real person is their personality. You seem unaware of the inner Man. Jesus' life and sacrifice served the needs of the inner Man. They are always confused. Even Peter confused them. Science can serve the needs of the outer man but cannot serve the needs of the inner man. For that something else is needed and just the thought of it repulses the secular world which glorifies our personality.Belinda wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:32 am Nick wrote:
Deism claim.Greta, As a secularist you must believe that the living machine on earth which eats itself and reproduces is a result of accident. Even though the laws of chance make this impossible, it will not cause you to doubt this belief.
It's no "accident".But a design does not imply a Designer.
Theism claim.It is far more reasonable that organic life as a whole exists as an idea, as a potential within a higher cosmos. Cosmic need created the necessity for this conscious potential to manifest as phenomenon or this living machine serving its cosmic purpose.
Maybe. However the higher cosmos/cosmic need has caused both evil and good.
Intelligent creation claim.Again, the creation is no "accident" however this fact does not imply a Designer.You believe in an impossible accident and I believe in conscious intent. You believe an impossible accident is more reasonable than conscious intent within a conscious universe. If you seriously believe in this impossible accident I’ve got a bridge for sale here in Brooklyn you will want to buy.
Miraculous intervention claim. Why would a cosmic Designer select some miraculous interventions and not others? For instance why would He impregnate the Holy Virgin and not save some small child from cancer?If organic life can manifest on earth by conscious intent, is there any reason why, when lawful conditions allow, an evolved soul cannot without the need for the sex act be born from a woman whose purity allows it?
Matthew 16:
21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
