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That's a very biased website. It states that it is obvious to any thinking person that there is a God, but it is obvious to me that there isn't one. And to presume that the only reasonable way the...

Yep.
I expected nothing. I found something. And I found out later that it had a name... Dzogchen Buddhism.

No God. Just an illusion. And an experience that has no requirements. It just changes....

I think you're right. If you seek God, you'll find God.
If you seek Truth, you may find that too.

If you expect the Truth to include God, you're being presumptuous.

Ahhh. You mean Zeus? Quetzalcoatl? The flying spaghetti monster?

Or one of the myriad of other Gods that have been the subject of worship by millions of people?

How do you know which God is...

I talk of God as though he doesn't exist.
Should I offer him some sort of respect?
I studied the bible every day and went to church 3 times a week for 6 years. I've faithfully put my time in. I...

Have you never seen a child starve? A flower wilt? A pestilence wipe out a community?

I've seen amazing things and I won't try to diminish that.

But you believe also that God, with full...

Are you talking about the gospel of James? Written in 150 CE.

What about the Talmud? It references virtually nothing about Christianity. It mentions a hanging of a Yeshu on Passover, but thats...

I'm not determined to reject any religion. I am determined to seek truth, and to embrace that which shows itself to be plausible, and to reject that which shows itself to be implausible.

Ink and...

These "sources" are not Jesus' contemporaries. They weren't even born prior to his alleged ascension. While many love to reference Flavius Josephus, they fail to address the fact that he supposedly...

I believe the burden of proof falls on the one making the outrageous claim.

Jesus is alleged to do remarkable things, but the only people he is mentioned by all have the agenda of advancing the...

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Jack Sparrow, peg-leg, eyepatch, funny hat style pirates that say things like "Arrrrr!" and "Avast ye!"
:HJ <--- like that guy.

What about the church of the flying spaghetti monster (FSM)? They have a HUGE following.

May you be touched by his noodly appendage...
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I'm specifically referring to the Spanish Inquisition, for which implements of torture were intricately designed to create the greatest suffering without killing a person, that they might have the...

Christianity is also responsible for some of the most horrible crimes in history.
It doesn't necessarily take a belief in Jesus to turn your life around.

I've read McDowell's book. His proofs are simply quotes from people like Abraham Lincoln, etc... it is, in a word (pardon my francois) "crap".

I will be enjoying my family and friends and exchanging gifts with them on Christmas. I fully appreciate the impact of the holiday and I hope you have a happy and merry one! :)

I appreciate your faith. I was there once, but I'm not anymore.
I'm now a slave to logic. God has an open invitation to prove himself to me once and for all, and so far... I'm still waiting.
This...

The bible is a little blurry on the free will subject.
It never actually mentions "free will" or a reasonable facsimilie... it does, however, mention that God interferes with free thought when He...

Though you must admit, there's something to be said for independant thought... isn't there?

I've been through the Christianity thing. For many years of my life I read the bible every day,...

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he...

The old testament is suspect as well.

The eleventh tablet of the oldest written text known to man (The Epic of Gilgamesh) appears to be the original Noah's Ark story.

Not a slam dunk, but very compelling when you consider the religion of many of the Roman soldiers of that time. Mithraism.

(Please don't read the next part)

Mithras, who pre-dated Jesus, was...

In my travels I have not seen evidence that I would consider adequate to convince me that Jesus (the character from the Bible) ever actually existed.
Flavius Josephus wasn't born by the time Jesus...