ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
better question: where was God before he was God
[Cynical] So much of white-collar American industry is worthless committees/meetings/e-mails that are only created to preserve an image that it is indispensable. [/thoughts]
Why did God stop doing all his fun earthly activities as people's intelligence increased through out time?
Whenever I get into a longer discussion about the Bible with someone and I find out they're a literalist/fundamentalist, I immediately turn my questioning and attention to Revelation.
pretty sure there were 'miracles' after the death of J Money
Say more? I'm not an expert on any of this, mind you.....just trying to explain why I think that belief in God and intelligence are not mutually exclusive.
My favorite part has to be the end of John:
"Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written."
This is the end of the book of John. This is after Jesus has been crucified and risen. He shows back up to his followers who see him, he reinstates Peter, and then he "did many other things as well" but it's too much to talk about.
Acts then picks up by him going up to Heaven. It's amazing to me that Jesus is crucified, returns to earth, does "many other things as well" (but are just not included in the Bible), and only then some indeterminate time later does zombie Jesus ascend to the heavens.
Aren't religious people curious about what "many other things" Jesus did? I sure as hell am and I'm not religious at all.
I hear you. From my perspective, it's a pretty big stretch to believe that matter and energy simply appeared from nothing. I understand that your perspective assumes that all things can be explained by science eventually, but I find that unreasonable given that there's no plausible explanation for why the universe exists. Since there is no OTHER plausible reason for the existence of the universe, it's not unreasonable to believe in a creator, unless you are simply refusing to acknowledge the possibility of a creator and therefore have to depend on "someday science."
Believing in a 'god' and believing in non sense in the Bible are pretty far apart
Believing in a 'god' and believing in non sense in the Bible are pretty far apart