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Consider this logical truth, there can be no more than 1 belief that is correct, but it could be 0.
There are hundreds of thousands of gods, and countless more that were never invented. Most of them contradict each other, therefore they can not all be true. Because of this we can infer that no more than one can be correct, but it could still be 0.
The overwhelming majority of religions are obviously invented, but you can only tell when you look at all of them, and not when you look at just one.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Did you witness god writing the bible, or was it written down by men who were divinely inspired? How do you know that it is in fact, the word of god?
This is more or less the same conversation from the other thread, so we can just continue it here or there if you are interested.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Any honest American should know that innocence is supposed to prevail in our land until guilt is proven. The KJV should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Has anyone proven it guilty? No. Has any scholar actually PROVEN that there are errors in the King James Bible? No. Enemies of the KJV delight in IGNORING the facts about the Authorized Version, while never PROVING anything. All apparent "errors" in the KJV can be explained through prayer and a careful study of the scriptures, but the opponents of the KJV aren't interested in looking for TRUTH; they're interested attacking God's word, while never proving anything. I know the KJV is the word of God, because, over nearly four hundred years, no one has proven otherwise
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Ok, so I just read your post on the other thread and to summarize what you said, is that the Baptists are the only Christian denomination besides Catholics who use the KJV of the bible.
But before we can say that this proves Baptists correct, we need to prove that the KJV of the bible is accurate in and of itself.
What test or analysis can we do to show that it is in fact, god's word and not say, made up by con-men and people who wanted power and authority via religion?
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Suppose I wrote an epic novel about witches and wizards battling it out for the heart of their school against a dark wizard.
Would it be right to assume this is true just because it is in a book, or would you rather more evidence?
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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If we, on the other hand, agree that religion can evolve with time and can be interpreted subjectively, then no denomination is either "correct" or "incorrect"; each denomination is correct in its own right.
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Above you wrote that the KJV should be considered innocent until proven guilty. While I would certainly agree that this is an excellent stance in criminal court, I am not convinced that this should be the standard for knowledge.
There are tons of other religions, many of which have no ties to Christianity, for example Buddhism and Hinduism. How do we know then that the works of these other religions is not correct, since they have also not been proven guilty?
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Why does a Christian denomination have to be true? Isn't it possible for another non-Christian religion to be correct?
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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This doesn't solve the problem though.
Suppose a Buddhist feels the same way about their beliefs that you do about Jesus. Both of you can not be right, as I demonstrated above.
How can we prove who if anyone is right?
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Even if we don't consider other religions, we still run into a similar problem, because their is massive disagreement even between the most similar Christian denominations, and similarly, no more than one can be true (it could still be 0).
You have stated that the KJV of the bible is more accurate and has not be modified, but you have also admitted that some other denominations use the KJV.
So we still need an answer then, of a way to confirm which is the correct religion. Do you have any ideas of how this might be done?
Maybe you can start by talking about your own faith if you don't know a way off the top of your head. Tell me what gives you your god beliefs, and specifically draws you to be a Baptist Christian.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Unless we find one day something like a book that has been proven to have been written by Jesus of Nazareth, we can only partially know what he believed, and hence a fully authentic version of Christianity cannot be reconstructed.
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You can not convert me, but have you tried to convert yourself?
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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You asked a question and then answered it . So the Westboro Baptist’s are correct right?
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War is not about hate, war is about politics, which is about resources and their distribution.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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You, like others who think their particular brands are #1, keep running away from moral questions.
This brings ridicule to your religion and that is the worst thing a religionist can do.
Regards
DL
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If you are going to give time authority, my time is bigger than your time.
My god is also more moral than all genocidal gods like yours, because, in over nearly 6,000 years, no one has proven otherwise.
Regards
DL
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Yes and no. Don't you hate that.
Is it not political hate, --- created by the fact that the "enemy" has and is profiting from the resources, --- that provides the impetus for the war?
Regards
DL
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It's more complex than that. It is true that anger, fear, and resentment and be a critical determining factor in the escalation or foundation of conflict, but often these emotions are artificially generated rather than natural.
That is to say, the decision for war predicated the emotional attachment to that conflict.
Sometimes an emotional leader will get in control of a military, in which case the relationship can flip flop, and the emotions come first and the thinking comes second, but even this doesn't usually justify conflict unless there is some event to spark the conflict and some greater reason to have that conflict.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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What you put reminds me of the rumors right after Pearl Harbor, when some thought that the U.S. government intentionally allowed the attack to shift the public opinion of those who did not want to enter WWII.
That and Bush invoking god as his impetus to attack Iraq.
Regards
DL
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