Recent content by cav scout

Beliefs can be correct or incorrect. Note that I used the word "seems," because if God does exist then disbelief won't actually get you out of any dilemmas.

You've missed my point. I didn't suggest that some people are special and entitled to opinions while others are not. That would be dehumanizing. If you just read what I wrote you will see that I suggested the exact opposite. All human beings are special. The ability of humans to have an...

Disbelief in God in attractive, as it seems to get us out of many dilemmas. But I don't think you can find a satisfactory answer to your question absent a divine creator. If you're really curious then I think Ecclesiastes would be worth pondering. This seems contradictory to me. If you...

Lying is when someone is being untruthful. How did I say or imply that you were not being truthful? Did I say you lied about reading articles? Nope Did I say that you intentionally misrepresented the articles? Nope Did I say that I thought it was likely that you made an unsupported leap to...

Accuse you of lying? I did no such thing. What I accused you of is jumping to a conclusion. Putting a blurb in your signature does not protect you from criticism. You made an unsupported assertion that there is "not enough good role models as leaders in the Army." How do you know that...

You've read a plethora of articles about how "there's not enough good role models as leaders in the army. Or not enough grown-ups if you prefer that"? Seems unlikely. I suspect what you mean is that you have read various article overs years about incidents of rape and sexual assault in the...

What are you guys basing this opinion on?

I'm sorry, but this post is not helpful. It reads like trolling/sarcasm... but this is an RD thread?

Sure, I understand. A too long/didn't watch summary would be: The kingdom of God demands a person's first allegiance. The rich young man was an decent guy, living an excellent life and keeping the religious commandments. He thought highly of himself though, and this was a stumbling block. He...

Here is a good answer to your question (format is similar to a TED Talk).

Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment. I think it's important for a person to be grounded in their beliefs, so as not to be "tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind." Even more important is to to have the courage to change your beliefs if they don't comport with truth.

More the divinity of Jesus than prophecy. And not tarring anyone, just saying that the argument they put forward is, "A priori Jesus could not have predicted the events of 70 AD so accurately (because he wasn't divine), therefore it had to be written in after the fact, therefore we just discount...

Yeah, secular scholars can't believe that Jesus actually predicted the destruction of the temple in the Olivet discourse so they put a "no earlier date" of 70 AD on all of the Gospels. I think Matthew, Luke and Mark (possibly in that order) were written well before 70 AD...

I think it is reasonable to ascribe authorship to the named authors and take the eye witness accounts at face value. No mistranslation, the miraculous spiritual gifts in Acts ceased after the apostolic age. I don't think that someone who falsely claims divinity can be trusted for moral...

I agree with Jesus, the Old Testament is true. I think you are anticipating an argument that I am not making. So would you agree with C.S. Lewis? ---------------- Synoptic gospels were around 60 AD, so more like 25-30 years.