[quote]Legionary wrote:
Presuming the characteristics of such a God is beyond human knowledge. Arrogant in that of all the Universe which is incomprehensible in its scale that some people believe with no reservations that God took a special interest and an active role in uplifting…(insert nation/religion) True, I logically have to keep that possibility open but everything we can observe on this Earth and in the Universe around us leads me to the opposite conclusion, which by no means is concrete. [/quote]You have a lot of reading to do. Trust me. These threads address your skepticism.
Some more old stuff:
[quote]Severiano wrote:<<< We are the ones who utilize reason and knowledge. >>>[/quote]You DO utilize reason and knowledge. EV REE BUDDY does. Couldn’t avoid them if you wanted to. Created in the image of the super logical God. That’s the point. [quote]Severiano wrote:<<< From an A priori standpoint there is no evidence for a God, AT ALL. >>>[/quote]From an A priori standpoint there is no particle of knowledge in all of existence, and ESPECIALLY man as created in His image, that IS NOT a clear and inescapable PROCLAMATION of not just any God, but my triune God of the bible. Trust me. You have not thought this through. The problem is not a lack of evidence. The problem is man’s blindness in sin. [quote]Severiano wrote:<<< though unless you want to take a position against the Catholic Philosopher Alvin Plantinga (who I am an avid fan of) >>>[/quote]My position is against every philosopher you ever heard of my friend. Couldn’t be otherwise. Laugh if you must. I’m used to it. [quote]Severiano wrote:<<< I’ll check out your thread, I have avoided it on purpose for a while. But if you say I should look at it, I will. [/quote]You should. It will take an investment of time though because, nuthin personal, but I am not typing all that over again. Take some time seriously. You might be surprised at how stimulating some of those exchanges are. I’m not saying that just because I’m in the middle of them. There are numerous far older threads and a couple thousand years of church history wherein this discussion has taken place. [quote]Severiano wrote:<<< To me this makes absolutely no sense at all. You claim to be a metaphysics man, but then you follow none of the rules or that even Plantinga follows, who is THE Philosophical mental giant as far as Catholicism goes. If you don’t agree with him, we are playing on different ball fields. Completely different. To me, it looks like you are making excuses to hold your position, but I could be wrong. I’m saying it just does not follow (in my mind). [/quote]My dear friend? You n I are gonna get along. =] This is brilliant and ABSOLUTELY right on. We are on COMPLETELY different ball fields. AND, the EXACT same one at the EXACT same time. Yes, not only does that make total sense, but it is the ONLY thing that does. Man has throughout his history, by virtue of the remaining though sinfully broken image of God, been so absolutely RIGHT about so very much of what he’s observed and published. While, due to this brokenness in sin, being so ABSOLUTELY wrong about how and why he’s right about it. This has led him to utterly corrupt and perverse conclusions even from the things he’s right about. I pray you will do some reading. It’s all there.