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#141
06-24-2007, 11:45 AM
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Re: Ask a Catholic?
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The Wager posits that it is a better "bet" to believe that God exists than not to believe, because the expected value of believing (which Pascal assessed as infinite) is always greater than the expected value of not believing. In Pascal's assessment, it is inexcusable not to investigate this issue: [/ QUOTE ] See? It's +EV to believe in God. 
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#143
06-24-2007, 02:57 PM
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Re: Ask a Catholic?
Is the crazy jesus warrior lady a common thing in christianity?
crazy jesus lady from trading spouses
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#144
06-24-2007, 03:06 PM
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[ QUOTE ] I believe what your asking here is why Catholocism over all else. To be completely honest, i was raised Catholic but didn't choose to follow Christ until a few years ago. Christ is the way the truth and the life and through the Eucharist he gives himself to mankind. [/ QUOTE ] What (exactly) does choosing to follow christ mean if you're raised a christian? And what made you become more serious about religion? Why do you find it so hard to answer questions about evolution, Adam & Eve and the age of the universe directly, and instead resort to humor and deflection? Surely you should stand up for your beliefs, whatever they are? [/ QUOTE ] C'mon guys, obviously he doesn't know what they are and hasn't thought about it a lot, so how is he going to tell you? He's all over the map when he's open on stuff, and when he's out of his depth, he closes up. If you're looking for consistency and coherence, you came to the wrong place. There's nothing surprising about that.
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#145
06-24-2007, 03:08 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] y are all the priest in ur religion doing the whole Micheal Jackson move? I mean comn no other religion has this going on [/ QUOTE ] As sad as it is, pedofelia is everywhere, the media exploits it in religion because they know it will create controversy and they will make more money through that controversy, imo. Catholocism is the biggest church in the world, it's a giant target as is other big religions. The media will be exploiting every human error and flaw in anyone they can. [/ QUOTE ] very good answer gotta give u props for that [/ QUOTE ] Islam is bigger and faster growing.
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#146
06-24-2007, 03:30 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I believe what your asking here is why Catholocism over all else. To be completely honest, i was raised Catholic but didn't choose to follow Christ until a few years ago. Christ is the way the truth and the life and through the Eucharist he gives himself to mankind. [/ QUOTE ] What (exactly) does choosing to follow christ mean if you're raised a christian? And what made you become more serious about religion? Why do you find it so hard to answer questions about evolution, Adam & Eve and the age of the universe directly, and instead resort to humor and deflection? Surely you should stand up for your beliefs, whatever they are? [/ QUOTE ] C'mon guys, obviously he doesn't know what they are and hasn't thought about it a lot, so how is he going to tell you? He's all over the map when he's open on stuff, and when he's out of his depth, he closes up. If you're looking for consistency and coherence, you came to the wrong place. There's nothing surprising about that. [/ QUOTE ] ok, i make my answers concise as i can, and only touch the tip of the iceberg with this stuff. i can't answer all of their questions with in depth 5 paragraph essays like you would like me too. i consistently ask if someone wants sources, and this is my first real thread so i'm sorry if i'm not ne good. my shift key is broken and it's annoying the hell outta me. sorry if it's not what you wanted, ij
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#147
06-24-2007, 03:31 PM
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Is the crazy jesus warrior lady a common thing in christianity? crazy jesus lady from trading spouses [/ QUOTE ] i know a lot of catholics, and probably...one or two are like that, but think about it, there are people crazy about random stuff everywhere.
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#148
06-24-2007, 03:31 PM
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[ QUOTE ] The Wager posits that it is a better "bet" to believe that God exists than not to believe, because the expected value of believing (which Pascal assessed as infinite) is always greater than the expected value of not believing. In Pascal's assessment, it is inexcusable not to investigate this issue: [/ QUOTE ] See? It's +EV to believe in God. [/ QUOTE ] qft
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#149
06-24-2007, 03:34 PM
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Thanks for answering my previous questions. Got 1 more that I forgot. Lets say that Im a really good person, almost never lie, never kill, Im nice to everybody I meet, donate to a charity (lets say a Cancer Charity), do community service, but Don't believe in God despite being given numerous opportunities to do so. I die and turns out God is for real, do you think God would let me into heaven? Do you think I would deserve to go to heaven? [/ QUOTE ] it says in the bible that christ says that you can only reach the father through me...like i said, no one knows or has any physical evidence beyond what christ has revealed. here is a story, i'm sorry my shift button is broke...and this keyboard blows. 5 years ago my moms best friend was in the hospital for some reason, and the nurse accidentally overdosed her with pain killers...by a lot. if i remember correctly she went into cardiac arrest and was dead for all but 10 seconds or so. she said to my mom, when i died i was in heaven and i was speaking to god and he said, it is not your time yet. she said it was the most euphoric feeling of happiness she has ever experienced, when she was recessitated, she told everyone about her experience. hope this helps with the whole evidence of heaven thing.
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#150
06-24-2007, 03:35 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] y are all the priest in ur religion doing the whole Micheal Jackson move? I mean comn no other religion has this going on [/ QUOTE ] As sad as it is, pedofelia is everywhere, the media exploits it in religion because they know it will create controversy and they will make more money through that controversy, imo. Catholocism is the biggest church in the world, it's a giant target as is other big religions. The media will be exploiting every human error and flaw in anyone they can. [/ QUOTE ] very good answer gotta give u props for that [/ QUOTE ] Islam is bigger and faster growing. [/ QUOTE ] i'm not very good with statistics, but i'll look into it later when i have more time available.
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