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@secularmerlin
Genesis 1:25-27 and Genesis 2:18-19 specifically.One claims man was made before animals and the other claims that animals were made before man.
Untrue.
Nope. Your imagination remains unconvincing.
Genesis 1:25-27 and Genesis 2:18-19 specifically.One claims man was made before animals and the other claims that animals were made before man.
About 1.3 million species have been identified and described, it's estimated another 7 million still have yet to be identified.The animals had been formed already, they were brought to Adam to be named.
So, you teach discrepancies, lead discrepancy studies and read discrepancies every day.I'm not going to say there aren't discrepanciesI do teach the bible, I lead bible studies, and I read the bible everyday.
I also might be taking my education in these matters for granted.
Maybe Adam is still naming things to this day. Adam is, after all, another name for man or mankind.
You are, after all, someone who denies the existence of God, which is a foolish and superstitious position. If you have been duped into adopting a position which literally denies the reality of Truth, I could just as easily call you credulous and gullible.
What do you have from the time period that says otherwise?
We are in agreement that there is no reason to accept any claim of free will are we not?
Yet the concept of God has been with all or almost all civilizations. Almost all people know of God or gods.Argument ad populum
try making sense of origins, morality, truth, existence, without first presupposing GodArgument from ignorance.
you don't know God via personal experience since you don't trust in Him. You don't see how He works for the better in your life. If you knew God you would not deny Him His existence. If you truly believed He would confirm Himself to you in all things. He would show you and help you to draw near to Him. Your life would be radically altered and affected.bald assertion
Do you know of many people that are rational who don't know of God or gods?
Demonstrated in arguments such as the moral argument. Make sense of morality from a relativist standpoint. On abortion, why is your preference any better than mine? What is your standard for "better?"
I'm not the one denying God. You are.
Do you know of many people that are rational who don't know of God or gods?Begging the question, band wagon fallacy, dogmatism fallacy.
Demonstrated in arguments such as the moral argument. Make sense of morality from a relativist standpoint. On abortion, why is your preference any better than mine? What is your standard for "better?"Better is a subjective view. They may or may not have different utilities but better is not a quantifiable fact it is a qualified opinion.
I'm not the one denying God. You are.I am not making a claim either way. I am simply unable to maintain a belief in the absence of sufficient evidence.
My perspective as a living being that wants to continue living nearly guarantees that I will be of the subjective opinion that my life us important. That is qualia not quanta.
Beliefs are not a choice. One cannot simply choose to believe something that one considers false.
So you can't say the same for another person who is faced with the same life-threatening situation. Is it just opinion, once again, or is it objective and universal (i.e., applying to everyone?) The problem is that if all morals are relative you can't say it is wrong, or better. It just is (descriptive, not prescriptive). It is just something you like or dislike.