tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post8011144081023654788..comments2023-09-07T12:03:43.350-07:00Comments on Theological Sushi: There Is No Intellectual Problem with Biblical ChristianityB. C. Hodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-88122336494160951152013-06-26T20:32:57.965-07:002013-06-26T20:32:57.965-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-47533693414552925922013-06-26T14:16:01.033-07:002013-06-26T14:16:01.033-07:00Hahaha. You'll go down to your grave not under...Hahaha. You'll go down to your grave not understanding my arguments. I can't explain to those who cannot comprehend a simple argument. Even now, you don't get that I've completely dismantled your atheism. You just keep on keepin' on. In any case, this has been fun, but your comments, as always, have nothing but assertion without substance, so they're a waste of time to read and will be deleted. I've given you numerous chances to produce an actual, real-life, grown-up argument, but you insist on stating your conclusions as your premises, and that is what makes your chosen monicker so ironic. Fare thee well, "Thinker." Do your best to maintain that illusion that your system isn't completely bankrupt of logic, morality, and any self awareness.B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-42848476682463833182013-06-26T12:41:25.959-07:002013-06-26T12:41:25.959-07:00And I suppose "reasonable" faith is deny...And I suppose "reasonable" faith is denying most of what modern science says in order to make your worldview tenable? Yeah, that's reasonable. You didn't refute what I said, you merely patted yourself on the back and declared victory prematurely while every argument you made presupposed biblical inerrancy and simply made a game out of semantics. And please don't lecture me on "might makes right" sensibility, that's what your entire ethical system is founded on, and that's why divine command theory is classified under ethical subjectivism. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-65942995463970553742013-06-26T12:38:36.980-07:002013-06-26T12:38:36.980-07:00Oh, and thanks for the encouragement. If uncritica...Oh, and thanks for the encouragement. If uncritical people find my stuff to be anti-intellectual, I'm on the right track. So I will keep it up. Thanks.B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-69452672165152914242013-06-26T12:19:13.871-07:002013-06-26T12:19:13.871-07:00It's funny how we remember things. I remember ...It's funny how we remember things. I remember actually refuting everything you said. You evidenced an ignorance of archaeology, an ignorance of what the Bible actually says, and nothing but blind assertion based upon a self refuting system. Even now, you appeal to what you think is evidence, but it is merely based upon your metaphysical beliefs that are self refuting. In case you don't understand what that means, it means that your whole view of reality is faith-based and false. So good luck with your increase in numbers. An idiocracy apparently is what you seek. I guess, in the end, that's all atheism has: the desire to seek the majority vote. Since no truth can be established therein, it can only be a world of might makes right, not a world of reasonable faith.B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-31023430931657583542013-06-26T09:50:37.120-07:002013-06-26T09:50:37.120-07:00You have no real arguments backing up your belief ...You have no real arguments backing up your belief system that aren't just vain attempts to swallow how absurd they are and I caught you contradicting yourself numerous times. <br /><br />It isn't a lack of education that is leading people away from Christianity, it is having more education and critical thinking skills. The biggest and blindest assertions are always made by those of religious faith like yourself. You have little to no scientific or archaeological evidence backing up most of your beliefs and we established that before & that you believe in it on faith. <br /><br />So yes keep being fundamental - people like you will always keep the faith - and that's fine with me - as long as people like you decrease in numbers. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-29983144515759268902013-06-26T03:34:54.502-07:002013-06-26T03:34:54.502-07:00And I want you to keep making blind assertions abo...And I want you to keep making blind assertions about reality that are rooted in a self refuting belief system. It strengthens my Christian fundamentalism. It also lets me know that you have no real argument. Keep it up. But, as I said before, don't do it here. If you want to make a real argument, go for it. If all you're going to do all day is call your opponents names because it makes you feel better about your cult, I'm just going to delete your posts.B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-40645402811712916472013-06-26T02:37:07.287-07:002013-06-26T02:37:07.287-07:00Your response makes my point. "It's my wa...Your response makes my point. "It's my way or the highway!" Your way of course is hard line Calvinism - something most other Christians see as totally absurd. Hey I want you to be a fundamentalist. It helps make more atheists. That's because your worldviews are incompatible with reality, although you will never see it. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-14010325827363823682013-06-26T01:57:26.345-07:002013-06-26T01:57:26.345-07:00"The fool says to himself, 'There is no G..."The fool says to himself, 'There is no God.'" I've seen nothing in your fallacious arguments that prove otherwise. The fact that atheists have to posture themselves as intellectuals by using logical fallacies, most of which consist of ad hominem or question begging, displays the intellectual bankruptcy of such a dogmatic, fundamentalist religion as is atheism.B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-57202657406927462472013-06-26T01:53:06.587-07:002013-06-26T01:53:06.587-07:00Stupidity is the cause of atheism. If you see a ri...Stupidity is the cause of atheism. If you see a rise in it, you know what kind of culture it is in which you thrive.B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-36515174950374464042013-06-26T01:46:52.265-07:002013-06-26T01:46:52.265-07:00I think the slow death of Christianity is mainly d...I think the slow death of Christianity is mainly due to hard line, dogmatic, fundamentalists like you. Nothing helps create more atheists/agnostics then pitting modern scientific beliefs up against the rigid, unchanging nature of scripture. So please, I urge you, be as conservative, as fundamental and as dogmatic as you possibly can about your Christian beliefs. Don't give the homosexual agenda and those godless darwinists an inch! The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-81005085263916316972013-06-07T15:51:54.344-07:002013-06-07T15:51:54.344-07:00I think you're absolutely right, Ben. You can ...I think you're absolutely right, Ben. You can see this when liberals constantly allow people to share reasons why they don't believe or why they doubt, but don't allow anyone to answer those questions. "We don't want to hear any of those answers" is the mentality. The fact of the matter is that people want to see incoherence, chaos, confusion, contradiction, etc. because it allows them to no longer be bound to a higher authority than self. If I can wipe out the clear voice of Scripture and historic Christianity then I get to be the one in authority for myself.<br /><br />Couple this with God's giving them over, and you end with them being embittered toward anyone who sees more clearly than they do. Hence, they are constantly on the attack and guarded against anyone who might have insight into answers that establish rather than disestablish orthodox Christianity.<br /><br />As you've said, there are many people who have doubts and ask questions, largely due to the conflict caused by alternate necessary beliefs, but believers are taken through the fire and remain believers. False believers are burned up in the fire and their new "faith" is nothing but the opposite of genuine Christianity. The Spirit's hold on a person's life, then, as a true believer makes all the difference in the world. B. C. Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828477115799852133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376955256463224749.post-12831401703086258222013-06-07T06:24:09.074-07:002013-06-07T06:24:09.074-07:00Spot on. Have you read any atheists/agnostics/libe...Spot on. Have you read any atheists/agnostics/liberal Christians who recognize the above?<br /><br />I think Edwards's thinking about the affections has to come into this, too. i.e., is it possible to think you have a particular ultimate belief (i.e. inerrancy), but then for it to be revealed (whether this person realizes it or not), that they never really *wanted* to believe in that more than any other alternative?<br /><br />I ask this because when I had a crisis of faith a few years ago, *everything* was demolished: I didn't know what I believed about much of anything, other than that Christ had changed me in some way. It was only because I *wanted* to trust in Him that I looked for answers that would support belief in His Word's trustworthiness, whereas I know that if I hadn't wanted that ultimate belief to be true, I wouldn't have persevered and picked up the pieces.Ben Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320578490724889835noreply@blogger.com