[duffyd]

Belief is acceptance of a hypothesis in the absence of facts.

"Belief is acceptance of a hypothesis in the absence of facts." Our local dictionary. That may be your definition but is isn't the definition. Come on folks. You can't be serious. You got nothing. NOTHING.

[Kryptid]

Like our favorite commenter who cannot make a sound without making a nuisance of herself.

Who are you talking about?

[duffyd]

Like our favorite commenter who cannot make a sound without making a nuisance of herself.

Who are you talking about?

300 guesses. Miss Delight. She who loves nothing better than to mind her own business and only intrudes when she learns boundaries and that there is indeed a GOD and she is not Him.

[Kryptid]

300 guesses. Miss Delight. She who loves nothing better than to mind her own business and only intrudes when she learns boundaries and that there is indeed a GOD and she is not Him.

The reason I ask is because I wasn't aware that any women were in this thread.

[duffyd]

Well, you may be right. Whatever this thing is, male or female, or you, she keeps forgetting she ain't gawd.
Now, let me ak you a question. Forget the mantra, "Cause there's no evidence" nonsense  for 5 minutes and explain why GOD doesn't make sense. Is GOD really so unlikely? I realize you hate him and pay lip service to your doctrine "there's no evidence." So, that has nothing to do with why you reject and hate him. What gives? What is so impossible about there being GOD?

Do me a favor and toss the company bull for 5 minutes and just tell me what's up

[Bored chemist]

That may be your definition but is isn't the definition.

It's pretty close to Google's definition.
"belief
/bɪˈliːf/

noun
1.
an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.
"

Also you have falsely attributed it to me.
And you say we are the ones who have nothing...

[Bored chemist]

Forget the mantra, "Cause there's no evidence" nonsense 

On a science site, the suggestion that we abandon the focus on evidence is nonsense.

You also suffer from the common (among some groups), but fundamentally absurd idea that people hate things they don't even believe in.

Do you hate Voldemort?

What is so impossible about there being GOD?

I don't think anyone said that God is impossible.
The one described in the Bible is impossibly self-contradictory.

The big problem with God is that He is unnecessary. He fails Occam's razor.

And, of course, there's the underlying issue that "Goddidit" isn't actually an answer to anything.
Q Where did the Universe come from
A Goddidit

Q Where did God come from
A You are not allowed to ask that.

It's just a cop-out failure to answer any actual question.

[alancalverd]

You got nothing. NOTHING.

On the contrary, some of us are pointing out that your preaching is without sound foundation or demonstrable proof. We don't need anything.

[alancalverd]

What Jesus actually preached was and is HE IS GOD

Had he done so, the charge of blasphemy would have been upheld. But:  Luke 23:4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no fault in this Man."

You really ought to read the bible before misrepresenting Jesus.

[Petrochemicals]

im by no means a scientist or even highly educated. but the last 20 odd years (since the internet) it always seems to be my hobby to learn about all things science. if i could have my life over i would have studied hard and tried to become some kind of braniac.

so in all my reading about all kinds of subjects there is always the same common underlying theme that is there if you decide to see it. that the religions of the world are just wrong.

there is so much scientific and mathematical evidence against the bible that it is just staggering that any educated (scientific) person accepts it. for a laymen i get it. the whole 'feel good' or 'someone watching down upon us' is a very sobering thought. and if you dont know any better than why not believe it. (that used to be me) but anyone that bothers to invest the time to learn about the world around us and learns a bit from each field of science(and maths) can easily see that the bible just simply does not correspond with what we observe in the world. (this is inherently different to the concept of a creator though)

so, given all the knowledge that man has now, why do people still consider the bible as 'more' than a story book

because after initial denials, the sientist would be repeatedly harrasses, interfiered with and percecuted by the churchies time and time again until his life where no longer worth living, under pain of death he would be forced to relent and say superficially that he accepts the bible just to please his harassers who are unrelenting in their self appointed positions.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2014/sep/24/martyrs-science-history-galileo-nazi

[Petrochemicals]

sadly many measures were taken to increase the suffering of Bruno

Like our favorite commenter who cannot make a sound without making a nuisance of herself.

Kinky churches ?

[duffyd]

You got nothing. NOTHING.

On the contrary, some of us are pointing out that your preaching is without sound foundation or demonstrable proof. We don't need anything.

Is that right? I see. Well, the good news is at least you know he was a radical rabbi. Oh yes. And they killed him cause he got on their nerves. Nothing unusual. Other than that, you can't really say. You don't know who spoke about the pure in heart, the meek and the merciful. Paul didn't get blinded. Pete didn't rise up and shout throughout time that JESUS rose from the dead. Jimbo lied and died cause he thought death was better than life, big brother must know. Matty, Johnny, Bart, Tommy, those guys went along for the ride, didn't have jobs or next of kin. The slick money making publishers got rich for a fairy tale hit. We got fools bigger than Mars. They believe everything except for their scars, fed to lions, cut in half.

[duffyd]

Imagine all over the world a billion folks celebrating Easter. Not bad for a song and dance man, a fairy tale preacher boy, messin with Rome's power, over the land he gave his descendants, Abe says Hi. Look into that man's eyes and you see eternity past  and every dream ever been dreamed as you hope to see your part in the passion play.
Maybe they are right after all. I'm too old now to believe in mystery and love and impossibility

[jeffreyH]

Who wrote the pentateuch?

[duffyd]

Who wrote the pentateuch?

Who?
That preacher boy of way out stuff got murdered for nothin much. What was it he said led to nails through his throat? Surely you must know, least that's what you said.

[jeffreyH]

Do you actually know what I am talking about? Go on, Google it.

[duffyd]

Why take him to Caiaphas, Pilate, Fat Herod? Couldn't make him talk much, no matter what they said, all alone, just enough to punch his face, slice up his back, prance him in purple splendor blood flowin down all over the place. Fairy tales ain't supposed to bleed bright crimson red and mom cryin out for her dead.

[jeffreyH]

Now you do sound like a troll. I'll give you a clue. Ignore Joshua through Malaki.

[jeffreyH]

Your posting seems to have stopped. Frantic googling? Maybe you just haven't read your Bible and you are a troll.

[duffyd]

jeffrey go find alan. come back when he and i are through. got to take your turn. you seen pyramideous? call him, too