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is there ANYTHING that would make you think that you may be wrong?
And in the interest of equality, sceptics, is there anything that might make you think you may be wrong?
And in the interest of equality, sceptics, is there anything that might make you think you may be wrong?
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You know people spend much of time caring for there physical health. Each day, you may invest up to eight hours in sleeping, several hours in cooking and eating, and eight hours or more in working to pay for a place to sleep and food to eat.
If you become ill, you probably spend time and money to see a medical professional or to prepare a traditional remedy. You clean, bathe, and may even exercise regularly, all in the interests of good health.
Maintaining good health, however, involves more than just caring for your physical needs.
But there is something else that plays a powerful role in your well-being. Medical research has shown that your physical health is closely linked with a spiritual health.
This evidence is in harmony with a statement made by Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago. He said: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need.” (Matthew 5:3)
If you become ill, you probably spend time and money to see a medical professional or to prepare a traditional remedy. You clean, bathe, and may even exercise regularly, all in the interests of good health.
Maintaining good health, however, involves more than just caring for your physical needs.
But there is something else that plays a powerful role in your well-being. Medical research has shown that your physical health is closely linked with a spiritual health.
This evidence is in harmony with a statement made by Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago. He said: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need.” (Matthew 5:3)
I think it is true to say that physical and mental health are very closely linked and may include your spiritual side too - if you are happy and content with your life then it follows you will feel generally good about most aspects of life.
If you do that with a religious faith or without one that doesn't matter a jot, what matters is your well being and attitude to others.
If you do that with a religious faith or without one that doesn't matter a jot, what matters is your well being and attitude to others.
Khandro - what is it that the atheists don't comprehend ?
If you mean " Uncomprehending" of religion, first you have to explain why I should be obliged to " comprehend " religion at all. Any more than I should " comprehend " magic, spiritualism, voodoo, table-rapping, tarot readings or crystal-ball gazing.
If you mean " Uncomprehending" of religion, first you have to explain why I should be obliged to " comprehend " religion at all. Any more than I should " comprehend " magic, spiritualism, voodoo, table-rapping, tarot readings or crystal-ball gazing.
If I were out walking the dog and the sky went dark and a big booming voice said, "I am God. The creator of the Universe. There is a Heaven and a Hell...", etc, etc. (you know - brimstone, fire, eternal life, many virgins (depending on your particular religion), and all the other gubbins that goes with a belief in God) and this event was recorded by myself and others around the globe - countless videos and audio recordings of the exact same event happening at the exact same time across the globe... then I would accept that the likelihood of a creator deity that created the universe in which we inhabit and who is directly in control of our quite specific destinies, is true.
But until such a revelation occurs I shall continue to be a sceptic about the literal existence of God.
It's interesting that God could, if He so chose, announce His existence to the peoples of this planet with ease. To believe otherwise is simply absurd. This is the same God that apparently created planets, suns, pulsars, neutron stars, galaxies, globular clusters, black holes, and all the forces that bind them together - the large and small nuclear forces, gravity and electromagnetism - not to mention the quantum dimension. This is the God that the faithful tell us is in control of the very reality we inhabit and yet He is apparently incapable of demonstrating His own existence to the very people He created.
Yet given all the above, the faithful always demand no evidence whatsoever. They blindly believe in the existence of a God despite all physical and logical evidence to the contrary and then have the audacity to claim that it is the sceptic view that needs to be 'proven' - the null hypothesis having never apparently occurred to them...
But until such a revelation occurs I shall continue to be a sceptic about the literal existence of God.
It's interesting that God could, if He so chose, announce His existence to the peoples of this planet with ease. To believe otherwise is simply absurd. This is the same God that apparently created planets, suns, pulsars, neutron stars, galaxies, globular clusters, black holes, and all the forces that bind them together - the large and small nuclear forces, gravity and electromagnetism - not to mention the quantum dimension. This is the God that the faithful tell us is in control of the very reality we inhabit and yet He is apparently incapable of demonstrating His own existence to the very people He created.
Yet given all the above, the faithful always demand no evidence whatsoever. They blindly believe in the existence of a God despite all physical and logical evidence to the contrary and then have the audacity to claim that it is the sceptic view that needs to be 'proven' - the null hypothesis having never apparently occurred to them...
Birdie; Your 26 line essay showing such concern for my spiritual waywardness is very touching, but neither I nor anyone else, as far as I know, has had the "audacity to claim that it is the sceptic view that needs to be 'proven' ", neither am I prepared to sell you my hard-won beliefs - try eBay!
Further, when you finally get to the Pearly Gates, and the angels re-direct you to the place they don't like to call by name before you, but jokingly refer to as "Tower Hamlets", don't say, ol' Khandro didn't warn you. :0)
Further, when you finally get to the Pearly Gates, and the angels re-direct you to the place they don't like to call by name before you, but jokingly refer to as "Tower Hamlets", don't say, ol' Khandro didn't warn you. :0)
