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Originally Posted by onion
1. Yes it is much easier to believe in something with proof. But faith is another matter. Dictionary.com describes Faith as this: "belief that is not based on proof". Faith in science or religion is all based on proof, yes there's facts of both, yes science has more facts. This is why being Christian is on Faith.
2. Yes it is easier to put a belief in something with more facts. The bible says "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it" Matthew 7:13. Through this verse we can assume the people going to Heaven will not be many. So based off what you heard about humans like to believe what is based with facts, is true. But the question I ask is, how do you know your facts are facts? You don't, you believe what you hear, and what schools teach. I'm not saying some of these are true but I will show you what I mean in a minute. And I will agree with you this argument goes both ways, however I personally believe that science and every religion is simply there to avoid God. They want answers against God, so they say well because of this and this, there is no God. When in reality God is evident and factual through His creation. Again I will show you an example about the big bang in a minute.
3. The Bible does say God created other planets:
Genesis 1:14-16 (New American Standard Bible) 14Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.
16God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
3. God created man to have a relationship with Him but we are born into darkness so we invent all these other means to escape being with God because we "love darkness rather than light". "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil." John 3:19 this is what we will be judged upon. We love the Light or we love darkness. |
Considering proof is needed to validate all fact, then the definition of faith in 1. implies that faith has not been validated, unlike scientific observances. QED we can ignore 2. and 3.
I'll only address one part of the debate so as not to fuel it - it's already gotten to a very advanced stage
So what image do we get of God? Someone who is completely uninterested with the plight of humans, and only wishes to save those who will worship him without questioning. He is content with condemning the hard working, the charitable, the concerned and the kind to eternal torture. Meanwhile Satan doesn't mind who joins his ranks, so long as they don't adhere to the dehumanised ranks of religion.
And you expect us to be CHRISTIANS?