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I'm currently working on Foucault and I'd love to engage in a bit of online discussion of his ideas.. Any takers? If so, just jump in anywhere. It all connects...

Ok.... Here goes, for a third time.

There are amazingly interesting views on this in Sigmund Freud's

The Future of an Illusion.

It's a book. It's literature, actually. This forum is...

I believe it is very much possible to simply will the good.

It's entirely possible to be an atheist (which I am not) and do only what is right, to love every neighbor, because one WILLS THE GOOD....

Ok, here it is. Ready? Here's the answer...

Jesus IS god insofar as people actually worship him.
People worship Jesus = Jesus is god to those people. QED.

HOWEVER...

There is also...

[QUOTE=bhekti]Can people really get along and do what is right when they don't believe in God?

I love this question! (Indeed, this is THE question, isn't it?)

I believe that people...

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Of course not!!!

...that was an easy one... :D

The purpose of life is to create purpose for your life in a obstensibly purposeless existence.

Man created God to avoid the problem. Whether God created man or not is of no consequence. ...

You know that's funny... now that you mention it, I am also mildly allergic to bananas. they give me a dreadful stomach ache (like no other food.)

I am, however, not an atheist. (Takes far too...

Whiffling, as much as I have enjoyed your allegorical representations of the almighty, they are becoming magnificently redundant.

However, worry ye not, for I bestow unto thee a dancing banana. ...

That was certainly interesting.

I suggest that you read a short story by Camus called "The Guest" from his Exile and the Kingdom. Or perhaps one by Sartre, not as good though, entitled "The Wall." These are quick glimpses into...

Pendragon, I have a feeling that you and I are in total agreement of God and evolution -- now I see what it is you're saying.

I'm also a creationist. However, I'm a creative-evolutionist. (I...

Greenburke, you say that when you use the term 'evolution' you are referring to the theory that those 5 phenomena take place "without God" however, those theories don't say anything about taking...

What an excellent point!

Aye, 'tis. 'Tis indeed. But I fight on the side of the good, so the spirit of the ultimate good is with me. The spirit of love, of truth, and of freedom! Such divine, such holy gifts of God!

"If there is sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."
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Agreed. Very much agreed.

Stanislaw, you make a good point, but we non-christians must fight the good fight! We're trying to set souls free! :angel: :nod:

Pendragon, I see what you are saying about philosophy, but the thing is that that is the point!

Evolution doesn't dispute that there is a creator, it disputes the literal interpretation of...

PerAnnum,
I was all too certain that your argument was going to cite the atemporality of God. While specious it certainly is, the reason that that argument doesn't hold any water is quite...

Also Bhetki, I take no offense at your tone. Be ye assured, there are no hard feelings for you here my brother. :p

Wow! So what you're saying is this... I was skeptical, so I got skeptical about skepticism, so then I wasn't skeptical anymore, because being skeptical should include being skeptical about...

I believe that I can give you an 'amen' to that one dear sister! Testify!

Bear in mind that John Piper is a Calvinist. He agrees with the reading of the Bible that I'm addressing.

Countess, I do understand that point of view quite clearly. The problem is that according to the Bible, God created some men UNABLE to make the choice to which you (and Josh Piper) refer, that is,...