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• The Blaze Invites You to Ask Prominent Atheist Your Most Burning Questions

  May 11, 2012 at 7:37pm

  Ohello
  Are you suggesting that you believe in abiogenesis?
  And you find faith in God unreasonable???
  As to your challenge to objectivly prove that no thing comes from nothing; If you cannot show a state of nothingness has the potential to exist (which btw is oxymoronic) the premise stands. I‘ll concede the point that common sense doesn’t “demand”. However I‘ll point out that you didn’t refute the substance of my post.

• The Blaze Invites You to Ask Prominent Atheist Your Most Burning Questions

  May 10, 2012 at 10:30pm

  My question is in regard to the origin of existence and the necessity that an eternal force (I’ll call that eternal force God) had to be the cause of that origen and all we observe today.
  1. Do you believe that there was ever a time when there was nothing?
  If Yes, there would be nothing now, as nothing produces no thing. In other words you and I do not exist. If No, we agree that there is something that is eternal.
  2. For there to be motion, a preceding force must be present. Do you believe that this “eternal something” had no ability to move?
  If Yes, the would be no motion or change ocurring now as every effect must have a preceding cause.
  If No, We agree that there is an eternal something that contains force, and enough force to produce all that is.
  Now that we agree, as common sense demands, that there is an eternal something that contains enough force to produce motion, we indeed agree that there is a God. Now this may not be proof for the personal God of monotheistic religions, but it is a kind of God consistent in particular with religions adhearing to emanation.
  In regard to monotheism; A personal view of God can only be obtained via faith. This inability to have faith is not Atheism, it is supression.

• Does ‘Protestantism’ Lead to ‘Greater Income Inequality?’

  November 2, 2011 at 7:27am

  Let‘s hope this isn’t an attempt to divide Christiandom, such is the danger of this type of garbage. Government policy dictates the extent to which government is involved in the social services of each community via taxation and redistribution, while churches of all types dictate the extent to which they are involved in the social services in their communities via voluntary giving and charity. Apples and oranges.

• Pope Demands Greater Morals & Ethics in Global Economic Policy

  August 18, 2011 at 9:11pm

  In reply to Johnnyp1958.

  The point that the pope makes about ethics in business is an important one and is consistant with capitalism. Serving each others needs is indeed the very basis of capitalism. The free flow of capital is very important to the growth of an economy and money flows best where there is trust between those who engage in commerce. Where there is mistrust and fear capital doesn’t flow and people starve.

• Wisconsin Supreme Court Backs Controversial Union Law

  June 14, 2011 at 6:54pm

  that’s one for the “good guys”, let’s now hope that the improvement in the state budget actually happens.

• Is Belief in God Ingrained in Our ‘Human Nature’? A New Study Says So

  May 12, 2011 at 7:12pm

  In reply to MrButcher.

  Mrbutcher, we can agree that we don’t know, other than by faith, that there is a God (or gods), but even you must admit it is a possibility, no? So, why so contrary?

• ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’: Pastors Defy IRS by Talking Politics

  September 26, 2010 at 3:12pm

  In reply to Lesterp.

  Please take a minute to think this through. Where religious principals intersect with governence, those principals should be preached with practical application included. For example if your churches position on abortion is pro life, I would expect your preacher to support a pro life candidate as a matter of religious application but not as a political statement for a political party. On the other hand, Do we really want to turn our churches into political action commities? How many unscrupulous men will obtain a ministry for the sole purpose of political power?