Not to offend the christians, they love to say "Bible say this, bible say that."
Originally posted by Rooney9:so what if the prophecies is true? how u get the figures that 2000 prophecies are true? what source did you obtained from? pardon me for my cynicism, as I dun trust when people quoted figures and stats to me. you cant trust people words these days. then what happened to the 500 prophecies if 2000 are correct?
so what of everyone is correct, does it help to prevent people from dying, does it help with poverty in some poor countries? as mentioned earlier, if your prophesy can save 200,000 lives lost from the 2004 tsunamis, then its a good prophesy as its purpose saves lives. of the 2000 prophecies, how many of them did save lives and improve the quality of the people? if it did not serve a purpose, then whats the use of it? its just like seeing a fortune teller, he told me to avoid driving in december, but never tell me how to drive without any incident in december. whats the use of telling me that? if I drive in december, can he accurately tell me the exact date and time where the incident occur so that I can avoid driving that day, save the problem once and for all, isnt it.
So you actually believe that your purpose for being a human and coming to Earth is just for a holiday where nobody should die?
If the prophecies were to be given an exact date and time, would they even be fulfilled? Don't you know why God encodes bible prophecies(e.g beast= kingdom)? And if they were to be fulfilled literally, given an exact date and time, wouldn't God need to play with 6.8Billion lives on a chessboard?
Originally posted by Larryteo:So you actually believe that your purpose for being a human and coming to Earth is just for a holiday where nobody should die?
If the prophecies were to be given an exact date and time, would they even be fulfilled? Don't you know why God encodes bible prophecies(e.g beast= kingdom)? And if they were to be fulfilled literally, given an exact date and time, wouldn't God need to play with 6.8Billion lives on a chessboard?
that lies the paradoxes isnt it. you can point out this very clearly, but you cant even see there lies the paradox of the concept. alas, what you are doing is defending the concept, which the more you defend, the more paradox and incoherence it appear.
thats what I am trying to say all along.
Nobody can predict the futures.
Bible say can, I say rubbish.
Originally posted by likeyou:Nobody can predict the futures.
Bible say can, I say rubbish.
You say rubbish indeed. LOL.
Originally posted by Rooney9:that lies the paradoxes isnt it. you can point out this very clearly, but you cant even see there lies the paradox of the concept. alas, what you are doing is defending the concept, which the more you defend, the more paradox and incoherence it appear.
thats what I am trying to say all along.
paradox here parodox there. I don't see any paradox between the 2.
Originally posted by Larryteo:You say rubbish indeed. LOL.
you haven reply me where you get the source from? 2000 prophesies are accurate? hwy the 500 prophesies are not accurate?
can you name me which 2000 prophesies are accurate? have they been substantiated by anyone?
Originally posted by Larryteo:paradox here parodox there. I don't see any paradox between the 2.
I said again, I dun want to repeat. the paradox, can god create something he cant lift? pls do not make me repeat this a million times, aye.
Originally posted by Rooney9:I said again, I dun want to repeat. the paradox, can god create something he cant lift? pls do not make me repeat this a million times, aye.
First of all, I do not know where you are driving from when you ask this question.
Originally posted by Larryteo:Oh is that so? Then can you explain why every prophecy about Israel from being a nation again to a prosperous land has come true? And can you explain why is that when Jesus said the temple of jerusalem will be destroyed, not one stone left, and 40 years after he resurrected and went up to heaven, the romans really destroyed the temple, with no one stone left, and for your info, the chances of the temple being torn apart are 1/4000.
there are 2500 prophecies in the bible, and 2000 have been fulfilled. And fulfilling of the bible prophecy obviously means matching the case exactly as described in the bible, so your argument just falls flat on the ground.
What evidence do you have that its true? What evidence do you have that the prophecy is even true and not added on later. I also can wait for something to happen then say its a prophecy.
If i say 1 million things will happen and some of them become true, will you call me god? I can tell you someone will die today, someone will be born today etc etc, such stupid stuff will surely be true. Certain stuff i can anyhow say, it may happen 10yrs from now, 50yrs from now 100 yrs from now and once it happens, ppl say what i say is true. Talk crap who dunno? There are millions of crap that will happen sooner or later.
I can say a metoer will strike earth, the sun will explode, s'pore will sink into the sea, s'pore will 1 day be stronger than US etc etc, i can just talk crap but if the crap i say happens 1 day, ppl say i predicted the future. Thats so lame.
Originally posted by Larryteo:So you actually believe that your purpose for being a human and coming to Earth is just for a holiday where nobody should die?
If the prophecies were to be given an exact date and time, would they even be fulfilled? Don't you know why God encodes bible prophecies(e.g beast= kingdom)? And if they were to be fulfilled literally, given an exact date and time, wouldn't God need to play with 6.8Billion lives on a chessboard?
So whats ur purpose on earth? The so called god sent you to earth to come to this very forum on this very day to argue for his existence?
So all those ppl who died are because they served their purpose? What about babies who died stillborn? Is it god sent them halfway decided oh shit i sent wrong person, u have to die cos u have no purpose. Babies who die serves the purpose of coming to earth so that they can die by crying a few days/months/yrs of their life?
You're as naive as the kids that believed that by commiting suicide, they can become savers of the world to think everyone has a purpose to be born. Since S'pore having falling birth rate, so its god that tells all the couples, heh i got no purpose for new people so u cannot make babies as i got noone to sent to do something
Originally posted by dkcx:What evidence do you have that its true? What evidence do you have that the prophecy is even true and not added on later. I also can wait for something to happen then say its a prophecy.
If i say 1 million things will happen and some of them become true, will you call me god? I can tell you someone will die today, someone will be born today etc etc, such stupid stuff will surely be true. Certain stuff i can anyhow say, it may happen 10yrs from now, 50yrs from now 100 yrs from now and once it happens, ppl say what i say is true. Talk crap who dunno? There are millions of crap that will happen sooner or later.
I can say a metoer will strike earth, the sun will explode, s'pore will sink into the sea, s'pore will 1 day be stronger than US etc etc, i can just talk crap but if the crap i say happens 1 day, ppl say i predicted the future. Thats so lame.
you can say 1 million things and of course one of them will become true. And how do i know the prophecies are true and not added on later? The bible has been spreading around even before Israel became a nation.
Originally posted by Larryteo:you can say 1 million things and of course one of them will become true. And how do i know the prophecies are true and not added on later? The bible has been spreading around even before Israel became a nation.
Its obvious anything pass down from generations can be altered. Just like your school textbook has been altered all the time, do you even know what the 1st generation was like? Did you even know how many times its altered?
As long as i can destory the evidence that its altered, who knows what was before this version that i say was passed down from the past? All those stuff that people say belong to thousands of years ago especially writing are mostly too old to really be legible, i can just copy abit from there and add in the parts i want to make people believe its true.
How many people really got a chance to view the original copy if theres even such a thing to say that everything is real? Whoever will say he/she has is obviously lying since there is no way any writings, cravings etc can last for thousands of years and still be visible like new.
So whats ur purpose on earth? The so called god sent you to earth to come to this very forum on this very day to argue for his existence?
So all those ppl who died are because they served their purpose? What about babies who died stillborn? Is it god sent them halfway decided oh shit i sent wrong person, u have to die cos u have no purpose. Babies who die serves the purpose of coming to earth so that they can die by crying a few days/months/yrs of their life?
You're as naive as the kids that believed that by commiting suicide, they can become savers of the world to think everyone has a purpose to be born. Since S'pore having falling birth rate, so its god that tells all the couples, heh i got no purpose for new people so u cannot make babies as i got noone to sent to do something''
Babies who are born stillborn lucky lor. Go heaven early cos God made the choice for them to follow him. And since you think you got no purpose, I suggest that you go and die now, and also stop wasting my time by giving me those stupid arguments. AndrewPKYap style :D
Originally posted by dkcx:Its obvious anything pass down from generations can be altered. Just like your school textbook has been altered all the time, do you even know what the 1st generation was like? Did you even know how many times its altered?
As long as i can destory the evidence that its altered, who knows what was before this version that i say was passed down from the past? All those stuff that people say belong to thousands of years ago especially writing are mostly too old to really be legible, i can just copy abit from there and add in the parts i want to make people believe its true.
How many people really got a chance to view the original copy if theres even such a thing to say that everything is real? Whoever will say he/she has is obviously lying since there is no way any writings, cravings etc can last for thousands of years and still be visible like new.
Really? the original Hebrew bible has been found and it is the same as the bible we read today.
There are alot of things science can do and 1 of them is to fake the age of stuff. There was reports before of people using chemical methods to fake the age of bones and stuff found trying to bluff the communitee into believing that the bones and artefacts obtained are really old when it could be just a few hundred years old or even fresh.
Theres so many ways science can be used to manipulate things. For all you know the person who created the bible etc could be just some good alchemist who used his skills to create a book that looks old and historic so people started to believe in him and thus started all these fake prophocies and such that anyone can simply come up with.
Originally posted by Larryteo:''Originally posted by dkcx:So whats ur purpose on earth? The so called god sent you to earth to come to this very forum on this very day to argue for his existence?
So all those ppl who died are because they served their purpose? What about babies who died stillborn? Is it god sent them halfway decided oh shit i sent wrong person, u have to die cos u have no purpose. Babies who die serves the purpose of coming to earth so that they can die by crying a few days/months/yrs of their life?
You're as naive as the kids that believed that by commiting suicide, they can become savers of the world to think everyone has a purpose to be born. Since S'pore having falling birth rate, so its god that tells all the couples, heh i got no purpose for new people so u cannot make babies as i got noone to sent to do something''
Babies who are born stillborn lucky lor. Go heaven early cos God made the choice for them to follow him. And since you think you got no purpose, I suggest that you go and die now, and also stop wasting my time by giving me those stupid arguments. AndrewPKYap style :D
Heaven is just a belief, theres no facts of its existence so its just lying to yourself that it even exist. People just too scared to die so make believe a place so that they feel better to die.
Originally posted by Larryteo:First of all, I do not know where you are driving from when you ask this question.
its not cos you dunno how to answer, its cos you have no answer. its simple, the concept is a paradox, just admit it.
Originally posted by dkcx:What evidence do you have that its true? What evidence do you have that the prophecy is even true and not added on later. I also can wait for something to happen then say its a prophecy.
If i say 1 million things will happen and some of them become true, will you call me god? I can tell you someone will die today, someone will be born today etc etc, such stupid stuff will surely be true. Certain stuff i can anyhow say, it may happen 10yrs from now, 50yrs from now 100 yrs from now and once it happens, ppl say what i say is true. Talk crap who dunno? There are millions of crap that will happen sooner or later.
I can say a metoer will strike earth, the sun will explode, s'pore will sink into the sea, s'pore will 1 day be stronger than US etc etc, i can just talk crap but if the crap i say happens 1 day, ppl say i predicted the future. Thats so lame.
thats a very valid argument. can larry pls point out which are the 2000 prophesies that are true? are there substantiated by anyone?
if you say Jerusalem is true, then what about the other 1,999 prophesies that are true?
Originally posted by Rooney9:its not cos you dunno how to answer, its cos you have no answer. its simple, the concept is a paradox, just admit it.
I don't have to admit it because there is no paradox. Oh, now i get it.
Omnipotence- The person who is omnipotent is able to do anything.
-But the contradiction is, the person who is omnipotent can't think of a time when he cannot lift a rock.
The topic of omnipotence (the ability of God to do anything, i.e., God is all-powerful) is frequently cited by atheists as proof that the God of the Bible cannot exist. The claim has been made that if there is anything that God cannot do, then God cannot be omnipotent and, therefore, does not exist.
Some of the arguments against omnipotence are plain silly and stupid. Can God create a spherical triangle? Saying that omnipotence requires the ability to do logically impossible things is stupid. God cannot turn truth into a lie. If humans define a triangle as a two dimensional object formed by the intersection of three lines, it makes no sense to ask if God could make one that was spherical. When one says that God is all-powerful, one means that God is able to accomplish all that He desires to do. Even an all-powerful being cannot do what is impossible by definition. God can do many things that are humanly impossible. However, there are some things that even an all-powerful being cannot do.
Can God create a rock He cannot lift? Since an all-powerful being will always be able to accomplish whatever He sets out to do, it is impossible for an all-powerful being to fail. The above atheistic argument is arguing that since God is all-powerful He can do anything - even fail. This is like saying that since God is all-powerful He can be not all-powerful. Obviously, this is absurd. An all-powerful being cannot fail. Therefore, God can create a rock of tremendous size, but, since He is all-powerful, He will always be able to lift it. The ability to fail is not a part of omnipotence. The Bible makes it clear that God is able to do anything He wants to, and that nothing He wants to do is too difficult for Him to accomplish.4 This is the true meaning of omnipotence.
Could God think of a time when He was not omnipotent? If He can't think of it, He isn't omnipotent, but if He does think of it then there was a time when He wasn't omnipotent? This question is quite similar to the rock question above. The answer, of course, is that God can never think of a time when He wasn't omnipotent. God has always been omnipotent. His inability to contradict His divine character does not mean that He isn't omnipotent.
The atheist distorts the biblical definition of omnipotence in order to "prove" that God cannot exist. Contrary to their claims, omnipotence does not include the ability to do things that are, by definition, impossible. Neither does omnipotence include the ability to fail. By defining omnipotence as requiring one to have the ability to fail, atheists have defined omnipotence as being impossible. Of course, an omnipotent God would never fail.
These kinds of arguments are clearly illogical and even silly, although they are commonly used by inexperienced atheists. Most intelligent atheists have dropped these kinds of arguments long ago.
Originally posted by Larryteo:Really? the original Hebrew bible has been found and it is the same as the bible we read today.
unless its written by god? still its written by man 2009 years ago.
Originally posted by Larryteo:Really? the original Hebrew bible has been found and it is the same as the bible we read today.
I guess you study too little science to know how science esp chemistry can be used to fake alot of 'artefacts'.
Original is just said but what evidence of it is the original? Its alot of words of people so just like they can say its true, i can say its fake.
How could u verify it has not been altered by the later people who pass it on?
You just need every single generation to change even a word in it and after a few thousand years, you got a totally new product.
Go study history of human beings, how long have the 1st human been living and why some1 call jesus only appear 2000+ yrs ago? Hes taking a vacation in the past few tens of thousand of years and suddenly decided time for me to show off so he appears?
If there really is such a 'god' why are there so many beliefs, religion and culture all over the world? Today he happy hes jesus, yesterday he was thor, last week he was zues, last month he was jade emperor?
Originally posted by Larryteo:I don't have to admit it because there is no paradox. Oh, now i get it.
Omnipotence- The person who is omnipotent is able to do anything.
-But the contradiction is, the person who is omnipotent can't think of a time when he cannot lift a rock.
The topic of omnipotence (the ability of God to do anything, i.e., God is all-powerful) is frequently cited by atheists as proof that the God of the Bible cannot exist. The claim has been made that if there is anything that God cannot do, then God cannot be omnipotent and, therefore, does not exist.
Some of the arguments against omnipotence are plain silly and stupid. Can God create a spherical triangle? Saying that omnipotence requires the ability to do logically impossible things is stupid. God cannot turn truth into a lie. If humans define a triangle as a two dimensional object formed by the intersection of three lines, it makes no sense to ask if God could make one that was spherical. When one says that God is all-powerful, one means that God is able to accomplish all that He desires to do. Even an all-powerful being cannot do what is impossible by definition. God can do many things that are humanly impossible. However, there are some things that even an all-powerful being cannot do.
Can God create a rock He cannot lift? Since an all-powerful being will always be able to accomplish whatever He sets out to do, it is impossible for an all-powerful being to fail. The above atheistic argument is arguing that since God is all-powerful He can do anything - even fail. This is like saying that since God is all-powerful He can be not all-powerful. Obviously, this is absurd. An all-powerful being cannot fail. Therefore, God can create a rock of tremendous size, but, since He is all-powerful, He will always be able to lift it. The ability to fail is not a part of omnipotence. The Bible makes it clear that God is able to do anything He wants to, and that nothing He wants to do is too difficult for Him to accomplish.4 This is the true meaning of omnipotence.
Could God think of a time when He was not omnipotent? If He can't think of it, He isn't omnipotent, but if He does think of it then there was a time when He wasn't omnipotent? This question is quite similar to the rock question above. The answer, of course, is that God can never think of a time when He wasn't omnipotent. God has always been omnipotent. His inability to contradict His divine character does not mean that He isn't omnipotent.
The atheist distorts the biblical definition of omnipotence in order to "prove" that God cannot exist. Contrary to their claims, omnipotence does not include the ability to do things that are, by definition, impossible. Neither does omnipotence include the ability to fail. By defining omnipotence as requiring one to have the ability to fail, atheists have defined omnipotence as being impossible. Of course, an omnipotent God would never fail.
These kinds of arguments are clearly illogical and even silly, although they are commonly used by inexperienced atheists. Most intelligent atheists have dropped these kinds of arguments long ago.
Boy ah, u in sec sch got learn geog right? Got learn erosion etc right?
Wah if a metoer fall on earth, i just say i not happy so i make it fall on earth and i'm god. Don't pray to me and within the next million years, i'll make another meteor fall.
Originally posted by Larryteo:I don't have to admit it because there is no paradox. Oh, now i get it.
Omnipotence- The person who is omnipotent is able to do anything.
-But the contradiction is, the person who is omnipotent can't think of a time when he cannot lift a rock.
The topic of omnipotence (the ability of God to do anything, i.e., God is all-powerful) is frequently cited by atheists as proof that the God of the Bible cannot exist. The claim has been made that if there is anything that God cannot do, then God cannot be omnipotent and, therefore, does not exist.
Some of the arguments against omnipotence are plain silly and stupid. Can God create a spherical triangle? Saying that omnipotence requires the ability to do logically impossible things is stupid. God cannot turn truth into a lie. If humans define a triangle as a two dimensional object formed by the intersection of three lines, it makes no sense to ask if God could make one that was spherical. When one says that God is all-powerful, one means that God is able to accomplish all that He desires to do. Even an all-powerful being cannot do what is impossible by definition. God can do many things that are humanly impossible. However, there are some things that even an all-powerful being cannot do.
Can God create a rock He cannot lift? Since an all-powerful being will always be able to accomplish whatever He sets out to do, it is impossible for an all-powerful being to fail. The above atheistic argument is arguing that since God is all-powerful He can do anything - even fail. This is like saying that since God is all-powerful He can be not all-powerful. Obviously, this is absurd. An all-powerful being cannot fail. Therefore, God can create a rock of tremendous size, but, since He is all-powerful, He will always be able to lift it. The ability to fail is not a part of omnipotence. The Bible makes it clear that God is able to do anything He wants to, and that nothing He wants to do is too difficult for Him to accomplish.4 This is the true meaning of omnipotence.
Could God think of a time when He was not omnipotent? If He can't think of it, He isn't omnipotent, but if He does think of it then there was a time when He wasn't omnipotent? This question is quite similar to the rock question above. The answer, of course, is that God can never think of a time when He wasn't omnipotent. God has always been omnipotent. His inability to contradict His divine character does not mean that He isn't omnipotent.
The atheist distorts the biblical definition of omnipotence in order to "prove" that God cannot exist. Contrary to their claims, omnipotence does not include the ability to do things that are, by definition, impossible. Neither does omnipotence include the ability to fail. By defining omnipotence as requiring one to have the ability to fail, atheists have defined omnipotence as being impossible. Of course, an omnipotent God would never fail.
These kinds of arguments are clearly illogical and even silly, although they are commonly used by inexperienced atheists. Most intelligent atheists have dropped these kinds of arguments long ago.
I started reading when you post it and I stopped reading fairly quickly. its all hogwash and clearly the writer is defending with his/her opinions which are full of flaws and incoherence. there is no need for me to even continue reading. silly and incoherence arguments.
the reply to that article is this. since you say god is omnipotent and cannot fail to create anything he wishes and he cant fail, then there lies this paradox. is there anything he cant create? the answer is no. but is there something he can create which he cant lift it up? so the answer to that is yes or no, just answer to this question. the writer is avoiding the question it seems. if this is not a paradox, I wonder what is. whats witholding you back from answering to this direct question.