
Originally Posted by
jan ardena
This isn't an argument, it is a
Each of you may choose to ignore, dismiss, or challenge this contention, but I think you would benefit most from making your cases with more vigour, more conviction and more substance.
The problem with these particular type of atheists is that they refuse to accept anything, and seek only to destroy either God or the concept of God, which is why I choose to label them satanic/demonic. Not that I am above such labels.
If you watch a film, read a book, or listen to a story, you must accept what it is you percieve, as a reality, in order to understand the whole picture, then you are in a position to form valid opinions. But this type of acceptance doesn't mean you believe it wholeheartedly.
These people accept only what they want to accept as if they are frightened to grasp the whole picture. They are extremely narrow-minded, and
there behaviour is no better than that of a religious fanatic, in that there is no room for rational debate or discussion, either you accept there way or you are the enemy.
In real religion terms, God is the ultimate cause of everything that is percieved, not a separate entity which can be observerd. If He was, He could not be God. That is the understanding in all revealed religious faiths.
So, to discuss God, we have to approach the discussion from that point of view. These folks actively seek to sabotage such discussions from the very begining, disabeling any chance of good dialougue.
Jan.
First sentence of last paragrah:
By not being a separate entity, I mean that we cannot separate Him from His energies, material nature being one of them.