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Originally Posted by boxcar
Mr. Pirate, sir, I'm not surprised at all by your wild, irrational anti-Boxcar rant. Why would I expect anything different from someone who holds closely to his bosom an irrational, self-refuting worldview?
But just try to remember, it's only the sticks and stones that can break my bones...  |
The wild and irrational part you have right, but there's three fingers pointing back at you when it comes to identifying the source. Apparently an opinion shared by many here. Posting the coffee-drinking icon doesn't suppress it.
The self-refuting worldview is strong with you. Your entire chain of logic is built on text written by man, logic defined by man, and your own personal experiences - all resulting in dogma meant to control others, and stroke your own ego. All humility is checked at the door, and never seen again.
Nothing is more self-refuting in logic than relying on "God" as an explanation for the unanswerable questions in life. It's logic built on sand, as it requires the answer to the obvious question:
Where did God come from?
And we're right back where we started, trapped in circular logic on the order of the chicken and egg. Using scripture to make any arguments suffers the same fault - it's obviously written by man, unless one makes the "leap in faith" to believe it's divine in origin. There's nothing wrong with making a leap in faith, but any self-respecting scholar understands the limitations, and doesn't leave the "illogical" aspect of that leap out of his arguments.
It must be sad to KNOW so much. To wake up every morning, knowing that God is looking out for you, loving you, and preparing to take you into his Kingdom for eternity. A worldview that's the extreme at self-serving, and a belief system that retards further learning. Where's the fun in that?
It must be sad to see the GOOD NEWS get misinterpreted, or ignored, or warped beyond all recognition by so many. As a weeder mechanism, it fails on many levels.
It must be sad to see so many ignored by the Holy Spirit, never sharing your experience of coming to the Light. For them, the end is grim.
Seeking out "the truth" is an admirable goal, but to ignore the limitations that humans have when defining that truth - well, it's to die an early death.
