Gorgo:
Quote: "Who am I ridiculing? I am challenging, but I have not called you names or put you down. Instead, I've told you that you no longer have to live in a fantasy world to get self-worth. That's a healthy thing."
What is calling someone an idiot, ignorant, living in a fantasy world, etc., because they have a belief that you disagree with???
Pooeypants:
Quote: "You're citing a source which happens to be written more than 60 years or so after your Messiah's supposedly death. Now if I were to write an account about someone from 60 years ago who I'd never meet before and only knew by word of mouth, how reliable would you take it as?"
Does this help??
http://everystudent.com/features/isthere.html
1. Does God exist? Throughout history, in all cultures of the world, people have been convinced there is a God.
2. Does God exist? The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today.
3. Does God exist? Mere "chance" is not an adequate explanation of creation.
4. Does God exist? Humankind's inherent sense of right and wrong cannot be biologically explained.
5. Does God exist? God not only has revealed Himself in what can be observed in nature, and in human life, but He has even more specifically shown Himself in the Bible.
6. Does God exist? Unlike any other revelation of God, Jesus Christ is the clearest, most specific picture of God.