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I hate to bother you again, Swamp Fox, but the link is still broken. You've got an extra 'http//www' in there. I corrected it manually and managed to find the site, but you'll still probably want to fix it.

(waquinas;60549) Am not talking about feelings or desires. Probably we all feel glad to be alive at times, and at others times just tired of the daily struggle. We are all happy at times that we have families, children and they in return are happy to have us around. Most of desire to better...

Well, that really depends on the individual miracle. Some are intentional fakes (oil crying statues come to mind). Some are rare but natural occurrences (cancers go into remission at the same rate for atheists and non-Christians as they do for Christians). And some simply aren't miraculous at...

If no one else posts questions, then this thread will disappear off the page, like all old threads do. If you find this thread to be against the purpose of these forums, then you have administrative reasons to remove it.I have no problem with it either way. I just figured people would be interested.

(waquinas;60525) I guess am curious why you think it better that you or I or any of us exist, as opposed ot not existing. At first you said you were not sure. Why is it better that things are this way and not some other? Well, again, I'm really not getting what you mean by "better" or how to...

(SoldierforChrist;60514) What do you believe will happen to you once you die? Howdy Soldier for Christ. At last! A simple question!I don't believe that I existed before I was born, and I don't believe I will exist after I die. Once the brain turns to mush, that's it.It should be noted that this...

Okay, on that yes, I would agree that it is good that you and I and others exist.I was looking at it from a "as opposed to how things were when we didn't exist" angle, rather than a "should we continue to exist" angle. That I why I'd said that it is indeed good to me that I exist. I find it...

Thank you for clarifying, waquinas.Is it good that I exist? It's good for me, I suppose, though if I didn't exist it wouldn't particularly be bad for me. I didn't exist for milennia before I was born, and I don't remember minding very much.I simply don't think that "good" is something that can...

(waquinas;60481) why do you exist? Howdy waquinas,Of course, the glib answer is that I exist because my parents had sex. For a deeper answer, I'd have to understand your question a little better. Do you mean why do human beings exist? Do you mean why does life itself exist? Do you mean why does...

So....I take it no one else has questions then?I really didn't want to use this thread to argue for one point of view or the other. It's one thing to clarify a point, it is another to argue that someone is wrong.I think all this arguing is derailing this thread.

(Alpha and Omega;60278) If a leprechaun makes prophecies reveals himself or writes a book than I would believe in them too. However I do not see that happening. And I totally agree with you here. But did you get what I'd meant about rainbows themselves being (poor) evidence for leprechauns? Even...

Thank you for the clarification, I shall continue then. Did you have another question?

Christina, When I signed up for an account here, there was little box where you typed in a comment (can't remember what it was for) I typed in there what I meant to do here. When I got the confirming email, but before I was able to post, I jumped into the chat room and introduced myself there...

(Christina;60258) If you were here to ask questions or find out about God you would not start out with and arrogant post like Ask an Atheist. I specifically stated my purpose here, and no where in that did I say my purpose here was to ask questions or find out about God. I think so far I've done...

(Follower;60250) God created a universe, but you would rather to believe that the universe just happened. How do you know what I would rather or not? You mentioned something about medically-verifiable faith healings, unique to one group. Like all the evidence of God that is rejected, if...

(Follower;60252) A "cause" is a a transition, something changing, an new effect coming into being. For God, there is no "first moment", no place for a cause to be. Asking what caused God would be like asking what caused a brick to a brick today. Nothing, it was a brick yesterday, as well. I...

(Alpha and Omega;60237) Theophage what do you suppose is different from an atheist and a theist? Why does one believe and one does not? Well, of course everyone has their own reasons, so I can only give what I perceive to be common reasons, and those I've heard other people tell me. What I have...

I don't think that simply being infinite excuses one from needing a cause, so I can't really answer that question. I am interested in your reasoning there, however. Can you explain?

(Follower;60225) Those things are more along the line of "Wouldn't it be nice if God..." It certainly would be nice if God gave objectively verifiable evidence of his existence; everything else that exists does. You asked what sorts of things I would consider evidence for God, and those are some...

(Follower;60226) "Without cause" is the same as saying you have no answer to where the universe came from (and, that there is no answer). You start with the finite universe that has existed some finite time (even if that is all time). I start with the infinite God. Where did God come from...