This is an extremely interesting topic; I just wish I had the time to do the research and give it the full discussion it deserves. Admittedly, it posits the existence of God (for the moment, I will assume no particular god, just the omnipotent being to brought the universe into existence). :yes: :n...

Movie Nerd wrote:Is there any argument so far that even comes close to being compelling as far as the existence of God.

In my opinion, it's by far the most interesting debate topic.

Epitome of evil? Yes. Of good? No.

I'm with Interbane on this one. The concept of free will is slippery and confusing and defined differently by different people. Is it really free will when if you eat from the Tree of Knowledge there is a horrible punishment and if you resist the desire to eat from the tree there is eternal reward?...

How did Adam and Eve have free will? Wasn't the influening desire to eat the apple stronger than the influencing desire to obey god? Their behavior was determined by the comparative strength of various influences. They did not have free will in the story. We do not have libertarian free will. If go...

LanDroid wrote:If Yahweh had not given man moral free will, things might be better, but extremely weird. We would be unable to behave outside of His moral dictates.

Yeah, that's a good point concerning being the Christian God (horrible laws), but what about being a God outside of a religion?

What God are we talking about here? First we have to establish the characteristics of a God figure. Is it the Judeo-Christian God, or Allah? Or even a Hindu or Greek or Norse God? How about none of the above and make a new one? We're talking about one outside religion or the Christian God if you'd ...

Whehter you buy this book or not, take this with you: 1)You cannot prove that God does not exist, so He does.(Burden of Proof Fallacy) 2)There is currently no explanation for this, so God did it. (God of the Gaps/Argument from Ignorance Fallacy) 3)God exists because the Bible/Qur'an/Torah says it's ...

The ebook will be discounted to 99 cents on November, 26! (Only in the U.S. Amazon Store. The discount, I mean.) Author: Armando Delgado (Me.) Book Description: Comrades, let's put a stop to it - Christians using logical fallacies to "prove" that their God exists, atheists not calling the...