idah wrote:
well, welcome. it looks like you are flying solo here. i dont agree with you, at all, but you are well spoken(written).

idah wrote:
Pastor Mike,
Are you for real, or just pulling our leg?

Mike wrote:
I'm afraid the only thing you could reason out of a cure for the common cold, is that a cure for the common cold was found.

Frank wrote:
Scripture says that those who don't believe in God are fools.

Direction and truth wrote:
Thats right pester mike. 6000 years of blowing his nose and still moron man's science cannot even cure the common cold. What a joke.

The point I made which you chose to ignore was that significant medical progress has been made, which includes cures for many diseases for which the same point you make about the common cold could have once been made. You haven't given any reason why the common cold should be any different given future advances in medical technology. This is called an argument from ignorance.

John UK wrote:
if you are a genuine atheist, there is no right and wrong, so you can just decide what to do today, and then go ahead and do it.

Phoebe wrote:
Humans are evil..

You mentioned the subject of evil and so-called human depravity. I was in the restroom at a public building the other day. Next to the sink was a paper towel dispenser and a trash can for the used paper towels. It was the end of the day and several hundred people had used the restroom that day judging by the number of paper towels in the trash.

What struck me was that not a single paper towel had been thrown on the floor. Nobody had run off with the paper towel roll that was inside the dispenser. And nobody had kicked the can over causing the contents to be spilled onto the floor. Since it was a single occupancy room, everybody had the opportunity for mischief.

Phoebe wrote:
Who broke it?

By "aging" I was referring to biological aging. Which ultimately would be the cause of human death even if cures could be found for all diseases. You're right, this has been the subject of historical legend, but it's my hope that it's a topic which will one day be fully addressed in science as well.

The aging of the sun (stellar aging) is just another reason why humanity must learn to put this world in order. When the sun dies this world will die with it unless a means of escape can be found. Humanity is really the best hope life on Earth has when that day comes.

Direction and truth wrote:
Science cannot even cure the common cold.

John UK wrote:
I guess you are dealing with your biggest problem, then? That of not being right with God.
And don't say, "there is no God". One has already quoted two Bible verses which explain what God thinks of people who say such a thing.
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved...." Acts 16:31
We must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ one day. Think on these things, my friend.
Can't stop. Au Revoir.

Your grandmother died because we haven't yet found the cure for aging and cancer, not because "Jesus decided to take her home." She's not in Heaven, she's rotting in the ground. I'm sorry. If you don't like it, forget the clergy, what you need is an application to medical school. The world is broken and only we can fix it. There's Nobody coming to the rescue. However, that's not a problem because we have the power to take control of nature. We've already had the down payment in the form of the technologies we already have. What has religion given us for a down payment? Nothing. Religion has never once been proven to do a thing. So get excited about science and forget Rick Warren's feel-good nonsense.

Neil wrote:
If "Pastor" Mike were truly smart, he would post rational objections instead of peurile insults.
How can Mike, or anyone, know that *all* lightning is caused by atmospheric static charge differentials? Has he tested every lightning incident in all history & in all space?

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it's not a good thing to poke a spoon handle into an electric outlet.

Sarah Johnson wrote:
Pastor Mike
The Duggars pay cash for everything and they have no mortgage because they built their house with cash. They have never been on welfare!!

Scott McMahan wrote:
If my thoughts controlled reality, I would quit exercising and just think I was exercising. Yet that doesn't work. Positive thinking "works" as long as reality isn't involved.

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I think there's a ton of pressure based on the belief that if they're positive that they'll live longer," said Coyne. "And then the downside of that is that if they deteriorate and they ultimately die of cancer, that they are somehow left being blamed: If only they had been more positive.