Conversations with God

Thanks for confirming that it is not worth watching. No anger here. However, communication via youtube video seems a horribly ineffective method, in addition to wasting a lot of time.Sure, I watch some videos when I think I can learn from them. But when the title suggests Christian Apologetics, I will give it a pass.

Just a little hint -- youtube videos are not reality.

Amazon made a business decision on how best to maximize their profits. This isn't censorship -- it is capitalism. Conservatives are relativists. They deny that, of course. But you only have to watch them to see their relativism at work.

Those two contradict one another.If it starts with Jesus, the Isaiah wasn't talking about Christianity at all.

That's mostly something that happens in your imagination. And that is all to evident in the world. Jesus often spoke in metaphors.Christianity is all about taking those metaphors as if they were intended literally, and taking the ideas intended as literal as if they were metaphors.

But what does that mean?Jesus said that we should love our neighbor. For me, faith meant that we should follow those teachings even when we were doubtful of their value.But, for most Christians, faith means believing is a ridiculous made up story. Oh, good. Perhaps you can tell me what is this naturalism doctrine. I am frequently accused of naturalism, but I have never been able to work out what it even means. An actual presentation of the doctrine would be helpful.

I don't think I was ever taught that.Yes, we should look for a natural explanation. But there's no guarantee that we will always find one.

But that's the whole point. Much of what you believe does not come from the book. It has been spoon fed to you by religious con men.

I am not Theodoric, so I'll answer for myself.Yes, it could be said that my life is based on assumptions. But they are assumptions that have been well tested.Actually, I don't really think my life is based on assumptions. My life is based on practices that have turned out to work. We often describe that in terms of beliefs and assumptions, but the belief story seems completely wrong. When a child tries to walk, she does not make assumptions about the world or about whether the ground is solid. She just tries to walk. And if she falls, then she tries again in a different way. Eventually she become proficient in walk. But she learned that through trial and error, not through beliefs and assumptions.With religion, you try out prayer. And it doesn't work. But, because of the indoctrination, you keep trying instead of moving on to try something else.

Of course it was the fault of conservatives. But you are too blind to see that.

I will put you down as completely and thoroughly anti-Christian.Conservative economics has hollowed out the economy, with most of the income going to the already rich. And Phat fails to understand why there is a homeless problem.Jesus would have been out their helping the homeless. But American fake Christians instead see the homeless as a problem. Rather than helping, they hide themselves away in gated communities and whine that Seattle is dying. They could be hiring some of the home, which would at least give them enough income to feed themselves. But conservative fake Christians would rather hire people in Bangladesh because their labor is cheaper.Democrats at least attempt to enact legislation to assist the homeless. But the fake Christians block that legislation.If we invest in the community, we will have a better and healthier community. We will have a community where Seattle is not dying. That's an enormous return on investment. But fake Christians such as Phat don't allow that to count, because they only look at returns that show up in their own bank balance.Shame on you Phat, and shame on all of the fake Christians that think like you.

With regard to my use of the expression "fake Christians", here are some links: Why are so many evangelicals so un-Christian?
The Evangelical Church is Breaking Apart
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a NationThe last of those is a book. Perhaps someone might like to start a Book Nook thread on it.

Perhaps you should explain, because I don't see anything racist in Theodoric's post. Again, an explanation is missing. I'm white, and I suspect that Theodoric is probably white. I don't feel at all villified by anything he wrote. Then you are seriously misunderstanding what ringo writes.

I do not have an easy answer to the homeless issue. Perhaps there are no easy answers.Our world today is very different from the world at the time of Jesus. We have changed the world in many ways. But perhaps some of our changes are harmful to some people.Here's a news item that I saw this morning: ‘The beaches belong to the people’: inside Puerto Rico’s anti-gentrification protestsThat's about a development project that might be creating homelessness in Puerto Rico. Perhaps when we try to change the world, we should think more about those who will not benefit from the changes.

I'm pretty sure that you told us that in a post at evcforum. Maybe you should be mad at yourself. Honestly, just stop voting for Republicans. They are the ones who are itching to steal what's in the Social Security Trust fund. You depend on insulin. Have you noticed how overpriced that is? Is that overpricing a form of theft?Why get so excited about the few dollars stolen by poor folk, when the very rich are ripping of billions at a time?