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Re: Faith continually challenged
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:16 pm
by Furstentum Liechtenstein
Beanybag wrote:I'm not trying to preclude god from this equation
Beanybag wrote:just to say that god's interference
You seem to be smart and you write well but you keep on making the same mistrake over and over again. When you refer to God - the Christian/Jewish deity - God takes a capital
G. If you are refering to a god, it takes a small
g. Here's the thing: there is a god from Wisconsin who's name is Howard Klemp; there is another god from Arabia who is called Allah...and so on. Would you write ''howard klemp'' or ''allah'' or ''vishnu''?
Now that you know, write ''God'' properly.
FL
Re: Faith continually challenged
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:25 pm
by Beanybag
Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Beanybag wrote:I'm not trying to preclude god from this equation
Beanybag wrote:just to say that god's interference
You seem to be smart and you write well but you keep on making the same mistrake over and over again. When you refer to God - the Christian/Jewish deity - God takes a capital
G. If you are refering to a god, it takes a small
g. Here's the thing: there is a god from Wisconsin who's name is Howard Klemp; there is another god from Arabia who is called Allah...and so on. Would you write ''howard klemp'' or ''allah'' or ''vishnu''?
Now that you know, write ''God'' properly.
FL
I am very sorry, I mean no disrespect. It is a bad habit of mine to not capitalize proper nouns and names. As for whether I would write howard klemp or allah, the answer is yes, I often do, even it it's not strictly correct (it seems rather harmless to me!). But, I will try to remember. Thanks. :]
Re: Faith continually challenged
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:38 pm
by KBCid
Phi wrote:You nailed it, computer programmer (used to be, now I manage the team, so my skills aren't as good as they used to be , hah!
One of the simple things that is overlooked in the context of a programmer is that even the programming that is done in that field requires a program to allow you to perform.
There is also no reason why any symbolic reference would stay stuck to any other symbol. Remember, there are forces that work to break things apart and the smallest cell conceived of requires minimally 100 - 200 genes. The problem of course is how to acheive such complexity and begin replication before being torn down by the forces of nature.
There is one other viewpoint that is beginning to arise on the scene. In order for a structure of matter to replicate it requires precise 3 dimensional positioning control. This point is just beginning to be understood as a requirement of replication and scientists are looking for how it is caused and how it functions. A fundamental understanding here is that in order to accurately position matter within our environment it requires 3 points of reference relative to a 4th reference point a.k.a. 0,0,0.
The biblical account of creation continuously infers that God can cause matter to form into specific arrangements within 3 dimensional space.
Re: Faith continually challenged
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:14 pm
by Furstentum Liechtenstein
Beanybag wrote:I am very sorry, I mean no disrespect. It is a bad habit of mine to not capitalize proper nouns and names. As for whether I would write howard klemp or allah, the answer is yes, I often do, even it it's not strictly correct (it seems rather harmless to me!). But, I will try to remember. Thanks. :]
This isn't about respect - indeed, it is impossible for you to respect God - this is about accuracy. Since you capitalize words correctly at the beginning of your sentences and you write very well, I somehow doubt you would forget to capitalize Howard Klemp or Allah.
Anyway, carry on.
FL
Re: Faith continually challenged
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:47 pm
by Dudeacus97
My faith used to be challenged by very stupid questions before I discovered this website and the field of apologetics.