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Not much to tell. I'm a Christian who makes his living designing and building houses. I've been married for 30 years to a very patient woman. My kids are grown. I'm interested in just about everything, but passionate about religion/philosophy. I'm here to talk with thoughtful folks of all beliefs or none. Oh. And one more thing. I believe life is a gift. May yours be rich.
do caterpillars believe in butterflies?
13 AnswersJokes & Riddles3 years agoDo atheists ever buy lottery tickets?
21 AnswersReligion & Spirituality3 years agoDid people develop language so they could tell each other stories?
6 AnswersLanguages3 years agoHave you ever been wrong about something really important?
And did finding out make you a better or worse person in the long run?
as always, thank you for your thoughtful replies
8 AnswersReligion & Spirituality3 years agoIf the dinosaurs were still alive today, would gasoline be 8 dollars a gallon?
after all, oil is made out of recycled dinosaurs, right?
2 AnswersPolls & Surveys5 years agoA question for atheists who accept the multiverse hypothesis?
Do you believe that somewhere a universe exactly like this one, only created by God, must exist? After all, such a universe is metaphysically possible.
12 AnswersReligion & Spirituality5 years agoDo atheists ever wrestle with the concept of forgiveness?
Not giving or receiving forgiveness from people you know, but the impossibility of being forgiven for wrongs committed unknowingly or indirectly. I have to admit that when I was an atheist this didn't much bother me. It's just the way the world is. But after I became a theist, then Christian I was surprised by how freeing the belief that I could be forgiven for those things felt.
Anyway, I was just wondering if this was something any of you had thought much about.
As always, thank you for your thoughtful replies
17 AnswersReligion & Spirituality5 years agoIf morality is subjective, doesn't that make justice subjective too?
After all, our idea of "fairness" is also culturally determined. Indeed, the belief that fairness itself as a virtue to strive for must also be culturally determined as well.
8 AnswersPhilosophy5 years agoIs Christianity inherently authoritarian?
12 AnswersReligion & Spirituality5 years agoIs moral knowledge possible?
My 'gut' tells me that moral claims are truth claims. People certainly tend to act as if they are. Yet I cannot seem to figure out where they get the warrant for their beliefs. Are we reduced, for example, to believing theft is wrong based on faith?
As always, thank you for your thoughtful replies.
15 AnswersReligion & Spirituality5 years agoIs the study of philosophy proof that dogs enjoy chasing their tails?
7 AnswersPhilosophy6 years agoIs the universe aware of itself?
17 AnswersReligion & Spirituality6 years agoA little thought experiment?
You receive a letter informing you that an eccentric billionaire has included you in her will. You arrive at the lawyer's office and are given the following: Paint my house according to these instructions and you will receive $1,000,000.
--- paint the house black
--- paint the house white
Which color should the house be when you get done?
bq: do you believe morality is a product of evolution?
7 AnswersReligion & Spirituality6 years agoCould belief in God be a Gettier case?
http://www.iep.utm.edu/gettier/
As always, thank you for your thoughtful replies
4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality8 years agoDo atheists really think that everyone who claims they converted from atheism to theism?
based on an experience is either deluded or dishonest?
Is it fair of me to ask how you know that? How is dismissing such claims a priori consistent with willingness to go where the evidence leads you?
35 AnswersReligion & Spirituality8 years ago