So the squashing of a tomato or a human or a civilization -- they're just different rearrangements of matter and energy. Our feelings about each are also just chemical reactions. Any feeling or argument to the contrary…
You could imagine a God who is infinitely delightful. If he's the only thing in existence, he could delight in himself without end and would not be wrong in doing so, being actually delightful. Having no limitation of…
> the supernatural isn't real So ... only what is physical is real? Like only matter and energy? Then there's no such thing as significance or value, only different combinations of matter and energy. Any opinion or…
Also found out a friend tore a ligament in her knee while skiing, got an MRI showing the tear, prayed, got another MRI showing the tear gone. Doc can't explain, and this has nothing to do with her susceptibility.
My Atari 2600 had an odd behavior with the reset switch. Holding it down at the beginning of the tank/combat game enabled your first shot to go through walls. Did you any Atari bugs while you worked on it? Pretty…
If you __sincerely__ want to understand the answer to your question about babies dying, you should try steelmanning. It’s the opposite of strawmanning. Steelmanning would not take the evil committed by humans and hang…
The charge is Stranger tricked me. The Prosecutor (you) repeatedly rely on an unproven universal negative claim that miracles never happen, a claim that would require watching all of history and show every event has a…
I watched the video. My experience didn't match any of the 4 methods shown. Not sure why he didn't include the 5th "and possibly 6th" ways that he thought of in the video. Again, I felt my leg moving against my pants…
This weekend I spoke with someone who (together with two others) prayed for a woman whose right arm was visibly shorter than her left (around 5 inches) -- so much so that she always had to roll up her right sleeve…
The purpose of this post is to describe how a reasonable person can reconcile these two: - a good, compassionate, merciful, omnipotent, and omniscient God - the reality that innocent babies suffer and die The purpose is…
So this has happened twice now: - I refer to the evidence of something in the past (Jesus' empty tomb, the change in my leg) - Instead of stepping closer to learn more about the evidence, you keep as far away from it as…
There are two kinds of conversations we could be having. (A) Where one person tries to change the other person's mind (B) Where one person explains how a rational person can hold a position ... This is different from…
I can make an effort to. Meanwhile, you can explain the empty tomb of Jesus similarly.
what are you referring to when you say a language can sell out?
"It may be here said, We have instances wherein God hath not fulfilled his threatenings; as his threatening to Adam, and in him to mankind, that they should surely die, if they should eat the forbidden fruit. I answer,…
Old Testament, Isaiah 66:22 “As the __new heavens and the new earth__ that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New Moon to another and from one…
replied at https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=m1n1#42664575
That's not the only feasible way to go. The other way is - God offers a choice - Offenses against God (however few in number and short in duration) yet have an infinite dimension of being against Him - God mercifully…
It's a consequence and not the only one, and put together the consequences aren't really avoidable. But they are consequences, not punishment. For punishment, see a sibling comment elsewhere on this page that has a…
Yes, it is nonsensical and irrational as long as God is viewed as _just another x_. But it makes sense if one does two things: 1. hold all the rest of existence to be as the light dust of the balance in worth compared…
No Eve alive today claims to be the original. Eve ate from the tree and surely (eventually) died. Edit: the supposition in Genesis is if they hadn't ever eaten, they'd be alive today.
This comment (and another cousin comment elsewhere) uses the word Punishment. But I used the word Consequence. As for Punishment, I found this quote to be helpful in understanding: "It is just with God eternally to cast…
In this worldview, Satan is not merely sadistic. He wishes to detract from God. So if one is walking away from God or apart from God, Satan would want that person to feel justified (comfortable, rewarded) in their…
> I honestly don’t understand how anyone who has been proximate to childbirth can believe in intelligent design. One way to believe in intelligent design despite how awful human childbirth is compared to those for other…
We had to build and launch something by a deadline in order to avoid renewing a contract that would have cost $x mil. But we discovered we weren't going to finish in time with the resources and the approach that was…
So the squashing of a tomato or a human or a civilization -- they're just different rearrangements of matter and energy. Our feelings about each are also just chemical reactions. Any feeling or argument to the contrary…
You could imagine a God who is infinitely delightful. If he's the only thing in existence, he could delight in himself without end and would not be wrong in doing so, being actually delightful. Having no limitation of…
> the supernatural isn't real So ... only what is physical is real? Like only matter and energy? Then there's no such thing as significance or value, only different combinations of matter and energy. Any opinion or…
Also found out a friend tore a ligament in her knee while skiing, got an MRI showing the tear, prayed, got another MRI showing the tear gone. Doc can't explain, and this has nothing to do with her susceptibility.
My Atari 2600 had an odd behavior with the reset switch. Holding it down at the beginning of the tank/combat game enabled your first shot to go through walls. Did you any Atari bugs while you worked on it? Pretty…
If you __sincerely__ want to understand the answer to your question about babies dying, you should try steelmanning. It’s the opposite of strawmanning. Steelmanning would not take the evil committed by humans and hang…
The charge is Stranger tricked me. The Prosecutor (you) repeatedly rely on an unproven universal negative claim that miracles never happen, a claim that would require watching all of history and show every event has a…
I watched the video. My experience didn't match any of the 4 methods shown. Not sure why he didn't include the 5th "and possibly 6th" ways that he thought of in the video. Again, I felt my leg moving against my pants…
This weekend I spoke with someone who (together with two others) prayed for a woman whose right arm was visibly shorter than her left (around 5 inches) -- so much so that she always had to roll up her right sleeve…
The purpose of this post is to describe how a reasonable person can reconcile these two: - a good, compassionate, merciful, omnipotent, and omniscient God - the reality that innocent babies suffer and die The purpose is…
So this has happened twice now: - I refer to the evidence of something in the past (Jesus' empty tomb, the change in my leg) - Instead of stepping closer to learn more about the evidence, you keep as far away from it as…
There are two kinds of conversations we could be having. (A) Where one person tries to change the other person's mind (B) Where one person explains how a rational person can hold a position ... This is different from…
I can make an effort to. Meanwhile, you can explain the empty tomb of Jesus similarly.
what are you referring to when you say a language can sell out?
"It may be here said, We have instances wherein God hath not fulfilled his threatenings; as his threatening to Adam, and in him to mankind, that they should surely die, if they should eat the forbidden fruit. I answer,…
Old Testament, Isaiah 66:22 “As the __new heavens and the new earth__ that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New Moon to another and from one…
replied at https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=m1n1#42664575
That's not the only feasible way to go. The other way is - God offers a choice - Offenses against God (however few in number and short in duration) yet have an infinite dimension of being against Him - God mercifully…
It's a consequence and not the only one, and put together the consequences aren't really avoidable. But they are consequences, not punishment. For punishment, see a sibling comment elsewhere on this page that has a…
Yes, it is nonsensical and irrational as long as God is viewed as _just another x_. But it makes sense if one does two things: 1. hold all the rest of existence to be as the light dust of the balance in worth compared…
No Eve alive today claims to be the original. Eve ate from the tree and surely (eventually) died. Edit: the supposition in Genesis is if they hadn't ever eaten, they'd be alive today.
This comment (and another cousin comment elsewhere) uses the word Punishment. But I used the word Consequence. As for Punishment, I found this quote to be helpful in understanding: "It is just with God eternally to cast…
In this worldview, Satan is not merely sadistic. He wishes to detract from God. So if one is walking away from God or apart from God, Satan would want that person to feel justified (comfortable, rewarded) in their…
> I honestly don’t understand how anyone who has been proximate to childbirth can believe in intelligent design. One way to believe in intelligent design despite how awful human childbirth is compared to those for other…
We had to build and launch something by a deadline in order to avoid renewing a contract that would have cost $x mil. But we discovered we weren't going to finish in time with the resources and the approach that was…