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In order to intelligently discuss a topic, one must have some level of understanding. So if I want to talk about nuclear science with someone within the profession, I wouldn't be able to because I lack the knowledge to follow what they may be saying. So if you want to propose a new definition that is acceptable about something, you have to understand its major elements, current definition, and why it is so improperly defined that you must add or subtract to its definition. "Ordinary atheists" are unable to provide a better definition of God because they lack the understanding of who God is. If I don't believe in thirst, and I've never experienced it, how in the world would I be able to define it?

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Dude, if you're empty repenting, he still won't forgive you, so what's your point?

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Ok, just to be clear, I don't believe in "God" per se, I just think that there is a higher power. There's just too many unexplained phenomena out there for me to not even contemplate the possibility of something beyond our understanding or science. The human race has always debated the truth about their existence and religion is always saying "My god/s are better than your god/s" or "Your god/s are false" when they themselves cannot provide solid proof for the validity of their belief system. So it's pointless, really, to make the argument "God doesn't exist" or "God does exist" because the fact is that WE DON'T KNOW. People want science to prove everything, but science is limited to what resources, creativity, and mindset we have available. Just decades ago, science "proved" that every race and ethnicity except European whites was an inferior population. Now, we understand that was an extremely false belief. Science has proved and disproved itself over and over again throughout history, so trying to use a flawed system to disprove another flawed system is incredibly stupid. I believe that we misunderstand what is supernatural, because we constantly try to shape it to the limits of what we can understand. Isn't the whole characteristic of "God" the fact that he is beyond human comprehension? So a summary: If you can't prove something without it being disproven, then you obviously misunderstand it.

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Religion is defined as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature and purpose of the universe, as well as something one believes in and follows devotedly. So one could make the case that we all follow a religion, it's just that we might label it as that. Religion can't simply be done away with (currently) because as human beings, it is ingrained in our nature to explain the phenomena we don't understand. From the very beginning man created religion to explain why the wind blows, why the sea foams and swells, and why we have seasons. But through the study of science, we have answered these questions, and because the "pagan" religions of the old world couldn't adapt to the proven theories, they became extremely unpopular. The God Christians, Jews, and Muslims worship is considered to be able to do anything, so that's why they've lasted so long, including the fact that they do have some level of truth in them (Jesus and Muhammad existed, wars did occur, etc.). I think that religion can improve, deteriorate, and can be done away with, but the latter will not take place until we're far in the future.

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It should be a choice. If you don't curse, well good for you, but everyone has the right to say what you will. It's not like we don't hear it everywhere else.

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Some people believed that the world would end because of the Mayan calendar and people like Nostradamus saying it would end. They considered that as evidence, so they believed it. People use things like alleged demon possession, so-called miracles, and hearing "God" speak to them as evidence for the existence of God and the correctness of Christianity. All religions had documents that recorded "spectacular" events that become the root of their beliefs. Even Mormonism has a root of belief (Joseph Smith, I think that's his name, and received some golden plates from God, and apparently some other people were there to witness it). As it said in the debate info, what you may believe to be acceptable as evidence may not be the same for others.

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Some people find it comforting to believe in an entity who will protect them from harm, who will forgive them for all their faults, whatever they may be. I love when Im being patronized by Christians and they tell that the reason I would be in a bad mood is because I feel empty inside. And if I accept God in my life, that void will be filled. But they dont realize that it is themselves who feel empty.

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Actually, it says that holding on to it LEADS to you getting hurt; that bit about throwing a hot coal was just a simile, a comparison to what holding on to anger is like. You obviously haven't gotten over your insecurities, whatever the may be, and that is why you hold on to anger so tightly. Its become the driving force in your life. Plus, anger is never a lonely emotion; with it comes hate, vengeance, envy, sadness, or even fear. Why would you want to hold on to something that invites such negativity, when it obviously shows that that person still has a hold on your life?

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Yes, compassion is what truly teaches you what is wrong and what is right. Anger just feeds the delusion that the other people are wrong, and it is yourself who is right.

2 points

Anger is the product of feeling worthlessness. When you're angry, you're not actually getting over feeling worthless, you're just frustrated that you are being made to feel that way.

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Name: Christian Reid
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Marital Status: Single
Political Party: Democrat
Country: United States
Religion: Agnostic
Education: High School

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