11-13-2006, 07:01 PM
Dr Small, that's a very poetic way of looking at it but it's a long way from proof.
I'm going to say this and then I wash my hands of this discussion. There are several reasons that I wash my hands of it.
1. It is obviously impossible for us to have a philosophical discussion about it.
2. Because of what I feel is your defensiveness, it will probably be impossible to get my point across on this and that is that neither the existence of God nor the inspiration of the Bible can be proved. It is by definition, impossible. God and religion do NOT fall within the realm of the provable. That is where faith comes in. God, the Bible, Islam, Hinduism, pantheism, etc. deal in spiritual truths BECAUSE they cannot be proven or disproved. Science deals with temporal truths; things that CAN be proven or disproved.
3. I have concerns about being perceived as trying to change your mind about your religion. That is NOT my intent. Your spiritual leadership should come solely from your parent or parents. It is neither my desire nor my place to get you to change your mind about ANYTHING religious or spiritual. I am just trying to get you to see the difference between spiritual truths and temporal truths in the hope that you will learn to be tolerant of other people's spiritual truths.
I'm going to say this and then I wash my hands of this discussion. There are several reasons that I wash my hands of it.
1. It is obviously impossible for us to have a philosophical discussion about it.
2. Because of what I feel is your defensiveness, it will probably be impossible to get my point across on this and that is that neither the existence of God nor the inspiration of the Bible can be proved. It is by definition, impossible. God and religion do NOT fall within the realm of the provable. That is where faith comes in. God, the Bible, Islam, Hinduism, pantheism, etc. deal in spiritual truths BECAUSE they cannot be proven or disproved. Science deals with temporal truths; things that CAN be proven or disproved.
3. I have concerns about being perceived as trying to change your mind about your religion. That is NOT my intent. Your spiritual leadership should come solely from your parent or parents. It is neither my desire nor my place to get you to change your mind about ANYTHING religious or spiritual. I am just trying to get you to see the difference between spiritual truths and temporal truths in the hope that you will learn to be tolerant of other people's spiritual truths.