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Are we all "sons" of God? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #1
Define the divine... MineralMan Feb 2019 #2
To divine the divine is the work of a lifetime. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #3
Nah... MineralMan Feb 2019 #4
Your answer apparently "works" for you. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #5
Here we go..🙄 sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #10
Many do not 'get it'. And they may never. no text sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #11
Or, they put such obstacles in the way, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #19
Redefining God as beyond evidence, reason, proofs, .. Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #28
IIRC there was a major debate in 80s? re validity of claims that can't be falsified bobbieinok Feb 2019 #31
Popper, Wittgenstein, Russell started it off? Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #33
I think Hume did. marylandblue Feb 2019 #34
The Parable of the Invisible Gardener--John Wisdom, Antony Flew bobbieinok Feb 2019 #35
The crux for me? Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #37
Or, an admission that human intelliegence is not capable of understanding? eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #38
Or a willful embrace of ignorance, intellectual fatalism and laziness, as sacred Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #39
Or an embrace of human intelligence as the substitute for a deity. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #40
Why would human intelligence substitute for a deity? marylandblue Feb 2019 #41
No evidence? MineralMan Feb 2019 #16
In your mind, you are indeed "correct". guillaumeb Feb 2019 #18
I thought that was the metaphorical part. (nt) NeoGreen Feb 2019 #22
Well done. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #23
In other words, you refuse to do so Major Nikon Feb 2019 #15
Each believer must do so. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #17
You were asked to define a word YOU used yourself as YOU define it, not "others" Major Nikon Feb 2019 #20
The creator, if you believe in such, naturally creates... Thomas Hurt Feb 2019 #6
Easy. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #29
Or, if you have problems with spelling... MineralMan Feb 2019 #30
Nope. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #13
He's more complex: LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #7
Pretty much sums it up. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #8
Patti Smith: "Jesus died for somebody's sins, 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #21
That's great! Glamrock Feb 2019 #26
jesus is Hercules plus a few other mix and match... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #9
Interesting. Thanks for link. bobbieinok Feb 2019 #12
That webpage is useless as scholarship struggle4progress Feb 2019 #25
Are we to suppose that the ... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #42
Genuine studies of cultural histories are interesting and informative. But struggle4progress Feb 2019 #43
I could say the same thing about anyone... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #44
Here is Richard Carrier on Graves: struggle4progress Feb 2019 #45
Ok, I get it... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #46
I like genuine scholarship, where actual facts lead to conclusions, struggle4progress Feb 2019 #47
So, does this mean I can assume you discount... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #49
I've been posting here at DU for fifteen years. In that time, struggle4progress Feb 2019 #50
Ok, good... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #53
The literalists take the view that the texts must be accepted as accurate accounts struggle4progress Feb 2019 #54
Agreed, and would add... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #55
The sons of Greek gods were generally demi-gods Major Nikon Feb 2019 #14
Could the Greek Gods be Nephilim? ... spin Feb 2019 #51
It is more subversive. The rulers often called themselves struggle4progress Feb 2019 #24
"A bit different, but not so very different" doesn't make for a long enough sermon RockRaven Feb 2019 #27
Zeus' kids knew how to party. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #32
Yes, sermons heard. Igel Feb 2019 #36
*record scratch* trotsky Feb 2019 #48
"The NT strongly implies that Jesus pre-existed" Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #52
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