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Why is atheism untenable? [Spirituality & Religion]

“Gradually, I realized that in the twenty years since I opted for philosophical atheism, a vast, systematic literature had emerged that not only cast deep doubt on, but also, from any reasonable perspective, effectively refuted my atheistic outlook. . . . Today, it seems to me, there is no good reason for an intelligent person to embrace the illusion of atheism or agnosticism, to make the same intellectual mistakes I made.
“As recently as twenty-five years ago, a reasonable person weighing the purely scientific evidence on the issue would likely have come down on the side of skepticism. That is no longer the case. Today the concrete data point strongly in the direction of the God hypothesis. It is the simplest and most obvious solution to the anthropic puzzle.”
(Patrick Glynn)
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God made woman subservient to man. Any woman who is not subservient is violating Gods purpose and when she dies will she spend eternity in hell because of the seriousness of her sin ? She didn't choose to be a woman.
Speedyman · 70-79, M
You are completely wrong in this. If you look at the creation account God made her as a co-partner. It was when sin entered the world that she became subservient. But of course through Christ the curse is lifted and she is no longer subservient but equal.@softspokenman
@Speedyman So why did Paul prohibit women from preaching? Was he wrong, or just a misogynistic swine?
Speedyman · 70-79, M
He doesn’t of course. If you look at Romans 16 there are eight women mentioned who are his co-workers and therefore were preachers@LeopoldBloom
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Speedyman · 70-79, M
And you obviously do not know what you are talking about when you come to talk about Paul. Why don’t you go and actually read what he says rather than taking a few verses out of context and following the party line?@fairefoutre
@fairefoutre Paul managed to ruin Christianity just as it was getting going. I'll agree that he was a good salesman for the Christian brand. By divorcing Christianity from its Jewish roots, he made it far too easy for people to become Christians, witness our friend Speedy here. If he can be one, then anyone can. It's basically meaningless. For example, you have a large number of Christians in the U.S. practicing a "religion" that Jesus would find incomprehensible, focused as it is on the glorification of commerce, hatred of foreigners, and the worship of leaders whose main accomplishment is braggadocio.
Speedyman · 70-79, M
This is so crazy it is unbelievable. Paul was a Jew and he actually showed how Christianity was derived from its Jewish roots. It was the,unreal scholars of the 19thcenturyin their ivory towers who divorced Christianity from its Jewish roots and people like you who gullibly believe them. Christianity is Jewish through and through as Paul showed -e fulfilment of the promises given to Abraham. You need to get some proper perspective on this as you have been totally mislead . @LeopoldBloom