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I Haven’t seen a good CT topic debate going on in awhile… so I’m going to make everyone feel uncomfortable by talking about one of the most controversial subjects you can talk about; The Bible.
Now before this gets locks I want to make it clear to everyone that any huge literary piece gets dissected and analyzed. That is essentially what I want to do in this thread. So in order for anyone to make a valid point about anything further you must cite a scriptural reference or any point you make will be invalid. (I’ve found that most Christians suck at doing this but those who claim to be non Christian know more about texts than those who claim to be. Prove me wrong f you can XD. ) This will be a series of topics that I will bring up, I will bring up a new subject every once in awhile because let’s face it, in every debate people repeat themselves multiple times and it gets annoying. So if I feel that the debate is looping I will change the subject (look at the first page to see what is the active topic.) The topics will be all over the place. I will try to stay away from religious beliefs as much as possible, but by referring to texts for every argument, you shouldn’t get into the normal flame war that persists in similar topics. We are NOT discussing whose religion is better, but rather what can be proved/disproved by biblical text. If you make a comment that Jesus dies on a cross… prove it. Assume that no one knows anything and that you have to explain every detail of your post. Remember! If you don’t have a scripture that can back up your point, IT WILL NOT COUNT!!! So those are the general guidelines. Like I’ve said, I find that people who claim to have no religion have a better understanding of the Bible than most people who claim to belong to a church or whatnot. I will try not to make these topics too in depth because I want to be able to jump around and I don't want pages of the same opinion to be said over and over. My first topic will be death. -What happens after you die? Second topic, what will happen to the earth in the future? Current topic: The earth (Before I post my reasoning I will let others bring up their arguments first.) Last edited by iggymatrixcounter; 07-22-2006 at 02:24 AM.. |
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Nothing about religion can be argued in any way. People who have faith have the mindset of "it doesn't matter what anyone says because I have faith" and people who don't believe are just as closed minded in their "The bible is fiction and is not meant to be taken literally."
In short, there's no debating, really. It's just religious people saying "The bible says Jesus was resurrected" and atheists saying "that's not physically possible." If you simply want to discuss elements of the bible and possible interpretations of it, I'd suggest taking a thread to a religious forum. These forums tend to have a lot of opinionated atheists. Now in response to your topic: Your body decomposes in the ground or you are burned and your ashes are stored in an urn or scattered in some kind of ceremony. That is the only thing which is known for sure. Debating any further happenings involving an afterlife will gain us nothing because there is not one completely reliable source of unbiased information. Everything anyone will say will be their personal thoughts on what happens or what their religion dictates happens with no proof or way to argue it. Quote:
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I'm afraid I don't fully understand.
Are you saying that you want us to prove what happens after death by using only the Bible as a source, leaving science and anything else at the doorstep? If so, then isn't Afro's post completely worthless to what you're trying to do? This is fair, as it restricts not only our knowledge but our focus, too, but it's also kind of daunting a task to rifle through the entire Bible to see what it says about whatever subject and where, no? Correct me if I misunderstood, though. --Guido http://andy.mikee385.com |
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It's like a debate you would have in class, I remember discussing symbolism in a stupid book and I didn't believe in what it was saying but that's what the author's message was. Think of it as trying to prove what the author's view on the subject is rather than your own. Prove to me something that it says, if it's what you believe then fine, if it isn't that's also fine. Quote:
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I have a shred of proof that at least some of the bible is true.
It is scientific fact that the earth's magnetic field has been reversed at least one time, and only a disaster of immense preportions can cause this. The proof that the magnetic field reversed is that a group of geologists found a huge magnetic rock that was pointing south, and all magnetic raock found before that were all pointing north, these rocks basically work the same way as a compass. It is not pure chance that the date of this reversing was traced back to nearly the exact date of the flood in the bible. And this flood also caused fossiles of fish on the peak of some mountains in the himalayas. |
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Anything historical from the Bible is true. ANY research on ANY historical occurances in the Bible can be matched with history books, archeology, etc. There have even been instances where history was wrong but the Bible was right, then later on stuff was found or whatever that made the Bible account right.
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Even if there was concordance with an immense disaster, that still proves nothing more than mere coincidence. Quote:
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There are a large amount of factual historical things in the bible. We know that they are factually historical because of secular information from the time backing it up.
Regarding this flood thing: I've heard from many different sources that many of the religions of the area have a flood story of some kind that actually have common elements. It's not unlikely that there was really a flood, or that there were heroic survivors. It's really more of the whole Noah living the amount of time that would easily kill a man, even in these days of better living standards, and the personal saving of animals in order to preserve them for after the flood. Anyway, I really just don't like the idea of providing Bible information as though it's proving something. It seems others would agree that it's not a good idea. Quote:
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EDIT: oh. Guido handled a response to Iggy's post quite well... probably better than mine. I should read posts more completely before responding to interesting posts. Oh well. Doesn't really matter.
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Guido edit: No, YOU haven't learned to quit trolling in CT with your religious bigotry.
Why does he want us to try and prove what happens after death only using the bible. Cause that only points to one side and then everyone just agrees with eachother and there is no point to the whole idea. But yea, there is no proof of what happens after death in the bible because there is just no proof in the bible of anything. And if it says some people were resurected then obviously the bible is wrong because you cant be resurected. I'm glad common sense is finally taking over in our world. Last edited by GuidoHunter; 07-22-2006 at 12:24 AM.. |
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Well, I'm not really that great at debates, because I got a really bad grade on a formal debate in school.
But I do know one man who could easily blow you all away with his debating, no matter what you say against he always somehow comes up with something prefectly logical to say back to you. |
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Course I see where my error was in the first place. See I thought this would have been a debate like one similar to something you had/have in English class where you discuss a book and its symbolism or its themes or whatnot. Course you can't expect to just use information from one source and need to refer to many sources. Go ahead and lock this whatever mod sees this first, too lazy to find one atm but I'm sure it's being watched anyways. |
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http://ffrf.org/quiz/scripts/bquiz_results.php greatest bible information ever.
The flood? 2370 BC you say? Nonsense! Egyptian historical documents date back to atleast 3000 BC. There is no documented flood, therefor, if there was one it was not worldwide, because there was no worldwide flood and the egyptians were not wiped out in 2370 BC. Now from this we do have one fact. That is, the bible is not to be taken seriously under most accounts. Hell, according to the bible men should not have long hair...*points to pictures of jesus* I would assume the bible says you go to heaven when you die or go to hell if you have sinned and not confessed or something along those lines XD
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The thread veered off course with sjoecool's first post, but then you ran with it, so the derailment is partially your fault =). If you want me to lock it so that you can try again or something, just give the word (which, admittedly, you already did), but if you want to keep going as it is, that's cool, too. --Guido http://andy.mikee385.com |
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Well how about we go to something that is a little less controversial. If the topic veers off this time you have my permission to lock it.
Death is discussed in the Bible but surprisingly the dead are just dead, they don't go on to an afterlife. They simply cease to exist. (Ecc. 9:5,10) Another example I've always thought of was if people went to Heaven after they died, then when the Bible mentions people being resurrected why is that a favor? They would have been in heaven with a perfect body (sort to speak) and now they are back as a fleshly human. I always think of when Jesus resurected Lazarus. Why did he do that if Lazarus went to heaven? Anyways that was the direction I thought the thread would go. Not proving the Bible against science and whatnot because that is inconclusive and starts flame wars. I wanted to debate the Bible within itself. Find flaws within itself. People SAY you go to heaven when you die but there are other verses/ examples (like the ones I just mentioned) that can prove otherwise. But enough of death XD. Try this topic, it may be less controversial: What will happen to the earth in the future? |
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ok on the topic of the bible and wat happens after you die. in the sense of christian belief, and especially catholic belief there is a heaven and hell. In jewish religion i believe they believe the same thing (maybe obly heaven though cuz my gf is jewish and she doesn't believe in hell), and islamic religions are similar. All three of these religions are based off the same GOD. In consiquence you can ask any of these religious groups what happens after death and you will get the same answer if they believe in there religion. Also you cannot prove what happens after death. You can use references but then it will get shot down instantly becuz your r4eference (the bible) will then be shot down with various quotes of scripture that people will pull that they will disprove.
Another problem that has occured, the catholic religion does not just use the bible for its religious background. It uses the bible, church tradition, sacred scripture, and the Magistirium. These are what catholics base their religion on. On the other hand Mormons creasted there own book and other protestant religions have removed certain books from the catholic bible. Also the jewish religion only has the first testament of the bible (the Torah). Also there were originally twelve tribes in israel. But only 2 of these tribes came to be the modern jewish religion, the other ten are known as the lost tribes. They will then have a little different view. Also in ancient Egyptian times they believed that your soul would be weighed against a feather to see if you were pure in heart or not. Also some religions believed in different categories of heaven and hell. It all depends on how you interpret your religion (they way it was meant to be interpreted or some way you invented yourself). It comes down to if you have faith or not. If you have faith then you will believe this. If you dont have faith then you will not. Eveyone has their own religious views. I have friends that are Christian, Jewish, and Islamic. I also have friends that and atheists, pagan, and agnostic. In a scientific sense your body disintigrates into the ground is absorbed by the earth and the molecules in your body continue in the earth's several systems. Anyway getting back to what happens after you die according to the bible as you have already forgot what i have said probably, you will die and be judged on whether you go to heaven or hell depending on how you lived. God makes this judgement and i have somes quotes for those of you who want them, revelation chapt. 1, "I hold the keys to death and the netherworld."; revelation chapt. 4 "After this I had a vision of an open door 2 to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me; there are several references to death and what happens after you die but only one is fully accounted for and that is of Jesus'. He was the first officiall human soul into heaven and had opened the gates of heaven. there is a scritural quote for this and i will catch up with this as soon as i find it. EDIT: my bad finished typing this after the other comment had gone in. and what will happen to earth in the future, near or distant, either way revelations takes care of that. Last edited by i_like_ham; 07-22-2006 at 02:22 AM.. |
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Ok don't use references on what religions say. I like you use of actual verses so stick to that if you make any other comments.
Could refute some of your logic but I want to get off the subject of death and on to another. |
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Ok, the bible supports you in hating those of your family.
Here are the scriptures. Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Matthew 10:34 For I am come to set a man in variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. Matthew 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child, and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my names sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. There, Ye bible tells you to hate your mother and your father and your sister and your brethren, so you may have everlasting life =P. You can find these on www.bettybowers.com/biblequiz.html |
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Sorry Guido.
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Well off topic midnight but since no one cares about the earth, let's discuss family values
I've read a bunch of different things that people read and say, "Ok I can hate my parents and it's the right thing to do." Which is biased reasoning because for one you don't consider texts that say the exact opposite(Ephesians 6:1-4 for example), and two you don't consider context or reason logically on it. Luke 14:26: If we were told to hate our family but love our enemies (Matthew 5:44) wouldn't you think that's a bit backwards? Rather it's just saying that a love for God should be greater than your love for father, mother, brother, etc. Matthew 10:34: Well let's see. 1) Verse 36 says enemies would be in the family, 2) 37 talks about the same principle mentioned in Luke. Again this is only saying that family division will cause problems and you should go with God's Word over your parent's. Matthew 10:21: Verse 22 states that you would be enemies by all people, including family. This would mean that even your own family might hate you for studying/applying God's Word. Luke 21: 16-17 is similar meaning that people (even family) would persecute you for bascially doing what's right. It was also one of the "signs of the conclusion of things" mentioned in Matthew ch 24. Matthew 19:29: Again beating the same principle. However this is talking about the rewards for enduring through such persecution from people and family members. I didn't check out the site for whatever else there is. I'm sure it's all related stuff and is more reasonably applied like my reasoning. Too many times to people read something and run with what they think rather than what it means. It's like if someone said "Pick a number from 1-100." You pick 34 but then you find that the number is odd not even, so do you keep thinking the number is 34 or do you change your mind and pick another number? But hey, ultimately what you read and believe is your own business and no one should force you to think otherwise. Reach's website that he cited did the same thing. I could see faulty reasoning/logic in a lot of it. Some of it made sense, I won't bash it all. But who knows how much research went into all those statements compared to just me trying to see where the wrong is XD. But that's why I like debates, you can exchange/refine ideas and theories that you have. 90% of the time people are set in what they believe (or don't believe) but it's always fun to see where people stand on certain topics. So keep you ideas coming. We're on family values still if there is any more thoughts on the matter. |
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