tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963554245672779840.post6202923941485881344..comments2023-10-12T10:23:29.185-05:00Comments on Living On The Back Burner: The What HappenedLiving on the Back Burnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969773209824697880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963554245672779840.post-84993936084106075082009-05-18T13:07:00.000-05:002009-05-18T13:07:00.000-05:00"that's a concept many people find harder to under..."that's a concept many people find harder to understand..."<br /><br />Just like how six days and six thousand years ago is much more inviting and understandable than allopatric speciation, genetic drift, ERV's, "junk" DNA, polyploidy, homology, morphology and radiometric dating.<br /><br />If it's too hard to understand, then gawd did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963554245672779840.post-75639536638407437812009-05-18T11:37:00.000-05:002009-05-18T11:37:00.000-05:00Sorry to hear that's the way you think, anonymous ...Sorry to hear that's the way you think, anonymous (BTW, I found science and physics, too, when I was in high school, and I loved and excelled at both physics and chemistry . . . although that's wholly beside the point). Perhaps you missed the part where Jesus Christ became sin on our behalf when he was crucified, and that God the father now extends grace to those who have sinned against him through Jesus Christ. Granted, that's a concept many people find harder to understand than, say, particle physics, but it's still valid.<br /><br />I'm not implying that negative events alone can or will cause one to not believe in God. I'm basing this off of conversations I've had with people and friendships I've share where people that did not believe in God based their worldview off one defining moment in their lives or a series of moments leading to one defining point, and every single event that led to someone turning away from God was negative. Every one. None of them were positive in and of themselves. Now, that's just what I've observed from the dozens of people I've known and shared time with, but I think it's pretty telling that none of these people expressed disbelief in God as a result of an overal positive experience.<br /><br />But you also have the defining moments that led to positive transformations, whether those were based in God or not. These turning points are all over our lives; we just have to identify them.Living on the Back Burnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969773209824697880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963554245672779840.post-6703870207832414802009-05-18T11:01:00.000-05:002009-05-18T11:01:00.000-05:00"..the part of scripture that identifies the devil..."..the part of scripture that identifies the devil as the one who has come to steal, kill, and destroy."<br /><br />I guess you forgot that according to your Bible, the devil killed ten people, while your all-loving, merciful, tolerant god killed well over two million. Hmm.<br /><br />Way to imply that someone not believing in your god was caused by a negative incident. Maybe it was caused by something positive. For example, they reached the age of reason or their brain started functioning properly.<br /><br />My What Happened is that I found science and physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com