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I think you're going to have to explain your reasons for believing that free will1 is not valid while free will2 is completely valid. Here are three problems that I find with your own definition of free will. 1. The ability for you to form you're own beliefs (about Gods existence and indeed...

Maybe I am confusing what you are saying KFunk, but you seem to be confusing free will with your bodily (or otherwise found) desires (ie the food/security/sex that you mentioned). Your will is not constrained by these desires, it is what give you the ability to fulfill or deny them. ie. you are...

I used to be stumped on this particular issue. If I am understanding you correctly, you are saying that we cannot have free will since God knows all of our choices before they happen. Therefore, if God knew what would happen, how was it freewill on your part since he created you and the...

I'm not sure about historical evidence - but from what I can remember being told, all of them were murdered but one who died of natural causes. Assuming the above is correct and that Jesus and disciples actually existed, this is one reason that adds to a belief that Jesus was who he said he...

Trying to discredit my beliefs by associating them with what are obviously flawed logical conclusions does nothing more than misguide people on what I have actually posted. I find it interesting that you have linked to a page from an atheistic website. You don't feel this requires the same...

Lol, well not blashemy against the Bible or Christianity. It's a common misconception that the bible teaches that the world is flat.

True, which is why I originally refrained from posting my reasons for my belief in a God. You insisted however that it was revelvant, so I posted them. Now they're not relevant? If that is the case, I'm more than happy for this discussion to be moved into the "Does God Exist" thread. Everyone...

Ahh, see your arguing with a whole point when you don't need to. The point he was trying to make was that the universe is not infinite - if you already believe that, then there is no problem. The Kalam cosmological argument can be summarized to: 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause of...

I'm guessing that you didn't read the first clause of the Kalam Cosmological argument: "1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause of its existence." The explanation of a God that transcends naturalistic causes is why in my mind this argument makes sense. Put simply, since God did not begin to...

Okay, your going to have to break that one down for me. I'm going to have to take your word that he is wrong on that part. Although I must say that it seems to be missing the point. His point was that if the universe is going to end - like it looks that it eventually will why has it not...

Please, I encourage you to have a read through http://www.leaderu.com/truth/3truth11.html I would really appreciate your feedback and thoughts on the argument.

You must understand that from my point of view that is a lot easier said than done. Whilst I will always en devour to look at the evidence I see with a clear set of eyes and mind, when I come to a point where I find a contradiction there are three options available to me: 1. Ignore the facts...

Ha ha, as I said, it was a very quick search, I didn't take much time checking the sites they were actually coming from. Just took a brief read through to make sure that it made sense. If there is a problem with the actually points raised in the article let me know - because I would like to know :)

But if a God created the law of entropy? I must thank you for your other responses, by the way. They are always very insightful and hit the nail right on the head. Ta :)

Based on these types of responses, I think I have realized that people may not have been aware to what I was talking about. What is known as the fine-tuning of the universe refers to the improbability of life currently existing based only on naturalistic explanations. Ie, our location in our...

I felt like investigating this quickly as upon hearing Noah again, it does seem quite ridiculous. Here are some links however that were first among my search results: http://www.specialtyinterests.net/the_remains_of_noahs_ark.html and linked from there with an explanation on the possibility of...

Cheers for that. Sorry about my late or rather, lack of reply. I got pretty sick the day after my last post and have been just sitting and stewing on this information for the last week. Stuff like this takes a while to take in for me. It seems to me that evolution is the most reasonable...

So far (On the reasons for me leaning toward intelligent design rather than atheism): 1. The fine tuning of the universe 2. God makes sense of the origin of the universe 3. My own personal revelation of God in my life - This one comes with a clause that it is only proof for the individual that...

Not any real problem. At first after reading this evidence on wikipedia, I was still finding it hard to plausibly believe that these changes were merely micro-evolution. In fact to be honest, I still do - they seem like quite large changes to me. However, after reading some of the articles...

Just realized that a few of those links will take me longer to get through than I originally anticipated (they're quite in depth) I thought I would at least reply to this as it is outside of our evolutionary discussion: Just like yourself, I won't believe in something simply because it...