Why do you believe in God ?

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  1. bricklayer

    bricklayer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Actually, that's not true. The Phoenicians understood the curvature of the Earth as early as 3500 BC. Virtually all sea going peoples understood that the world is round. Flat Earth has never been a dominant belief.
     
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    LOL........Most sea going people was not sea going peoples for most of human history in that they seldom got very far from the sight of shore.

     
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    bricklayer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And yet, they were able to discern the curvature of the earth. The bottom line is that the idea that the earth is flat has never been a widely held belief. The idea that is was, is today a widely held belief, but that doesn't make it so.
     
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    Sorry not true as any research will show either on or off line.

    Once more.

     
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    bricklayer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Believe what you want to believe. At least you're in the majority.
     
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    Sorry I go by the facts of known history including the facts concerning the discovery and proof of the true shape and even the size of the earth by the Greece mathematicians not due to the claims that the shape was obvious to people from the first.

    See link below on how the circumference of the earth was calculated.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
     
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    Does it matter if the world and the universe was flat. Remember it is you who is making these facts evident. Flat round square oval who determines. God. Call it wat u want, it kicks ass. It is ME posting this. That is not just enough it is awesome. Plz disagree with me. Sycophants tell me I'm awesome. Come on God is a word. I myself think God is beyond words. Why waste time proving we even exist.
     
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    Is your favorite color really real? I refuse to believe I cannot choose my favorite color. If genes environment or whatever are what determines my favorite color then it isn't. Bull. I am ME. Totally impossible to prove. Una vida preciosa
     
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    That is most certainly true although I have to give the mods here credit for keeping the tone civil and ensuring that the riff-raff don't get out of hand.
     
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    Inane non sequitur!
     
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    I wholeheartedly agree with your observation wrt hissyfit projection.
     
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    Fallacious assumption without any credible substantiation whatsoever.
     
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    Commonsense is just God's way of telling us that he does not exist!
     
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    Fingers in ears, humming la la la la la. Brilliant.
     
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    Atheists in Christian garb does not Christianity color.
     
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    That does not count as substantiation.
     
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    Yes we are created in the image of a Creator. We did not create it ourselves, but we were made in His image. We were made to have fellowship with that Creator ultimately. And in Him we can give thanks and be grateful for our existance. That helps to fulfill our lives.
     
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    Proof of a false claim: none claim to have actually seen this "god" or know exactly what he looks like yet claim that we are the image of this "god" and will persecute any who say different. This proves that this "god" is just another man made creation, to use words that are provided in the quote.
     
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    please prove a single thing you asserted above. Thank you in advance.
     
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    Don't know what you are talking about. Who am I persecuting? Would you like to put me in a concentration camp?? I don't have to prove anything to you. I have my faith....and you have yours I'm sure.
     
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    I don't have to prove a single thing to you as you don't have to prove anything to me about your "unbelief". Why does the "godless" get so excited when believers merely profess their faith?? You are often so defensive about something you claim does not exist.
     
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    Am I in the image of Zeus? I thank him everyday
     
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    No, Christians put people in concentration camps
     
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    We don’t get excited..this is a debate forum. You seem quite defensive as you attack,someone for being defensive
     
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