All Christians are saints

@avalanchethecat

I don't care what it says in your book. If all christians are saints, why are there two different words?

@sonship said
@avalanchethecat
There are different statuses and different aspects to people.

You may be a husband.
You may be an employee.
You may be an uncle.
You may be a citizen.

Same person - different statuses.

Maybe you want "my book" to have the simplicity of kindergarten nursery rhyme.

And now that I think about it, this is my thread that ...[text shortened]... And here I will
quote the Bible. So remember. No promises here to you not to refer to my book.

@avalanchethecat

If you think that book's complicated it's probably just as well you've shied away from the sciences.

And for a little science break (with thanks to God) . . .

I thank God for this planet earth tailor made for us humans.
Here's a bunch of other planets they've found !

A Planet Turned to Dust Right Before Scientists Eyes
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@avalanchethecat said
If you think that book's complicated it's probably just as well you've shied away from the sciences.

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@sonship said
@avalanchethecat

It is not so simple that it only uses one word to describe the characteristics of believers.

I like science very much. My degree was in Computer Science.
If you have a religion of SCIENTISM, that I may shy away from.

Your pure leap of religious faith that random collisions of atoms and molecules with no purpose gave rise to a thinking mind? Now that religion of yours I may shy away from.

@avalanchethecat

The great thing about my 'religion' is that amends itself to incorporate any new data. There's no requirement for belief whatsoever.

We see that some of the alleged evolutionary "ape-men" have been deliberate hoaxes. Others have simply been cases of poor science, often motivated by overzealous and wishful thinking. We do observe evidence in the fossil record of natural variability within the ape and human populations, and a grim chronicle of disease, suffering, and death. In every case, however, the bottom line is the same: there is no fossil evidence of ape-to-man human evolution.

@sonship said
@avalanchethecat

The great thing about my 'religion' is that amends itself to incorporate any new data. There's no requirement for belief whatsoever.

Sure. Fresh new ideas like:
Multiverse, for which there is no evidence.
Abiogenesis, for which there is no evidence.
Extraterrestrial civilizations, for which there is no evidence.

Dating rocks by the fo ...[text shortened]... nce of ape-to-man human evolution.[/quote]
https://www.home-school.com/Articles/hominids-hoaxes.php

@avalanchethecat

Yup. Every now and then people lie for some reason.

If you think that book's complicated it's probably just as well you've shied away from the sciences.

@sonship said
@avalanchethecat

Yup. Every now and then people lie for some reason.

Sometimes they lie to propagate their religion.
Make sure it doesn't happen to you.

A symptom of this could be the smugness of suggesting those who believe in the revelation of the Bible know nothing about science.

I mean smug statements like this:

If you think that book's complicated it's probably just as well you've shied away from the sciences.

@avalanchethecat

And to hear the arguments the religion of scientism reminds one of some good advice.

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"
- Thomas Paine

@sonship said
@avalanchethecat

And to hear the arguments the religion of scientism reminds one of some good advice.

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"
- Thomas Paine

Tell us how the DNA molecule arose with no plan, no design, no forethought, no purpose or goal in mind.

@sonship said
Your pure leap of religious faith that random collisions of atoms and molecules with no purpose gave rise to a thinking mind? Now that religion of yours I may shy away from.

@FMF

This article informs of brands atheistic religions which have no superhuman deity
some may treat pagan "gods' as metaphors.

The term "pagan" applies to a variety of pre-Christian, nature-oriented religious traditions. Pagan religions are typically polytheistic, but it is possible for a person to treat the pagan gods as metaphors and not really existing. This is no different from treating the pagan stories as metaphors rather than real events, something that is even more common.

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Surely, in an arena where non-religious people are talking to religious people, religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power.