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Avalerion
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The only way I understand how to come to this conclusion is to resort to things I know are unquestionable truths. Among those who understand the impossibility of pure objective reasoning within humans, this may sound arrogant, but please consider that this is my user page and, if I truly believe something, I will write it as a fact. However, I’m always up for listening to different points of view and will attempt to have an unbiased opinion on actual articles.
The only way I understand how to come to this conclusion is to resort to things I know are unquestionable truths. Among those who understand the impossibility of pure objective reasoning within humans, this may sound arrogant, but please consider that this is my user page and, if I truly believe something, I will write it as a fact. However, I’m always up for listening to different points of view and will attempt to have an unbiased opinion on actual articles.
=== Ground: Book of Nature ===
=== Ground: Book of Nature ===
Here’s where it becomes harder to follow. Regarding time, such a deity must be [[omnipotent]], above the laws of nature, or else it would have decayed to nothing already. It also would not have evolved; it had to be self-sufficient always. Being omnipotent, one could say the deity transcends the three dimensions and therefore is also [[omnipresent]].
Here’s where it becomes harder to follow. Regarding time, such a deity must be [[omnipotent]], above the laws of nature, or else it would have decayed to nothing already. It also would not have evolved; it had to be self-sufficient always. Being omnipotent, one could say the deity transcends the three dimensions and therefore is also [[omnipresent]].
<big>‘’’Meaning of Life‘’’</big>
<big>Meaning of Life</big>
(Keep in mind that this is my thought pattern. While I don’t mind questions to help my own outlook, this is not to say that there is no other line of thought, just none that I have yet to perceive.)
(Keep in mind that this is my thought pattern. While I don’t mind questions to help my own outlook, this is not to say that there is no other line of thought, just none that I have yet to perceive.)
What I did and still do believe, is that such a book would have to be pure or at least with solid evidence available to those that would look so they would know which parts were pure. I don’t mean drastic corruption, but almost inconspicuous. A being that ultimately can purify nature could certainly keep the holy book from corruption to the point of no return.
What I did and still do believe, is that such a book would have to be pure or at least with solid evidence available to those that would look so they would know which parts were pure. I don’t mean drastic corruption, but almost inconspicuous. A being that ultimately can purify nature could certainly keep the holy book from corruption to the point of no return.
=== Foundation: Word of God ===
It took two years, going through several religions that first qualified by having a “holy book” and not contradicting it or the qualifications for the deity stated above, until finally reading Christianity. I had held off from it because I was afraid that, because it was popular, especially in the United States, that it would be assumed that I took to it because everyone else around me was Christian. That’s far from the truth. With nineteen years of an unbelieving lifestyle, you can bet that I managed to find the few Atheists, Deists, Wiccans, Armenians and so on in my area, and surround myself with them, because I had no one else to relate to. Even now my understanding is at odds with most of my family and many other self-proclaimed Christians.
It took two years, going through several religions that first qualified by having a “holy book” and not contradicting it or the qualifications for the deity stated above, until finally reading Christianity. I had held off from it because I was afraid that, because it was popular, especially in the United States, that it would be assumed that I took to it because everyone else around me was Christian. That’s far from the truth. With nineteen years of an unbelieving lifestyle, you can bet that I managed to find the few Atheists, Deists, Wiccans, Armenians and so on in my area, and surround myself with them, because I had no one else to relate to. Even now my understanding is at odds with most of my family and many other self-proclaimed Christians.
In any case, Christianity held up to all the conditions I had wanted, where the religions had failed. (I still need to return the Hindu book, but keep getting lost to that part of town.) The Bible contained further scientific evidence that I had not even heard about before, but I guess that’s understandable. ‘’Darwinism Under the Microscope’’ was five-years old when I first read it.
In any case, Christianity held up to all the conditions I had wanted, where the religions had failed. (I still need to return the Hindu book, but keep getting lost to that part of town.) The Bible contained further scientific evidence that I had not even heard about before, but I guess that’s understandable. ‘’Darwinism Under the Microscope’’ was five-years old when I first read it.