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Stutz commented on Missy Hollingsworth's blog post 'In Laws...'"I agree with Melvinotis & Jennifer, it sounds like it could be the early stages of some form of dementia. I'm not in any way qualified to offer an opinion on whether it could be Alzheimers, but I did some maintenance work in a dementia ward…"
Stutz replied to Ed's discussion 'The mob psychology of human sacrifice.'"I think you're right. We forget that Christianity represented moral progress at the time. Most of the Greek and Roman philosophers were obviously more mature moral thinkers, but as a popular movement, Christianity probably did plenty of good…"
Stutz replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"I appreciate this sentiment. It's the same melancholy that can be found in all great literature.
My problem with it is the context. The story is of God allowing Job and his family to be tortured to prove a point to Satan. Now (ignoring for…"
Stutz replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"Yes, yes, we've all heard the pitch. You're not engaging with what I said.
The point is that God could prevent these things but does not. Why wouldn't he? You have said that we all fall short, we don't measure up to God's…"
Stutz replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"You are right, Daniel, about Mercedes' intent. However, it's important to point out that it is unfair to the victims of tragedy that God allows them to be victimized just for the sake of letting the perpetrators have free will. This…"
Stutz replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"Mercedes, to an atheist it sounds like you are saying that it's okay that people are victims of disease, war, murder, rape and so forth because those victims are sinners who fall short of the glory of God. And I suppose that if you are okay…"
Stutz replied to Mercedes's discussion 'What happens when we die?'"My guess is that what you are calling the soul is just a person's personality, or even more simply, their mind. If you want to get poetic about it, you could call it someone's "essence" or their "soul" if you want…"
Stutz replied to RobertPiano's discussion 'Did YOU Ever FEAR the LORD ?'"I got scared once I discovered my genitalia's other function."
Stutz replied to kaito girl's discussion 'i knew you answered a question like this before,,but i wanna know "What make you an atheist?"'"Peta,
That's a cool story about your parents. I don't want to make it seem like mine were dogmatic or anything, just contentedly Christian. My dad always was putting down crackpots and idiots and flaky people and the like, and I picked up…"
Stutz replied to Sarah's discussion 'Coming to terms with reality'"I'm not going to have much to say about your issue with us being fundamentally alone inside our heads; maybe it's just because I'm an introvert, but to me this is natural and nothing to be upset about. I wouldn't want any other…"
Stutz replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"Islam is proving to be extremely useful, then, I presume. It must have a lot of validity."
Stutz replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"I'm curious to know which new theories about God, or of the physical world, have been advanced by experience, evidence, and argumentation in the field of religion (especially by evidence). What's the breaking news in the peer-reviewed…"
Stutz replied to kaito girl's discussion 'i knew you answered a question like this before,,but i wanna know "What make you an atheist?"'"For me, where it really began was with my academic introduction to the field of philosophy, from a high school history class and philosophy courses my first year in college. Philosophy didn't make me an atheist, but what it did was make me…"
Stutz replied to Morgan Matthew's discussion '2nd amendment, right to bear arms. thoughts?'"While availability of guns is obvious, we should at least consider some other, rather obvious contributing factors. The vast majority of the first world consists of much smaller, more homogeneous countries than the US, with more developed…"
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For the youth group kids...
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:36pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Just for fun, here's sort of a flashback for us 90s kids (probably not applicable outside the US—or maybe?)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/33-ways-you-know-you-were-a-youth-group-kid
I figure since so many of us grew up Christians, these might be amusing to remember. To be honest, I didn't get in quite this deep myself, with all the Christian-alternative fads…
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