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   richardcollins
   Administrator

   Richard Carrier wrote this widely circulated and wise article.

   http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/whynotchristian.html

   Introduction
   The Top Four Reasons I Am Not a Christian Are...
   1. God is Silent
   2. God is Inert
   3. The Evidence is Inadequate
   A Digression on Method
   Hero Savior of Vietnam
   4. Christianity Predicts a Different Universe
   Origin and Evolution of Life
   The Human Brain
   Finely Tuning a Killer Cosmos
   The Original Christian Cosmos
   Conclusion

   
   

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   jamesatracy
   Key Master

   Carrier has some excellent things to say. Here is just one of many quotations that I liked:

   "For a loving God who wanted to create a universe solely to provide a home for human beings, and to bring his plan of salvation to fruition, would never have invented this universe, but something quite different. But if there is no God, then the universe we actually observe is exactly the sort of universe we would expect to observe. In other words, if there is no God then this universe is the only kind of universe we would ever find ourselves in, the only kind that could ever produce intelligent life without any supernatural cause or plan."

   When Christians tell me that when they look at the universe they see the hand of their God behind it I can only wonder if they are looking at the same universe that I am...

   Posted 1 year ago #

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