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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames
I apologize I was wrong. I didn't grab it from what Cameron said though I took it from the author of the article when the author stated: "Stephen Hawking gave an interview in which he declared that in his wholly scientific view Heaven doesn't exist..."
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No worries
, always important to go to the source, and even then question it, the media's ability to get a quote or a fact straight, especially anywhere near science, is vanishingly small.
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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames
Okay so you believe the Bible isn't the word of God. That's your belief, I believe it is. If you or someone else believed in the existence of Hogwarts than so be it. I don't have a reason to try to force them to prove it.
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And that's fine, I however think understanding the reason for a belief is more important than the belief itself.
It was me trying to find out why I believed what I did that led me to the conclusions I have now.
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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames
Disagreeing is one thing but saying "but the bible doesn't count" is taking away the ability to use bible verses as part of any discussion, which really in essence is taking the bible away from me.
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I see what you mean, but look at it from the other side. If we were discussing something and I was quoting to you from the Book of Mormon, you wouldn't put any weight in what I was quoting right? Because you wouldn't see it as a valid source of knowledge/wisdom/etc.
Using the Bible (or the Qua-ran or whatever) as evidence to support made in that book is circular reasoning. If that satisfies you that's fine, but others may have higher standards of evidence.