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NP. Speaking to this point. Jesus is God so it's possible. No contradictions. But we are coming at this from opposing viewpoints and never, ever, ever will meet even close to each other. It seems you are very focused on believers conceding that faith doesn't align with hard proof that you can turn over in your hands. You're right. Now what? Now you want us to say we are believing it anyway because it feels good and we have been taught as much from birth. Well the truth does feel good and I have been exposed to religion form birth, but I went my own way for a time and came back. Now what makes it "truth", right? Again, we're getting into that space between where you dwell and where I live.

You sound like someone who will not accept something that doesn't make sense to you, maybe I'm wrong. But if that is the case, you conduct your life as it works for you, and I'll do the same.[/quote]

Well, a far better answer was just offered, which is that Jesus was just a metaphor. This makes far more sense to me than "Jesus is God". Non-metaphorical claims of God and Jesus are supernatural by nature, and supernatural by definition conflicts with current scientific understanding. I am not asking you to meet me half way or become an atheist, but you have to be intellectually honest and admit that there is a contradiction between resurrection of Christ and science.

The specific reason of your religious belief is your prerogative, as it is my prerogative to say that I find the beliefs of fundamentalists more reasonable. We can then trade arguments supporting our own position and hopefully broaden our understanding of each other in the process.

There may be things I don't understand which I accept. For example there are smart minds working on Quantum Theory or String Theory, and I grant that I will unlikely be able to understand these theories in my lifetime because I haven't made any appreciable effort to understand them. But I do accept these theories because they are the product of the scientific method and are peer reviewed. However, there are things that I have looked into, things that I have the capacity to understand and make sense of, yet they do not make sense after repeated examinations to me and to the scientific community. These are the things that I cannot accept.

McLeanAthiest[/quote]

And we're back to you live as you will and I will do the same. There are many issues in this world that will find little to no reconciliation, faith is just one of them.[/quote]

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