Why choose the Catholic faith?

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aprilfloyd said:
I am neither, I am just curious.
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Another evasive answer.

But if you are agnostic, then the only rational choice you can make is to live your life as a theist. So are you making that rational choice?
 
aprilfloyd said:
I am saying that is accepted that one cannot prove or disprove a god.
I can’t help you. I watched Craig on many videos and debates and he talks a lot about proof, but just repeats himself and never actually gets around to the proof bit
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What would be an acceptable form of proof? ex. something tanglible? material? natural? or reason logic, phiolosophical theoogical?
 
ejp123 said:
What would be an acceptable form of proof? ex. something tanglible? material? natural? or reason logic, phiolosophical theoogical?
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An acceptable form of proof for aprilfloyd is anything she believes. If she doesn’t believe it, it doesn’t count as true.

Oh, and superficial things like evidence and reason don’t count as truth either.
 
dshix said:
In answer to what he was answering, I have this question: “What KIND of proof do you look for when looking for proof for God?”

There is no (or very little, rather) physical proof for God. God is found by proofs of reason, proofs of philosophy, and there are a number of hints in nature, including quantum physics.
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That’s a good question. I am very open minded. Anything that could be peer reviewed and established as accepted, so that we would not have all these conflicting gods and religions.
It would also be nice to see a practical application of God, that would help humanity. Something that could not be done without his help.
 
ejp123 said:
A challenging question I have been asked is, With so many gods and religions over the centuries, why be catholic? What makes it any more right or true than the others? In it’s simplist form, I try to chalk it up to Jesus as a real person in history and trusting his authority and word. Just wondering what others might think about these question. Thx
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Right. Here we go again… Folks, don’t take the bait!
 
aprilfloyd said:
Hi ejp123

I have tried to get to the root - why be a Catholic? when there are so many choices of gods and religions. I was born a Catholic, so I have tried to understand why my parents chose it.
I can’t find any evidence for one religion or god over another or none. It would be fascinating if we could discover any answer.
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Why do you regurgitate the same questions over and over again on thread after thread?? People spend their good time and efforts in answering your blatantly antagonistic “questions” which are nothing more than bait, and you go onto another thread and ask the same questions over and over again??? You don’t fool me. The good people on this forum give you the benefit of the doubt, but you have a problem. You have an axe to grind, as so many have already stated. You hate God (by your constant term of “Gods”), you hate the Catholic Church, and you are absolutely insincere in your questions. If you really were sincere, you would do some of your own research instead of baiting the good folks here on this forum. Get a life, already.
 
Gricken said:
That’s a rather large assumption. Can you support it?
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Gricken: This person to whom you address your question has no intention of answering your questions except with another godless assertion. It is here to aggravate. It asks the same questions over and over again in different threads. To engage in debate with this one only puts fuel on the fire. Pray for this person, don’t take the bait.
 
Sister_Terese said:
Gricken: This person to whom you address your question has no intention of answering your questions except with another godless assertion. It is here to aggravate. It asks the same questions over and over again in different threads. To engage in debate with this one only puts fuel on the fire. Pray for this person, don’t take the bait.
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Oh I’m well aware of this. I suppose I’m just being optimistic and hoping he/she will finally actually answer a question.
 
Gricken said:
I would argue that most of the arguments for god rely not on faith, but on how illogical the idea that this universe came together on it’s own is. I would argue that you seem to rely n faith to prove god DOESN’T exist.
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That is precisely the point.
 
aprilfloyd said:
That’s a good question. I am very open minded. Anything that could be peer reviewed and established as accepted, so that we would not have all these conflicting gods and religions.
It would also be nice to see a practical application of God, that would help humanity. Something that could not be done without his help.
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Established as “accepted” by what or whom?

You haven’t given me any idea of what you consider authority yet.
 
snarflemike said:
When one is presented with the statement “there is no evidence that Einstein’s theories of relativity are true”, should one post a thousand-page refutation, or simply roll one’s eyes and suggest that the person get acquainted with the literature. I don’t think we are required to summarize 2500 years of philosophy in each post.
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Thank you. You’re on to it, aren’t you?
 
Sister_Terese said:
Thank you. You’re on to it, aren’t you?
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I tipped him off. 😛

I claim the prize of having been one of the oldest aprilfloyddebaters on the forum. I have refuted it from the beginning of its membership, and I will never desist!!
 
ProdglArchitect said:
I’m trying to decide if he (she?) just missed my post, or is ignoring it because they don’t want to argue the point. I hope it’s the former, because if it’s the latter no amount of discussion is going to do them any good.
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If you search all of her/his posts, you will see that these questions are recurring recycle of the same topic: atheism. She/he does not discuss any other topic. Why? Because she/he has an agenda. She/he has absolutely no interest in real debate. She/he has a serious problem with God, the Catholic Church, and anyone who believes in God and the Church. Anyone who spends time in answering these ridiculous questions are met with more of the same. It is a vicious cycle–an atheist’s merry-go-round. I got off a long time ago.
 
dshix said:
This statement was irrelevant to what I said in my post. I said that the proofs for God which you named prove the existence of a first mover, and you even acknowledged that in your post. Did you change your mind?
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No I have not changed my mind.
 
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