I could prove Catholicism is true, but you would reject the evidence.

[aris2chat]

"I could prove Catholicism is true..."

No, you couldn’t – nor would you want to, as that would render pointless being Catholic, or practicing any other religion.

Religion is predicated on faith, not facts or the truth.

Faith is a large portion of religion, but there are also facts and truths to support that faith.

Most fairy tales are based on a factual story that don't necessarily have a happy ending but that does not make the tales true or factual.

Most good myths have a pinch of fact in them, or even a moral of some kind.

Jesus spoke in parables not actually stores or historical fact. It was so people could understand and learn a lesson from them. He taught people how to apply the spirit of the law to that present time and circumstances, he did not quote the law as "written".

Many great stories are written in a historic background to make them seem more real and relatable, but they are fiction.

Just because it is written in the bible does not make it fact.

Are there some facts in the bible, yes, it is the history of a people and the times they live in. That does not make the bible as a whole absolute truth, it is also a book about how people found faith in a god among many gods and develop laws, moral codes, to live by.

Other faith have their own books that guide them also or rewritten interpretations.

A lot of novels like Dan Brown's are based in fact and time we understand but that does not make the stories true.

Are people so gullible?

 

[Meriweather]

You have imagined her.

No. I have experienced Him.

 

[Meriweather]

As are fairies.

No. We are speaking of different realms: Physical realm, spiritual realm, and imaginary realm. The first two are real. The third is not.

 

[Meriweather]

Fair enough, no one can say Catholicism is not as true as Peter Pan. Nor that people do not draw as much comfort from it.

Peter Pan is imaginary, not real. Catholicism is spiritual, real.

Again, could you please describe the "comfort" you speak of?

 

[Meriweather]

Most fairy tales are based on a factual story that don't necessarily have a happy ending but that does not make the tales true or factual.

Most good myths have a pinch of fact in them, or even a moral of some kind.

Jesus spoke in parables not actually stores or historical fact. It was so people could understand and learn a lesson from them. He taught people how to apply the spirit of the law to that present time and circumstances, he did not quote the law as "written".

Many great stories are written in a historic background to make them seem more real and relatable, but they are fiction.

Just because it is written in the bible does not make it fact.

Are there some facts in the bible, yes, it is the history of a people and the times they live in. That does not make the bible as a whole absolute truth, it is also a book about how people found faith in a god among many gods and develop laws, moral codes, to live by.

Other faith have their own books that guide them also or rewritten interpretations.

A lot of novels like Dan Brown's are based in fact and time we understand but that does not make the stories true.

Are people so gullible?

You seem to be saying that imaginary stories are often based on reality, yet the stories themselves are not real.

Spirituality is not imagination, it is a reality. That is why it is called spiritual, not imaginary. One is real, the other is not.

Down through the ages, all throughout history, some people have had experiences/revelations of God. Others are oblivious. The oblivious see nothing wrong with themselves, they are perfectly fine, perfectly good people--nothing wrong with them--so they conclude that something must be wrong with "everyone else." Naturally, they won't see themselves as arrogant; they will see others are "gullible." Or foolish.

 

[Vastator]

We're into page 5. Where's Blackrook?

 

[presonorek]

If God is involved then of course it will be successful and big. If God isn't involved then wowzer weezers. Some of these phoney religions have become amazing and miraculous. That's why I get confused when atheist hate religion. That should be more impressed than the believers.

What a self contradictory load.

So you don't think it is impressive that enormous religious empires are built without the aid of an omnipotent being? I think it is very impressive.

If a religious empire is built by an omnipotent being then it is more disappointing than it is impressive. Is that all an omnipotent being can do? Very sad.

It's more impressive if it was done by mortal humans by the simple use of lies.

 

[BreezeWood]

Just as there is no physical evidence for fairies.

There is no physical evidence for fairies because fairies are imaginary. No one would expects to find physical evidence for that which is imaginary.

However, God is not imaginary. He is spiritual. Because He is spiritual, not physical, people do who look for physical evidence of God are doomed to be disappointed. That would be like looking for a stalagmite on a pine tree. You look for stalagmites in caves where they might be found, not on pine trees where there is no chance they will be found. God is found in the spiritual realm, not the physical.

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However, God is not imaginary. He is spiritual. Because He is spiritual, not physical, people do who look for physical evidence of God are doomed to be disappointed.

that is only true for catholicism, biblicists etc. - for the Almighty to have created Earth obviously they have a physical nature .... Garden Earth is a visual representation of the Everlasting.

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