Yes and I'm scared that we're approaching a Christian induced period of "believe in what makes you feel good" instead of "believe in what is correct, true and accurate."
Christianity does not encourage people to "believe in what makes you feel good." It promotes the truth. The whole "believe in what makes you feel good" thing comes from those who don't believe in absolute truth, and Christianity is a strong supporter of absolute truth.
Besides, it takes just as much faith, if not more, to believe in evolution as it does to believe in Christianity.
Sorry about that, I guess I assumed that we were talking about mission "staements" and core values together. I think that core values can help you see what an organization stands for.
Here's a tip for getting ahead in life: Don't insult people when you are discussing something. Not only does trying to insult me make you look immature, it also severely detracts from your arguement. If you can't have a good debate without trying to insult me, I don't see a point in continuing this discussion.
So you are saying that you could go to a church for a couple Sundays and tell me everything that church stands for? You might be able to get a feel for it, but I would like to know what kind of group I am joining. There's plenty of churches and other organizations that look good at first glance.
Besides that, its usually a good idea to make sure that everyone in the group is on the same page.
I don't see anything wrong with mission statements. I think short little phrases that don't really mean anything are wrong and stupid, as this whole post has been talking about. But I think mission statements and core values are needed so that everyone knows what that church stands for. I think this helps prevent confusion about beliefs and values.
The supernatural doesn't have to have a beginning. While everything around us has a beginning and end, they are only material things. The supernatural doesn't obey the same laws that we do. Besides that, that (while a very big one) is only one question. You said yourself that the evolution question brings forth many more questions.
That was not my only question on evolution, it was only an example. You can put all the different terms on it you want, but it is still a part of evolution. You don't have to refute every part of an argument to find a flaw in it. As for natural selection, if we are going off of this definition, I do agree that it happens.
The problem is that the concept of a supernatural being begets far more questions than it answers.
I see many, many questions coming from the theory of evolution as well.
And given that there is no proof of such a being, apart from events and instances attributed to it, it is a matter of faith, and thus not of science.
There is also no proof for evolution. Many people would say that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than in creationism. Think about it. Wouldn't it be easier to believe that a Supernatural Being created everything with a single word, than to believe that somehow little atoms found the exact combination to turn into one organism after another? But, that shouldn't be the sole reason to believe in one or the other.
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Yes and I'm scared that we're approaching a Christian induced period of "believe in what makes you feel good" instead of "believe in what is correct, true and accurate."
Christianity does not encourage people to "believe in what makes you feel good." It promotes the truth. The whole "believe in what makes you feel good" thing comes from those who don't believe in absolute truth, and Christianity is a strong supporter of absolute truth.
Besides, it takes just as much faith, if not more, to believe in evolution as it does to believe in Christianity.
Sorry about that, I guess I assumed that we were talking about mission "staements" and core values together. I think that core values can help you see what an organization stands for.
Here's a tip for getting ahead in life: Don't insult people when you are discussing something. Not only does trying to insult me make you look immature, it also severely detracts from your arguement. If you can't have a good debate without trying to insult me, I don't see a point in continuing this discussion.
So you are saying that you could go to a church for a couple Sundays and tell me everything that church stands for? You might be able to get a feel for it, but I would like to know what kind of group I am joining. There's plenty of churches and other organizations that look good at first glance.
Besides that, its usually a good idea to make sure that everyone in the group is on the same page.
I don't see anything wrong with mission statements. I think short little phrases that don't really mean anything are wrong and stupid, as this whole post has been talking about. But I think mission statements and core values are needed so that everyone knows what that church stands for. I think this helps prevent confusion about beliefs and values.
The supernatural doesn't have to have a beginning. While everything around us has a beginning and end, they are only material things. The supernatural doesn't obey the same laws that we do. Besides that, that (while a very big one) is only one question. You said yourself that the evolution question brings forth many more questions.
That was not my only question on evolution, it was only an example. You can put all the different terms on it you want, but it is still a part of evolution. You don't have to refute every part of an argument to find a flaw in it. As for natural selection, if we are going off of this definition, I do agree that it happens.
The problem is that the concept of a supernatural being begets far more questions than it answers.
I see many, many questions coming from the theory of evolution as well.
And given that there is no proof of such a being, apart from events and instances attributed to it, it is a matter of faith, and thus not of science.
There is also no proof for evolution. Many people would say that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than in creationism. Think about it. Wouldn't it be easier to believe that a Supernatural Being created everything with a single word, than to believe that somehow little atoms found the exact combination to turn into one organism after another? But, that shouldn't be the sole reason to believe in one or the other.