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You're confusing the psychological benefits of belief with the truth of what's believed
Even if believing in God made people happier or healthier, that wouldn't make God any more likely to exist
I prefer forming my beliefs around what's demonstrably true, not what's comforting
Believing in a higher power is how our brains were evolved/designed. They work better when we do. Whether it is fully scientifically "proven" or not we have to choose a door. Believe or not believe, declining to choose is also a choice.
Usually I choose things that help my brain
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"It's just a theory!!"
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Why is it still referred to as“The Theory of Evolution?”
Get back to me when you close those gaps and you can provide definitive proof regarding cellular abiogenesis.. you know a living genetic organism, even the simplest organism with the most minimal genetic material would suffice.
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For anyone interested, every position is worth questioning.
But truth isn't determined by a popularity contest. Billions of people believing something doesn't make it true.
The relevant question isn't how many people believe in God, but whether their belief is justified.
Billions of people around the world believe in God, while you choose to identify with the relatively small percentage who describe themselves as atheists. Atheists make up a minority of the world’s population. Don’t you think it’s worth questioning whether your position is correct.
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Yes.
Because Christianity is, and always has been, defined by the Christians who practice it.
It isn't merely what Christians claim to believe; it's what they demonstrate through their words and actions.
And lately, that demonstration has been appalling.
Let me know if I am crazy, but has the the world grown to hate Christianity exponentially more in the past 10 years? Yes, I'm aware the world will hate Christians, but it seems like it has made a giant leap in social acceptability in recent years.
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I wish Theists new to Twitter could come aboard already knowing all the ways in which their arguments have been addressed.
A little communication, fellas... please.
You want evidence anyone can check? Fine.
The tomb was empty - even His enemies never produced a body.
500 people saw Him alive at once - and Paul named them while they were still alive to deny it.
His friends died for saying He rose - nobody dies for a lie they invented.
His biggest enemy became His biggest preacher - and died for it too (Paul).
That's not faith. That's history.
Now give me ONE natural explanation that covers all four.
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You’re assuming the first replicating systems required the machinery of modern cells but you haven’t established anything of the sort.
Evolution doesn’t require modern cellular complexity at the outset, and gaps in our understanding of abiogenesis aren’t evidence of design.
This process makes it obvious that Life was intelligently designed.
It couldn't have evolved, because the process of replication requires all these systems working together first.
A system can't evolve if Life requires it to survive.
Cellular metabolism, even in the simplest single celled organisms, is required in order to bring in (eat) new material, break things down, absorb what's needed, expel the waste, and then distribute those molecules to the right places to be rebuilt into cellular parts or made into energy to power all these systems.
That's a massive complex network of systems working together to keep the cell alive and able to do anything at all.
No way to bring only certain molecules in? Dead.
No way to expel waste? Dead.
No way to break things down? Dead.
No way to organize molecules for construction? Dead.
No way to convert molecules into energy? Dead.
This complex system requires at least 140 genes minimum. That's about 150,000 lines of precisely sequenced DNA information.
Roughly 50-60 of those genes build transporters that let the right materials in and push waste out.
Another 40-50 handle the processing steps that break materials down to turn them into energy and building blocks.
And the rest help assemble those building blocks into all the parts the cell needs to grow and replicate.
Hundreds of thousands of lines of precisely coded genetic information to create an interdependent network of irreducibly complex machines working together in a step-by-step process to accomplish a singular overall goal.
There is only cause we've ever observed creating systems like this.
Intelligence.
Evolution cannot build this system, because evolution relies on this system existing in the first place.
Life was clearly Intelligently Designed.
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Sure, big guy!
It’s because factories can produce millions of TVs more efficiently each year, but doctors can’t perform millions of surgeries, and desirable land can’t be mass-produced.
Government policy can raise costs, but you’re confusing correlation with causation.
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME LIKE I’M 5 YEARS OLD
Why do unsubsidized consumer goods like TVs, appliances, clothes, all get cheaper and cheaper…while anything government puts its hands on, healthcare, housing, food, tuition, cars, utilities…just gets more and more unaffordable?
make it make sense
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The Bible says nothing about an American president moving an embassy to Jerusalem. You’re retrofitting ancient scripture to modern politics and calling it prophecy. That’s not evidence of divine foresight. It’s interpreting events to fit a conclusion you already believe.
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes…. whether you like President Trump or not (please hold your comments—this isn’t about him, nor do I care to hear it), he has already fulfilled one of the last prophecies in the Bible prior to Jesus’ return. Like it or not, President Trump has done far more for Christians than any other sitting President. Moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel back to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is one of the prophecies that must be fulfilled. No other President in history has done this, but Donald Trump did.
We haven’t seen anything yet!! What the world is experiencing right now is just the tip of the iceberg!!!
Just in case anyone wonders where I stand: The 7-year tribulation will be worse by far than anything anyone could imagine. If you think this is our last pandemic or “natural” disaster, you are sadly mistaken. Read the book of Revelation. As a Christian, I’ve heard about the corruption and debauchery of the end-times most of my life. It appears the book of Revelation is unfolding right before us. We shouldn’t be shocked either, given the state of immorality in our world. Every day, the boundaries of sin seem to be pushed further and further, and allowing Muslims to be elected into office is just speeding things up. The line between right and wrong has slowly been erased by society, television, and pop culture. Witchcraft, spiritualism, and “New Age” belief systems are being celebrated and exalted, even among some who profess to be Christians. We have been removed further from the world God created and intended. We need to take this time to re-evaluate ourselves. We need to prepare and repent. Jesus will return just as His Word tells us. This is a huge wake-up call to all who take the time to read this, and I am taking it seriously. I want to go home to my Father when my time is up.
Until the Lord calls me away from this world to the next, I want to make it clear that I believe in Jesus Christ as the true Lord and Savior. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was sacrificed on the cross, died for our sins, and rose again. He loves us all dearly (far more than we deserve) and forgives our sins if we repent. His Word says, “whoever believes in Me will not perish but have everlasting life.”
Please share—don’t EVER fear spreading the word of Jesus Christ! 🙏🏼
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You’re not bright.
Why in the world shouldn’t a farmer in Iowa and a banker in Manhattan have exactly the same voting power?
That’s what one person, one vote means.
The Electoral College doesn’t protect individual voters equally. It gives electoral power to states, not people.
The Electoral College is why a farmer in Iowa matters as much as a banker in Manhattan.
Anybody trying to scrap it doesn't want a fairer system.
They want you to stop mattering.
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Tell me you wear rose-colored glasses without telling me you wear rose-colored glasses.
The saddest part about Charlie Kirk is that he was truly the cleanest, most respectful, kindest, and Christian man on the right - and they lie on his memory and call him a hateful bigot anyway.
Say what you want. Tell the truth. Use whatever language you prefer. Be ruthless. Be racist. Be sexist.
They want to kill you for disagreeing. That’s it; and they’ll call you all of those things when you’re dead anyway no matter how careful you are with your words.
If you are a conservative or a Christian, you are now in a crusade whether you realize it or not. The godless want you dead.
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You’re confusing reduced profitability with unprofitability.
Banks earn revenue beyond interest, and lower rates also free up consumer spending.
Tighter credit IS a legitimate concern, but claiming banks will abandon credit cards and crash the economy requires evidence :)
This could crash the economy if it passes.
This is one of those things that sounds helpful at first, but has very bad 2nd and 3rd order consequences.
Credit cards are not profitable at 10% so banks just won’t offer them anymore.
We will see an immediate drop in consumer spending.
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echo chambers can be bad for your understanding of electorates
One thing doesn’t sit right with me. It seems many are comfortable laying this shellacking almost entirely at Trump’s feet.
Despite whatever legitimate criticisms can be made of him, no way this explains it. Gas prices? No way. Iran? Nope. It’s not like we’re in a depression or in Vietnam or Iraq.
It’s not like people collectively had a radical ideological transformation in just two years. It’s not like Democrats offered any hope. Come on.
Quit scapegoating Trump. That’s lazy and can’t possibly explain this would be sea change. No single issue or combination of issues explains this insanity. A normal off year defeat wouldn’t be hard to wrap one’s mind around but this is tantamount to a colossal injustice; a perversion of reality.
People who hate Trump are all too eager to blame him entirely for this but it simply doesn’t ring true to me.
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Reason retweeted
MAGA: "Abdul El-Sayed better not force his religious beliefs on us."
ALSO MAGA: "We want the 10 Commandments placed in every school and government/State building."
And THAT is why MAGA are the dumbest motherfuckers on this planet.
Who falls for this stuff?
Oh, sorry… I see now he mentioned MAGA.
To all my MAGA people, please relax. Donald Trump is playing the plan the perfectly. Please understand that the plan is motion. Before this year is over, the biggest national security event will come to light. The establishment walked right into it.
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