If, by definition, only that which can be scientifically proven can be true, then there's no point in further discussion, because the premise already contains the answer. However, I maintain that human experience and reality cannot be limited to this realm, and that meaning in life, trust, and love do not exist in the world of provability.
Could it be then that Adam, Eve, and their immediate lineage inherited such exceptional genetic predilections for lengthened lifespans?
Read more 
https://www.christianpure.com/learn/adam-eve-lifespan-930-years-decoding
#Aberdeen struggling with an historic city centre building the #Church of #Scotland no longer wants. New owners Scotland-Art: “Our intention is to return the #kirk to the heart of the #community, not by #faith, but with a mix of cultural and third sector services that give something back to the local area”. A problem not unique to Aberdeen
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6738383/st-nicholas-kirk-transformation-approved/
Kosovo’s ‘hidden Catholics’ baptised as Pope Francis mourned | Nation & World https://www.byteseu.com/960317/ #AbrahamicReligions #CatholicChurch #Christianity #culture #faith #Kosovo #laramans #partners/afp #pope #Religion #Vatican
How is WHAT convincing?
I'm asking how people can claim to KNOW things that are obviously unknowable.
While the #Bible and your book are equally fictional, only one will be taken as truth by millions. Apples and oranges.
I wouldn't presume to know what other people's first instincts are, but that's just me.
No thanks. You ignored the content of my reply, instead steering me to what Amazon shows is pre-suppositional Christian propaganda.
Even if I wanted to read it, it's putting the cart before the horse. What theists need to do first is *DEMONSTRATE THAT A GOD EXISTS IN REALITY*. Everything else is pointless speculation.
I'd like some evidence, please, not apologetics. No one—especially science—"needs God."
You're right. Francis Collins, former director of NIH, became a Catholic after observing a three-part frozen waterfall.
But individuals' beliefs are beside the point. They have no bearing on the methods of religion or science. No one put it better than Sam Harris:
"Is there a distinction between believing things for good reasons and believing them for bad ones? Do science and religion differ in the degree to which they observe this distinction? Put this way, the debate is over before it even begins."
Atheism contains no dogma—it's the non-belief of a specific claim.
Example: You claim your god exists, but your "evidence" isn't convincing, so I simply don't believe the claim. That's atheism.
Please demonstrate the compatibility of science's and religion's methods for arriving at true beliefs.
You're saying that atheists are just as bad as theists. I'm not sure that's a good position to take.
Their incompatibility is a fact, no matter who's selling what.
Since it is obviously inconceivable that all #religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
—Christopher Hitchens
I found a little brown bird at a thrift store. I painted it to be a blue bird of happiness. I gave it away as a gift to a friend, but I took pictures. I then collaged it into this piece which also uses my handmade mandalas.
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/faith-hope-and-love-12-with-bible-scripture-sharon-cummings.html
To all Resisters of Faith: you inherit a long history of fighting for Civil Rights. MLK, a Baptist pastor, marched with Jewish, Catholic, and Presbyterian faith leaders. King's non-violent protests were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, a deeply religious Hindu man.
It's time for people of faith to say: No More Hatred. As His Holiness the Dali Lama said "Compassion is the Radicalism of our time"
I find it very moving to see all these closet #Christians do their religious coming out in the wake of the death of #PopeFrancis. Most of them #activists of all kinds, from #climate to #humanrights, using this liminal #Easter to celebrate the teachings of that brown Middle Eastern radical leftist called #Jesus. Now the #Pope has died, it is up to them to show fierce courage in reclaiming their #faith and resilience in their #compassion. Because there's no one left to do it for them.
https://www.europesays.com/2014430/ How Pope Francis kept the faith #Catholic #church #faith #Francis #Pope #PopeFrancis #Rome
