Conscientious Alternative to Mormonism

[_Hoops]

In which case the sticking point would be all that improvable supernatural stuff.

Uh... no. The stickingpoint, specifically, and completely, is the Diviinity of Christ.

[_Hoops]

When you say "religions included" you mean Christianity too, right?

No. Religions included obviously does NOT include Christianity. Because words really have no meaning, and they can represent a whole range of ideas that are seperate and different from how those words are commonly used.

I'm done. Good night.

[_Corpsegrinder]

In which case the sticking point would be all that improvable supernatural stuff.

Uh... no. The stickingpoint, specifically, and completely, is the Diviinity of Christ.

Okay, have it your way, the sticking point is the biggest chunk of all the improvable supernatural stuff in the Bible.

[_Corpsegrinder]

I thought we agreed that if you're going waste my time with ridiculous parsing then we'll just go our different ways.

For what it's worth...

PARSE, verb
1. analyse (a sentence) into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles.
2. Computing analyse (text) into logical syntactic components.

Was I parsing? Of course. Was I engaging in "ridiculous parsing"? Certainly not.

Good night, Hoops.

[_lulu]

But I’m still not a Christian because I reject the supernatural aspects of the Christ myth, right?

The sticking point seems to be all that improvable supernatural stuff.

No, that's not what I wrote. One can not be a Christian and reject the Divinity of Christ.

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

And Jesus answered "this is an absolute requirement to be a Christian."

[_KevinSim]

The conscientious alternative to any superstition is secular humanism.

Secular Humanism does an adequate job of meeting humanity's short term needs. What does it do for humanity's long term needs? Is Secular Humanism making progress in ensuring that some good things will last forever?

[_KevinSim]

Jeezuz man! Reach back and pull the garmies outta your butt crack! He was JOKING.

Oops! I walked right into that one, didn't I?

[_just me]

The conscientious alternative to any superstition is secular humanism.

Secular Humanism does an adequate job of meeting humanity's short term needs. What does it do for humanity's long term needs? Is Secular Humanism making progress in ensuring that some good things will last forever?

Which good things? You say this all the time! Which "good things" are capable of lasting forever? How does Mormonism insure it?

[_KevinSim]

Can something even endure or perdure forever?

I'm reasonably certain that nothing good will last forever if nobody is actively working to preserve it.

But as for whether it's even possible for something good to last forever, why not? Humanity has made enormous progress over the years accomplishing things previously thought impossible. Who knows whether or not it can actually preserve forever some good things?

Does forever mean an infinite time span or does it mean just until time runs down?

Forever means an infinite time span.

What good things need to exist forever, and what mode of existence are we speaking about?

Any good thing. If something causes good things to happen, and its influence for good never has an end, then that's the mode of existence I'm speaking about.

Can we equate the existence of a concrete real thing with the existence had by an abstract object that is a-causal?

Could you be more specific here? I don't think I understand what you're asking.

[_just me]

What is Mormonism doing to insure that chocolate and sex are preserved forever?