tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post6904138379697504268..comments2023-11-05T06:25:31.318-06:00Comments on The Redemption and the Resurrection: How You Can Know There Is a GodCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087831796902678258noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post-4215512720054837642008-07-28T14:27:00.000-05:002008-07-28T14:27:00.000-05:00Anon,I didn't say your entire life is the control....Anon,<BR/><BR/>I didn't say your entire life is the control. Rather, your past life. The past, absent the ability to time travel, is unchanging. Thus, your past life is invariable and constant.<BR/><BR/>It's obvious that nothing I say will convince you to try the experiment I suggest. And that's fine. <BR/><BR/>But that doesn't change the fact that it works. It worked for me. It has worked for millions upon millions of people. And it will work for you too.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087831796902678258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post-42445715461089691452008-07-28T14:05:00.000-05:002008-07-28T14:05:00.000-05:00If the life before and the life after changes then...If the life before and the life after changes then it is not the control but rather a variable. I don't disagree with the punch line here: faith. The problem with analogies and anecdotes when it comes to such compolex issues is that they usually never stand up on their own and hardly ever can avoid being attacked for inconsistencies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post-74941514667973808152008-07-25T12:11:00.000-05:002008-07-25T12:11:00.000-05:00On the contrary, my friend, there is a control: yo...On the contrary, my friend, there is a control: your life before you began living the commandments. You may easily compare your life before you started and your life after. If there is no difference, then you may conclude there is no God. But if there is a difference, and there will be, you may conclude there is a God.<BR/><BR/>But you are right in one thing. It starts with faith, at least the desire to believe. Yet even though it starts with faith, it ends with knowledge.<BR/><BR/>Read Alma 32 (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/32), and you'll understand where I'm coming from.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087831796902678258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post-7404905219363029152008-07-24T23:20:00.000-05:002008-07-24T23:20:00.000-05:00Science experiment based on faith alone is an inhe...Science experiment based on faith alone is an inherent contradiction. Experiments have a control- there is no control in your experiment. Why not just say if you want to know there is a God look at the evidence for God based in reason and logic and add faith to that as a necessary balance. You're proposing a faith based experiment alone which is circular- your hypothesis begins with faith and ends with faith- it is sans logic or reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post-82736100073330766932008-07-20T18:21:00.000-05:002008-07-20T18:21:00.000-05:00Not at all. Think of it as a science experiment hy...Not at all. Think of it as a science experiment hypothesis. It's not circular for scientists to conduct an experiment to proove or disprove their hypothesis.<BR/><BR/>And that's all I'm asking you to do: perform an experiment by living the commandments contained in the scriptures, and here is your hypothesis: There is a God.<BR/><BR/>It's also not circular reasoning because I'm not trying to use logic or reason to convince you there is a God. I am incapable of that. There is no way by the power of logic or reason that I can convince you. The only way you can be convinced (at least through me; there may be someone with the logic and reasoning skills to convince you) is through the experiment I've proposed.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087831796902678258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37192840.post-57002008873481437122008-07-19T23:49:00.000-05:002008-07-19T23:49:00.000-05:00Isn't it circular reasoning to say if you want to ...Isn't it circular reasoning to say if you want to know there is a God act like there is a God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com