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Re: Joe Wright Kansas Senate Prayer

Arthur Khachatryan — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:19:25 -0000

Denice, I don't know a lot about Thomas Meano. From his website, it appears that he has a good grasp of the Bible and what Jesus taught, but there isn't enough there for me to say one way or the other conclusively.

For a high level view of the Bible, the message of Jesus and the significance of his accomplishment, please watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/user/ar...

Also, feel free to send me a message from the contact page on my website. I'll do my best to give you some answers. Thanks, and I sincerely hope that you do find His unconditional love and grace!

Re: Joe Wright Kansas Senate Prayer

DENICE LORRAINE — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:09:13 -0000

Thanks for
sharing this. By the way I want to know about spirituality. One of my friends
referred me http://www.thomasmeano.info/. He said Thomas Meano
will really assist you
to know about Jesus & his love.

Re: What is a Free Thinker?

Sonny — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:53:42 -0000

If anyone can they can free think a universe such as we live in, Let me know I want to watch.

Re: Top 8 Reasons to Trust the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Arthur Khachatryan — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:23:39 -0000

Thanks, Marce! Yes, this is the celebration for the reasonable hope that we have; one I hope will spread as far and wide as possible.

Re: Top 8 Reasons to Trust the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Marce DeMars Hall — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:44:44 -0000

Just found your site, very well done. Shared on Facebook for a hopefully interested friends list, on this day before Easter.

Re: The Screwtape Letters on Stage

Wsukapdjo — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:22:43 -0000

Westfield, IN-yesterday at Clowes Hall I saw the performance and found it really well done. His ability to portray Screwtape by all the verbatim passages from the book was stunning--a monumental feat! I wish all people everywhere could see this! W. Sukapdjo

Re: What is a Free Thinker?

Arthur Khachatryan — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:40:09 -0000

I do too. The label is only needed for denigration of opposing views. It carries no arguments with it.

Re: What is a Free Thinker?

bob — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:48:45 -0000

I find the term freethinker offensive; it suggests that people who believe in god can't think freely.

Re: This Prison of Naturalism

Arthur Khachatryan — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:15:30 -0000

Thank you, John! I appreciate the complement, but from what I read I didn't necessarily find all the much in common with your view.

Re: This Prison of Naturalism

John Wylie — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:32:45 -0000

I appreciate your beautiful prose and attitude. We think alike. You might be interested in my own blog: http://apesantsandancestors.wo... I will link yours to mine. John Wylie

Re: This Prison of Naturalism

Arthur Khachatryan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:26:20 -0000

Thank you! I appreciate it.

Re: This Prison of Naturalism

Dick — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:54:00 -0000

Great post!

Re: Butterflies and Metamorphosis

Arthur Khachatryan — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:22:45 -0000

I really liked it as well, Lisa. One day I want to be on location in Mexico when those butterflies swarm in from their migration. That looked amazing!

Re: Butterflies and Metamorphosis

Lisa Guinther — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:57:03 -0000

I agree Arthur, Metamorphosis is a stunning movie! I enjoy sharing it and listening to the ooo's and Ahh's as the movie is playing; and that from kids and adults!

Butterflies: making a beautiful case for ID!

Re: Is Jesus Christ Coming Back on October 21, 2011

Arthur Khachatryan — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:01:32 -0000

Michael, thanks for the visit and the feedback! It's a fair distinction you're making. You may have already read this, but I briefly touch on how he came up with some of his dates in a previous post located here: http://www.cltruth.com/blog/20...

It leaves a sour taste in my mouth to have to expose Camping, and others like him, but I think it must be done. The damage done to the Bible is just not tolerable. I've heard Hal's name before as well, but haven't looked into his theology in any depth.

Re: Is Jesus Christ Coming Back on October 21, 2011

Michael Snow — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:34:11 -0000

I just happily discovered your blog from a blogroll. Just want to note that I have not seen [could have missed it, though] where Camping has ever claimed to be giving prophecy. Rather, he claims to be interpreting prophecy and thinks he has figured out something about the numbers in the Bible to enable him to discern the timing of Christ's coming. I look at him as a Hal Lindsey on steroids!

Re: Joe Wright Kansas Senate Prayer

Arthur Khachatryan — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:59:00 -0000

Yes, moral values are being reversed. I do wonder where we will stop, if ever.

Re: Joe Wright Kansas Senate Prayer

Richard Tetley — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:16:02 -0000

I agree 100 percent. In these last days what is wrong seems right just as God has told us it would be. It is getting very close to the end and most people are not ready to go.

Re: 9/11: Where Is God During A Catastrophe?

Arthur Khachatryan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:33:33 -0000

Well, I'm not sure this has anything to do with end times. Catastrophes have existed throughout history. Sin pervades the fallen world.

Re: 9/11: Where Is God During A Catastrophe?

Cwinstien — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:20:59 -0000

According to the Bible, these horrible things are suppose to happen in order to make way for Antichrist. We must trust God and bare through whatever he has decided to do

Re: Stephen Hawking’s Fishbowl

Arthur Khachatryan — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:23:06 -0000

Naviedm, thanks for stopping by and for the comment. It is certainly true that many scientists come to disbelieve in God through *some* examination, but you have to concede the fact that what they would deem *enough* evidence is highly subjective. As you, yourself stated, some people will believe in God regardless how much of a certain type of evidence you may present against God (not sure what that would look like other than a presupposition of methodological naturalism). In the like manner, some people will disbelieve in God regardless of how much evidence they may be presented with. I'm not sure how much of my writing you've read, but I don't hold to a fideistic persistence for God's existence. Perhaps the article gave you the wrong idea, but nothing I've written do I find the least bit contentious, honestly. I think there is plenty of very good reasons to believe in God. The real problem is that people do NOT WANT there to be God for various personal reasons. Did the ancients make ridiculous claims 'that God did it' when they observed something they did not understand? Sure! There are all sorts of crazy belief systems. But before throwing the baby out with the bathwater, I think it's important to examine this a bit deeper, no? After all, the ancients perverted the belief in the One True God just as much as they perverted (or perhaps lacked) the true means by which to examine the natural world. I don't see this dichotomy that you seem to be pointing at between God and science. God can be known through the conscience and through the natural revelation of himself in the effects. But, we don't stop there. There is a massive, and I do mean massive, body of evidence from history as they pertain to Jesus Christ.
I will also disagree with you with your final point. Fine-tuning IS evidence for God! "A stone may be made perfectly rounded by the undulations of the sea--that does not mean Neptune made it so!" First, if anyone were to believe in Neptune without proper reason, we need not take it seriously. I don't think it is in our best interest to prove one God wrong by the ridiculous belief in another. As far as the stone, we're not merely talking about perfect roundness here. We're talking about a highly improbable set of factors all working together to allow for life to exist and comprehend its own existence. The stone itself could be formed by natural processes. But would you also infer or presume a natural process at work were you to find yourself on another planet and find the same rocks forming the words, "Welcome Naviedm!"? It's not just precision, but precision and intelligibility, and those together ALWAYS come from a mind. I will be posting some of these specific factors in a future blog post, if you're interested.
I do hope I've corrected some of your initial assumptions about my positions. I would, however, still hold that the human psyche does often persuade people to believe one thing against another simply because of the inner desires, wants and needs. And yes, this does work both ways, but this does not really prove the belief right or wrong, and neither does the belief of one of the most brilliant scientists of all time.

Re: Stephen Hawking’s Fishbowl

Naviedm — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:29:47 -0000

Disbelief is something that "brilliant scientists" and other atheist/agnostics do come to by means of their intellect. They do not think that belief in God meets a certain criterion (e.g. evidence), therefore they do not believe in God. Their decision is entirely rational (which is not to say their conclusion is correct, only that their decision is the product of reason). Your argument can easily (and quite justifiably) be turned on its head: When people want to believe in God, no amount of evidence will persuade them. Unlike you, I *do* believe that belief in God is rational, though I myself am a disbeliever. It is not a "matter of the heart, and not the mind", as you and many others claim. This, I believe, is the product of an inability to reconcile a Pre-Enlightenment mode of rationality with the scientific-method (our modern form of inquiry). "Pre-Enlightment" rationality is not meant pejoratively; historically, belief in God(s) *was* rational. Early man did not wake up one day with a feeling in their heart that God exists--he looked into the heavens, regarded lightening and made rational hypotheses! You make it a matter of the heart, because belief in God cannot withstand the scientific method. Believers privilege (or suspend disbelief in) God and religion and somehow use this as the last word on the subject.
One last point, fine-tuning is not evidence that God exists. A stone may be made perfectly rounded by the undulations of the sea--that does not mean Neptune made it so!

Re: Joe Wright Kansas Senate Prayer

Arthur Khachatryan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:39:04 -0000

Thanks! God bless you too, Lisa!

Re: Joe Wright Kansas Senate Prayer

Lisa Guinther — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:27:24 -0000

Arthur,
I am going to copy this and repost with a link on my blog.

Thanks, and God bless.

Lisa

Re: Stephen Hawking’s Fishbowl

TatoSUFI — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:22:05 -0000

Dear Arthur,
Thank you for your attention. Forgive me, I have try to choose the best and efficient symbolism related to the "Stephen Hawking case",which is "programmed" as a part of the contemporary religiosity study. "A good picture is worth thousands words!" My English is so poor, so I avoid to use a lot of words that will lead to misunderstanding (language barriers). I am a good painter, but a bad writer. Please, see my "exercises" in YOUTUBE, channel: TatoSugiarto (Stephen Hawking comments).