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Jae Onasi

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Posted in: Justification by faith or works?
  Jae Onasi
09-01-2007, 2:22 AM
#4
What is your take on christian sects which believe that you get into heaven merely for accepting jesus as your personal savior or repenting your sins before god? It seems to me that this puts even less emphasis on personal responsibility and therefor...  [Read More]
Posted in: "The Enemies of Reason" (homeopathy discussion)
  Jae Onasi
08-31-2007, 1:40 AM
#2
Homeopathy doesn't do a whole lot--the extracts are given in such watered down amounts that they have no therapeutic value. However, the placebo effect makes about 35% of us feel better and attribute it to the homeopathic substance. In the mid/late...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why do atheists become people of faith?
  Jae Onasi
08-31-2007, 2:55 AM
#45
That's a very interesting conclusion. On what basis do you presume to know the motivations of all the others that have "moved from atheism to theism and Christianity"? I never said 'all' for precisely the reason that there is no way to kno...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why do atheists become people of faith?
  Jae Onasi
08-31-2007, 1:11 AM
#43
From what I've read from C.S. Lewis and Dr. Collins, both of whom were atheists before becoming Christians, the question came down to meaning in life. If they really were nothing more than a bag of chemicals that 'dance to their genes', then ultimate...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why do atheists become people of faith?
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 3:09 AM
#14
Mod note: Let's please not turn this into another atheism vs. theism thread since we already have one going. This topic is pretty specific--why do atheists decide to turn to faith....  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 8:29 PM
#25
If you had clicked the link and read the contents, you'd see that strawmen arguments have very specific characteristic that are easy to identify. Dr. Craig does not acknowledge that his argument has been called a strawman, nor does he attempt to clar...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 3:50 PM
#23
Thread pruned of posts that really belong in PMs instead. Before this thread gets off topic any further, debating the existence of the historical Jesus is a complex topic of its own that would be better served in a new thread in order to keep this re...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 2:48 AM
#17
There's a difference between disagreement and strawmen. Here's a link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man) to get you started. I hope you find the additional information beneficial. Thank you for the link but that's not what I meant. Craig is...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 2:13 AM
#15
I would tend to think first that that was 'disagreeing with the opponent's statement that it's a strawman' rather than assuming the more slanderous 'he's lying for personal gain'. If you have specific proof of deceit, that's one thing, but if you d...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 1:41 AM
#12
And so by reading those you've determined that he's set out to actually lie to people?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-30-2007, 1:13 AM
#10
His arguments are intentionally deceiving which is immoral. And since he claims to be a moral person and have knowledge about the source of morality, that make him a hypocrite. That's quite an accusation, and I'd be interested in seeing how you ac...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 11:13 PM
#8
posts on why atheists turn to faith have been split to the Why do atheists become people of faith? thread (http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?p=2365012#post2365012). Carry on with links/sources here, and conversions there....  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 9:10 PM
#6
Strobel's not a bad starting point--he synthesizes some very deep philosophical issues down into something that people with no philosophical background can understand more easily. He's also a recovered atheist.... :xp: The importance of his book is h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian weblinks;
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 7:59 PM
#2
Ravi Zacharias has a website with a number of mp3's of his speeches, and I highly recommend them to any Christian. He can be found at www.rzim.org . Dr. Erwin Lutzer (pastor of Moody Church in Chicago) has some fine sermons. If you think he's dry at...  [Read More]
Posted in: Solid, explained proof of Christianity.
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 7:54 PM
#10
Now I'm not saying don't read things, but if you are seriously wanting to do evangelism you should read some of the premiere Athiests works such as Dawkins, Russel et al, before you start trying to debate with others! Have you read any of their works...  [Read More]
Posted in: Off-topicness
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 10:57 PM
#11
SS--UFO thread was started only about 24 hours ago. It looks like it's fairly on-topic to me with maybe 1 or 2 off-topic posts. The subject is pretty broad, so I expect the posts to cover a broad range of things. Loose change thread--I posted last ni...  [Read More]
Posted in: Off-topicness
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 2:08 PM
#4
Well, that's answering part of my question. :) In which thread(s) is this an apparent problem?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Off-topicness
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 1:33 PM
#2
Would you clarify in which thread(s) you think this has been an issue? I've split off any number of threads that clearly went off in another direction, nudged some back on topic, and closed a few that were totally out of control. Some of it's just th...  [Read More]
Posted in: My God is better than your God!
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 1:38 PM
#8
Is your God better than someone elses? Can you please tell me why? Don't answer with scripture and verse - I will berate and belittle you while I dissect your silly argument. Form an argument that we can all benefit from. Mod note: Berating and bel...  [Read More]
Posted in: include a file in a pm
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 10:07 PM
#17
You people are sad. ;P...  [Read More]
Posted in: include a file in a pm
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 3:11 PM
#11
Tangent: Though can't attach a file per se, you could kick it old school and embed a file in a PM with uuencode (http://www.bastet.com/). Large files might need a few PMs. And tk102 has just scored Uber-Supreme Geek on the Geek test with that one....  [Read More]
Posted in: Demons! Our invisible enemies or another of mans mistakes?
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 1:07 PM
#20
I've lived long enough to see evil and malevolence in many forms (although the things I've seen have been entirely human-wrought), including hearing about manifestations of evil from some close friends who I would never consider to be susceptible to...  [Read More]
Posted in: Alberto Gonzalez resigns
  Jae Onasi
08-28-2007, 10:14 PM
#14
Pelosi won't be involved in any confirmation hearings, but as leader of the Dems in the House, she'll undoubtedly have a lot to say about Gonzalez' resignation. @Char Ell--I don't think Gonzalez had developed the necessary ties in DC, either. @Ach...  [Read More]
Posted in: That's Gay
  Jae Onasi
08-29-2007, 2:06 PM
#26
Our parents didn't want kids being gay... too many headaches... so if we scare the kids into thinking that being gay is stupid, lame, sh**ty... then they won't be gay!!!! (Yeah... they weren't thinking all that well, I know...) As a parent I find th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Keeping the Galaxy Intact
  Jae Onasi
08-28-2007, 11:32 PM
#104
Bastila looked up at the twin suns and closed her eyes for a moment to bask in the blue-white light. I shall be the Light of the Galaxy. And when this planet yields up its enormous mass of palladium, I shall have all the fuel I need to power the flee...  [Read More]
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