tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post159780154904934362..comments2011-05-23T17:51:39.629-07:00Comments on Ponders and Wonders: Coincidence, Einstein said, is God's Way of Remaining AnonymousHollinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01369412846467609405noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-47481278376915644282010-11-10T11:34:59.712-08:002010-11-10T11:34:59.712-08:00This quote by Einstein is one of my favorites. I ...This quote by Einstein is one of my favorites. I also like his, "God doesn't play dice."<br /><br />As far as Christianity goes, if it works for you, then its right. Simple. Thinking one size fits all it rather arbitrary. I believe there is One True Church and I am the only member.<br /><br />I cover this and other random thoughts in my blog jimdillingham.blogspot.com<br /><br />I enjoyed your blog and welcome slightly different thoughts than my own.Jim Dillinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757867594099029819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-49686587599561542152008-06-24T12:56:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:56:00.000-07:00And for Mr White to sign in without a contactable ...And for Mr White to sign in without a contactable email or link is a bit cowardly! Anonymously blog debating is against blog etiquette!Tom Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404522517958195305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-40729444191217745262008-06-24T12:54:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:54:00.000-07:00Blog debate alert! Seems like you've struck a chor...Blog debate alert! Seems like you've struck a chord with Mr White Hollin. I liked your post. Keep up the thoughts and reflections. And keep asking tough questions.Tom Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404522517958195305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-73567865711558364632008-06-22T17:04:00.000-07:002008-06-22T17:04:00.000-07:00I wasn't wound up. lol. There is arguing your poin...I wasn't wound up. lol. There is arguing your point and then there is being rude. <BR/>Science shows you how things work not how they were made or who made them, The majority of scientist Christian or not would state that. <BR/>Indeed the bible was written by man but that is where you need to believe in divine intervention. As if you look back into the oldest transcripts there is hardly any difference. There are secular written evidence about events in the bible as well. If you notice as well I didn't bring Enstien into my argument at all. He is not mentioned in the entirety of the blog, he is simply quoted as the title. It was not misinterpreted, if I had said the big jesus lover einstein said this or this is what coincidences are according to Einstein then yes that would have been. I simply quoted which the man said himself therefore not misinterpreted. I like that you read my blogs and find them interesting and I do like to be challenged but I felt that you were being rude and ignorant. I understand your arguement and not denying that any of it is true but you need to look further into your sources and validate your answers fully.Hollinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01369412846467609405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-29461519109683099162008-06-22T15:31:00.000-07:002008-06-22T15:31:00.000-07:00Fair Enough Hollin, I will cease the arguing over ...Fair Enough Hollin, I will cease the arguing over your blog. But I am just doing what you are trying to do (show my way of feeling and my beliefs) just in a more antagonistic manner cause Im a bastard. I am very sure of what I believe in, evolution, natural selection and science, which are man ideaoligies but wasn't the bible written by men and Jesus was in a human state when he did all of his teachings. I just feel that science is a method of understaniding how things work and religion holds it back sometimes/ But anyway I just wanted to give another side to the argument and I didn't like the way you brought Einstein in to the argument as it was misrepresentation. I apologise for arguing, but I do loving winding you up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-15068179013213721662008-06-22T05:15:00.000-07:002008-06-22T05:15:00.000-07:00I am not arguing over my blog, david. If you have ...I am not arguing over my blog, david. If you have an issue ring me and talk about it. I don't appreciate it I think it is rude and all you are doing is trying to justify yourself. Your arguments to me are invalid and I live and I know how church popularity is rising. I think if you look at the actual church stats from 2003 I believe you will be proved wrong. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr0106.html<BR/>Also I would like to point out that the most intelligent people I know are Christians. I am not denying there are intellectual atheists, I am simply pointing our that there are intellectual Christians and it would be naive to suggest otherwise.<BR/>I like an arguement dave and I don't mind arguing about my beliefs but I don't believe it is helpful over my blog. These are here simply to state my attitude on topics. They are there to be thought provoking. At the bottom is my email address if you have an issue. I dont think aruging like this is helpful. This is not admitting to defeat at all I just think this isn't the believe. The only reason you argue so much about it is because you are unsure yourself of what you believe. You attempt to justify yourself by man ideologies which in the end when we die are meaningless. If I die and this is all untrue I have lost nothing, if I die and this is true I have gained everything.Hollinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01369412846467609405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-57899286097482256992008-06-22T03:18:00.000-07:002008-06-22T03:18:00.000-07:00The fact that as intelligence and education and sc...The fact that as intelligence and education and scientific understanding has increased in developed countries religious belief has decreased, COINCIDENCE? I think not!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-25157772309695642002008-06-22T03:14:00.000-07:002008-06-22T03:14:00.000-07:00Im afraid your wrong Hollin, Highly intelligent pe...Im afraid your wrong Hollin, Highly intelligent people do consider them atheists. The evidence is a bit crude but it's there!<BR/>"Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, said many more members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average.<BR/><BR/>A decline in religious observance over the last century was directly linked to a rise in average intelligence, he claimed."<BR/><BR/>A survey of Royal Society fellows found that only 3.3 per cent believed in God - at a time when 68.5 per cent of the general UK population described themselves as believers.<BR/><BR/>A separate poll in the 90s found only seven per cent of members of the American National Academy of Sciences believed in God. <BR/>Source<BR/>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2111174/Intelligent-people-'less-likely-to-believe-in-God'.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-55709554252649892072008-06-20T18:33:00.000-07:002008-06-20T18:33:00.000-07:00I never said it was god's plan for them things to ...I never said it was god's plan for them things to happen. Who knows but maybe they are result of global warming therefore an event created by man? <BR/><BR/>Also I am not claiming that Einstein was a religious man so therefore making that part irrelevant. <BR/><BR/>Also again the most intelligent people I know are in fact Christians. So once again "was an atheist the same as most highly intelligent people" is invalid argument and cannot be proved.Hollinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01369412846467609405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864002956349305426.post-33241590563582207532008-06-20T03:10:00.000-07:002008-06-20T03:10:00.000-07:00If you believe that coincidence is part of God's p...If you believe that coincidence is part of God's plan, why does his plan include the Burma cyclone coincidently happening within the same area of the world and within two weeks of the Chinese earthquake, which coincidently killed thousands of people, was this part of God's plan to kill innocent people? Coincendences are going to happen it's a mathematical inevitability, not the work of a higher being created to explain all that man couldn't explain 2000 years ago. <BR/><BR/>I may also remind you Hollin Einstein was an Atheist the same as most highly intelligent people. <BR/>Einstein said " The idea of a personal god is quite alien to me and seems even naive", "I am a deeply religious nonbeliever"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com