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Dustin Kesselberg's Beliefs - His Very Own Thread

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This is Dustin Kesselberg's very own thread.

He is invited to use it to state his beliefs.

He has started several threads without actually saying anything intelligible, especially nothing regarding what he believes in. He loves to ask questions, though.

I encourage everyone else to refrain from posting here so that we can get pure Dustin without any distractions.

Please start another thread (if you must) to discuss things that Dustin posts here.

Dustin, here's your chance. You have an audience.

What do you believe in?
 
I belief in God. I believe in the Holy bible. I believe in Jesus Christ as my lord and savior. I won't defend my beliefs here though, I'll post a new thread for that. I recently converted to Christianity due to a religious epiphany which revealed how wrong I truly was about my world views. I am specifically an evangelical Christian
 
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mijopaalmc and others - please post elsewhere.

This thread is for Dustin. I want him posting in a mode that maximizes the number of assertions he makes and minimizes the number of questions that he asks.

Dustin, you have our attention again. Please continue.
 
What, I can't ask questions either?

Do you believe that 'proof' exists for the existence of God?

How important is faith to you?
 
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What, I can't ask questions either?

Do you believe that 'proof' exists for the existence of God?

How important is faith to you?
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Do I believe "Proof" exists for the existence of God? By definition Proof means evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. In that case, Yes.


How about "Faith"? If faith is defined as belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion or belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc then it's very important.
 
Complexity said:
mijopaalmc and others - please post elsewhere.

This thread is for Dustin. I want him posting in a mode that maximizes the number of assertions he makes and minimizes the number of questions that he asks.
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Up yours, Complexity. If Dustin posts some horsepockey, I'm going to challenge him. I don't care if that doesn't comport with your intentions for this thread or not.

Plus, theoretically, after he maximizes his assertions, when are we allowed to weigh in with our responses? Only in another thread? Then why the hell does this thread exist? Your whole premise in the OP of this thread sucks.
 
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Complexity is simply angry the dictionary doesn't agree with him on his narrow and simplistic definitions of words such as "Proof" or "Evidence". He can't admit that words have different meanings in different contexts and that the word "Proof" doesn't always have to be in the context of logic or mathematics but simply can be synonymous with "evidence" in many cases and vise versa.
 
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Complexity is simply angry the dictionary doesn't agree with him on his narrow and simplistic definitions of words such as "Proof" or "Evidence". He can't admit that words have different meanings in different contexts and that the word "Proof" doesn't always have to be in the context of logic or mathematics but simply can be synonymous with "evidence" in many cases and vise versa.
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No, he's irritated because you change from specific to general definitions at a whim, so no-one can ever be sure what you are talking about.
 
Dustin, since your religious epiphany, do you still hold an admiration for at least some of the ideas of National Socialism, and do you still believe in "might makes right", as you seemed to at one time?

Do you still feel that an essential goal of one's life is to maximise one's physical strength?
 
I've never admired national socialism.

I don't believe might makes right.

I believe exercise is important for anyone.


But this is a thread about my religious beliefs, Nothing else.
 
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Do you mean that you believe the statements therein, or do you just believe that there's a book of that name?
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I believe the Bible is inspired by the word of God, Yahweh, God of Abraham and Moses. I don't believe it's literal or to be taken literally, simply metaphorically and I believe most instances of errors or contradictions arise from mistranslations into English.
 
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No, he's irritated because you change from specific to general definitions at a whim, so no-one can ever be sure what you are talking about.
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This is incorrect. I'm very clear on the definitions of words I use, I quote the dictionary and explain my context throughly. Given the context of the previous discussion I was using "Proof" in the form synonymous with evidence. He clearly objected and denied any such definition even though I provided clear links to the thesaurus showing that they meant the same thing in such a context. He believes "Proof" has only one definition and can mean only one thing in any context, which is false.
 
I recently converted to Christianity due to a religious epiphany which revealed how wrong I truly was about my world views. I am specifically an evangelical Christian
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What were you before Christian? And would you define Evangelical Christian in what qualifies in relation to you?
 
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What were you before Christian? And would you define Evangelical Christian in what qualifies in relation to you?
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I was a 'Strong Atheist' basically in relation to the God of Abraham. I denied any concept of such a God. Though my denial was based on faulty logic and emotion (as I suspect any atheists is), I accepted that I was a sinner and I asked for forgiveness from Jesus Christ. When I asked for forgiveness I actually meant it and it was not an act, at that moment I suddenly had a revelation and at that moment everything became clear to me, I was without doubt and felt invigorated through the grace of Jesus Christ.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism
 
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Complexity said:
This is Dustin Kesselberg's very own thread.

He is invited to use it to state his beliefs.

He has started several threads without actually saying anything intelligible, especially nothing regarding what he believes in. He loves to ask questions, though.

I encourage everyone else to refrain from posting here so that we can get pure Dustin without any distractions.

Please start another thread (if you must) to discuss things that Dustin posts here.

Dustin, here's your chance. You have an audience.

What do you believe in?
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Dustin Kesselberg said:
I've never admired national socialism.

I don't believe might makes right.

I believe exercise is important for anyone.


But this is a thread about my religious beliefs, Nothing else.
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I realize this thread is for you to express your beliefs, and so you could argue that it is up to you how you define what beliefs you wish to talk about, but where in the OP does it specify that it is exclusively about your religious beliefs? I don't see it. As far as I can see, it just says "beliefs" without any reference to your religion.
 
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noblecaboose said:
I realize this thread is for you to express your beliefs, and so you could argue that it is up to you how you define what beliefs you wish to talk about, but where in the OP does it specify that it is exckusively about your religious beliefs? I don't see it. As far as I can see, it just says "beliefs" without any reference to your religion.
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exclusively*

I believe in democracy and equality of all races. I'm opposed to dictatorships, racism and totalitarianism of any kind. Though I do believe the government should pay money to various churches to further Christianity.
 
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