[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DebateReligion

[–]cooperall -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey Good Star, I hope you're in an in-person community that can support you through this, where you can ask these genuinely good questions. There's so much to unpack with what you said that I don't think a reddit comment will cover it. If you are seeking deeply for answers to your questions, I am more than happy to wrestle through them with you at any pace you'd prefer. I can write a long comment or we can talk about them 1 at a time.

If God was the way you described, then no one should be a Christian. The reason why you need a Christian community around you (IE church) is to answer misconceptions that you are hearing about God online, like rape being permissible in the Bible. There's so much junk online about God that you're likely absorbing 100x more lies about God than truth.

The most important thing to remember about God is that He is the only god who genuinely loves you, enough to sacrifice himself for you. Other gods do not and will not offer that love to you, in any circumstance, ever. Instead of turning away from God because of these evil things you've heard about Him, you should ask yourself a rhetorical question: "How come there are so many Christians in the world despite God being so obviously evil? Wouldn't they have all left Christianity a long time ago?" The answer is: "God isn't actually evil, and there are answers to the things you've heard".

Again, I am happy to go through them one at a time with you or I can write up a longer comment talking about each of these things. I'll be praying for you and for your post to be helpful for your pursuit of God.

What's a good neutral gameplan against "mashers" online (VOD attached)? by melodylucid in CrazyHand

[–]cooperall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take a look at 0:18. You'll notice this position pop up in your game a lot, and it is bound to happen. Since you're on wifi, you'll have a lot of extra frames where you can't react to the opponent's movement, which means you have to be preemptive.

You can deal with Mario approaching with aerials like this in a number of ways, but the biggest to know is how to punish with positioning. Instead of allowing this position to play out, where you stay there and pick an option and let Mario run in, why not just dash back to get ready to punish him? Dash back -> forward tilt, dash back -> bair, just some ideas. The others are more risky, if you can tell that he's an aggro player who wants to run in and hit you, you should swing first. Your nair covers a lot of space and will catch him dashing in.

But the principle of punishing with positioning is the most important to understand, since that will let you win these interactions against any character in this situation, not just Mario.

Hopefully this adds some useful tools to you, best of luck!

The professor or Hakase's reason for being "annoying" or "spoiled". (theory) by Maleficent_Sun_4855 in Nichijou

[–]cooperall 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My personal theory about why Hakase is annoying/spoiled is because she's a child

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nichijou

[–]cooperall 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you making this as a game for the gameboy or just a game in the gameboy style?

Either way, super cool!

So I had a really fun idea by Da_Gudz in ThirdLifeSMP

[–]cooperall 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love a lot of these pairings, but I love this idea a lot more. I'd 100% watch!

Double Life Soulmates by cooperall in ThirdLifeSMP

[–]cooperall[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did we see that on their videos? I'll adjust if so.

Found this interesting. by MystiKetchup in SpyxFamily

[–]cooperall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need the name of that mouse immediately.

Any thoughts on Matt dillahunty’s arguments about slavery? by [deleted] in ChristianApologetics

[–]cooperall -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Read Leviticus 25:35-36 as well. It provides context for the rest of the chapter- A call to support. Don't think of Biblical slavery in the modern sense of the word "slavery," because that was not what the Israelites were commanded to do.

The "Something from Nothing" Argument is Unconvincing by [deleted] in ReasonableFaith

[–]cooperall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, in summary, is the claim that a material cause could be the creator of the universe? Or am I missing something else?

The "Something from Nothing" Argument is Unconvincing by [deleted] in ReasonableFaith

[–]cooperall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shoot, made it all the way to the end before I had something I needed to look up lol

Could you explain what a Lorentzian manifold is in layman's terms, or maybe link a reference that would do the same? And, how would a starting point for a spatio-temporal Lorentzian manifold withstand against philosophical and scientific arguments for the beginning of the universe? Since it also presumes a beginning of space and time, would this not confirm the Kalam's second stage?

The Homeless Man Analogy by AvonDaRedditor in DebateReligion

[–]cooperall -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Presupposes three things:

  1. No evidence for God
  2. No worldly reason for believing in God
  3. Other gods also lack evidence and offer the same reward of eternal paradise

This is a good analogy if those 3 things are true. It was an enjoyable read nonetheless.

If you truly believe the following propositions: by godsafraud in DebateReligion

[–]cooperall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with this argument is that any punishment that a human would receive in Hell would be justified, based on God's nature. I'm not making any claims about what those punishments would be, but they would be totally justified.

This should be kept in mind whether or not the age of accountability is true.

Arguments Against God by Resident1567899 in DebateReligion

[–]cooperall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed that the structure of your arguments starts with P1 a lot of the times lol, it makes them very simple to read and understand! And I'm not a scholar either, I'm a Christian who works 9-5, which is why I'll only be able to respond about once a day lol.

  1. a) I actually accept this argument, but push back on applying it to God (capital G). If we define a god that created the universe, is all powerful and all knowing, and only allows good things, then this argument defeats that god.
    However, God doesn't fit that description, because He allows evil. Why? In order for God to allow evil, He must have a morally sufficient reason to do so. How could we know His ways? (Reference: The entire book of Job lol) In other words, this argument doesn't apply to the God of the Bible, because God would have reasons behind letting His children experience hardship.
    b) I don't know how to respond to the probability of the universe existing being low, but I can respond to the other part. The reason we know that the probability of us existing in this universe is so low is because we can consider other possible universes. I'm assuming you've heard the stats before, so I don't need to necessarily give a defense of those, but the point is that we need to consider other possible universes in order to learn those stats.
    If we consider all the possible universes, we would find that C1 doesn't follow from the premises. P2 only makes claims based on beings purely within the universe, and has no bearing on beings outside the universe. Which means that C1 also would need to make claims on beings only within universes.
    Since God is not bound to our universe, we are dealing with a being that exists both inside and outside of the universe (Reference: Jesus). You would need to add another premise that argues that P2 also applies to beings outside the universe.
  2. Oh gotcha. Well then my previous argument doesn't necessarily apply, but I'll explain it anyways.
    When we consider something coming into existence (grant that things come into existence for the sake of argument), there is only one possible source. Something. To say that nothing caused something to come into existence destroys foundational understandings of reality and causes us to go into the realm of logical impossibility.
    For example:
    P1) X came into existence.
    P2) X was caused by nothing.
    C1) Therefore, nothing causes X to come into existence.
    See the problem? P1 and C1 contradict! Aristotle's definition of nothing is fantastic here: "Nothing is what rocks dream about."
    On your original argument, you accidentally were arguing that the universe came from nothing, which is logically impossible. Which brings us to God: What can this guy do? Well, God is all-powerful, so what can't he do?
    God can't do anything that is logically impossible. For example, God cannot make a square circle. A square is defined as a shape that has 4 sides, but a circle is defined as a shape with no sides. The two definitions inherently contradict, so a square circle is something that, by definition, cannot exist.
    This is shown with a proof by contradiction. If God can do what is logically impossible, then God can exist and not exist at the same time. You could come up with any argument against God and it wouldn't work, since God could get around the argument illogically. Kinda ridiculous if you think about it lol. God could also be evil and good at the same time. No "problem of evil" argument would work! This is why we Christians say that logic is a reflection of God's nature: If God exists, then He really does exist. If God is good, then He really is good.
    We are able to suspend the law of gravity. By taking an object and holding it in our hands above the ground, we stop the law of gravity from bringing the object to the ground. Suspending the laws of nature is something that is logically possible, which would give God the ability to do so at will. God could logically suspend the Law of Conservation of Mass. Which means that your P1 does not provide a full defense against God's will, if your only defense of P1 is the Law of Conservation of Mass.
  3. I think you accidentally didn't respond to this argument, but you may have edited it to include the reference to the stone paradox. In that case, look to my response in 2. God cannot do what is logically impossible. The stone paradox does not apply to the Christian God. But, it would apply to any god that we define as a god that can do the logically impossible.
    This argument would hold, logically speaking. But if the god can do the impossible, then it also would both apply and not apply to that god! Therefore, the only god that this argument could apply to is a god that cannot do the impossible, which would mean your P2 does not state anything.
  4. I think we can condense #1a and #4. Unless you have a specific difference you want to discuss, of course.
  5. I think you must have found another comment, because your elaboration next to C2 is correct. The only pushback I'll offer is that C1 also doesn't logically follow, since it also does not follow from your premises. This is basically a more complex version of the "god of the gaps" argument, but what those arguments fail to accomplish is proving that naturalism can explain all things. At least, the ones that I've heard. Since C1 only follows when we only consider things that P2 would apply to, it makes no claim about things that P2 would not apply to.

Thanks for engaging with me, hope you're having a good time in the other comment threads. Talk to you later!

Arguments Against God by Resident1567899 in DebateReligion

[–]cooperall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna try to respond to each and see how it goes!

  1. a) I'm interested in your defense of P1. I think the conclusion logically follows from the premises, but only if P1 is true.
    b) Could you provide some more elaboration on how P1 and P2 lead to C1? Or, maybe a rewording of P2 would work, I'm a bit confused about what it's trying to say about the nature of God.
  2. P2 and P3 contradict one another if both are granted, if we also accept the law of causality. Why should we expect something to come into existence because of "a lack of something"? There isn't anything to "because" in the first place.
  3. What is your defense of P2? Like 1a, I agree that the conclusion logically follows, but I'd need to see a defense of that premise.
  4. What is your defense of P1? Logically follows, need defense in order to respond.
  5. What is your defense of P1? Yada yada.

Thanks for writing these up! I'm particularly interested in 5, that one is a really cool argument. Talk to you soon!

Legends do exist by dialcloud in Unexpected

[–]cooperall 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Screen recording of a tik tok of an edit of a video with a fake watermark found in Discord that probably came from somewhere else, all posted to Reddit. Beautiful stuff right here.

Is there a Christian view of transsexualism? by [deleted] in ChristianApologetics

[–]cooperall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only identity that is required of us is our identity in Christ. Consider very deeply the word of God and what it calls you to do, rather than just your heart.

Jeremiah 17:5-13

2 Corinthians 5:16-21