What are Theists attempting to accomplish by debating here?

[Zzyzx]

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What are Theists attempting to accomplish by debating here?

[Menotu]

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What are Theists attempting to accomplish by debating here?

I'd think, at least:
1) to feel good/just in their beliefs
2) to feel better than another by holding their POVs in higher standards than others
3) to win souls for heaven
4) to argue
5) to appease boredom
6) to learn

[tam]

Peace to you!

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What are Theists attempting to accomplish by debating here?

To bear witness to the Truth (Christ).

To help and to serve where possible.

[amortalman]

[Replying to post 1 by Zzyzx]

I think some Theists debate to try to reinforce their beliefs only to find that their god cannot withstand scrutiny.

[Divine Insight]

To bear witness to the Truth (Christ).

You can't bear witness to someone who died over 2000 years ago. How silly is that?

[Zzyzx]

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To bear witness to the Truth (Christ).

You can't bear witness to someone who died over 2000 years ago. How silly is that?

Bear witness: to show that something exists or is true www.merriam-webster.com

If efforts are being made by Theists to show that stories about Jesus are true, they have not achieved the objective (except perhaps among those who are already sheep).

[tam]

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To bear witness to the Truth (Christ).

You can't bear witness to someone who died over 2000 years ago. How silly is that?

Bear witness: to show that something exists or is true www.merriam-webster.com

Sure, but that covers a lot of ground, and does not have to be directed toward non-believers.

See also:


a. to give written or oral testimony

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... ar-witness


What people do with that testimony is up to them.


Peace again to you.

[Elijah John]

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What are Theists attempting to accomplish by debating here?

Most likely conversions and the saving of souls.

This theist, however, is attempting to demonstrate that YHVH is not the monster that His detractors paint him out to be, and that His love transcends the boundaries of the Fundamentalist's exclusionary theology. I attempt to do this by providing contrary Bible verses and perspectives which are often at variance with orthodoxy, and depict a more benevolent Deity than is dreamt of in their theology, or in the atheist's agenda.

The Benevolent and Merciful YHVH is Biblical too.

[Divine Insight]

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What are Theists attempting to accomplish by debating here?

Most likely conversions and the saving of souls. This theist is attempting to demonstrate that God is not the monster that His detractors paint him, and that His love transcends the boundaries of one's favored theology.

The fact that you are convinced that souls need to be save from your God's wrath already demands that he's a monster. You don't need any detractors to make him look like a monster when you are already doing a fine job of that yourself.

[Diagoras]

...His love transcends the boundaries of one's favored theology.

This reads to me as if hes ok with people believing in other gods. Is that what you meant? If so, isnt that very much at odds with the first commandment? Just wanting to clarify.