I agree, trans athletes should compete in trans divisions. Biological males and females should compete within their respective categories to preserve fairness and prevent physical advantages from creating an uneven playing field.
@UTD_Tuco@NazzteeNinja So saying, โPaul and his followers said everything else,โ simply does not fit what Matthew, Mark, and Luke themselves actually say. If weโre going to debate what Jesus claimed, we should deal with the textsnot dismiss inconvenient passages because they donโt fit the argument.
John certainly states Christโs divinity more explicitly, but he did not invent it, and neither did Paul. The earliest Gospel traditions already portray Jesus exercising authority associated with God. The four Gospels differ in emphasis and style, but difference is not contradiction.
That is exactly the point. Matthew, Mark, and Luke do not present Jesus as merely a prophet. Jesus forgives sinsโsomething His critics correctly recognized as belonging to God alone (Mark 2:5โ12). He calls Himself โLord of the Sabbathโ (Matthew 12:8), accepts worship (Matthew 14:33; 28:9,17), and speaks of returning in divine authority to judge humanity (Matthew 25:31โ46).
@Richant680115 While you express your own atheistic or anti-religious position and invoking two famous skeptics to support it. You are entitled to your opinion.
@Richant680115 Neither side gets to settle the question simply by naming respected thinkers. whether God exists remains the subject of philosophy and theology. Intelligent thinkers have defended positions on both sides.
@Richant680115 his name was Bertrand Russell, not Bertram Russell. ๐ Reading them can certainly provide strong arguments against religious belief, just as reading philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas, Alvin Plantinga, or Richard Swinburne can provide sophisticated arguments for theism.