When, in a Western setting, a Christian believer and an atheist enter into
discussion about the existence of God, it is common for them both to assume the unity of God.
Now you could argue that a discussion of the origin of the universe must be simpler than
a discussion about all existence.
The reason is clear:
the discussion about existence as a perfection, as if that were all that is involved, does not make explicit the far more important point that, in the case of «God,» properly understood, nonexistence was never a real possibility, a consideration entirely overlooked by those who blithely say that, of course, we all know that no existence can be derived from «mere» ideas.
In Australia, and elsewhere, there have been
discussions about the existence of an internationally recognised human right to an environment of a particular quality.
Not exact matches
LBC radio presenter Darren Adam had a
discussion with a caller on Monday
about the
existence of God in which he explained reasons for his unbelief, but said the offer of a ticket to paradise was «possibly the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me on this programme».
Thus to talk
about «the spirit of man» was to say that human
existence is not only a matter of mind and body, as we have represented this in our previous
discussion, but is also a matter of relationship, in which there is an openness to, and a sharing in, the life of others.
e.g. pop up tomorrow with substantiated evidence supporting the
existence of your deity and we'll have an open, frank, and sincere
discussion about it.
Perhaps the
discussion should be
about the afterlife rather than the
existence of a so - called GOD.
Our concern has been simply to indicate what process - thought in a general way has to tell us
about God, the world, the nature of man and society, coupled with some
discussion of its references to the historical figure of Jesus and its way of envisaging the destiny of man both in and beyond his present mortal
existence.
Where I will go on this occasion in keeping with what I have said
about being stronger with you is to choose to disengage with
discussion about this issue of non (
existence) while disrespect is shown by you to the intellectual process I have taken.
The fact of evil in the world and in human experience raises serious questions for any Christian
discussion, as much
about human
existence as
about the reality and activity of God who in Christian faith is affirmed to be nothing other than «pure unbounded love.»
To make it even more explicit (and I'll ignore all the intermediate points where he makes it explicit that he is talking
about trend) Parker includes a paragraph near the end of his
discussion, where he spells out that he is talking
about trends, and that he is explicitly NOT disputing the
existence of UHI.
Whilst there had been
discussions on how much feed - in tariffs should decrease for the different technologies and
about different ways to integrate renewables into the national grid and power market before, the first time that the
existence of the EEG and its principles were seriously contested was in 2012/2013.
Failure to separate these two elements can cause the
discussion to look more like a debate
about the
existence of God than one
about legal and practical principles.