Didn't Epicurus and Plato DESTROY the idea of God with these two questions ?!

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  1. Prof_Sarcastic

    Prof_Sarcastic New Member

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    Seriously mate, you've lost the plot. Junobet is an atheist now? Lol. It's just as well you didn't have any credibility anyway, or you would have just lost it.
     
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    Turin Well-Known Member

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    Thats the best you got for 2 of the most brilliant and celebrated thinkers in the history of our species?
     
  3. 4Horsemen

    4Horsemen Banned

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    Not too brilliant to ask such dumb questions. go figure.
     
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    Or your just simply not intelligent enough to understand them.
     
  5. junobet

    junobet New Member

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    Well, at least one of these men was considered brilliant enough by early Christians to make use of his philosophy to explain their faith. Go figure.


    "Platonism influenced Christianity through Clement of Alexandria and Origen,[6] and the Cappadocian Fathers.[8] St. Augustine was heavily influenced by Platonism as well, which he encountered through the Latin translations of Marius Victorinus of the works of Porphyry and/or Plotinus.[6]

    Platonism was considered authoritative in the Middle Ages, and many Platonic notions are now permanent elements of Christianity.[6] Platonism also influenced both Eastern and Western mysticism.[6][9] Meanwhile, Platonism influenced various philosophers.[6] While Aristotle became more influential than Plato in the 13th century, St. Thomas Aquinas's philosophy was still in certain respects fundamentally Platonic."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonism#Christianity_and_Platonism

    The questions weren't dumb. Nor were the answers Plato himself and Christian apologetics came up with.
     
  6. dairyair

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    Well I guess that common sense thingy is true.
     

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