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1. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Calvin’s lucky he doesn’t live in Saskatchewan. They don’t close school here unless it’s below -50 celsius!

2. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I don’t think there’s anything wrong with comments about faith and religion on this forum. Calvin and Hobbes is, after all, so wonderfully brilliant because of its juxtaposition of wit and humor with incisive philosophical insights. We just need to remember to be respectful.

   TC the bible says that all of creation is in bondage to sin, and that it too will be included in the redemption (Romans 8.20-25). The bible also says that we are to forgive others (Mathew 6.14), and even St. Paul recognized that he was a sinner (1 Timothy 1.15). Therefore, I am happy not to flag you again, but please do continue to post respectful comments. God bless :)

3. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   lol I think Hobbes would have preferred a more altruistic and meaningful alternative to option a)

4. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Anyone who thinks that ‘true’christian’s comments reflect anything remotely like the Christian faith, please get yourself a copy of the bible and read what it actually says. Such hateful remarks are sheer poison. I’ve flagged him.

   lol I love how brilliant little Calvin is.

5. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   hehe I told my kids Santa is a myth…when they figure out what a myth is, we’ll go from there.

6. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Faith is neither the absence of reason, nor choosing not to ask tough questions. Faith leads to one kind of knowledge, empiricism (science) another, and logic (reason) a third. All three are intimately connected, and an atheist must begin with as much faith in the foundation of his beliefs as the average ‘religious’ person. The issue is not whether or not you act in faith, but rather it is in which direction you will choose to take it. In addition, faith makes true to your experience (and experience = empiricism) the realities upon which you have chosen to rest it. In the true atheists experience, there is no God because he has rejected him in faith, and the further he carries his beliefs in that direction (driven by experience and even logic, but still riding on faith), the further he will be from any possibility of recognizing God when he encounters him. The same is true for the Christian, but in the opposite direction. The workings of spiritual truths and laws are more readily discerned as active in our experience, and so too is the Person of God, which is the final truth on which everything, whether we can see it or not, rests. The distinction between the two is a question of life (spirit - life-breath in many ancient languages) and death (no spirit/life breath). True faith both takes a lot of courage, and is invigorated by tough questions. If you can answer all of those questions in and through yourself, then you are indeed a true atheist.

7. almost 16 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I’d just like to make one point: There is no definitive logical proof for either atheism or theism; neither belief system is more ‘reasonable’ than the other. Therefore, what we choose to believe, is in either direction, always a leap of faith.