Greg on Nostr: I'm sorry, but it was not clear to me from his description that he breached the peace ...
I'm sorry, but it was not clear to me from his description that he breached the peace or did anything illegal, but I may have misunderstood. I gather he is in Canada, so does Canada require a license for a few people to gather together in a park? Is religious activity particularly illegal in public spaces? If so, I would consider that unjust. The large bulk of the human race throughout time has considered religion to be good for people, so a government that is trying to stamp it out is trying to keep a good thing from its people. That's sad.
You asked a question, "King of what?" and I tried to give you a straight-forward answer. What I gave you were just the facts of the Christian faith. If you want evidence, I am teaching a semester-long high school course called "Evidence for Christianity," so I can give you lots of evidence.
You said that I may be wrong. That's possible, but I do try to seek the truth the best I can. I'm going to tell people what I believe to be true; anything else would be lying.
I was an atheist many years ago. I was very scientifically minded, and I read an essay by my favorite science writer, Isaac Asimov, called "The Judo Argument" where he disproved several attempts to prove the existence of God by using science. At the end of the article, he surprised me by saying that although he knocked down those arguments, he did not *disprove* the existence of God. He said that according to science, the existence of God is an open question. Up to that point, I had assumed I should not believe in God because I wanted to be scientific, but I realized that to be truly scientific, I should be open to the possibility that God exists. Therefore, when about a year later, a friend showed me some evidence that the Bible is a supernatural book, I was ready to listen to him. The more I investigated the Bible, the more I was convinced that it is a true message from God. I became interested in going to church and things moved on from there. However, I didn't instantly find all truth. I wanted to go wherever the evidence led, and that took me through many twists and turns over the years until I finally ended up in the Catholic Church because I came to believe it is the Church that Jesus established.
If you are interested in a discussion, why don't you start by telling me what you think is the best reason to not believe in the Christian God? I can respond to that, and we can see where the discussion leads. If you're not interested in a discussion, I respect that, and I won't bother you further.
You asked a question, "King of what?" and I tried to give you a straight-forward answer. What I gave you were just the facts of the Christian faith. If you want evidence, I am teaching a semester-long high school course called "Evidence for Christianity," so I can give you lots of evidence.
You said that I may be wrong. That's possible, but I do try to seek the truth the best I can. I'm going to tell people what I believe to be true; anything else would be lying.
I was an atheist many years ago. I was very scientifically minded, and I read an essay by my favorite science writer, Isaac Asimov, called "The Judo Argument" where he disproved several attempts to prove the existence of God by using science. At the end of the article, he surprised me by saying that although he knocked down those arguments, he did not *disprove* the existence of God. He said that according to science, the existence of God is an open question. Up to that point, I had assumed I should not believe in God because I wanted to be scientific, but I realized that to be truly scientific, I should be open to the possibility that God exists. Therefore, when about a year later, a friend showed me some evidence that the Bible is a supernatural book, I was ready to listen to him. The more I investigated the Bible, the more I was convinced that it is a true message from God. I became interested in going to church and things moved on from there. However, I didn't instantly find all truth. I wanted to go wherever the evidence led, and that took me through many twists and turns over the years until I finally ended up in the Catholic Church because I came to believe it is the Church that Jesus established.
If you are interested in a discussion, why don't you start by telling me what you think is the best reason to not believe in the Christian God? I can respond to that, and we can see where the discussion leads. If you're not interested in a discussion, I respect that, and I won't bother you further.