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All of what you just said has zero evidence to support it.
I literally quoted a source. Want more? This is the Cathechism of the Catholic Church on the topic of free will:
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If instead you were looking for philosophical evidence for God's existance, I recommend reading Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways.
So your original comment asked what are apologists, then you go into typical apologetics arguments? Quite funny really.
Everything before your last sentence presupposes your personal interpretation of your god.
I'm not looking for philosophical evidence. I'm looking for objective evidence. And Aquinas is catastrophically out of his depth with his "5 Ways". Pretty much every line has some error. Further, even if it were true, to take the end result of each of those individually and then say "Clearly this is the Christian god of the Bible and definitely not any other god humans have believed in or a coincidence or have any rational explanation." is the height of arrogance.
I know, right? Like I said it was mostly a semantics issue, I wasn't sure what OP meant. When they kindly clarified their question I gave them my answer, coming from a different perspective from most of the commenters.
Then in you came, and started slandering my religion. Like you might have guessed it didn't quite sit right with me. Assuming you are an Atheist, it's like I came at you saying that "Atheists have no morals" or "Atheists are nothing but hedonists". I don't think you would have liked it. So I tried my best to provide sensible answers to your remarks. I guess that makes me too an apologist; I don't really have a problem with that label.
No, it is the interpretation of the Catholic Church, which is the church followed by most Christians on this planet.
Alright, you do you then. It seems to me that you are trying to explain God through science, and I'm not sure whether that is possible. Science, from a Christian perspective, is the study of God's creation. Inferring knowledge about the creator from His creation seems like an arduous task to me. I think using reasoning and philosophy would be a more reasonable option.
One step at a time. Once we are both on the same page that a higher being exist and the universe and life aren't just the product of mere coincidence we can discuss why I think the "Christian God", like you called him, is the right interpretation. But first you would need to accept religion(s) in general.
Are you espousing views you don't believe in? Or is it still your personal interpretation as well?
No. Apologists do that. I'm simply correcting the errors in their claims. There is no argument without apologists first trying to claim there is a god.
Alright, you do you then. Meanwhile science from a science perspective doesn't include the supernatural.
I've heard all the apologists argument and remain unconvinced. If you're still flogging Aquinas, you clearly have not heard all the rebuttals. Your move.
That needs to be proven for me to accept.