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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Scrutinizing
Hey. Sorry to interrupt your sarcasm fest, but you are conflating Atheism (the belief that god(s) doesn't exist) with scientific reasoning.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
...Atheism (the belief that god(s) doesn't exist)
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Scrutinizing
I guess that is more or less true. I'm an atheist not because of some spectacular reasoning. Mostly it's because all religious reasoning I've seen for the existence of a god has been lacking. Kind of a "the only option left" situation.
anyone else ever notice that the messiah is always 2,000 years away?
originally posted by: Agartha
originally posted by: xstealth
His points are very good, especially the retreat of the moon from the orbit of the earth and the earth's magnetic field.
His points, like Krahzeef stated above, are misleading, he is not telling the truth.
For example, as you have mentioned it, the decaying of Earth's magnetic field which, according to him, is only 10,000 years old, it's decreasing and it will disappear in 2000 years when he says Jesus will come back.
I say his argument is silly because paleomagnetism have shown, with evidence, that the planet's magnetic field both decreseas and increases, and it also changes orientation at times (as seen by dating volcanic rocks and seafloors). Just look at the magnetic North Pole, which is constantly moving.
The magnetic field was already in place 3 billion years ago ( LINK ) .
originally posted by: noonebutme
a reply to: Scrutinizing
In all your criticisms, you are glossing over the facts.
The truth is, atheism doesn't claim 'something from nothing'. I haven't seen any physicist claiming that either. In regards to the big bang or what we currently believe to be the start of our universe, some massive event happened - which is (and relatively soon NOT to be..) observable in the expansion of the universe and how quickly that is expanding.
The evidence suggests there was a singular focal point from which everything expanding from.
Doesn't say "something from nothing'. That's a typical fallacy used by the likes of yourself to argue in favour of a divine creator or being behind the start of the universe.
So far, science has not found any evidence to support such a claim. And weirdly, the universe seems to move along just fine without a God in it.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Scrutinizing
You act like I didn't give God a chance. Dude, I was a Catholic for a good 15 years of my life and just a Christian another 5 - 10 years afterwards. I gave the Christian god a chance, but all I saw was a self-serving church. Then eventually I came around to the holes in the Bible and the programming just broke.
It's weird though. When you are a believer you don't see the programming, but when you are freeing yourself from the religion it becomes very obvious. You see indoctrination and propaganda techniques employed and then realize how they were used on you. It took me a long time to square my disbelief in god with the idea I'd go to hell for not believing. Even though if god doesn't exist then so doesn't hell.
originally posted by: Guiltyguitarist
anyone else ever notice that the messiah is always 2,000 years away?
originally posted by: Scrutinizing
Stop dancing around and being dumb. Tell everybody where the stuff that big banged came from.
originally posted by: Agartha
(And I'm still waiting for you to explain how the Law of Thermodynamics contradicts the Big Bang or evolution).
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Scrutinizing
You act like I didn't give God a chance. Dude, I was a Catholic for a good 15 years of my life and just a Christian another 5 - 10 years afterwards. I gave the Christian god a chance, but all I saw was a self-serving church. Then eventually I came around to the holes in the Bible and the programming just broke.
It's weird though. When you are a believer you don't see the programming, but when you are freeing yourself from the religion it becomes very obvious. You see indoctrination and propaganda techniques employed and then realize how they were used on you. It took me a long time to square my disbelief in god with the idea I'd go to hell for not believing. Even though if god doesn't exist then so doesn't hell.
originally posted by: Scrutinizing
originally posted by: Agartha
(And I'm still waiting for you to explain how the Law of Thermodynamics contradicts the Big Bang or evolution).
I'm not going to do a discussion with somebody that needs to ask that question, that doesn't understand the contradiction, if entropy is a fact. This objection to evolution is as common as dirt. So you're either trolling or don't understand things common as dirt, in either case not one to have a serious discussion with. Troll somebody else.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Scrutinizing
That's called a "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Telling someone they aren't or weren't Christian just because their beliefs and experiences as a Christian don't align with what you expect. Furthermore, you aren't helping your case that god is real by belittling my experiences. I'm not exactly getting a vibe of inclusiveness from you that would make me want to return to your faith.