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originally posted by: Phantom423
a reply to: cooperton
Your response is proof positive that you don't have a clue how science works. You rely on supernatural creatures to do the work for you because you're incapable of doing it yourself. And because you can't do it, you think no one else can do it either. Well hundreds of thousands of journal articles, Nobel prizes and other awards have been published for over a century. And you still can't figure it out! Humans have done this on their own - no magic wand required - and never will be.
You need to find another hobby because science is not for you.
No that is exactly what I am claiming. God did it. I know this is the case because biology and cosmology are clearly designed constructs that allow the perpetuity of life.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: daskakik
Seems to contradict when you said "Nowhere did I claim it must have been God because God did it."
Only because you deleted the part where I explain why I think God did it. I don't believe God did it because God must have done it, I believe God did it because this world is clearly an intelligent contrivance. Big difference. It's not blind faith, it is empirical assessment of reality.
Basically you are saying, since at this point man can't explain to me how/why, that is called a gap in our understanding, I can only assume it was god.
That is why it is called the "god of the gaps" fallacy.
No I have evidence for God doing it, because the world indicates design from the micro to the macro scale. "Evolution did it" is the true blind god of the gaps theory, since it is both empirically untestable, and against the clear logical nature of biological organisms.
originally posted by: daskakik
originally posted by: cooperton
Only because you deleted the part where I explain why I think God did it. I don't believe God did it because God must have done it, I believe God did it because this world is clearly an intelligent contrivance. Big difference. It's not blind faith, it is empirical assessment of reality.
Sorry, that is where the "I don't believe in chance" part I stated earlier comes into play. Why "you" think god did it is because "we" don't have an answer, we have a gap.
No I have evidence for God doing it, because the world indicates design from the micro to the macro scale. "Evolution did it" is the true blind god of the gaps theory, since it is both empirically untestable, and against the clear logical nature of biological organisms.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: TTU77
TLDR, since I am not actually a member of the church of evolution.
One thing is true though, that side is still working on it, the other side just wants to preach.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: TTU77
So now you are going to try to tell me what I believe?
What if I told you that I believe in a creator but that that creator isn't "your god" and "your book" isn't accurate, would I still be part of the church of evolution?
You do realize that your religion isn't the only religion that exists. Although I understand that is the only one you can preach, which is what all these types of threads are about, sprinkled with a little bit of science and logical fallacies to try and cover up the bias.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: TTU77
So now you are going to try to tell me what I believe?
What if I told you that I believe in a creator but that that creator isn't "your god" and "your book" isn't accurate, would I still be part of the church of evolution?
You do realize that your religion isn't the only religion that exists. Although I understand that is the only one you can preach, which is what all these types of threads are about, sprinkled with a little bit of science and logical fallacies to try and cover up the bias.
originally posted by: TTU77
If you have to choose between two different faiths why not choose the one with proven prophecy and which promises eternal life and to give you a new spirit of God within you that you would love righteousness above anything that satisfies the flesh.
originally posted by: daskakik
Here you are not claiming this is a hypothesis but that you know, you don't.
You are cherry picking things to argue your unfounded conclusion that "god did it".
originally posted by: daskakik
originally posted by: TTU77
If you have to choose between two different faiths why not choose the one with proven prophecy and which promises eternal life and to give you a new spirit of God within you that you would love righteousness above anything that satisfies the flesh.
You might have missed my post about OBEs. The same type of experiences that probably sparked the ideas in your holy book. I came away with something different than what is in the bible.
I simply can't go with the one from second hand sources that "promises things" and was probably altered by people in power over time, when my first hand experience tells me something different.
That being said, I don't know who/what the creator was or how they went about it, maybe terra forming and planting seeds gave not only the spark but also the diversity of life on the planet, which would mean the time calculated in the OP is insignificant. Could be that evolution also happens along with this.
We don't know with certainty but some on both of those sides sure do like to talk like they do. Like I said, the science side is still trying while the religious side is just preaching and now trying to cherry pick science for things they can spin to make their argument.
originally posted by: TTU77
OBE's confirms the bible, aka the spirit realm, which is also the realm of the fallen angels and demons. I've read bad experiences on this and when people would call on the name of the Lord, those evil spirit would stop, the same as when these "aliens" show up.
originally posted by: TerraLiga
a reply to: TTU77
There is evidence to show the rate of decay does not change over time. Take a look at the natural nuclear reactor in Oklo. There is no faith in the evidence there.
Red and blue shifts have nothing to do with the universe, they are one way of measuring rates of change over large distances, and so are suitable for measuring rates of change in our galaxy and the wider universe.
Finally, 'the big bang' is not yet an absolute certainty as to why or how the universe exists. All we know for certain is that the universe is expanding (and therefore must have been smaller in the past) and there is a historical heat map still measurable in our universe (and therefore it must have been much hotter in the past).
There is not one piece of evidence for the existence of your god or anyone else's, but if there were, Hinduism would trump Abrahamic religions, which are all based on hatred and fear.
You travel everywhere to win one person to your faith. Then you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
originally posted by: Kreeate
Fascinating to see this subject is still going. You can bring a horse to water... but you cannot make it drink. Pick your side.
originally posted by: TTU77
originally posted by: TerraLiga
a reply to: TTU77
There is evidence to show the rate of decay does not change over time. Take a look at the natural nuclear reactor in Oklo. There is no faith in the evidence there.
Red and blue shifts have nothing to do with the universe, they are one way of measuring rates of change over large distances, and so are suitable for measuring rates of change in our galaxy and the wider universe.
Finally, 'the big bang' is not yet an absolute certainty as to why or how the universe exists. All we know for certain is that the universe is expanding (and therefore must have been smaller in the past) and there is a historical heat map still measurable in our universe (and therefore it must have been much hotter in the past).
There is not one piece of evidence for the existence of your god or anyone else's, but if there were, Hinduism would trump Abrahamic religions, which are all based on hatred and fear.
If any part of any religion is proved false, it should be discounted. You can't do this with the Bible.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Kreeate
Fascinating to see this subject is still going. You can bring a horse to water... but you cannot make it drink. Pick your side.
It seems both sides believe they have the water so to speak. Wouldn't you all prefer this is all part of a design and there's perpetuity to consciousness rather than this being a bleak accident that ends in eternal nothingness for all conscious beings forever?