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If you can't even define what God means, then how can you prove that it does or does not exist?
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Don't be afraid to be weak. Last edited by lostalex; 09-01-2012 at 09:01 AM. |
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I did not state that I can prove that God does not exist. I said science could. God is a theoretical entity that is postulated by theists to explain various phenomena, such as the origin of the universe, the design of the universe, and the origin of living things. Modern science, however, can explain all of these phenomena without postulating the existence of God. 1. In the words of Laplace, science has no need of that hypothesis. 2 By demonstrating that God is not needed to explain anything, science has proven that there is no more reason to believe in the existence of God than to believe in the existence of phlogiston, the luminiferous ether, or Vulcan. This may explain why more than 90% of the world's top scientists disbelieve or doubt the existence of God. Scientists prefer natural explanations to supernatural ones, not because of any metaphysical bias on their part, but because natural explanations produce more understanding than supernatural ones. As Plato realized, to say that God did it is not to explain anything, but simply to offer an excuse for not having an explanation. Hope this doesn't baffle you with science...too much. ![]()
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Wow, what a disgustingly patronizing thing to say. Shame on you. You don't understand people. You don't take culture into account at all, and that is why atheists fail. Atheists fail to realize that religion is not just about explaining the world and explaining the physical plane, it's also about communities and cultures. It's sociological and psychological as well.
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Don't be afraid to be weak. Last edited by lostalex; 09-01-2012 at 09:35 AM. |
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As for you character assessment on me. I am entitled to say what I think...without that character assessment turning into an an assasination from you. I'm happy to debate, maturely, but on that score, your opines are of no consequence to me
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Don't be afraid to be weak. Last edited by lostalex; 09-01-2012 at 09:48 AM. |
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Thank you! I wanted to go into the whole state religion and monarchy being heads of the anglican church stuff, but i'm always accused of being anti-english if i mention anything like that. But you are making a really good point. America does have more of a separation of church and state than the UK. The idea that the US is anti-science, when America has provided innumerable contributions to science in the last century, is purely laughable.
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Don't be afraid to be weak. Last edited by lostalex; 09-01-2012 at 11:17 AM. |
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All hail the Moyesiah
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Huh? I don't know of any atheist who is unaware of these things. Generalizing is pretty unbecoming and a quick way to lose credibility.
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"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein. Who probably knew a little bit more about science than most of us. Last edited by Livia; 09-01-2012 at 10:35 AM. |
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Without providing the context for this statement, this quotation sounds completely different than what it meant.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...ience.religion |
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Einstein said a lot of things, many of which contradict each other. I was making a point... many scientists are religious. My cousin, for instance, is an astrophysicist and devout.... and he's not alone.
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There are no rules stating I cannot quote from learned people. Sorry for neglecting to state where I got this information. I merely decided to use it because it is something I am familiar with and would do more justice to anything I can explain myself. I knew many would recognise it. Big deal. Stick your nose in somewhere else Livia . What is Low, is you going around knit picking and finding fault, as ive seen you do so often,,,
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Pray do. Think I will simply resort to muting you like numerous others have. Your hard faced exterior and semantics will hardly be a great loss
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I only have a hard-faced exterior with you, because you have been brusque with me from day one. But anyway... put me on ignore and I won't have to deal with the tedium of conversing with you again, although of course, I'll still be able to read your desperately cobbled-together posts which you think make you look intelligent. Goodbye. |
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I mean InOne got offended that I used the word "puke." But to me, that's what his dinner tasted like. |
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R.I.P Kerry x
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edit: double post
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R.I.P Kerry x
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