To be perfectly clear, and all kidding aside, none of us (me, arauca, aaqucnaona or spidergoat) would be theists. There is evidence of the sun that each of us, independently, repeatably and under laboratory-controlled conditions can gather as much as we want and analyze it at our leisure.
means that " to know god " is to look into the past to find where god popped his head and that means looking into the past back to the Sumerians and Akkadians of which neither called these being gods the akkadians called them " ILu-lofty ones " from which the Hebrew , biblical EL stems
it is realy difficult to get an atheist to give a concise definition of reality or god yet they expect their criticisms that pivot on such terms to be taken seriously
the point of this discussion is lost on you if you think the lowest form of wit evades key issues of literacy that demand value be assigned to terms
the fact that there are professional bodies engaged in weeding out fabrications made in the name of science (as opposed to mere laymen going along with whatever their limited powers of investigation grant them on the subject) and that in many fields there is aconflicting array on exactly what a specific set of data is required in order to solve ( or even what the data signifies ) a specific problems indicates you are simply talking about what you are imagining science to be. But even then you are calling upon clear definitions for terms in order to air your imaginatons :shrug:
You still have it bass-ackwards. This is just not rational thinking. I refer you back to the Institutionalized Paranoid Schizophrenic. By your logic, you can not address his issues without having a good knowledge of how tinfoil interferes with the propagation of government mind-rays. Do you think that? Do you think that no one can address IPS's illness without a good understanding tinfoil and mind-rays? Or do you accept that perhaps IPS's premise of his illness is flawed? P.S. What makes you think atheists don't have a good understanding of what theists call God? Atheists are probably quite well-versed in many aspect os theism. They are assaulted by it all the time. And most of them grew up with it.
you are evading the question of the op just like a call on the reason something is existing requires a working definition, so does the call on the criticism of the validity of the reasons (and as anyone who has come within ten feet of comparing the clash between theist and atheist ideologies can tell you, this schism begins at the point of differing definitions to the problem ) iow there is no way one can breach issues of ontology with an absence of value laden terms anymore then there is no way that one can breach a rock face with a nonexistant drill
I reiterate means that " to know god " is to look into the past to find where god popped his head and that means looking into the past back to the Sumerians and Akkadians of which neither called these being gods the akkadians called them " ILu-lofty ones " from which the Hebrew , biblical EL stems
actually no it doesn't what the problem is , is the lack of Ancient History Ancient History will breach this problem once and for all , if we would just read about our past all religion starts from the Sumerians and Akkadians , 6000yrs ago , if we just had the will to learn about this past
on the contrary, a good understanding of tin foil, energies emitted by the mind, systems of ideology propagation, values and powers pursuant with government systems and the unique challenges facing an ips provide a uniform framework through which to contextualize the scenario. iow far from providing an example where one proceeds in an absence of definitions in order to contextualize an issue, I think you might now be beginning to understand that it is impossible to do so at this point of the discussion we are not looking at which definitions are better than others - we are looking at whether it is posible to venture an ontological claim (regardless whether it is a for or against ) in the absence of any definitions
no but conceeding this I think you now have a problem if you want to start going on about such studies completely bypassed any working models for the term god in order to render their criticisms valid
I filled out the form on the back of the comic book and my copy of the missing knowledge of the Ancients should arrive any day now in a plain brown wrapper.
DaveC426913 So arauca is using the word "god" to describe a big gasbag of great energy but vanishingly low IQ? Isn't that defining god into irrelivence? Does that make Rush Limbaugh a god? lightgigantic Your point? Scientists have never claimed to know "The Truth(tm)", unlike almost every theist I have ever known(including those here). Where there is conflict it is public(else how do you know of it), where there is uncertainty and insufficient knowledge the scientists admit such and suppressing pseudoscience calling itself science, good on them. I need no imagination to know these things, I have experience and study. It works much better at gaining knowledge than faith. You are using a computer, aren't you? GrumpyPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
whatever study and experience you have I am sure it is not sufficient to span the length and breadth of science without calling upon some trade marked truth and I am sure whatever criticisms you have on religion operate out of defining god in order to appear plausible to your mind .......
there is no missing knowledge of the Ancient past Alex , its just that you and many , many others are missing this knowledge it will open your eyes and thinking