Enmos
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God doesn't need to be created in order to exist because he is the source of everything: nothing.
So he doesn't exist ?
God doesn't need to be created in order to exist because he is the source of everything: nothing.
God doesn't need to be created in order to exist because he is the source of everything: nothing.
he??? God is of male gender!!
Finally an atheist admits it...they really believe evidence causes something to become true...without evidence something is false*************
M*W: God does not exist on this forum.
God does not exist in the world.
If anyone believes god exists, they need to prove it on this forum.
Science cannot prove the existence of god.
Faith cannot prove the existence of god.
God cannot prove the existence of itself.
How can any human prove its existence?
Without proof, god doesn't exist.
God doesn't exist without proof.
For those who believe in god, think again.
For those who don't believe in a god, congratulations, you have utilized your infallible intuition, your intelligence, and your common sense. I applaud you!
No I didn't, I simply provided the definition of God according to scripture....the atheist's logic is amazing "well God just doesn't exist...checkmate"Well, you kinda did.
how does this classification fit into the definition of the all supreme entity?'He' would indeed suggest a male gender.. whats your point ? lol
So he doesn't exist ?
he??? God is of male gender!!
That god has a penis the size of the local group of galaxies?'He' would indeed suggest a male gender.. whats your point ? lol
This article assumes that God exists within His own creation, which is contrary to the belief of every sensible theist. Were we to believe God existed in the universe, we would also believe that God could be found, given the appropriate space-surfing technology. In conclusion, this article is only valid if we assume God is within the universe; saying He resides outside of the universe makes this article null and void.
This article assumes that God exists within His own creation, which is contrary to the belief of every sensible theist. Were we to believe God existed in the universe, we would also believe that God could be found, given the appropriate space-surfing technology.
Quite right.
One only has to turn the tables and ask how the physics were created prior to the Big Bang.
Whatever happened to the answer - I don't know for sure.
No. I can go to china. I can meet chinese people. I can see china. There are an overwhelming number of documented and self-consistent pieces of evidence that china exists.“ Originally Posted by superluminal
What exactly gives believers the gall to insist that what they "believe" is true? ”
LG:
the same element that drives the statements such as "China exists" - direct perception or inductive knowledge
And how's that? By evidence I mean a body of work that can be independently verified by neutral parties that consists of physical, documentary, and/or experimentally verifiable predictions. Predictions of the behavior of this system you call "god" that are explicit and repeatable and have no more "mundane" explanation. You can't do this, can you?“ Without a shred of evidence? ”
LG:
if by evidence you mean the empirical variety, its probably an indication you should go back to theory before launching into an analysis of values/conclusion
I do! I indeed have direct perception that nothing in the universe warrants the intellectually bankrupt leap to a mysterious "creator" to explain any damn thing.“ "God exists - fore sure man!" (the gall!)
"HE exists on another plane" (the arrogance!)
"HE Loves you" (the unmitigated arrogance!)
"Believe or spend eternity in HELL!" (WTF???) ”
and if you don't have direct perception that god does not exist what combination of gall and unmitigated arrogance is driving your statements?
You silly dude. You keep trying this tactic of the strawman. I do not ever say that "god does not exist" in a serious discussion. Again and again, I say "show me some compelling objective evidence". What I am 100% convinced of is that there is no such compelling objective evidence.“ What incredible level of egomania and self righteousness makes these people so incredibly sure of themselves? ”
you also seem to be convinced that god does not exist since they are most obviously wrong - perhaps you should ask yourself ....
Huh?“ I can be certain that I have seen no objective evidence, now or throughout history, that undeniably shows that a god of some kind exists. ”
and if you also have a similar blank slate when it comes to the nature of god's non-existence ....
Bullshit! I don't "believe" anything! I have "opinions" on certain things that are as yet unproven or speculative. How can you begin to compare me saying "I believe that gravitons may exist based on theoretical predictions" to you saying "I believe in god"? I don't claim that gravitons exist at all. You claim that god absolutely exists. Intellectually utterly dishonest.“ Everything they believe is based on speculation. ”
.... the moment you make statements like this you have just tarred yourself with the same brush
Ha! No. Like the bible, quran, etc...“ There are a few books that read like pure mythology. That's it. ”
like "the god delusion"?
And what evidence, pray tell, caused them to abandon one god for another?“ Why don't people worship Zeus anymore? ”
depending on whether you want to argue religious practice has progressed or regressed since then, you could say they have moved on to better/worse things
Excuse me? I don't even know what the gideon institute is. And why would I ever go near a seminary?“ There's an overwhelming amount of ancient literature on him compared to other gods. ”
spoken by a person who's limit of theistic knowledge is determined by the gideon institute or seminary libraries?
The likely answer is that the universe is cyclic and has no time-bound "existence". But no one knows.Quite right.
One only has to turn the tables and ask how the physics were created prior to the Big Bang.
Whatever happened to the answer - I don't know for sure.
You use rhetoric and gullability of the masses. You appeal to their basic ignorance of even rudimentary logic (if god can't be "found" or objectively demonstrated then how do you know... blah, blah, blah).Ok, Mr. "Sensible" theist, how does one promote a god that cannot be found because he is 'outside' the universe?
how does this classification fit into the definition of the all supreme entity?
just for the record how many genders are there that meets criteria to qualify for this position?
So he doesn't exist ?
Where?There always was something.
hence we can say china exists due to direct perception and inductive knowledgeWhat exactly gives believers the gall to insist that what they "believe" is true? ”
LG:
the same element that drives the statements such as "China exists" - direct perception or inductive knowledge ”
No. I can go to china. I can meet chinese people. I can see china. There are an overwhelming number of documented and self-consistent pieces of evidence that china exists.
much like china, its corroborated by others in a uniform way (in other words if one person says “china was great – the Mediterranean coast was magnificent” or “One thing I really appreciated in the villages of china was the home made pasta of all the locals” it raises suspicions)How can you possibly even think that your subjective "direct perception" of a god carries any weight at all?
So if you cannot take me to the president, the president doesn’t exist?Can you take me to this god?
lolCan I get on a plane and go meet him? (maybe if it crashes, right?)
you are already existing in and on oneCan you take me to some factories in godland where they make god artifacts?
do we have experience in this world that the “big guns” just have open houses for everyone to rock up and say “hello” or “you suck” anytime anyone wants ?No? I guess your china example is just so much hot air then, huh?
given that the claims of physicists are verified by other physicists and not say house boat manufacturers, what do you mean by “independently verified”?“ Without a shred of evidence? ”
LG:
if by evidence you mean the empirical variety, its probably an indication you should go back to theory before launching into an analysis of values/conclusion ”
And how's that? By evidence I mean a body of work that can be independently verified by neutral parties that consists of physical, documentary, and/or experimentally verifiable predictions.
certainly – but it all requires a suitable foundation of qualification, much like there is no question of getting into an analysis of the credibility of physics without a substantial foundation of knowledgePredictions of the behavior of this system you call "god" that are explicit and repeatable and have no more "mundane" explanation. You can't do this, can you?
colourful adjectives aside, you do realize that what you have is “inference” and not “direct perception” don’t you?“ "God exists - fore sure man!" (the gall!)
"HE exists on another plane" (the arrogance!)
"HE Loves you" (the unmitigated arrogance!)
"Believe or spend eternity in HELL!" (WTF???) ”
and if you don't have direct perception that god does not exist what combination of gall and unmitigated arrogance is driving your statements? ”
I do! I indeed have direct perception that nothing in the universe warrants the intellectually bankrupt leap to a mysterious "creator" to explain any damn thing.
a high school drop out could say the similar things about the credibility of electronsDo you not see the difference here? I'm making a simple assertion that there is no more compelling evidence for a god than there is for a fat man bringing gifts to children in december.
yes, therefore there is a focus on claims on the knowledge base that drives sense perception – that’s why there is a special emphasis on say the “direct perception” of forensic scientists in issues of lawAlso, do you not understand the concept that "direct subjective perception" is useless to a neutral third party trying to verify a claim?
Eyewitness testimony is recoginized as the worst, last resort in law. Habeus Corpus my friend.
you have serious discussions somewhere else other than this forum?“ What incredible level of egomania and self righteousness makes these people so incredibly sure of themselves? ”
you also seem to be convinced that god does not exist since they are most obviously wrong - perhaps you should ask yourself .... ”
You silly dude. You keep trying this tactic of the strawman. I do not ever say that "god does not exist" in a serious discussion.
you do realize that even a court of law recognizes the inherent connection between “evidence” and “qualification” – that’s why they call on forensic scientists in certain situations as opposed to janitorsAgain and again, I say "show me some compelling objective evidence".
Surgeons must also be thankful that the medical profession doesn’t rely on your knowledge base and qualification for discerning the facts in the operation theatre too ....What I am 100% convinced of is that there is no such compelling objective evidence.
is this your serious or non-serious side?“ I can be certain that I have seen no objective evidence, now or throughout history, that undeniably shows that a god of some kind exists. ”
and if you also have a similar blank slate when it comes to the nature of god's non-existence .... ”
Huh?
so you don’t believe that theists make claims based on speculation?“ Everything they believe is based on speculation. ”
.... the moment you make statements like this you have just tarred yourself with the same brush ”
Bullshit! I don't "believe" anything!
aka “beliefs”I have "opinions" on certain things that are as yet unproven or speculative.
both god and gravity have foundations of knowledge – the fact that you tagged “theoretical predictions” to gravitons and left god as a blank indicates your biasHow can you begin to compare me saying "I believe that gravitons may exist based on theoretical predictions" to you saying "I believe in god"?
if you want to separate knowledge base from claims, I suggest you take your arguments to day care centresI don't claim that gravitons exist at all. You claim that god absolutely exists. Intellectually utterly dishonest.
and if a high school drop out wanted to add “Advanced Physics for the new millennium” in such a collection of fables, what would you say to counter him?“ There are a few books that read like pure mythology. That's it. ”
like "the god delusion"? ”
Ha! No. Like the bible, quran, etc...
the persons in the position of direct perception were defeated by others and thus they lost their credibility“ Why don't people worship Zeus anymore? ”
depending on whether you want to argue religious practice has progressed or regressed since then, you could say they have moved on to better/worse things ”
And what evidence, pray tell, caused them to abandon one god for another?
you know – those guys who give out miniature bibles you need a microscope to read (oh, that’s right, you never opened the cover) and put bibles in motel rooms all over the worldspoken by a person who's limit of theistic knowledge is determined by the gideon institute or seminary libraries? ”
Excuse me? I don't even know what the gideon institute is.
if you want to make statements likeAnd why would I ever go near a seminary?
does it help to know something about something if you want to refute it?And why, exactly would a large body of theistic "knowledge" help me in any way?
well, to go back to the top of the post, it readsSince you claim that only "direct (subjective) perception" shows that god exists?
do universities dish out qualifications on the basis of getting students to tick off how many books they have read or do they devise various means (pracs, exams, etc) to test whether the prospective candidate has developed the said qualities presented in books?I've read several buddhist texts, the bible, some books on ancient roman and greek mythology, lot's of web research, and have had a general interest in theology since I was a young pup.
if you ever encounter a high school drop out who doesn’t believe in electrons you can most certainly convince them of the truth (provided they are not simply interested in asserting their agenda or plastering you with ad homs)How's your science background? Ever read any Darwin? Feynman? Einstien? Hawking? Sagan? Pinker? Asimov (on chemistry and physics), Dawkins (on genetics)? Ever get an engineering degree? Ever generate a beam of "electrons" and watch it bend in the earths magnetic field (which I could show you)?
I have.
it’s a response to you thinking that it is important that I “show” you godThat's another thing. You seem to think that it's important that I can't "show" you an electron.
I seeNobody cares.
so in other words electrons have “qualities” and the perception of these qualities depends on successfully acquiring the relevant “qualifications” ??Even physicists can't "show" electrons to each other. All that really matters is that there is an "entity" we label "electron" and that it can be weighed, it's properties exactly measured (to many decimal places) and it's behavior predicted (barring certain quantum restrictions).
if you want to say things like “nobody cares about electrons”, “nobody cares about god” etc you tend not to portray yourself as not very inquisitiveSo, no one cares about your "it takes massive training to even be aware of god" statements.
erm – god is all aroundSo, now you'll say "how do you know that it isn't god all around you, responsible for trees and rocks and consciousness..."
given your knowledge base, hardly surprisingI don't.
regardless whether you want to say “I know God does not exist” in a mood of triviality or “I know you do not know god exists” in a mood seriousness, you remain a fool for as long as you cannot answer “How do you know?” – take note below for an example of how to know someone doesn’t know ....And neither do you.
Can you take some protons and electrons and make some consciousness?What I do know is that as far as we can currently investigate, trees and rocks are made of measurable entities called protons and electrons and consciousness is a manifestation of the complex interaction of protons and electrons in the form of neurons.
you are a greater fool because you dress around in a grass skirt in the name of scienceYour leap to "godness" is the leap of a fool at the command of a shaman.
I forgot what a complete asshat you are.you have serious discussions somewhere else other than this forum?