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redstang281 Inactive Member |
secondly (and I hope you dont misinterpret this as a personal attack) I suggest that you are confused between science and pre big bang singularity (which I suggested was an equally viable candidate for the "it always existed coz it did" club.
I don't take this as a personal attach. I understand you are more than likely frustrated with me. I would just like Athiest to seriously think about the theories that scientist conjure up to deny the existance of God. Just ask yourself how it can be possible for something to just exist and further things to spring up from it. It's not. So therefor whatever it was that started everything had to be considered impossible by science. God is the only thing can just exist. I don't care what kind of singular big bang theory they can up with there always has to be something that put it there. If you deny everything I am claiming you really have to ask yourself why you deny it. Do you deny it because you think it's wrong, or because you just don't want to accept it. Because he who creates the world has the right to create the rules. Human nature doesn't like to follow rules.
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: Actually I am saying that if the your God (or any of the other big fellas) exist and interacts with the universe it would be observable so any hypothetical big fella is Not above science... I actually take the position that a lack of evidence means that one should avoid subscribing to any opinion until some data is available.... Also you seem to think that I am postulating current science as a complete explanation. I am well aware of the expansion of the boundaries of what is observable. And once again you miss the point that if God interacts with the universe and has any effect then a complete enough set of measurements will show a result that could not be attributed to the starting conditions of the system....And that this interaction is necessarily observable.....
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: And once again my answer is that it is wrong to take a situation where there is no data and attribute any explanation to it.....
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: Just realized that there may be a problem with this analogy in that it depends if you are talking about true or magnetic north.... if its magnetic north then the "pole" described by the unattached field line extends out to infinity.....
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redstang281 Inactive Member |
"Actually I am saying that if the your God (or any of the other big fellows) exist and interacts with the universe it would be observable so any hypothetical big fellow is Not above science..."
The mere fact of creation is above science (which from your POV is debatable.) The fact that the observations scientist have made have not let them to something they can not explain with science only means that they either are missing something or so far God has chosen not to present himself to them and just uses his forces in ways they label scientific. In any event it in no way limits God to potentionally express himself in an unscientific way. So therefor he is above science. "I actually take the position that a lack of evidence means that one should avoid subscribing to any opinion until some data is available....Also you seem to think that I am postulating current science as a complete explanation. I am well aware of the expansion of the boundaries of what is observable." It sounds to me like you have something we Christians refer to as "faith." However yours is directed to science and something coming from absolutely nothing. "And once again you miss the point that if God interacts with the universe and has any effect then a complete enough set of measurements will show a result that could not be attributed to the starting conditions of the system....And that this interaction is necessarily observable..... " I believe God has a hand in everything from the littlest to the smallest detail in everything. So I believe that God has a hand in everything regarding the universe. The hand of course could be one that corresponds to scientist reasoning or could be one that doesn't. I believe that sometimes it doesn't and in that event scientist make guesses on pure conjecture.
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: what thinking only in terms of length and breadth? or do you mean 4 dimensional? [This message has been edited by joz, 12-12-2001]
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redstang281 Inactive Member |
And once again my answer is that it is wrong to take a situation where there is no data and attribute any explanation to it.....
So we can end this on the note that as far as this topic is concerned Christians will always have an answer, but thus far evolution does not. [This message has been edited by redstang281, 12-11-2001]
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Percy Member Posts: 22480 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.8 |
I think Joz is giving you the right answers, but maybe it would help if someone else took a shot at this.
Science takes no position one way or the other on things for which there is no evidence. Since there is no objective evidence for God one way or the other, science neither admits nor denies God's existence. It takes no position one way or the other. You are naturally correct when you say there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreampt of in the philosophy of science, but science is merely a method for finding out all we can about the natural universe. The spiritual universe requires a different approach. --Percy
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: Really I would have said that the reluctance to take a position without data was indicative of a LACK of faith, please explain how it is otherwise?
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: Exactly, I can say "I do not believe there is a God". I cannot say "I can scientifically disprove God". This is because there is no data to go on.... [This message has been edited by joz, 12-11-2001]
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: I think you have confused science and evolution..... And a better statement would be: Thus far science refrains from taking a firm position in the absence of any data, religions speculate freely that its all due to the big fella.... [This message has been edited by joz, 12-11-2001]
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redstang281 Inactive Member |
quote: Your complete devotion to thinking that there is a reason for life besides God is your faith in man.
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joz Inactive Member |
quote: Actually: a)I dont have much faith in man as you put it. We are nasty malicious buggers for the most part.... b)Actually (and I thought I had already explained this) my position is that one should not ascribe a cause to any phenomenon in the complete absence of evidence. c)My aversion to the its because of God hypothesis is that it offers no evidence not because of the inclusion of a big fella. If it offered proof of said hypothesis it would be worthy of consideration as an explanation.
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mark24 Member (Idle past 5216 days) Posts: 3857 From: UK Joined: |
Redstang281,
Some observations & comments..... "So you presume to tell me that because science can not answer it now, that they will one day?" You presume to tell me it won't? "Nowadays scientist say that volcanos' erupt due to some natural force. But that doesn't mean God doesn't use that natural force to make the volcano erupt and to kill those people. All science discovers is the force that God uses to perform with." Surely that would be "supernatural" force, not natural, if God made the Volcano erupt. There is no evidence WHATSOEVER supporting divine intervention in volcanic activity. Lets leave volcanoes to geologists, you only do a disservice to your argument here. "Even if everything science has observed in the universe can be contributed by a pure scientific factor that doesn't mean God didn't do it." But why, WHY, would you assume He did? "Ah, my friend but science can not work like that. Science can not abide by the excuse that it just is. That will never be justifiable by any scientific law now, or anyone to ever be invented, created, or discovered. The only law of something just existing is God's law for himself. For if you could believe that science could just exist, than how can you not believe in God? " My friend, the 1st law of thermodynamics says matter/energy can neither be created or destroyed, ergo, in one form or another it DID exist forever. So it would seem something existing forever IS defined by science & not God after all. As for the last part, a methodological way of thinking can hardly be compared with a belief in God. "The Scottish Liturgy uses the formulation "He is the Word existing beyond Time, both source and final purpose." This preserves the infinite nature of God which, by use of time-scoped words you were inadvertently mitigating." With respect, how do they know that? Secondly, what is Gods purpose? "I understand what you're saying. You are saying that you think God doesn't exist because all of science's observations of the universe indicate scientific explanations. I am offering up two answers to that. 1) Man has not observed everything he thinks he has. 2) What man has observed has been inline with science because God did his manipulation in a scientific way. So therefore is unnoticed by man." Why, does God make volcanoes go off in such obvious fashion (to you), & is then so secretive when it suits you?. See your earlier post. "I would just like Athiest to seriously think about the theories that scientist conjure up to deny the existance of God." Such as? "In any event it in no way limits God to potentionally express himself in an unscientific way." How would God express himself in an unscientific way? This is an important one, I need a reply to this question if you reply to no other. "I believe God has a hand in everything from the littlest to the smallest detail in everything. So I believe that God has a hand in everything regarding the universe. The hand of course could be one that corresponds to scientist reasoning or could be one that doesn't. I believe that sometimes it doesn't and in that event scientist make guesses on pure conjecture." That would be you making guesses on pure conjecture! Why does science produce such predictable results on Newtonian motion, for example. If what you say is correct, then observations where objects accelerate whilst no force was applied would be made, because God wanted it "over there". NOTHING like this has been observed. What you are describing are things that we can't predict, like Aunty Mable getting run over. What your statement doesn't take into account is where science can predict things with absolute accuracy. Where does your God go then? It seems Scientific Laboratories are places God can't enter. You only have an argument where there are unknown variables. "Just ask yourself how it can be possible for something to just exist and further things to spring up from it. It's not. So therefor whatever it was that started everything had to be considered impossible by science. God is the only thing can just exist. I don't care what kind of singular big bang theory they can up with there always has to be something that put it there." 1st Law Of Thermodynamics again, I'm afraid. Things can just exist. Pre-Big Bang, still there..... The statement that you "don't care what kind of singular big bang theory they can up with", really puts it in a nutshell better than I ever could. This says to any reader that your mind is CLOSED. ------------------Occam's razor is not for shaving with.
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nator Member (Idle past 2191 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
Please realize that science does NOT develop theories in order to deny the existence of God. Science does not address the supernatural at all. What you have been engaging in, largely is a philosophical and logical debate, not a scientific one.
This is not an accurate portrayal of how science treats the supernatural. It is simply not useful in science to say "Godidit". It doesn't explain anything. So, we say "We don't know".
That is a statement of faith, and faith alone. You have no positive evidence for the existence of a supernatural, omnipotent deity, so you believe on faith. That is perfectly fine, of course, but please realize that it is a leap of faith that you make, that others whom have likely contemplated the same issues you have, do not have to make.
Why does there "always" have to be something that put it there? There is no evidence to suggest that "something put the universe in place, so it is more accurate to say we don't know what put the universe in place, and we may never know. Faith is what some people hold in order to get past the "I don't know".Also, if you say that there *had* to be something that created the universe, then the next logical statement is, "the creator *had* to likewise have a creator." And so on, and so on.
It's not a matter of denial of your claims. It is a matter of your lack of evidence to support your claims. You are asking for a leap of pure faith, not based upon any evidence. Most people have some kind of faith, others say "I don't know" and leave it at that, and still others say "Ido not believe".
Why should anyone "accept" your version of faith? Because you say so?
This is just another statement of faith.
I strongly disagree. Humans are all about rules. Wars and oppression largely happen because one group wants other groups to follow the same religious, ethical, or societal rules as they themselves do. One of the reasons humans have come to dominate the planet is because we have been selectd to be able to work in groups, and follow community rules, to achieve group objectives. Allison ------------------"Never trust something that thinks for itself if you can't see where it keeps it's brain"--Mr. Weasley [This message has been edited by Percipient, 12-12-2001]
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