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11-08-2005, 11:01 AM | #1 |
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The Atheist Test
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11-08-2005, 02:44 PM | #3 |
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interesting page.. reminds me of an analogy i heard one time: take apart a mechanical watch and throw all the parts in a dryer. would you ever expect a fully function watch with all parts to ever form?
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11-08-2005, 10:02 PM | #5 |
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Or if, you know, the very concept of infinity--mind-boggling as it is--didn't in fact say that yes, a fully-functioning watch would eventually form, regardless of what you as a short-sighted human might "expect."
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11-08-2005, 10:20 PM | #6 |
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A fully functioning watch would never form in such a small and simple system. Fortunately the universe ain't that simple.
A banana is not perforated. Further, complete knowledge of China is not necessary to prove there is no gold in China. I may have complete knowledge of gold. Or I may know some consequence of the existence of gold in China which I can demonstrate has not happened. (since the statement is false, none comes to mind). |
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Even the God Squad ought to check their facts occasionally, just in case
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11-10-2005, 12:59 PM | #8 |
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11-10-2005, 01:43 PM | #9 | |
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11-08-2005, 11:54 PM | #10 |
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No one knows if there is a god, no one knows there isn't. Why do we have to know? What difference does it make? If you had irrefutable proof that there was NO god, would you live your life differently?
Do you only do good in hope of reward, or fear of punishment? I don't. I do good because it is good.
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11-09-2005, 10:16 AM | #11 | |
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per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
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11-09-2005, 08:29 PM | #12 | |
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11-09-2005, 11:26 AM | #13 |
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I'm trying to work out whether the argument would convince me if I didn't dislike bananas so much....
Perhaps I'll just have to accept them as the devil's fruit. |
11-09-2005, 11:38 AM | #14 |
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the creator is natural selection.
bananas don't have legs, so in order to travel, they need to be eaten, carried and deposited elsewhere. does this mean that bananas are intelligent? no. does it mean that GOD had to design them as a finished product? no. it means that bananas have, through natural selection, developed the traits that make them appealing to primates. they fill a niche. like a puddle that seems to have been created to hold the exact amount of water that fills it up. creationism is a cop out.
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11-09-2005, 04:06 PM | #15 |
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Creationism exists because the human ego holds that humans are *so* much more elevated above the rest of Life as we know it, that we *must* have been designed by someone even higher up the line that ourselves.
Fine. What if that someone was an alien? Would we still believe that it was God, or would the human ego just go, "Well, someone must have created the aliens, then!"?
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