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- Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:58 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Einstein and his belief
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2585
Re: Einstein and his belief
Actually, that would be Deism, not theism. The belief that there is a god, but he is not necessarily personal and has not revealed himself to mankind (all religions are false, since they are based on revelation).
- Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Is It Legal?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7463
Re: Is It Legal?
I think the two main contesting theories are neo-Darwinian Evolution and Intelligent Design, neither of which are specific to some religion. In fact Intelligent Design is becoming more popular, but a lot of scientists (though not all by far) are committed to evolution, so we'll have to wait for a ne...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:31 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: A few questions
- Replies: 40
- Views: 11469
Re: A few questions
Hi, I recently discovered the "New Atheists" and all the debate going on about this. All in all that brought my belief in God into pretty rough waters - gathering "neutral" information on the topic seems pretty difficult, so I have a few questions for you. Both sides (argumentin...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:24 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Is It Legal?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7463
Re: Is It Legal?
He does have a point in that macro-evolution (please use macro- and micro- so it's clear what you're talking about) is believed even by Christians (Theistic Evolution) and people from many other religions, so it's not actually a religion in itself. But that it's a "scientific fact" (which ...
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:21 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: The real way to disprove God.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3520
Re: The real way to disprove God.
This should be in the "Humor" section.
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:42 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Planet that can hold life found and confirmed
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8360
Re: Planet that can hold life found and confirmed
Venus and Mars are also technically in the "habitable zone". Vacation on Venus anyone?
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:58 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Just playing devils advocate for atheism
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3369
Re: Just playing devils advocate for atheism
If things (like the universe) could exist without a cause, why don't things happen without a cause on a regular basis? Nothing has no boundaries. Like in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqfoiL9_deU&noredirect=1
I love that video...
I love that video...
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:53 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Planet that can hold life found and confirmed
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8360
Re: Planet that can hold life found and confirmed
Well, if this is taken as an argument against theism it would mean scientists proved intelligent life evolved on another planet (which somehow refutes theism??? y:-/ y#-o )... Well, then they're doing better with that planet than this one, 'cause I don't think they proved it for this planet yet! :ro...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:04 am
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Objective Morality?
- Replies: 185
- Views: 37437
Re: Objective Morality?
Proinsias,
I was reading the PDF, but whoever wrote it lost me at "various degrees of truth". How does it make sense to say something is partly true, or true for someone but not for someone else?
I was reading the PDF, but whoever wrote it lost me at "various degrees of truth". How does it make sense to say something is partly true, or true for someone but not for someone else?
- Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:25 pm
- Forum: New Page Critiques
- Topic: Critique of "Can Christians Use Drugs?"
- Replies: 41
- Views: 51653
Re: Critique of "Can Christians Use Drugs?"
Well, there are a couple of countries where it is legal, like Cambodia (de facto legal), Peru, Mexico... so it should be fairly simple to look up how much they spend on "recovery programs" and such... And this is a nice website http://www.webehigh.com/ It seems right now the US government ...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:42 pm
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 270
- Views: 67416
Re: Homosexuality
Is drawing lines outside of religion not what the legal system is largely based upon. I thought we were discussing morality, but if you're talking about things like gay rights, etc I think it's quite meaningless to talk about ethics, since many things that are immoral are not illegal. In fact you c...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:11 am
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 270
- Views: 67416
Re: Homosexuality
What I'm trying to say is that sexual preferences regardless of origin are not given validity in society based on them being of free will, genetic disposition or nurture. If we start using these types of arguments then we approach a stage of everything being permissible utilising similar approaches...
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:53 pm
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 270
- Views: 67416
Re: Homosexuality
Hey Widge, I've got gay friends! Just to let everyone know I'm now fully qualified to post on this subject. In regards to gay people who say they were born gay, some do & some don't in my experience. I think many people view sexuality as a rather complex matter and not so much a gay/straight sw...
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:58 am
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 270
- Views: 67416
Re: Homosexuality
Widge, All children are born selfish. All are born liars. You don't have to teach a child to be selfish, or to lie. They will do both, naturally. Since that is the way they are born, should we simply accept it and in fact nurture such behaviors? When we start really considering how we are born, we ...
- Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:22 am
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 270
- Views: 67416
Re: Homosexuality
Katsuya, I think it would be helpful if you would say what a soul is or does in your religion. In Christianity there are animals (like insects) that have only their body - they are like biological robots. Then there are animals with souls - that is, they can feel emotions and think though not like h...