You cannot prove 100% that god doesn't exist.
Just like we have not found a true missing link so while we can talk about evolution we cannot prove that humans evolved from apes or monkeys. there is no scientific data for that, however the bible does provide answers for some of this.
i dont know if i would say im a creationist but im not sure if i buy the whole dino thing, wheres the proof.
You're absolutely 100% correct. We cannot prove 100% that god doesn't exist. You, sir, need to read about
Russell's teapot. I could think up a million things that you cannot prove doesn't exist, but it won't make it any more likely to exist.
Why aren't you supporting any other gods? There are plenty of gods that nobody can prove don't exist, yet you choose to believe one particular one without any more bit of proof than others have for their gods. I'll tell you the answer -- indoctrination. You may notice, that people tend to believe in the god that is most believed in their geographical location, or worshiped by their family and peers.
Haven't found the missing link? There's actually an episode of Futurama (Season 6, Episode 9) mocking this whole situation, which of course doesn't classify as evidence, but it's a great illustration of how stupid that whole argument is. No matter how many "links" are found, the creationists are never pleased. Nobody seems to consider the ridiculous amount of "luck" required for a fossil to exist. It's rather fortunate we've been able to dig up what we have. Again, evidence supporting evolution (for more than just humans), yet absolutely none supporting god.
What I don't understand is how you're supporting the idea of a god (absolutely no proof) yet don't feel there's any proof for dinosaurs? Fucking bones and fossils. What more proof do you need whether they existed? Relevant and hilarious:
Fundi ChristiansCarbon dating can vary widely and is not an exact science.
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/carbondating.html
http://biblicalgeology.net/blog/fatal-flaw-radioactive-dating/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/dinosaur-bone-age.htmIt has nothing to do with carbon dating the bones. Still, there is evidence supporting radiometric dating, and absolutely no evidence supporting god created life 9000-12000 years ago. None. To bring back evolution, there are plenty of "links" and to believe that those creatures evolved so drastically and so rapidly seems kind of stupid. To be blunt, I will put more clout in thousands/millions of scientists than I will in an angelfire-hosted and god-biased website.
While there may not be hard proof there is evidence all around us. Think about creating life, we cannot do this without pieces of the man and woman. We cannot create life syntheticly without a human element.
God gives us a soul, we might be able to create an ear in a petri dish but we could not create anything with a life force all its own, it wont have a heartbeat or soul.
Ignoring the fact that the idea we cannot synthetically create life is
completely false (thanks Google). Complex biological processes do not prove god exists any more than they prove OCZC exists. Using something that we can't explain or recreate (although in the case of life, we can recreate and explain it) is never evidence of god. Don't forget humans used to believe the earth was flat, the center of the universe, the sun was a god, etc -- and a lot of that shit was believed around the time the stupid bible was written.
A soul? If a soul truly existed, neurological disorders would be nonexistent. A soul is this magical "thing" that just exists in side of you and was gifted by god. It shouldn't be effected by the physical realm, yet it is. In reality, your brain is just an immensely complex chemical reaction that we haven't completely figured out, but there is a lot of progress being made. Sorry, but you have no soul, you're "soul" is just the state of your brain and a product of your environment and experiences.
You have given me no hard evidence.
and just because people make poor decisions and have little to no education does not in any way mean they do not have a soul. a lack of morals does not constitute a soul in a literal sense of the word.
You haven't given any hard evidence.
You're right, poor decisions and no education is god being an asshole. He knows everything you will do, gave you your soul, created you with "a plan" (which completely fucking throws free will out the window), and yet he still put you in your miserable life, allowing you to make poor decisions, while he smiled down upon you. Obviously god just likes some people more than others.
Not entirely relevant to your discussion of morality, but one of my favorite quotes: "Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told; religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right"
The argument of whether or not there is a bearded Caucasian white man who lives in the sky and helps me make touchdowns is not the point.
we are discussing creationism and dinosaurs, fact or fiction.
Fact: god holds the miracle of life, he does exist and you cannot prove dinosaurs lived 6 million years ago or whatever.
creationism = no evidence, at all
evolution = while not every link has been found, enough evidence has been found to paint a detailed picture
dinosaurs = fucking bones and fossils
God holds the miracle of life? If you haven't already, click the link above. We, humans, have created life. We are god?
"He does exist and you cannot prove dinosaurs lived 6 million years ago" WHAT THE FUCK? Seriously? Saying "he exists" without providing a single bit of proof is OK but it's not OK to believe estimates (however accurate) based on science?
Of course you have silly. anything you make you can thank god for. he created you and gave you the knowledge you have to build that manifold. so yeah everyone has heard of a sweet manifold god has created at some point!
I've always loved how [anything good] is thanks to god and [anything bad] is either "god working in mysterious ways" or the devil. God didn't give anyone any knowledge, the dude that build the manifold earned it all on his own. If god is the giver of knowledge, he should give us the knowledge to cure the countless fucking diseases that he created (or was it the devil? god's special plan?) and are killing millions.
97Econobox, I've always had respect and thought you were a cool guy, so this thread saddens me. I'm not trying to push my evil atheism on you, but I'd like you to open your mind a bit and dig a little deeper... Read up on why atheists believe what they do, and if you still believe in god then if he exists he can't say you aren't faithful. I of course live in one of the most religious backwater states in existence, so deal with christians all day, every day, and while they get treated with the same level of respect as anyone else -- I can't help but think of them as either very gullible or of a lower intellectual capacity.
I grew up in a christian family, had all christian friends, was very active in the church, blah blah blah. However, as I grew older, it was getting harder and harder to deal with the constant CANNOT DIVIDE BY 0 illogical inconsistent bullshit that is in the bible and "keep faith." The book was written at a time when humans were fucking STUPID, and it's hard to ignore how completely ridiculous the stories were. A man swallowed by a whale/fish? The world being flooded and some fuckhead gathering two of all of them (and I assume one of all the asexual life), providing their very picky habitats and diets? The world being created in 7 days, before there was even a such thing as a day?
? The story of creation isn't even consistent in the bible if you compare the different books. If the bible was written today, the author(s) would be accused of blatant plagiarism:
Religulous - The similarities between Horus and Jesus I like how christians pick and choose what to follow in the bible. Who the fuck decides what parts of "god's word" are right and which are wrong? The bits about owning slaves, not jerking off, stoning wives, etc etc -- OK not to follow. The parts about god existing, oh that's all true. How do you know that hell isn't a nice place and the devil isn't a good guy after all? Seems ridiculous to only hear one side of the story and make your judgment. The only reason this religion has lasted so long is because its claims were vague enough that it can't be disproven (yet). Others were even more ridiculous and science has been able to prove the bullshit. I love the people that say you should believe in god because WHAT IF YOU'RE WRONG?!?!1/11/1/1//// There are hundreds of gods, and I'm not going to waste my time worshipping all of them because they
could possibly exist.
If you want to believe in a COMPLETE DOUCHEBAG, then go right ahead. A guy that created Adam and Eve, knowing that they would introduce sin (he is all-knowing!), purposefully sending his son down here knowing we would kill him, which in turn condemned all future generations to hell (I assume you support paying reparations to ancestors of slaves), then revived him anyway. A guy that created all life, including the parasites and diseases killing us every day. A guy that was keen on performing miracles back when the bible was written, but today decides it's not worth the effort. A guy that gives us all free will (which can't truly exist if he has a plan for all of us) to form our own opinions, then is happy with condemning people to hell for eternity for using LOGIC to believe something that actually has EVIDENCE to support it. If god wants us to believe he exists, why doesn't he just exist? A god that will send a mass-murderer to heaven if he just has faith, yet will condemn an entirely moral productive person to an eternity in hell for not believing. A guy that will condemn billions to hell simply for believing in a different god that has an equal amount of supporting evidence (aka none). He really sounds like a stand-up kind of guy!