RE: Burden of Proof
January 11, 2013 at 6:57 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2013 at 6:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 10, 2013 at 11:57 pm)kingofs Wrote: Some Questions for AtheistsAs far as we know energy is neither created nor destroyed. You'll have to be more specific for the next part, as Russel obsrservations and arguments on causation are fairly hefty. What, specifically, would you like to discuss?
Is energy unable to be created or destroyed? if yes then does that do away with Bertrand Russell’s argument on Causation?
Quote:Is the human only a physical being by all scientific tests so far?So far, yeah.
Quote: If Yes then is it most likely that the human mind then is only a physical construct?That's all we have any evidence for, yep.
Quote: If yes is it a finite thing?We do appear to be mortal, yep.
Quote:Is energy a physical thing? If yes as E=mc2 suggests Then is there a physical thing that is infinite at least by the measurement of time if not by quantity?Yep, it's a "physical thing". You're staring to go off the rails at this point though, as "physical things" is just a description of energy in a specific state.
Quote:Is our being made out of energy? If yes then is it only a finite amount of energy based on quantity?Yep, every thing that you can hold or touch or see etc is made out of energy in some state so far as we know. Yes, it's a finite amount of energy in any specific case.
Quote:There are current theories that our universe is only a single universe in a bubble within an infinite energy soup. If this is so, and it is possible for a finite amount of energy to be intelligent and self-aware, is it possible for infinite energy to be infinitely intelligent and self-aware?Obviosuly it;s possible for a finite amount of energy to be self aware and intelligent, here we are. Unfortunately for your proposition it isn't simply the presence of energy but its arrangement and state that seem to affect this whole "aware and intelligent business"...a few questions back you threw a wheel, now the entire train is -predictably- coming off the tracks.
Quote:Do we as finite energy creatures manipulate energy around us for our own purposes? If yes is it not possible for an infinite energy to manipulate energy for its purposes?We sure do, see above.
Quote:If you have an infinite intelligence that can neither be created nor destroyed and is able to manipulate energy as it saw fit what would you call this infinite thing?I'd call it the sort of shit you imagined but cannot demonstrate. A consequence of that wheel you threw. I'm guessing that you'd call it a god, which would be unfortunate.
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