(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Care to share those "reasons"?
All you've shown is "indoctrination".... I know that is a powerful force which convinces you of the existence of an unfalsifiable thing, and is the one major force that convinces people around the world to believe in the existence of the god most believed in any particular region.
Again, I've given 6 arguments which can be used for the existence of God.
Kalam, ontological, design, moral, consciousness, and resurrection.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: I asked how do you know that some person said a particular sentence?
I even gave you the example of another person saying a particular phrase. Did that person say that phrase?.... Did that person exist at all?
Or... what the alternative?
Think about it!
Just take any famous quote in history...the same question can be asked of that...but normally people don't question those kinds of things, they only put on the skeptic mask when it comes to the Bible.
Patrick Henry allegedly said "Give me liberty, or give me death", no problems there.
But when Jesus say "Love thy neighbor", all of a sudden, "He didn't say that!! How do you know he said it??!!"
The double standard here is apparent.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: It does matter.
The lack of order shows how disorderly your reasoning about this is.
Think about it!
It doesn't matter if it never happened. Think about it!!
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Were you there?
Joke's over!
You have no way of knowing for sure how that happened... neither do I.
Thus far, nothing in my life... nothing in the growing body of evidence in all sciences... shows any hint of divine intervention.
As far as I'm concerned, nothing shows any hint of voodoo science either.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Why, then, should I assume a god had anything to do with any part of the development of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, psychology, etc... ?
Why should I assume that long ago, when no one was around to see it, inanimate matter suddenly came to life and began talking?
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Also, Traumatic insemination
also known as hypodermic insemination, is the mating practice in some species of invertebrates in which the male pierces the female's abdomen with his penis and injects his sperm through the wound into her abdominal cavity. You'd do good to learn a few things before you spew your faulty reasoning based on limited information.
Again, you are gave a link which shows how things were after the fact. My question is regarding the origins of the sexual reproductive system and how they could have originated and involved all the while reproducing at the same time.
And you basically gave me a link where organisms were already having sex
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Have people seen god? Really?
How come many were unconvinced that the man was a god? So much so that they even killed him... according to the story.
Because people do bad things.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Now, how can we be sure that the story portrays real events, instead of idealized ones?
We can read books regarding the Historicity of the Resurrection, and we can also watch the many debates on the subject. All of that sprinkled with a little faith, and then we can be sure.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Like MRSA never happens...
Our grasp of what a million years is is very tenuous... I certainly can't think about it. It's a monstrous amount of time. It's not a god... it's just time enough to adapt to the environment or die.
I see Christians aren't the only one playing the "faith" game.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Then define consciousness, PERIOD.
The sense of awareness. That is the short version. So basically, inanimate matter came to life and became "aware" of things
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: An unconscious person has no consciousness... Words don't always convey the meaning you think they do.
Right, and a unconscious person isn't "aware" of anything either.
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: I worship nothing.
Which is your "GOD" given right...
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: I understand some science and it makes sense.
Life from inanimate material makes sense?
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: I see no god
Then maybe you need thicker glasses
(November 3, 2014 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: except in literature or as wishful thinking...
Which sounds more reasonable?
In my opinion, Christianity is more reasonable than any scientific hypothesis that can be used to explain the origins of life, the universe, and consciousness.