(August 22, 2016 at 8:49 am)SteveII Wrote:(August 20, 2016 at 10:31 am)RobertE Wrote: That is what I ask theists all the time. If I ask how the world came into being, they come back with a relatively simple, "God created it." Ask them for facts, and they will seldom bring anything to the table apart from the usual lines spouted by everyone else who is linked with any religion in this world. So, if "God created the earth", and you cannot bring facts to the table, this in itself is a "theory", and in this "theory", the definition is "hunch", a "notion", a "prescience", or why not "funny feeling", instead. You'll be surprised to find the antonyms of this:
"Knowledge", "Trust", "Reason", "Proof", "Truth", etc etc.
So, you have a "funny feeling", that God created the earth and all beings too. You are not certain of this.
I have a link just for you and perhaps other theists (I don't know if you are a theist or not so, apologies in advance if you are not)
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/howscienceworks_19
Did I call anything related to God creating the world a 'fact'? No, so you are answering my question with "you don't have any facts either"?
If you don't consider the existence of God a 'fact', why do you spend so much time here arguing in favor of him? Why do you attempt to demonstrate "factual" evidence for his existence? This is just more backing safely away from your claims in order to avoid the burden of proof in EVERY theistic discussion that goes on here, Steve.
Step one in having an intellectually honest conversation with people:
Stand behind your own beliefs.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.