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Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
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1st April 2012, 08:01
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1st April 2012, 08:03
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1st April 2012, 09:37
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
(1st April 2012 03:27)wisdom searcher Wrote: Right now I'm really wondering if reason and faith are two sides to the same coin. I think maybe it's like General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. They seem contradictory, but scientists are searching for a way to unify them. Nobody is really saying that relativity is wrong because of quantum mechanics or vice versa. There already is a unifying theory of reason and faith. We evolved the ability to reason and imagine. Part of that created anthropomorphic assumption as part of the danger reflex, looking for explanations for things we couldn't reason. That created faith in those explanations and thereby primitive religions. Badabing Badaboom you have people praying to invisible sky-daddies. You're Welcome, no need to thank me. |
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1st April 2012, 12:44
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
Well, I'm glad I got a bunch of responses, but I was hoping for less insult and more thought.
Most of you seem to think that your trump card is reason, but how do you know that reason explains everything? I intended part of my question to ask: what if reason does not explain everything and faith is necessary? How can you KNOW that is not true? Also, there is no scientific evidence that man made God up. At least I have never heard any. It's just a theory, and not a scientific one at that. |
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1st April 2012, 12:52
(This post was last modified: 1st April 2012 12:55 by KichigaiNeko.)
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
(1st April 2012 12:44)wisdom searcher Wrote: Well, I'm glad I got a bunch of responses, but I was hoping for less insult and more thought. Why thankyou ignorant sir (1st April 2012 12:44)wisdom searcher Wrote: Most of you seem to think that your trump card is reason, but how do you know that reason explains everything? It doesn't so you fail straight out of the block there (1st April 2012 12:44)wisdom searcher Wrote: I intended part of my question to ask: what if reason does not explain everything and faith is necessary? You're a troll yes?? What makes you think that you are capable of a) reason and b) faith to explain why you are on this board typing away? (1st April 2012 12:44)wisdom searcher Wrote: How can you KNOW that is not true? How do you KNOW that faith is true?? I is a PERSONAL thing. Yes?? (1st April 2012 12:44)wisdom searcher Wrote: Also, there is no scientific evidence that man made God up. At least I have never heard any. It's just a theory, and not a scientific one at that. What planet/ time period are you from?? Clearly you were asleep in science class ...otherwise you will KBNOW what a "Scientific Theory" entails. After all...gravity is "Just a theory" so that means you are leaping out of tall buildings ALL the time?? After all "It's Just a Theory" Dick go back to school and PAY attention this time! 
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"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5 |
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1st April 2012, 12:56
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"There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange." Daniel Webster
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1st April 2012, 12:59
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
(1st April 2012 12:56)wisdom searcher Wrote:(1st April 2012 03:32)Phil Wrote: Faith is nothing like an evidence based science. To even think so is probably a sign of severe mental illness. No, a theory is an idea proposed to account for the evidence. Faith is an idea proposed in the absence of any evidence, or even in opposition to the evidence. |
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1st April 2012, 13:03
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
(1st April 2012 12:52)KichigaiNeko Wrote: What planet/ time period are you from?? I never said "Scientific Theory." I did not capitalize theory. A dictionary would show that there are other ways to use the word theory. I said it was NOT a scientific theory. I am currently in college. And your insults are little amusing considering I'm female. 
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"There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange." Daniel Webster
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1st April 2012, 13:09
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
(1st April 2012 07:26)Phil Wrote:(1st April 2012 07:17)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah. A lot of Americans are pretty fucking stupid. The UK is pretty bad, just not as much. The teen birthrate is accurate, just take a stroll to the town centre, prams fucking everywhere! Very young women behind them. [slaps forehead] |
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity. Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist. You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them. |
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1st April 2012, 13:11
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RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
(1st April 2012 12:44)wisdom searcher Wrote: Most of you seem to think that your trump card is reason, but how do you know that reason explains everything? I intended part of my question to ask: what if reason does not explain everything and faith is necessary? How can you KNOW that is not true? So where is faith necessary? When does it adequately explain ANYTHING? |
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