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RE: Higher IQ's
August 5, 2015 at 7:03 pm
(August 5, 2015 at 6:49 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:
(August 5, 2015 at 6:44 pm)Shuffle Wrote: The existence of a god is a scientific claim, not a philosophical one.
That's one of the most ignorant and yet honest things I have ever heard on AF. The methodology of science is specifically tailored to the study of the natural world.


And it would follow, that if your god has any interactions with the natural world (answering prayer, miracles, communicating with individuals, causing floods, famine, etc) he would leave evidence in said natural world. Which would put the claims of an interventionist god directly in the purview of science.

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 2:53 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by robvalue - August 5, 2015 at 2:55 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 2:55 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Lemonvariable72 - August 5, 2015 at 3:02 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 5:44 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by noahide - August 5, 2015 at 3:03 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 3:05 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by RobbyPants - August 6, 2015 at 2:21 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 3:03 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jackalope - August 5, 2015 at 11:56 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Faith No More - August 5, 2015 at 11:58 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jackalope - August 5, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 2:49 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Deepthunk - August 5, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 5, 2015 at 3:14 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 3:26 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 5, 2015 at 3:35 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 4:03 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 5, 2015 at 4:27 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 5:46 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 5:54 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 9:01 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Pyrrho - August 5, 2015 at 9:47 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 10:17 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Dystopia - August 5, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by robvalue - August 5, 2015 at 3:22 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 3:25 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by robvalue - August 5, 2015 at 3:38 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Longhorn - August 5, 2015 at 4:07 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by ignoramus - August 5, 2015 at 4:26 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 4:28 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by robvalue - August 5, 2015 at 4:32 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 5, 2015 at 4:37 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 4:41 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by AFTT47 - August 5, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 4:37 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 5, 2015 at 4:39 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 5, 2015 at 5:56 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Dystopia - August 5, 2015 at 6:04 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by bennyboy - August 5, 2015 at 6:25 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 5, 2015 at 6:43 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by TheRealJoeFish - August 5, 2015 at 3:11 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by abaris - August 5, 2015 at 6:44 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Aractus - August 5, 2015 at 7:28 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by brewer - August 5, 2015 at 7:47 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Exian - August 5, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 11:55 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Faith No More - August 5, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Kingpin - August 5, 2015 at 12:04 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Exian - August 5, 2015 at 12:19 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Pyrrho - August 5, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 6:33 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 8:59 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 9:04 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 6, 2015 at 3:25 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 6:39 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by abaris - August 5, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 8:22 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by abaris - August 5, 2015 at 8:24 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 6:44 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 6:49 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Simon Moon - August 5, 2015 at 7:03 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 7:12 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 8:22 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 5, 2015 at 9:02 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Pyrrho - August 5, 2015 at 9:48 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Foxaèr - August 5, 2015 at 10:07 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 6, 2015 at 3:26 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Pyrrho - August 6, 2015 at 9:07 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Cephus - August 6, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Longhorn - August 5, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Angrboda - August 5, 2015 at 7:17 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2015 at 8:52 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Thumpalumpacus - August 5, 2015 at 11:20 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by Shuffle - August 5, 2015 at 11:46 pm
RE: Higher IQ's - by bennyboy - August 6, 2015 at 3:44 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 6, 2015 at 5:17 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 6:03 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Alex K - August 7, 2015 at 6:27 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 8:07 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by ErGingerbreadMandude - August 7, 2015 at 7:46 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 8:05 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Faith No More - August 7, 2015 at 10:08 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 10:19 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Faith No More - August 7, 2015 at 10:20 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 10:31 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by Faith No More - August 7, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by John V - August 7, 2015 at 11:02 am
RE: Higher IQ's - by CapnAwesome - August 7, 2015 at 11:17 am

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