RE: Atheism vs. God's Existence
May 25, 2016 at 8:41 pm
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2016 at 9:49 pm by Whateverist.)
(May 25, 2016 at 8:00 pm)AAA Wrote:(May 25, 2016 at 7:39 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: And now you're just being silly. You obviously neither understand nor accept evolution.
I wonder if I may ask you a religious question. Is the idea of "god" tied up with His creative function for you? Or are you in it for the objective morals and/or afterlife plan? Also, how can your ideas of what God is be so precise?
How do I not understand evolution? Is it not capable of replacing an inefficient structure with an efficient one?
Why do I believe that the designer is the Christian God? There are a few reasons. One of the main reasons is that Jesus's resurrection is the only acceptable explanation for the explosion of the early Christian church as many people were reported to have seen him alive afterword. Mass hallucinations and other explanations don't hold up. Also, I have been writing an extensive philosophy paper on the purpose of life and redefining the concept of the common good. I reached a conclusion. I realized after I had come up with that idea that it coincided perfectly with the Christian message.
And I hate the idea of an afterlife as much as you, but that doesn't change the fact that I think it is true.
The prior and more important question is why do you think the intricate 'design' of things implies a super-omni cosmic watchmaker at all? Must every factoid regarding the arrangement of a thing's parts reflect a decision by that Guy? Your way of thinking about this doesn't seem at all intuitive to me.
I don't 'hate' the idea of an afterlife so much as I find it silly. It doesn't jive with what we experience.
But since you've decided that the bible is the can't-miss reference book of the world par excellence, you just can't help using it to screen every finding of science and the evidence of your own senses. I'm sure it isn't even a conscious decision on your part by now. I have to say I feel a little sorry for you on this account.