RE: What Do You Think?
January 19, 2017 at 6:58 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2017 at 7:03 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 19, 2017 at 5:39 pm)JROHAN Wrote: If you believe the universe has been intelligently designed then you believe the universe has purpose and meaningA person may believe that, but it's not an issue of "must". I intelligently design little shapes by folding empty cigarette packs. No purpose, really, no meaning to it. Just a tick of mine.
Quote:If you believe there is no intelligent designer then the universe, GRAVITY INCLUDED, is the result ofAs poorly formed as the above. While I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean that gravity is the result of purpose or the result of meaning ("things fall in because purpose"..."things fall in because meaning"....?)...it's trivially easy to show that gravity is not the result of something random, or a result of chance.
a meaningless, purposeless random chance occurrence
Quote:No way around this fact.....?
I think I'm getting it, now, you're attempting to manufacture a false dichotomy. Meh.
Quote:If you believe gravity is the result of a meaningless, purposeless random chance occurrenceNot my conclusion, personally, but I did ask who's it was, that was my first question...who believes that, and for those reasons....other than yourself?
with no scientific evidence to back the postulation up
then your conclusion is based on BLIND FAITH, not science
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