RE: Organic Molecules Found 400 Light Years From Earth
August 11, 2017 at 5:02 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2017 at 5:25 pm by rjh4 is back.)
(August 11, 2017 at 4:01 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Christopher Hitchens, "That which can be easily asserted without evidence can be just as easily dismissed without evidence."
I wonder how many have really thought through how this can be applied. For example.
Easily asserted without evidence: "God does not exist."
Based on what Christopher Hitchens says, the claim can be easily dismissed without evidence to imply the only other possible result I can think of: "God exists."
Easily asserted without evidence: "God exists."
Based on what Christopher Hitchens says, the claim can be easily dismissed without evidence to imply the only other possible result I can think of: "God does not exist."
A statement that can be used like that is essentially useless as far as I can see.
Quote:So before you even try to ask the question of how non life went to life, and want that cause to be your pet deity, you have to prove that your god exists and is even necessary.
BS.
The one who makes the claim has the burden of proof. I have tried hard not to make any claims. I did make at least one claim that I had to withdraw as it was unsupportable as pointed out by Mr. Agenda. As far as I know, I have not made any claims regarding God. Furthermore, you asked me not to talk about God and I will respect that.
The claim that it was easy to go from life to non-life via naturalistic mechanisms was yours, not mine. So the burden is on you as it is your claim.
I don't think you have come close to proving it.
Does anyone here think Brian has come close to proving that it is easy to go from life to non-life via naturalistic mechanisms?
(August 11, 2017 at 4:18 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: and try to wrap your noggin around how far a light year is:
light can go from earth to the moon in less than 2 seconds
Apollo astronauts took 3 days, IIRC the fastest rocket/spacecraft has taken ~ 8-10 hours.
And that 2 seconds is just for light, in 10 hours it is past Pluto and a light year is how far it goes IN A YEAR. It's a long way !!
It certainly is hard to do, i.e., wrap your noggin around it.
Sometimes I think about space, as in empty space, and wonder how it could be filled with nothing. I mean I know it is there. You can create such spaces with a bell jar and a vacuum. But it still boggles my mind to think of what empty space is...or is not. I just find it hard to conceptualize. Probably sounds stupid...but I just thought I would throw that out there as a bit of who I am.
