RE: Why I believe in God.
November 20, 2011 at 5:31 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2011 at 5:34 pm by Norfolk And Chance.)
(November 20, 2011 at 2:58 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(November 20, 2011 at 1:30 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: You stated before toro spoke that as far as you are concerned, there is no testable scientific theory that is incompatiable with god - you made a positive claim.A positive claim along the same grounds as "there is no empirical evidence for God". A positive claim is one that affirms a something, not a nothing. If you claim there is an actual something... then that is a claim. Claiming "nothing" does not and never can be substantiated.
If you wish to stick with this line of reasoning I think we can all conclude that your arse is where your face should be
Meaningless waffle.
(November 20, 2011 at 1:45 pm)chadster1976 Wrote: It is really quite simple. As God isn't factored into any testable scientific theories, his existence or non existence would have no effect on the outcome of any test based on those theories. Therefore they are not incompatible with God existing.
Try this one: there is no method of leaving my bathroom that is incompatible with the existence of Canis Major.
Whilst it is true that a giant star does not need to be compatiable with you leaving your bathroom, there are enough things attributed to god that may not be compatiable with scientific theory, such as creating the earth in 6 days, Adam and Eve yada, yada, yada.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.