(June 20, 2012 at 3:58 pm)Thor Wrote: [quote='Hoc est Corpus' pid='301578' dateline='1340220933']I never said I could "prove" God created it. Only that it seems likely based on the nature of the universe. I think of it like the 4th dimension. We are stuck in a 3d world and can only see the shadow of the 4th dimension (or God). We will probably never be able to see or prove that the 4th dimension exists, but we can still get a glimpse of what God/it is like by studying our 3d world.
Quote:Why won't this deity let us see these galaxies and travel to them now? Why is he holding us back? He created these things for people who won't be alive for who knows how long? Makes zero sense to me.I don't think God is holding us back we just haven't learned enough yet. Also, there are probably other planets out there with life forms on them. Probably even other beings with consciences and souls.
Quote:The fact is we actually do need these laws.
Quote:Why?
Laws such as gravity are pretty useful for living things. It would be pretty hard to sustain life with things just floating in space.
Quote:Then why didn't he? Why didn't he create a universe without intestinal parasites, killer microbes or birth defects?Hmm I can't tell you what God was "thinking" when he created the universe, but I would say in no way does that prove that he didn't create it.
Quote:Pretty much, except he created it.
Baseless assertion. Where's your evidence?
The Bible was meant to be read in context, as a whole narrative, not in fragments.