(June 30, 2012 at 6:15 am)Micah Wrote:Quote: Just because somebody says they witnessed some dude performing magic, does not mean that dude really performed magic, even if you can completely prove that the witness was actually writing about a real man.
True, but it is also possible that it did actually happen. How can you say it is not possible?
It is almost silly to grant possibility to things that are downright ridiculous and foolish. In reality, anything is possible. Anything. So why then do people go so easily on certain subjects like the existence of God, when they would dismiaa offhand other concepts as impossible or silly?
(June 30, 2012 at 6:15 am)Micah Wrote:Quote: I'm simply saying that there is no need for a god as far as I can tell.
I completely agree with you. I am also an atheist. I just believe that Christianity is possible, not likely, but possible.
I would say that you are the one not getting it. You are saying that the universe could have always existed, which it could have, but god(s) also could have always existed. I am merely wanting you to admit this possibility. If a universe did not need creating, why could god(s) not need creating either?
Others things that could have always existed (unfalsifiable): The FSM, the eternally spinning top of fire, the cursed teddy bear, and really anything else you can make up that includes as qualifiers the status of being undetectable. Again, if anything is possible, then nothing makes Gods special. Likewise, it is almost meaningless to qualify something as possible because, like I said before, anything is possible. Until we have a grasp on certainty, the state of affairs won't change, and we may never get there.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell