RE: Hare Krishna
October 6, 2012 at 1:32 am
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2012 at 1:39 am by Shell B.)
Why do you think any matter is dumb? Even the tiniest particles contain everything they need to do amazing things. You might think a virus is dumb, but it contains DNA or RNA that can change human evolution! You can't even view it with a typical microscope.
Now, if you are going to call little bits of matter dumb, then yes, we can "create" things out of "dumb matter." Ever heard of cloning? If that is not enough for you, don't worry. It's not enough for me, either. Still beats the immortal magician theory.
Ah, I see. You think elements are dumb. Well, we can slow old age and death. Doctors stop death all the time. Bringing dead people back to life . . well, that's a dumb one. Sorry. Dead is dead. If it makes you feel better, God doesn't bring people back to life, either.
The thing of it is, you expect people to do in a few years what nature has done over millions of them. That's a little unfair. Surely illogical. You think that not being able to create life after only a few decades or centuries of serious medical advances, thanks to tools like microscopes and lasers, we should have to create life to prove that God does not exist? Give us a few million years and watch what happens.
The bottom line is that, like other believers in the Biblical God, you are asking the wrong questions. Too often these questions reveal an ignorance of the subject matter or a blatant dismissal of obvious facts, such as the difference between a few hundred or even a few thousand years and hundreds of millions of years.
Now, if you are going to call little bits of matter dumb, then yes, we can "create" things out of "dumb matter." Ever heard of cloning? If that is not enough for you, don't worry. It's not enough for me, either. Still beats the immortal magician theory.
Akincana Krishna dasa Wrote: If life is just a combination of stuff on the periodic table of elements (dumb matter), why can't anyone create life? Or stop old age and death? Or bring dead people back to life?
Ah, I see. You think elements are dumb. Well, we can slow old age and death. Doctors stop death all the time. Bringing dead people back to life . . well, that's a dumb one. Sorry. Dead is dead. If it makes you feel better, God doesn't bring people back to life, either.
The thing of it is, you expect people to do in a few years what nature has done over millions of them. That's a little unfair. Surely illogical. You think that not being able to create life after only a few decades or centuries of serious medical advances, thanks to tools like microscopes and lasers, we should have to create life to prove that God does not exist? Give us a few million years and watch what happens.
The bottom line is that, like other believers in the Biblical God, you are asking the wrong questions. Too often these questions reveal an ignorance of the subject matter or a blatant dismissal of obvious facts, such as the difference between a few hundred or even a few thousand years and hundreds of millions of years.
