(October 2, 2009 at 9:46 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: As I said Solarwave, how could God be distinguished from a super advanced alien that seems completely like God? For example.
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That would be some pretty amazing technology. Faith I suppose. When you start talking about super advanced aliens though it isn't such a big leap to God.
(October 3, 2009 at 9:34 am)Ace Wrote:Quote:I don't think can test God Himself since He is outside spacetime.That's one of the big reasons of why I'm an atheist.
Quote:but most people think God acts in the world so there must be certain things that are detectableWould be nice if someone could provide evidence.
Quote:I don't necessarily mean by scientific instruments.How convenient.
Quote:Anyway when I say God I tend to mean the Christian GodWhy the christian god? Why not thor, zeus, ra, oisis or odin? Also what makes the christian god more real than any other imaginary friend?
A big reason your an atheist is because God doesn't conform to what you want?
I don't care about the other gods because i have reason to believe in my God which counts out the others.
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Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
