RE: Did Dawkins and Tyson say that and what are the implications.
January 2, 2013 at 9:58 pm
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2013 at 9:59 pm by FallentoReason.)
(January 2, 2013 at 9:48 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote:(January 2, 2013 at 9:42 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: In another thread, you and I were discussing science and Bible interpretations. I proposed that the more you try and align the Bible to scientific knowledge, the further away you get from this.. errr... "unique" personal god. You told me that Jesus Christ by definition makes you be in a personal relationship with the Creator of the Cosmos.
Do your homework and ask him for an answer instead of shrugging and saying "God works in mysterious ways". Convenient answers like that usually tell me that you purposely avoid finding any sort of answer to e.g. the question asked because it would replace the charm of his "mysteriousness" with the sobering reality that no god is behind the coincidental events you attribute to his "mysterious ways".
I will try to locate the other thread tomorrow and continue it there. But what about the primary question on this?
Oh no, don't worry about it. I wasn't implying that you hadn't answered something in the other thread. I was merely referring to it to point out a fundamental thing about your belief system. According to that fundamental thing, I'm then saying that I think the convenient answer of "God works in mysterious ways" is rather... disappointing while debating.
Just food for thought.
p.s. as for the primary question: it doesn't really engage with me, so I don't have an answer for you.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
