RE: Science and religion
March 18, 2013 at 11:51 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2013 at 11:55 pm by jstrodel.)
(March 18, 2013 at 11:45 pm)Mr Infidel Wrote:(March 18, 2013 at 11:38 pm)jstrodel Wrote: The Bible teaches that God hides himself intentionally, so people won't see God.
What is God, a kindergartener playing hide and seek like a little brat?
God should not have to be sought, because left to one's own devices void of logic and reason anything can be found that automatically aligns with what the individual is seeking regardless of there being no proof of its existence.
H'shem tests peoples hearts to see who is selfish and wants self and who wants to know God.
If H'shem revealed God's nature, then you would be able to believe in H'Shem just to receive a reward. H'shem wants people to love rather than to grapple for position.
Quote:If God is real, there should be absolutely no reason that He cannot find a way to reveal himself to everyone in such a way as to make His existence irrefutable.
God does. H'Shem has in my life and so many others.
(March 18, 2013 at 11:47 pm)Ryantology Wrote: You have millions of verified examples of miracles which have survived rigorous scientific examination unscathed but you can't share a single one?
That's what I'm asking for. If I want examples of confirmation bias, you have 477 other posts I can read, so making another is unnecessary.
You presuppose that science can properly handle miraculous events. What is your evidence that science is suitable for dealing with the miraculous?
My confirmation bias is this: I have seen a lot of miracles. I don't care what science says. I have seen objects physically translate. I have seen people prophesy details of my life without them knowing anything about me, telling me my name, occupation, I have seen the holy spirit visible manifest, I have seen many lives transformed by God. I have felt the unction of the Holy Ghost many times.
What about your confirmation bias: You have no experience of God and you are reasoning about something you have probably spent less than 20 hours of your life thinking about. I have spent 8 years seeking God as the main thing that I do, a major part of that the supernatural.
So yes, I have a confirmation bias, which is that I know the things I am talking about are true, from a non-scientific source.
Do you think it is possible that there is anything in life that science doesn't have the best possible approach to? You realize science is something that is substantially influenced by industrial production processes.
