RE: Observations On Atheism Part II - God And The Bible
November 26, 2008 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2008 at 11:42 am by Daystar.)
(November 26, 2008 at 5:20 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: This conversation has gone too far in the short time I was away for me to get truly involved but I did notice this:
(November 24, 2008 at 12:45 pm)Daystar Wrote: It is interesting that life on other planets is always perceived as being superior to our own. They are always far more advanced than we are.
Firstly, that isn't true ... "Stargate" (film & and two spin-off TV series) springs to mind where the "aliens" are most definitely not always perceived as advanced (more often rather primitive) and series such as "Star Trek", "Firefly", "Babylon 5", "Doctor Who" and so on will contain stories featuring more primitive races. Secondly, when you're talking about films (for instance) where aliens visit Earth yes, they are usually superior but that makes some sense because such scenarios tend to be set in the [then] present day against aliens who have come from a supposedly far flung world and as such they almost certainly must have technology greater than ours as we have only go unmanned satellites to anything other than the moon.
Kyu
You are talking about science fiction though. Being a great fan of Frank Herbert's Dune I would agree with you there, but the general public tends to speculate for the most part that alien life is far more advanced than we are. It is almost a utopian reflection.
(November 26, 2008 at 4:58 am)allan175 Wrote: I do see what you are saying, other people's gods are just that, other people's and nothing to do with anyone else.
However, when someone uses the word god when talking about their beliefs there is an *implied* supernatural element to what they are saying. At least to my mind there is!
When you limit your idea of God to the God of the Bible, Jehovah, you are talking about the supernatural and generally that is what Atheists do. But when the apostle Paul said that ones own belly could be a god he wasn't talking about the supernatural. The word god itself doesn't imply supernatural.
Quote:Daystar - I don't attribute all good things to luck or god or science I try to see where it actually comes from.
Allan - As do we all, but saying the PC or internet wasn't attributable to science is a bit misleading. The PC may well have been made by a college dropout in his parent's garage but the reason he could do that is because he was using equipment and components whos operations were worked out from scientific principles by people who came before him.
[laughs] and of course, the Creator.
