RE: What is "FAITH"
July 23, 2013 at 1:35 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2013 at 1:37 am by genkaus.)
(July 23, 2013 at 12:06 am)Consilius Wrote: A point of correction would be that the way machine parts are joined-even inertia-is part of the machine.
A point of correction in the correction would be that the machine would be breakable even if I am using nuts and bolts of the same unbreakable material to make the joints.
(July 23, 2013 at 12:06 am)Consilius Wrote: Finally, there are definite reasons why lakes are blue and salt isn't poisonous. Why should I believe that the universe had no beginning? Is there a reason that caused elements should make an uncaused whole?
You've been given the reason many times already. Causation is a temporal phenomena and time is an aspect of the universe. For there to be a cause of the universe, time would have to exist independently - which to our knowledge - it doesn't, so there isn't.
(July 23, 2013 at 12:26 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: I wanted to stay away from this but .... you've wandered into my territory. Salt is poisonous.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cpdb/chempages...ORIDE.html
Have a good read. Everything is poisonous at the right dose.
Even water is poisonous at the right does. Reasonable consumption is an unspoken assumption here.