rjh4 said: "Unless, of course, you are a microbiologist, virologist, and/or an immunologist".
Your contention is invalid for the simple fact that you don't have to be an expert in any of those sciences to observe viral activity etc. All it takes is a good text book and a microscope and you can see everything that is illustrated in the book. There are experiments you can conduct at home if you are so inclined to prove some of sciences most basic principles. Unlike your god theory, there is no way to prove he/it exists at all. That is why it is not good when theists try to use real world analogies to compare their faith in their god to. God is not testable in the real world and is therefore a myth until proven differently.
It truly takes faith on your part to accept the god theory and stick to it in the absence of proof of this god. Also, you are relying on a book that was written at least 5 or 6 thousand years ago if you include the Old Testament by many unanimous authors. Not only are the authors unidentified but the stories in that book have been edited and retouched who knows how many times and in how many ways. At least in science when we don't know we simply say we don't know and that we are working on theories to get us closer to the facts. Theists make claims of certainty and facts that they have no idea whether they are valid aside from their own convictions that they are based on your faith.
Your contention is invalid for the simple fact that you don't have to be an expert in any of those sciences to observe viral activity etc. All it takes is a good text book and a microscope and you can see everything that is illustrated in the book. There are experiments you can conduct at home if you are so inclined to prove some of sciences most basic principles. Unlike your god theory, there is no way to prove he/it exists at all. That is why it is not good when theists try to use real world analogies to compare their faith in their god to. God is not testable in the real world and is therefore a myth until proven differently.
It truly takes faith on your part to accept the god theory and stick to it in the absence of proof of this god. Also, you are relying on a book that was written at least 5 or 6 thousand years ago if you include the Old Testament by many unanimous authors. Not only are the authors unidentified but the stories in that book have been edited and retouched who knows how many times and in how many ways. At least in science when we don't know we simply say we don't know and that we are working on theories to get us closer to the facts. Theists make claims of certainty and facts that they have no idea whether they are valid aside from their own convictions that they are based on your faith.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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