RE: Why choose to say 'godless' and not say 'i don't know'?
April 19, 2010 at 9:06 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2010 at 9:06 am by tavarish.)
(April 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm)TheMultiverseTheory Wrote: Faith is a stupid gesture. I don't put faith in anything.
Sure you do. Faith can also equate to a trusting emotion, and is not necessarily belief without evidence or despite contrary evidence.
(April 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm)TheMultiverseTheory Wrote: You can hope for something, but putting faith in it is like saying you have faith that it will not rain the next day, but the weather forecast says it will. And ultimately, it does rain, and you just say "Well, that's just how God made it."
That's not necessarily faith, it's rationalization and confirmation bias.
(April 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm)TheMultiverseTheory Wrote: Well, if you put faith in something that is ultimately up to God, then why have Faith?
I do believe theists have faith IN God, not something that simply is decided by God. Theists convey that God is in control always, so everything is up to him.
(April 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm)TheMultiverseTheory Wrote: Faith is misguided and only for the weak who can't see the REAL WORLD around them or the fact that sht isn't up to faith, it is up to their god what happens (if they believe in one).
Why is it for the weak? Do you have faith that your experiences of the real world are accurate?
(April 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm)TheMultiverseTheory Wrote: Because there is no evidence in this universe that it was created by a God, it is safe to delcare it an Atheistic Universe.
I got into this with Arcanus a while back.
Can you demonstrate that there is no evidence in this universe of a God's creation?
Why then, would you declare it an Atheistic universe?
(April 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm)TheMultiverseTheory Wrote: Can I say the same for other universes? Probably, but there are many definitions of God that don't require the Supernatural bleh'age, so I can't go on record and say all universes were naturally made on their own by means of natural universe makings.
You'd first have to demonstrate that other universes exist, then define God and demonstrate that other universes don't require such a being. Only after that is verified with evidence can you make a positive claim and have a credible statement that comports with reality.
