(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: Having debated online for 13 years on a daily basis you start seeing a pattern from apologists no matter what religion they are trying to defend.
I see a pattern from unbelievers also.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: While it can be fun to tear apart their books
It is also fun to defend my book (The Holy Bible)
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: I have heard the same arguments from Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and just yesterday my first Rastafarian.
I've heard the same arguments from atheists, agnostics, naturalists, and just yesterday my first materialist.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: So a huge red flag to look for is when a theist starts an argument by attacking science. The slick insidious crap does not fool sane people who accept science as universal. But it can work on laypersons and even newbie atheists.
So basically, theists worship God, and naturalists worship science. Gotcha.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: There is no Catholic theory of evolution.
Because evolution is a lie.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: There is no Allah theory of gravity. There is no Hindu thermodynamics. There is no Buddhist physics.
Good. There is also no scientific theory of supernaturalism either.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: There is no Rastafarian cause for the big bang(yes that was a real argument some nutfuck made yesterday).
There was also no naturalistic cause for the big bang.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: There are simply humans who make shit up and do not want to accept our finite existence.
Christians do accept the fact that living organisms have a "finite" existence.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: So when you see an argument start off with "science doesn't know everything", there is a salesman behind it trying to distract you from their end goal that they are ultimately trying to sell you their club and their superstition.
"A salesman behind it trying to distract you from their end goal..", oh, so making a factual statement such as "science doesn't know everything" is part of this big salesman strategy?
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: No, science does not claim to know everything. But it also requires confirmed data as the starting input. It also does not gap fill like religion does.
Religion doesn't gap fill either. There are some things that science is incapable of explaining, and the God Hypothesis is simply the most plausible explanation based on what we know.
(October 31, 2014 at 7:14 am)Brian37 Wrote: To my theist friends, yes I am being blunt. No this is not about your rights, but your ability to demonstrate the credibility of your claims. So if you think you have something, fine, make whatever claim you want, but until you get it confirmed in a lab, and universally confirmed beyond your own personal bias, do not expect others to swallow it blindly.
Ok, so I'd like for you to go in a lab and confirm abiogenesis (life from non-life). So until you can do that, you shouldn't believe in abiogenesis, right?