Systematically Dismantling Atheism

[IDScience]

"Then you didn't read the definition I so helpfully quoted and linked for you. Atheism is a lack of belief in god not necessarily a belief that god does not exist"

Not believing there is a purple monster under the bridge = believing there is not a purple monster under the bridge
Not believing the moon is made of cheese = believing the moon is not made of cheese
Not believing species were intelligently designed = believing species were not intelligently designed
Not believing invisible unicorns exist = believing invisible unicorns do not exist

And this grade school principle of semantics can be demonstrated true in all other cases. Its only when the atheist adds the term God to the sentence, that they suddenly lose the ability to understand semantics 101. Which tells me atheists are not that bright to begin with, or they really don't believe God does not exist, but lie to themselves for personal reasons

"No they are far from equally probable. For example you observe fish from the size of anchovies to the size of the largest shark. If you pay attention you will note that the number of species and the number of actual fish cluster around the smaller end of the scale. Smaller fish are more probable than larger fish. Infinitely small or large fish are not possible, even though imaginable...This is also true of intelligence. Most organisms are not very intelligent. Humans are at the extreme upper end of what we observe. Thus beings of greater intelligence are less probable. Infinitely intelligent organisms are not remotely probable.

We are not talking about probabilities of the numbers of organisms in a species, we are talking about the probability any given species can evolve to become more intelligent (or be ID more intelligent by another life form). There are far less apes, humans, dolphins etc.. than bacteria, yet the less intelligent bacteria have vastly out numbered the more intelligent species for billions of years, thus rendering your argument of "species numbers" moot.

In fact the more intelligent a species is, the more likely it will develop the ability to manipulate and control its own evolution (just as science has recently predicted it will do) , thus making it more likely a vastly superior intellect would have much greater odds to become even more intelligent through self directed evolution/genetic engineering

Sure it is. It is possible, likely even, that life exists on other planets, but that life will still be restricted the the physical constraints of gravity, finding nourishment, maintaining body temperature, etc"

Your first problem is evolutionary theory does not work that way. It predicts life will develop and evolve according to the surroundings its in. Therefore vastly different physical constraints will contain & develop vastly different life forms that are adapted to the surroundings.

Secondly, life on earth contains a wide range of species with a wide range of intellects and attributes, and we have no reason to believe the physical properties on earth prohibit I.Q. levels from continually increasing, since humans don't even have the largest brains on earth, thus I.Q. levels are directly related to how DNA sequences (thus genes) are arranged, and nothing more.

Intellect resides in physical structures called brains. Physical structures have physical limitations"

Incorrect, study the HAR genes (human accelerated regions). The same 118 bases can produce vastly different results depending on how they are arranged

"Newly discovered gene may hold clues to evolution of human brain capacity

"Pollard's analysis showed that HAR1 is essentially the same in all mammals except humans. There were only two differences between the chicken and chimp genomes in HAR1's sequence of 118 bases..."We found 18 differences between chimps and humans, which is an incredible amount of change to have happened in a few million years," Pollard said"

"In fact, Pollard et al. (2006) demonstrated that human HAR1F RNA folds into a structure found only in humans, wherein one of the helices is extended at the expense of its neighbor. This suggests that human HAR1F RNA adopts a conformation appreciably distinct from to the common human/chimpanzee ancestor"

I'll grant that an infinite intellect is not necessary to create the universe. It's quite possible the universe began without any intellect involved. But the intellect required to design the universe is so far
off the scale of intelligence that we observe as to make such an intellect ridiculously improbable"

The only thing its off the scale of, is your ability to comprehend it. I have no doubt bacteria can't comprehend our existence either. You fail to grasp a basic tenet of critical thought, which is SIZE does not have any relevance to something existence. The tiny atom that acts like a solar system should be a clear example to you. Study fractals and you will understand size has no relevance at all to somethings existence

Further, a mere intellect cannot create anything tangible. Physical abilities are required to build what the mind's eye sees"

Everything that exists in the universe is nothing more than a specific arrangement of energy/matter. Thus God, and his intelligence, would also be made of the same thing everything else is, eternal energy.

"If you are going to define people as gods, we are hip deep in them. But that's disingenuous on your part. You are postulating a creator god who made the universe and that is the god you are attempting to prove"

Yes, but when discussing Gods (creator of the universe) existence, you must first fully understand the definition of God. Elohim is a position of authority not a proper name. So just as we have positions of authority over the animals on earth via our intellect, other beings (life form 1.1) could hold that same authority over us, and still other beings (life form 1.2) could hold that same authority over them, etc. etc..

And according the bible, and all other religions, there is a hierarchy of life forms throughout the universe. Your problem is your mind can't process a life form big enough to create a universe, this is because your an emotional thinker as most atheists, philosophers and liberals are.

Actually no. Increased intelligence remains rare. That's the point. Mammals, birds, and other larger animals with greater intelligence remain extremely rare both in numbers of species and in actual numbers of organisms. The more intelligent the rarer. Brains are biologically expensive organs."

Progressively increasing intelligence is a prediction of evolution from natural selection. It amuses me when atheists unwittingly fight against the tenets of their own pet theory.

I don't reject option 3. I accept option 3 as a general rule. I accept option 2 with regard to a number of particular gods: Zeus, Yehweh, Shiva, Thor, The Tooth Fairy, Allah."

If you reject the existence of the God who created the universe, then you are in fact an atheist and not an agnostic. Its seems to me many "atheists" are only atheists for convenience sake. i.e. they don't have to worry about morality, judgment etc...That position is akin to sticking you proverbial head in the sand so you don't have to worry about any possible trucks headed towards you.

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I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU, SOMETHING IS MESSED UP ON THIS BOARD. I HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM POSTING SOME OF MY RESPONSES TO SOME OF YOU DUE TO OVERLAPPING OF THINGS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY WROTE, WHICH MAKES IT APPEAR I HAVE RESPONDED TO TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ON THE SAME POST. I HAVE HAD TO DELETE SOME OF THEM BECAUSE OF THIS

JENNY A, I HAVE TRIED TO DIRECTLY RESPOND TO YOUR LATEST POST WITH THIS SAME MIXED MESSAGE RESULTS. SO I HAVE DELETED SOME OF THESE POSTS

THIS MISTAKE IS NOT MINE, AS I HAVE BEEN ON BOARDS FOR 10 YEARS AND I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. SO IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE, THIS IS WHY

EDIT... AND AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS... I DID NOT EVEN DIRECTLY RESPOND TO ANYONE IN THIS LATEST POST, BUT SIMPLY DID A GENERAL REPLY, THIS BOARD IS MESSED UP