RE: Two babies discussion.
February 14, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2015 at 2:19 pm by Lek.)
(February 14, 2015 at 12:16 am)KevinM1 Wrote: A belief in god has also led to things like witch trials, the Inquisition, abortion clinic bombings, and the Lord's Resistance Army, to say nothing of it being used as a justification for things like slavery and virulent homophobia.
People have used almost any excuse to do evil. That doesn't nullify the enormous good that has been done by people because they worship God or a god. If people have done so much good in the name of God, you can't say that belief in God is an evil thing, especially when we are taught to love our neighbor.
Quote:Regarding your god detector, there are 40,000 Christian sects alone. Religions across the globe range from monotheistic beliefs, to paganism, to nature worship, to reincarnation, and many combination thereof. Moreover, atheism and agnosticism is rapidly growing in first world countries. Furthermore, the argument that Christianity of some flavor must be the correct choice due to its popularity is utterly fallacious. For one, that's like saying Taylor Swift topped sales charts last year because of the quality of her music. It also ignores the history of how Christianity spread, which was often at the end of a sword or gun.
I'll have to agree with you about Taylor Swift.
Quote:Finally, a lack of evidence is not evidence itself. That we 'don't know how to create matter from nothing or understand infinity' doesn't mean that lack of ability/understanding points to god. All you're doing here is regurgitating the God of the Gaps fallacy.
I don't think it proves that there is a God in a scientific way, but I think it is evidence that there is something beyond the natural. Since science is unable to study the supernatural, I can't use science to prove to you that there is a God. So if you're relying on science to decide if God exists or not, I agree that you'll never find him. But, like I've said before, you're really limiting yourselves. In fact, I believe you're outsmarting yourselves.