RE: at what point did inorganic matter become organic life forms and what caused it?
July 20, 2013 at 6:33 am
(July 19, 2013 at 7:48 pm)christcahinkilla Wrote:(July 19, 2013 at 7:40 pm)pocaracas Wrote: What is an "organic life form" in the context of this question?
Is a self replicating carbon based molecule an "organic life form"?
Or is it just when you have DNA... or simply RNA?
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/201...ecule.html
im not too sure to be honest i have no idea. wow, that was easy.
yeah.. easy... stupid also.
You pose a question using expressions you seemingly don't understand. Back to school with you!
On the rest of the discussion, you seem trapped in the "atheists believe there is no god" definition, but every now and again you write "atheists do not believe there is a god"... in case you're not aware, there's a world of difference between the two positions.
The first is a person who claims there is no god, similarly to those who claim there is a god. Both then have the burden of proving their positions... not an easy task, or we wouldn't be here, on this forum.
Then you have my (and most people on here) position. I do not believe there is a god and live my life under the working assumption that there is no god whatsoever. It has worked well for me, so I see no reason to change that approach.
I have no proof that there is no god, but I also have no proof that there is.
The same could be said of other similar entities:
- I have no proof that there is no Pegasus, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Unicorn, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Zeus, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Tooth Fairy, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Santa Claus, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Merlin, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Ra, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Sauron, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Darth Vader, but I also have no proof that there is.
- I have no proof that there is no Force, but I also have no proof that there is.
I could go on and on with examples.
They all have equivalent reason for me to accept them as real. As such, I assume none of them are.
Ultimately, if pressed real hard, yes, I'd have to say "I don't know" about any of them.
But what are the odds that they do exist, given our current understanding of each of them?
