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Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 12:54 am
Quote:Best-selling author Eric Metaxas' Christmas day op-ed about scientific evidence for the existence of God became the most popular article ever published on the Wall Street Journal's website, according to the op-ed's writer. Criticisms of the article came from many corners, including some fellow Christians.
Science increasingly supports the hypothesis that the universe has a creator, Metaxas wrote. By calculating the probability that life on Earth emerged from random events, the evidence suggests a designer. The existence of life, and the universe itself, is so highly improbable, according to recent scientific findings, disbelief in an intelligent creator has become far fetched, Metaxas argued.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/does-s...ct-132251/
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 1:17 am
Belief in an intelligent creator = dumb fuckery
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 1:39 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2015 at 1:42 am by Fendon.)
TL;DR: "We don't know how we got here and statistically, it's almost impossible for life to have developed by chance, therefor... God."
EDIT: Clearly our explanation of the sheer size of the Universe and how small and insignificant our planet really is hasn't gotten through to these people. Sure, the conditions required to create life on a planet is based on tiny details and coincidences, but give me the one Atheist who has ever made a claim that it was easy.
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 2:02 am
Ugh, I'd heard about Metaxas' little spiel before, but I hadn't read any of it until now; it's seriously just the same "life on Earth is improbable, therefore it's designed," crap?
How did you determine that life on Earth was a goal, Mister Metaxas? How did you determine that anything in the cosmos would care one bit if life on Earth never happened at all? Or do you just exclaim at the improbability of every hand of cards or lottery drawing you ever see, and declare them all designed because of how unlikely they are?
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 2:02 am
I also this goes without saying, but: dafuq did god come from? Isn't a god simply coming into existence just as unlikely?
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 3:26 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2015 at 3:27 am by Grasshopper.)
I don't know. I believe in an intelligent incomprehensive designer (just not the traditional god with white beard) that is beyond our sense of reality. I believe it's perfectly fine to believe in an intelligent creator, no matter if anyone thinks it's dumb fuckery
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 3:42 am
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What an utter load of embarressing garbage. Fucking ridiculous. How many times will people dig up the corpse of this argument, put some new clothes and perfume on it and expect us not to notice.
Sure, there could be a creator, but this argument does not demonstrate it. And if there is one, with humans as some sort of goal, he is not intelligent, he is incompetent. Or at least, not as intelligent as people often like to think.
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 4:03 am
(January 11, 2015 at 3:26 am)Grasshopper Wrote: I don't know. I believe in an intelligent incomprehensive designer (just not the traditional god with white beard) that is beyond our sense of reality. I believe it's perfectly fine to believe in an intelligent creator, no matter if anyone thinks it's dumb fuckery
Maybe dumb fuckery is a little strong, but, strictly speaking, most people here don't agree with religion and think it's a lie.
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 4:05 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2015 at 4:06 am by robvalue.)
Sure, I don't think someone is dumb for believing there was some sort of creator. I think it's perfectly understandable. I think they are abandoning reason when they attempt to demonstrate there is such a creator, and have lost it entirely when they try to correlate it with their story book.
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RE: Disbelief in an intelligent creator = far fetched?
January 11, 2015 at 4:33 am
(January 11, 2015 at 3:26 am)Grasshopper Wrote: I believe in an intelligent incomprehensive designer
You profess to know things about an incomprehensible being. What more can I say?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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