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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm
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(April 23, 2010 at 10:21 am)tavarish Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 10:18 am)Fluké Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 10:16 am)AngelThMan Wrote: Why don't you examine the evidence I've provided and see if it changes your opinion?
Did you provide evidence for the existence of God? Could you please link me.
Here is his evidence.
Humans are intelligent = God exists. This is a little too simplistic. It's hard to explain my concept succinctly, but I'll try...
Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal. Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound to surmise that we have been set apart. And all that = God exists.
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm
(April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal. Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound that we have been set apart. And all that = God exists.
No, it does not.
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 3:45 pm
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(April 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal. Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound to surmise that we have been set apart. And all that = God exists.
No, it does not. Okay. Then how about this? All that is evidence there's a God?
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 3:48 pm
(April 23, 2010 at 3:45 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal. Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound that we have been set apart. And all that = God exists.
No, it does not. Okay. Then how about, all that is evidence there's a God?
Wrong again. If it is evidence of anything, it is that one particular form of life evolved to have self-awareness and an active imagination. The fact that humans possess curiosity and have tried to answer its questions by inventing god, is not evidence that god is real.
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 4:15 pm
(April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal.
It is incorrect to refer to our intelligence as a "gift". It is no such thing. It is merely how we evolved. Saying our intelligence is a "gift" is a logical fallacy known as begging the question. By calling our intelligence a "gift" you are presuming that something must have given us this "gift". And, of course, this presumption leads you to conclude that "God" is the gift giver. And you just failed Logic 101.
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Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound to surmise that we have been set apart.
More bad logic. Because we are the only species capable of believing in a deity, we have been "set apart"? How so? And by who? We are the only species that kills because of a belief in a deity. Does this also indicate that we have been "set apart"?
Quote:And all that = God exists.
And you have perfectly illustrated how a faulty premise (that intelligence is a "gift") leads to a faulty conclusion ("God" exists!).
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 7:03 pm
It really shows how little you know about other animals. Every single animal in the WORLD has traits that are unique and set them apart from the rest of the animal kingdom.
I can imagine if rats debate over whether God chose them because they're the only species that can compress their ribcages and chew through metal. CLEARLY they've been chosen, duh.
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Quote:Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity
That's a mental flaw not an advantage.
Think how much time has been wasted in worship of non-existent beings. Frankly, it sounds like human intelligence is a massive waste of time.
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 11:04 pm
How do you know that we are the only species that is capable(or stupid enough) of creating a deity?
For that matter, since there are vastly greater numbers of bacteria I would say they have done a
much better job of conquering the planet(without fucking it up in the process BTW) than we have.
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 23, 2010 at 11:09 pm
(April 23, 2010 at 3:45 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: (April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal. Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound to surmise that we have been set apart. And all that = God exists.
No, it does not. Okay. Then how about this? All that is evidence there's a God?
EPIC FAIL!!
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RE: Evidence God Exists
April 24, 2010 at 2:39 am
(April 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: This is a little too simplistic. It's hard to explain my concept succinctly, but I'll try...
Humans are the only species with sapient and sentient intelligence. This is a gift because it has allowed us to conquer the world like no other animal. Our species is the only one capable of believing in a deity, so it's conceptually sound to surmise that we have been set apart. And all that = God exists.
To have evidence that God exists you need to find an entity that exhibits his characterisitics:
You would need to find an entity that is omniscient, ominpotent, creater of everything.
Human awareness doesn't prove the existence of such an entity .
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