RE: Christian answering questions.
April 18, 2016 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2016 at 12:33 pm by Cherubim.)
(April 18, 2016 at 12:26 pm)Divinity Wrote: What non-biblical evidence is there for a young earth?
"Fossil radioactivity shortens geologic "ages" to a few years."
"Radiohalos are rings of color formed around microscopic bits of radioactive minerals in rock crystals. They are fossil evidence of radioactive decay. "Squashed" Polonium-210 radiohalos indicate that Jurassic, Triassic, and Eocene formations in the Colorado plateau were deposited within months of one another, not hundreds of millions of years apart as required by the conventional time scale. "Orphan" Polonium-218 radiohalos, having no evidence of their mother elements, imply accelerated nuclear decay and very rapid formation of associated minerals."
Christians and Atheists all have the same data. We just have a different interpretation of said data. If you think you do not have a belief system, you're very wrong.
Quote:do you have empirically based evidence the makemakes the existence of a god mmore likely than not, or even reasonably likely? If so, what is it?
Many. The obvious one, the King James Bible.
The less obvious is information.
Examples of entities that do contain Information [UDI]:
The Bible
Newspaper
Hieroglyphics
Sheet music
Mathematical formulas
Examples of entities that do not contain Information [UDI] (one or more of the attributes are missing):
A physical star: Lacks a code and lacks meaning because it does not represent something else; it is the physical object that the word star represents.
A physical snowflake: Lacks a code and lacks meaning because it does not represent something else; it is the physical object.
Random sequence of letters: Has a symbol set, but lacks rules for words or grammar (no code). Since it is random, it has no meaning to any sequence of letters.
A physical piano: Lacks meaning because it does not represent something else; it is the physical object.
Fundamental Law 1 (FL1)
A purely material entity, such as physicochemical processes, cannot create a nonmaterial entity. (Something material cannot create something nonmaterial.)
Physical entities include mass and energy (matter). Examples of something that is not material (nonmaterial entity) include thought, spirit, and volition (will).
Fundamental Law 2 (FL2)
Information is a nonmaterial fundamental entity and not a property of matter.
First Law of Information (LI1)
Information cannot originate in statistical processes. (Chance plus time cannot create information no matter how many chances or how much time is available.)
Second Law of Information (LI2)
Information can only originate from an intelligent sender
= God exists.