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Why does science always upstage God?
RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 3:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 3:58 pm)brewer Wrote: Especially good and wise atheists exist, no god needed. Claiming a motivation = existence of god, rubbish. God is nothing more than a mental construct.
God is obviously not a mental construct, not sure how you could even think that.

Provide the evidence that it is more than imagination or fantasy.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:03 pm)brewer Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 3:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote: God is obviously not a mental construct, not sure how you could even think that.

Provide the evidence that it is more than imagination or fantasy.
You just don't get it, do you? I won't be able to provide that kind of evidence, because it's intangible/ineffable. Reality does not merely consist of things that can be quantified.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:05 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 4:03 pm)brewer Wrote: Provide the evidence that it is more than imagination or fantasy.
You just don't get it, do you? I won't be able to provide that kind of evidence, because it's intangible/ineffable. Reality does not merely consist of things that can be quantified.

Then at least you'll understand why we're not convinced, right? (You seem like the understanding type.)
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
"Why does science always upstage God?"

Because science is real.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:25 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: "Why does science always upstage God?"

Because science is real.

The funny thing is God and science are 100% compatible.   I've never understood the claim that God is somehow antithetical to science.
God is simply too far advanced and complex to be understood by man.

Think of instantaneous space travel via quantum entanglement.

Then multiply by trillions
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:23 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 4:05 pm)Ahriman Wrote: You just don't get it, do you? I won't be able to provide that kind of evidence, because it's intangible/ineffable. Reality does not merely consist of things that can be quantified.

Then at least you'll understand why we're not convinced, right? (You seem like the understanding type.)
Yes, I understand. I just have a tic about religious things. I feel annoyed when someone demands evidence for something that they should not be demanding evidence for.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:05 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 4:03 pm)brewer Wrote: Provide the evidence that it is more than imagination or fantasy.
You just don't get it, do you? I won't be able to provide that kind of evidence, because it's intangible/ineffable. Reality does not merely consist of things that can be quantified.

Yes I do get it. Your belief is limited to a mental construct. And that's fine.

But why is your god belief correct and not any other superpower that can be imagined. Does Zeus exist, or Vishnu, or Superman, or.............?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:35 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 4:23 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Then at least you'll understand why we're not convinced, right? (You seem like the understanding type.)
Yes, I understand. I just have a tic about religious things. I feel annoyed when someone demands evidence for something that they should not be demanding evidence for.

It's not like there's anything wrong with demanding (or requiring) evidence before one believes things, though.

If I made the claim that leprechauns gave me magical powers, you'd be in your full rights to say "Oh yeah? Prove it."

All brewer is saying is that nothing has convinced him of proof of God. When you assert God's existence, his reply is: "Oh yeah? Prove it."

You can't prove it, and he remains unconvinced. If you can make peace with that, you'll be fine. If you insist he holds out belief anyway, you'll be disappointed.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:35 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 4:23 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Then at least you'll understand why we're not convinced, right? (You seem like the understanding type.)
Yes, I understand. I just have a tic about religious things. I feel annoyed when someone demands evidence for something that they should not be demanding evidence for.

If the only reason you're here (an atheist forum) is to talk about your god belief then you're pretty much asking to be annoyed. If your here looking for validation of your belief I think you've made a poor choice. I suggest you hang out with other believers.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
(August 21, 2021 at 4:29 pm)Mashmont Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 4:25 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: "Why does science always upstage God?"

Because science is real.

The funny thing is God and science are 100% compatible.   I've never understood the claim that God is somehow antithetical to science.
God is simply too far advanced and complex to be understood by man.

Think of instantaneous space travel via quantum entanglement.

Then multiply by trillions

And what evidence do you have for any of those outrageous claims?
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
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