[size=18pt]40) A case of a slow God for the big bang and an instant God for religion[/size]


Many theists argue that God caused the big bang (a cosmic god). However, in the Abrahamic faith, God is omnipotent and does things instantaneously. He flooded the whole earth with rain, he created the sun in four seconds (let there be light) and he sent plagues to the Egyptians. Cosmic God is different

Cosmic God chose to wait billions of years (about 14) to create the world we live in today instead of doing it in the blink of an eye since he can create something out of nothing. He had to create the big slam and wait for billions of years for the solar system to come up and then wait for millions of years for humans to appear. This is the equivalent of using a cup to fill a swimming pool with water that will take you about a week instead of using a hose that would take some few hours.

onetrack:

This is really my main basis for being an atheist. God is evil in any and every sense of the word. Even if he did exist he certainly wouldn't be worthy of genuine worship except by masochists or people with Stockholm Syndrome.

Evil is not an invalid basis for discounting something's existence. The reason being that something can eist and be evil. As you already know, Gos is capable of evil . . . and good as well.

Logicboy03: [size=18pt]20) Atheism is not a religion [/size]




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re·li·gion [ri-lij-uh n] (from Dictionary.com)
noun
1.
a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
2.
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion.
3.
the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions.
4.
the life or state of a monk, nun, etc.: to enter religion.
5.
the practice of religious beliefs; ritual observance of faith.[/size]



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If atheism is the disbelief in the existence of God, how does it then fit into the definition of religion above?[/size]

Atheism nicely fits definition number 2.

Uyi Iredia:

Evil is not an invalid basis for discounting something's existence. The reason being that something can eist and be evil. As you already know, Gos is capable of evil . . . and good as well.

Did onetrack not address the fact that if God exists, he would be evil?

Uyi Iredia:

Atheism nicely fits definition number 2.

"2.
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion."



If atheism fits the above definition, you have mental problems

Logicboy03:


"2.
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion."



If atheism fits the above definition, you have mental problems

Ignore the troll. 'I don't believe' is a SET of beliefs.. The idiocy...

musKeeto:
Ignore the troll. 'I don't believe' is a SET of beliefs.. The idiocy...

The guy, just doesnt like atheists

I just want to congratulate Uyi Iredia on his outstanding thread derailment work.

Good job bro, those filthy atheists were making far too much sense there.

Evil Brain: I just want to congratulate Uyi Iredia on his outstanding thread derailment work.

Good job bro, those filthy atheists were making far too much sense there.

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[size=18pt]41) Beware of the thought police[/size]


In the Abrahamic faiths, God knows what is in your mind and knows if you are a good or bad person. Apparently God has no sense of privacy.

Christianity takes this to the extreme- Jesus makes thinking about sex a sin;
-"But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Matthew 5;28

The problem with thought policing is that humans cant control their thoughts all the time. We naturally think of good and bad scenarios when faced with possibilities. If one sees a beautiful person on the street, how did the looker know that the person was beatiful in the first place? According to Jesus, your unavoidable instinct is a sin.




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[size=18pt]42) The problem of making scientific claims without scientific evidence[/size]

God created the big slam

There is scientific evidence for the big slam but none for God. God is timeless, invisible, matterless, spaceless etc. God cant be tested with science. Every being we know is defined by time, space and matter.

There is no equation for God in the big bang. Hanging God on the big bang is nothing more than a God of the gaps argument to solve the question of "what came before the big bang"?




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Example of a Modus Tollens argument.

If God exists, there would be no unnecessary evil in the world.
There is Unnecessary evil in the World.
Therefore, God does not exist.

My Argument is valid because no theist can deny any of the premises without contradicting their view of the "merciful","kind" God.

Van snickers:

Example of a Modus Tollens argument.

If God exists, there would be no unnecessary evil in the world.
There is Unnecessary evil in the World.
Therefore, God does not exist.

My Argument is valid because no theist can deny any of the premises without contradicting their view of the "merciful","kind" God.

This is similar to the "problem of evil" argument.

God can not be good or just if he allows unnecessary evil like molestation of young children or tsunamis killing hundreds to happen if he can stop them in the first place.


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