Christianity Etc › Re: The Logical Fallacies Of Richard Dawkins by CoolUsername: 10:00pm On Nov 16, 2016 |
KingEbukasBlog: Time is part of our dimension , same with space and matter . God who is eternal "dwells" in a transcendent realm which is timeless . Time is irrelevant or more appropriately non existent to someone who has always existed or has no beginning . The beginning of this universe indicates the beginning of time thus God as an eternal being transcends time .
To God , time is a limitation , and contradicts His nature as an infinite and immutable being . Doesn't that mean that complexity doesn't need a creator? |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Logical Fallacies Of Richard Dawkins by CoolUsername: 6:05pm On Nov 16, 2016 |
KingEbukasBlog: You have to prove it 
Name just one atheist argument devoid of logical fallacies How can God prelude time? |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Logical Fallacies Of Richard Dawkins by CoolUsername: 5:43pm On Nov 16, 2016 |
KingEbukasBlog: Good one bro naijadeyhia 
Atheists' arguments and their unholy romance with logical fallacies eh
There is no logical thinking with logical fallacies  Fallacy alert! False generalization. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Do Atheists Preach Atheism Outside Nairaland ? by CoolUsername: 9:32am On Nov 16, 2016 |
UyiIredi: The man was bold. Unlike some atheists here. Toothless e-warriors. Outspoken atheist: "Why do you hate God so much?" Unobtrusive atheist: "Atheists are such cowards." Atheist who speaks out anonymously on a public forum: "Toothless e-warrior." |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 9:13am On Nov 16, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: I choose to take this as another proof, if other humans were discovered in other planets, then it would have been easy to debunk religion, considering the Fact that the Bible recorded the creation of man on earth alone, so theists believe that existence of human life is exclusive to earth alone.
If earth's ability to support life was as a result of coincidence, then I think it should be a usual occurrence in other planets... or what do you think? The creation of other planets was never recorded in the Bible, either. Anyway, I'm not here to argue about the Bible. Time and time again we've seen animals thrive and go extinct from our fossil record. So what makes you so sure that man is at the centre stage? We're not the most recent evolutionary split. A lot of animals outnumber us without the problem of overpopulation. There's no reason to think of ourselves as the 'goal' of our 14 billion year old Universe when we've existed for only about 10,000. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Anti-theism A New Form Of Atheism by CoolUsername: 1:26am On Nov 16, 2016 |
DoctorAlien: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or unclothedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 8:35-39
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Christianity Etc › Re: All Atheists, Fall In by CoolUsername: 1:15am On Nov 16, 2016 |
KingEbukasBlog: You actually agree with me that agnostic atheism is illogical (appeal to ignorance ) - your belief that God does not exist is because of lack of contrary evidence .
Let me call someone an agnostic atheist who'd likely understand me
cc : CoolUsername Nope. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 1:14am On Nov 16, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: what makes you think that the creative force was apathetic? Are you aware that the force you are referring to as apathetic is also responsible for the creation of life, as well as complex animals with emotions such as humans. How could something "impersonal" as you call it come up with something so organized.
Like I said before God predated time, and does not need to be caused to exist. How do you even predate time?? Time started ticking when the Big Bang happened, so why can't the precursor to the Universe also predate time? If that's even possible. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 10:45pm On Nov 15, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: what makes you think that the creative force was apathetic? Are you aware that the force you are referring to as apathetic is also responsible for the creation of life, as well as complex animals with emotions such as humans. How could something "impersonal" as you call it come up with something so organized.
Like I said before God predated time, and does not need to be caused to exist. Because every other description completely misses the mark. A god with any interest in humanity would not make almost 100% of the Universe uninhabitable for them. The god would not cover 75% of the only known inhabitable planet with undrinkable water. But these are the things that we see around us. That is inconsistent with a personal god and hence, falsifies that assertion. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 6:11pm On Nov 15, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: Nothing has changed about the argument. The summary of the reply you gave was "that you do not know" That's why I asked why your actions and your claims seem to be contradictory All descriptions of a personal god which is the one perpetrated by most religions are categorically false for various reasons that I won't cover here. The impersonal First Cause is an unfalsifiable claim. Now, what I asked was, how can you describe an apathetic creative force as a god? Also, I asked why the Universe would need a First Cause if that entity itself is uncaused. Maybe you should try answering those, first. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 5:32pm On Nov 15, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: That's not the purpose of this thread, meanwhile I've seen theists on this forum going to great lengths to provide proofs, one of which includes, creating countless number of threads to prove God's existence, and at the end of the day, atheists label them as ridiculous claims..... why should mine make any difference?
This thread was created to subject the atheistic stance under scrutiny, If you claim that all the answers provided so far, were fabricated and are lies, then tell us the the Truth, and how you knew it to be the truth. When did I say that I will tell you where the Universe comes from? Didn't your topic ask why were have laws governing our Universe? Didn't you see where I said that laws are simply descriptive? Your entire argument has changed now. Why don't you give my first post a good read through one more time? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 4:59pm On Nov 15, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: You claim to admit ignorance , but your atheistic stand contradicts this, You do not know how the universe came to be, yet you are so sure that it was not created, even to extent of confidently parading yourselves as atheists. Your overconfidence in God's inexistence goes to show that you have a better explanation on how the world came to be. If you're sure it was created then provide proof. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 4:56pm On Nov 15, 2016 |
UyiIredi: The universe is ordered not chaotic. There is evidence e from fine-tuning about Grand Design and such designer is uncaused. Fine-tuned, right? Over 99% of it is empty space. |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Problem Of The Big Bang Theory by CoolUsername: 4:57pm On Nov 14, 2016 |
Oops! Double post. |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Problem Of The Big Bang Theory by CoolUsername: 4:55pm On Nov 14, 2016 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Is Homosexuality Wrong? by CoolUsername: 10:32am On Nov 14, 2016 |
Omudia: Yeah...just like serial killers are born that way too. And kleptomaniacs also. How do people even reason?, Serial killers kill people, kleptomaniacs stream from people, while homos...have sex with each other? How exactly does that affect anyone who isn't involved? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 11:56pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
lordnicklaus: Richard Dawkins used this as a basis for an uncaused universe but spacetime is inherent to the universe. God created the time spectrum so there could be cause and effect. So now you're saying that cause and effect could have existed before time? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 11:54pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: wrong, the laws that govern the universe tend to complement each other, taking earth as a case study, the size of the earth as well as its corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly oxygen and nitrogen only extending about 50miles above the earth's surface, if earth were smaller an atmosphere will be impossible, and if it were larger, it's atmosphere will contain free hydrogen just like in Jupiter. Before you term it "blind chance" consider these..........
How could an impersonal physical entity come up with something that depicts such striking precision?
why does the universe operate by uniform laws of Nature?
why is gravity consistent?
From your definition of how the universe came in to being, it is easy to imagine a universe where conditions change unpredictably from instant to instant, where things pop in and out of existence, However that isn't the case. There is no logical necessity for the universe to obey rules yet it does.
Trust me, the system of operation in the universe is the farthest thing from blind chance, it's all too planned out to be coincidental. You forgot to mention the trillions of others that don't possess such characteristics. |
Travel › Re: Truck Rams Into Volkswagen In Kogi. 15 Cows Dead (Photos) by CoolUsername: 8:32pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
This would cause a lot beef between the two drivers. |
Jokes Etc › Today, I'm Going To Make A Bold Prediction. by CoolUsername(op): 8:14pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
Prediction. |
Christianity Etc › Re: A Review Of Ray Comfort’s The Atheist Delusion (yep, I Watched The Whole Thing) by CoolUsername: 7:42pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 7:29pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: What makes you think so? This 'god's' attributes are indistinguishable from natural processes and blind chance. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 5:38pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
lordnicklaus: Quite a point you have noted, but do not forget that all conventions of Physics only began with the creation of the universe and so, no known conventional law either theoretical or empirical can quantify pre-creation events, even quantum mechanics or quantum Kyra dynamics. Causes only precede their effects in spacetime and God existing outside spacetime would make him uncaused. If causes only precede their effects inside space-time, then how can God, who exists outside space-time be its precursor? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 5:31pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: The precursor to the Universe is whom the Theists refer to as God Isn't that a weak definition? An apathetic, impersonal First Cause shows no indication of a living being. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 1:58pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
[quote author=peacesamuel94 post=51002725][/quote]So, if the precursor to the Universe existed before the time (time started at the Big Bang), then it also has no reason to be created. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 12:31pm On Nov 13, 2016 |
peacesamuel94: Out of nothing, nothing comes. a particle expanded from a single point? what particle? what caused it to expand to the extent of creating the universe and all its inhabitants? or do you now believe in miracles? Out of nothing, nothing comes? It has been observed that particles do, in fact flicker in and out of existence. We both have the same dilemma here, if the Universe requires a designer, then why doesn't the designer require one? As to what caused the Big Bang. Nobody is sure yet. And I don't believe in miracles. Whatever it was is most likely to just be physics. Like I said though, it is more probable for a fundamental unit of the universe to pop into existence than for a designer to do the same. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 12:08am On Nov 13, 2016 |
DoctorAlien: Why did you try to make it look as if you're so sure of how everything came about? Isn't it an act of dishonesty to parade yourself as someone in the know when, in fact, you know nothing? No, I talked about the prevailing scientific hypotheses, the problematic logic around the Universe needing a creator because of how complex out is and so on. I clearly stated that people would have different ways of reasoning these and my ideas are not set in stone. If you had read my post then maybe you'd've seen where I said all these things. You ask where all these things came from because you have a ready-made answer in your head; it's the same answer for all your questions. But having an answer doesn't make you correct. The scientific method has allowed us take advantage of nature over the years. It may be slow and costly but our most reliable means towards finding our origins. I'm proud to say I don't know yet instead of inventing an answer. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 10:46pm On Nov 12, 2016 |
DoctorAlien: Where was the single point?
What is that single point?
What did it contain?
What caused it to expand?
Where did space come from?
And if space came from the single point too, how could it expand and into what did it expand? I dunno, probably doesn't involve sky fairies though. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 10:33pm On Nov 12, 2016 |
[quote author=peacesamuel94 post=50991507][/quote]The Universe itself didn't pop into existence. It expanded from a single point. What came before that is unknown.
Now it is possible (but improbable) for a single particle to pop into existence and expand but it is infinitely less probable for every single particle to pop out at a go, isn't it? Believe it or not, research is going in this very area because theoretically there's still a chance. |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Has Atheism Offer To Mankind Apart From Anti-religion by CoolUsername: 10:28pm On Nov 12, 2016 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: What Has Atheism Offer To Mankind Apart From Anti-religion by CoolUsername: 10:13pm On Nov 12, 2016 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do We Have Laws Governing An Uncaused Universe by CoolUsername: 9:59pm On Nov 12, 2016 |
The laws of physics are just a method of describing the way things happen in the universe.
Normal physics is used to describe events on the atomic level and up but it isn't absolute.
Once we get to the subatomic level, the laws of normal physics get broken all willy-nilly and we describe that as quantum mechanics. Here, particles pop in and out is existence for no reason.
The problem with these laws is that they make for an extremely chaotic Universe, there is no rhyme or reason to most events and a lot of phenomena are caused by pure luck. Therefore, there is little evidence pointing towards a Grand Design. But some insist that such a complex Universe cannot be an accident.
By that logic, then a Grand Designer couldn't have occurred by accident too, so wouldn't it require one itself? If it does, we go into an infinite regress. If it doesn't, then what property does it possess to make it so and why isn't that property applicable to the Universe or some precursor?
The only reason why we're here asking whether all this could be a coincidence is because, well... we are here. We cannot know the number of 'failed' outcomes before us if there were even any failed outcomes before us.
But what about a god who started the process but only uses natural process to perform its actions? Well, such a god would be apathetic, impersonal and extremely chaotic, then why call it a God?
Sorry for the long rant but I just wanted to show you I (an agnostic atheist) address all these existential questions. This is purely my logic, different people will come up their own conclusions and that's fine. It is only when people claim to know the answer for certain that I will ask for proof. |