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Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx: 5:29pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
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But then, this doesn't also apply in all cases...
Elucidate
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx: 5:33pm On Feb 11, 2018
budaatum:
I would not agree, and separating them makes for either a bad philosopher or a bad scientist. They may be different aspects of study, but in practice, the two, as methods of enquiry, must go together or that enquiry is not as wholesome or robust as can be. Even courses in either include the other.

Newton himself eventually combined the two, philosophically seeking the philosophers stone then scientifically applying the knowledge he derived to make himself a very wealthy man.
how can someone who study biological science apply philosophy in his discipline?
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 5:48pm On Feb 11, 2018
vaxx:
how can someone who study biological science apply philosophy in his discipline?
I checked what wiki says about philosophy and found it puts across an adequate response to your question. Lets talk further after you've read the first two paragraphs.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 5:52pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
There we go again with the needless insults...

Perhaps my questions are random and irrelevant to you because your mind isn't broad enough to accommodate certain things yet...

Never mind, everyone has their growth rate in various aspects of life...

Furthermaths can't make sense to someone who is still struggling with Arithmetics...

No insults intended...
You've been casting comments like the above. Do you really think I am too dim witted not to notice the sarcasm implied? Please don't dish out what you can't take please.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx: 5:53pm On Feb 11, 2018
budaatum:
I checked what wiki says about philosophy and found it puts across an adequate response to your question. Lets talk further after you've read the first two paragraphs.
Go ahead bro
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 8:00pm On Feb 11, 2018
vaxx:
what I am basically telling you is do not not try to demonstrate creationist theory using scientific lens. It is a wrong tool for a different job...... Scientist do not do with metaphorical phenomenon. They deal with observable substances. Scientist are materialistic minded, anything that can not be observed using the five senses and with the aid of assisted computerised object is consider non scientific........

I agree with you the dust may not be the single literal form we all know. It may be a combination of diffrent molecules and ions both known and unknown. But all these are just mere assumption. Science is still in its infancy.....and science do with literal substance. Maybe when science met philosophy once again. The thtuth will be accelerated.

Do science even have a benchmark?
The limitations of science can't even tell us how the jungle fowl came to be in the first place...yet people still hide under the cover of science to conclude no Creator exists...

What an irony...

I still have questions I'm hoping I can get intelligent answers to... especially from atheists

For example, what is responsible for instincts and intuitive knowledge in Man and animals?

I'm not obliging you to answer this though...it's just a rhetorical question...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m):
budaatum:
You've been casting comments like the above. Do you really think I am too dim witted not to notice the sarcasm implied? Please don't dish out what you can't take please.
I never said anything like you being dim witted, you are the one mentioning it.

It's also funny how you missed out on words like "perhaps" and "never mind"... unless you feel you know everything already and you have no more space for growth or improvement...then accept my apologies...

Even I don't know everything and my mind is open to absorbing more as I'm also learning even though we won't agree on everything we discuss here...

I also suspected you might think I'm being sarcastic... and I'm telling you that no insult was intended in my previous post... unless you're a mind reader...

Let's end it here before another needless slugfest of insults will start...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx: 8:31pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
The limitations of science can't even tell us how the jungle fowl came to be in the first place...yet people still hide under the cover of science to conclude no Creator exists...

What an irony...

I still have questions I'm hoping I can get intelligent answers to... especially from atheists

For example, what is responsible for instincts and intuitive knowledge in Man and animals?

I'm not obliging you to answer this though...it's just a rhetorical question...
Yes, science has limitations. only an ignorance will not accept it. but science deserve an applause. not knowing the answer for now those not have bearing on the veracity of scientific theory. what i mean is, it is not the answers to these question where the theory presently draws its strength, so an absence of answers does not falsify the theory. At least science was able to prove the 10th cousin and great9 grandparents, of chicken. the jungle fowl. more rigorous exploration and pursuit are still needed to come into conclusion. which i think science is incapable for now.

for your next question. i will like an atheist to engage you. maybe budaatum can take the challenge. the question is interesting.


for my last paragraph ,the question is rhetorical, no need to answer.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m):
vaxx:
Yes, science has limitations. only an ignorance will not accept it. but science deserve an applause. not knowing the answer for now those not have bearing on the veracity of scientific theory. what i mean is, it is not the answers to these question where the theory presently draws its strength, so an absence of answers does not falsify the theory. At least science was able to prove the 10th cousin and great9 grandparents, of chicken. the jungle fowl. more rigorous exploration and pursuit are still needed to come into conclusion. which i think science is incapable for now.

for your next question. i will like an atheist to engage you. maybe budaatum can take the challenge. the question is interesting.


for my last paragraph ,the question is rhetorical, no need to answer.
Definitely, Science has been extremely helpful in solving a lot of issues that might have been left in the realm of mysteries and I doff my hat for that... however, it's still a rapidly growing body of knowledge... and currently doesn't have answers to all of life's questions.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx: 8:45pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
Definitely, Science has been extremely helpful in solving a lot of issues that might have been left in the realm of mysteries and I doff my hat for that... however, it's still a rapidly growing body of knowledge... and currently doesn't have answers to all of life's questions.
it is still in its infancy.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 9:59pm On Feb 11, 2018
vaxx:
it is still in its infancy.
Yeah...I'll be waiting to get Science's point of view on precisely how single celled and simple life forms played a role in the emergence of complex life forms...i.e. aggregation of single celled organisms into tissues then systems then complex life forms such as animals and man...
and what triggered the process

That is a gap that is yet to be explained thoroughly...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 11:35pm On Feb 11, 2018
Science does not have limitations. Human beings do. Science is just one more tool we use to understand the world we live in. It sets up criteria by which we judge. Otherwise, any statement could be accepted as the way things are and there would be no way to ascertain if Obatala created the first human or Yahweh done it instead. They can't both have created the first human afterall.

One should be careful of anthropomorphosising science, or philosophy for that matter. And filling the gaps of ones ignorance with gods is sheer laziness, in my opinion.

vaxx:
Yes, science has limitations. only an ignorance will not accept it. but science deserve an applause. not knowing the answer for now those not have bearing on the veracity of scientific theory. what i mean is, it is not the answers to these question where the theory presently draws its strength, so an absence of answers does not falsify the theory. At least science was able to prove the 10th cousin and great9 grandparents, of chicken. the jungle fowl. more rigorous exploration and pursuit are still needed to come into conclusion. which i think science is incapable for now.

for your next question. i will like an atheist to engage you. maybe budaatum can take the challenge. the question is interesting.


for my last paragraph ,the question is rhetorical, no need to answer.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 11:36pm On Feb 11, 2018
vaxx:
it is still in its infancy.
It is humans who are in their infancy.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 11:46pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
The limitations of science can't even tell us how the jungle fowl came to be in the first place...yet people still hide under the cover of science to conclude no Creator exists...
Behind your statements is this assumed attack of atheists, which is not my purpose in this thread to defend so I'm not going there. There after all are numerous threads set up for that purpose.

This one is about the Garden of Eden, and not chickens or eggs, and I put it to you that a youtube video hypothesis should not be sufficient to base ones knowledge on. Least not for me anyway. I am after all, an atheist.

I'll keep an eye on the thread, but would not be responding to your questions until I see a relevant one that interests me. I am sure we would meet again on another thread.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 11:47pm On Feb 11, 2018
As long as there is the UNKNOWN...the existence of the Eternal Creator cannot be ruled out...

The problem with using logic to find out the right answer to a matter is...you need to have all the facts on ground and complete information before you know what is right or wrong...

However, in the absence of complete information...INTUITION would still lead you to the right answer...

Even the body of Science says intuition is steps ahead of logic in helping you arrive at the right answer...even in the face of incomplete information...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 11:49pm On Feb 11, 2018
budaatum:
Behind your statements is this assumed attack of atheists, which is not my purpose in this thread to defend so I'm not going there. There after all are numerous threads set up for that purpose.

This one is about the Garden of Eden, and not chickens or eggs, and I put it to you that a youtube video hypothesis should not be sufficient to base ones knowledge on. Least not for me anyway. I am after all, an atheist.

I'll keep an eye on the thread, but would not be responding to your questions until I see a relevant one that interests me. I am sure we would meet again on another thread.
You didn't have an answer to my chicken and egg question...and now you are saying it is not a relevant question...

Who started attacking who? Was it not your fellow atheist Hahn that mentioned I am delusional?

Now that I am asking questions...I am now attacking atheists abi?
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 11:52pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
Definitely, Science has been extremely helpful in solving a lot of issues that might have been left in the realm of mysteries and I doff my hat for that... however, it's still a rapidly growing body of knowledge... and currently doesn't have answers to all of life's questions.
Rephrase:

Definitely, humans have found science extremely helpful in solving a lot of issues......


Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.

It is done by humans. It does not do itself.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 11:53pm On Feb 11, 2018
OkaiCorne:
You didn't have an answer to my chicken and egg question...and now you are saying it is not a relevant question...

Who started attacking who? Was it not your fellow atheist Hahn that mentioned I am delusional?

Now that I am asking questions...I am now attacking atheists abi?
I am not hahn. I am buda.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 11:56pm On Feb 11, 2018
budaatum:
I am not hahn. I am buda.
No probs...

Please don't be offended if you feel I have insulted you in anyway...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 11:58pm On Feb 11, 2018
budaatum:
Rephrase:

Definitely, humans have found science extremely helpful in solving a lot of issues......


Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.

It is done by humans. It does not do itself.
Same meaning...different perspectives...

Of course anyone should know science cannot do itself...

And that's the challenge with expressing one's self with words...

Only if we could all read each other's minds...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 11:59pm On Feb 11, 2018
If one does not have all the information and or facts, one need not insert a god thing in the gap to hide ones ignorance. One can say, 'one does not know'. Unless it is accepted that saying "god done it", is admission of ones ignorance.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 12:03am On Feb 12, 2018
That's why one should be cautious though the difference in the perspectives is huge. Science is not some god that created anything, as your use of the word could be meant to imply. It is simply a thing some human beings do, just like some chew their food 31 times before swallowing.

OkaiCorne:
Same meaning...different perspectives...

Of course anyone should know science cannot do itself...

And that's the challenge with expressing one's self with words...

Only if we could all read each other's minds...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by budaatum: 12:10am On Feb 12, 2018
OkaiCorne:
No probs...

Please don't be offended if you feel I have insulted you in anyway...
I am not offended. I insult myself if I converse with those who insult me, moreso if they are doing so on the sly.

If I were a christian, I would claim to be sinning if I treated people untowards just because they do not believe or reason as I do. After all regardless of what they believe or think, my belief would be that they are my god's creations, and by insulting the creation of my god I would be insulting my god, is how I'd see it.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m):
budaatum:
If one does not have all the information and or facts, one need not insert a god thing in the gap to hide ones ignorance. One can say, 'one does not know'. Unless it is accepted that saying "god done it", is admission of ones ignorance.
Well...I am not inserting anything in the gaps based on logic...

However, intuition and personal experience points me to the direction that as long as there is the Unknown... and factors totally beyond our control remains...the existence of an Eternal Creator cannot be ruled out...

It is another different thing altogether if people decide to view the Eternal Creator through the lenses of religion or folklore or science...

For some, they say the Eternal Creator is Yahweh...some see the Eternal Creator as Eledumare...some others in the science field views the Eternal Creator as energy which can neither be created nor destroyed...

Whether all these are one and the same thing or different things altogether...is another topic of discussion for another time...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by hahn(m): 9:02am On Feb 12, 2018
OkaiCorne:
You didn't have an answer to my chicken and egg question...and now you are saying it is not a relevant question...

Who started attacking who? Was it not your fellow atheist Hahn that mentioned I am delusional?

Now that I am asking questions...I am now attacking atheists abi?
But you ARE delusional. It is not an insult. I was simply stating the fact undecided
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OtemAtum: 10:02am On Feb 12, 2018
OkaiCorne:
Definitely, Science has been extremely helpful in solving a lot of issues that might have been left in the realm of mysteries and I doff my hat for that... however, it's still a rapidly growing body of knowledge... and currently doesn't have answers to all of life's questions.
Science can never have answers to all of life's questions. If it has, then it means God(Existence) has been totally studied and there wouldn't be any more need to learn further. Existence is unlimited and infinite, so science will never get to know a significant explanation to existence forever and ever, yet what science have explained about Existence in a century is a billion times more than what all the religions of the world have been able to explain about existence in a billion years. Science is still the way forward.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx: 10:59am On Feb 12, 2018
budaatum:
It is humans who are in their infancy.
science is one of the numerous tools under the constraints of human.......
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by vaxx:
budaatum:
Science does not have limitations. Human beings do. Science is just one more tool we use to understand the world we live in. It sets up criteria by which we judge. Otherwise, any statement could be accepted as the way things are and there would be no way to ascertain if Obatala created the first human or Yahweh done it instead. They can't both have created the first human afterall.

One should be careful of anthropomorphosising science, or philosophy for that matter. And filling the gaps of ones ignorance with gods is sheer laziness, in my opinion.
your reply here is not sound enough....I know you better than this...

Science is just a tool like hammer, it is good for certain jobs and others not so well.....

Science is a powerful tool which has few limits within it's own world, but there are many aspects of the human experience for which science is not applicable. Ethics, morality and empathy....all these human facet exist outside of science...

Science is base on objective evidence...... The constraints we set for ourself to achieved mental stability.... For example , science can not objectively prove two people see "red" in the same way. When I see red, do you see red, or do you actually sense blue?


Those scientists that say that subjective answer is nonsense can't justify that position except by saying it forcefully. Philosophers call them "physicalists" it means people who believe that if it isn't part of science, it is not part of reality. but that is fallacy on its own

Obatala and yahweh are not the main issue here , what if they are the same but diffrent in name base on tthe language of the people that subscribe to this believe. Can you proof scientifically that they are not the same.....Note, I am not given a valid evidence that they are the same.... But what if "" they are the same""

Japanese scientist are given subjective names to new element.....have you heard of nihonium... Later on. it will be adopted all over the world and it will be objective name.....

I agree science is useful to achieve objective truth but not the absolute truth.
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m):
hahn:
But you ARE delusional. It is not an insult. I was simply stating the fact undecided
The strength of a man is not measured by the number of mosquitoes he kills...

I would also be stating a fact that you're like a blind man who thinks whatever someone with vision sees is delusional...

You weren't around for a question I expected you to answer...and vaxx bailed your likes out already...

Bring on your flawed facts disguised as insults. People with your limited point of view towards life ain't worth my attention...

I'll be expecting a predictable response from you...since you want to derail the thread with absolutely nothing anyone can learn from...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m):
hahn:
But you ARE delusional. It is not an insult. I was simply stating the fact undecided
I've gotten reasonable responses from budaatum and vaxx...but you have not mentioned anything worthwhile on this thread...

I wonder if you have anything reasonable to say...than the usual anthem of atheists...which is "delusional"...

Always repeating that same word like a broken record...


Chat some more...let everyone on this thread see how intelligent you are...whilst you are limited within the four walls of logic...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by OkaiCorne(m): 12:43pm On Feb 12, 2018
OtemAtum:
Science can never have answers to all of life's questions. If it has, then it means God(Existence) has been totally studied and there wouldn't be any more need to learn further. Existence is unlimited and infinite, so science will never get to know a significant explanation to existence forever and ever, yet what science have explained about Existence in a century is a billion times more than what all the religions of the world have been able to explain about existence in a billion years. Science is still the way forward.
Precisely my point of view...as though you read my mind.

Science has its limitations...and can even lead to divergent opinion on certain matters such as the existence or otherwise of a Creator...

If Science has its limitations...is it wise to use it a basis to conclude on Unknown matters?

I guess this question is for a certain atheist on this thread who knows nothing else to say than the word "delusional"... grin grin


Anyways... you're spot on as per your post...
Re: Where Exactly Is Garden Of Eden??? by hahn(m): 1:45pm On Feb 12, 2018
OkaiCorne:
I've gotten reasonable responses from budaatum and vaxx...but you have not mentioned anything worthwhile on this thread...

I wonder if you have anything reasonable to say...than the usual anthem of atheists...which is "delusional"...

Always repeating that same word like a broken record...


Chat some more...let everyone on this thread see how intelligent you are...whilst you are limited within the four walls of logic...

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