Anyone see the NOVA special last night:Evolution vs. Intelligent Design

#152
#152
Sabanocchio said:
Someone said it best, Droski perhaps, religion is an invention of man to lessen the fear of the inevitability of death and to explain what our minds are still not fully capable of explaining. It's an "out". We would be better off without it, but we won't be without it for a long, long time - possibly never.
Click to expand...

i've always believed it is arrogant to say 100% there is not a god and arrogant to say 100% there is a god.
 
#154
#154
droski said:
it was an easy out on the storyline. wouldn't it have been far more interesting if they actually met humans? whether in the future or past or whatever?
Click to expand...

That is the point, they will.

Earth was destroyed..... then move to the colonies..... then move torward their new home which is ______ with the cylons.

Then there will be a civil war with the hybrid cylons and the humans and it will all start over again.

:birgits_giggle:
 
#155
#155
OrangeEmpire said:
So.... what about the center of the earth being the temporary hell and when the earth is destroyed by fire is the judgment?
Click to expand...

I usually leave things like this alone. Where it happens holds very little interest to me.
 
#159
#159
droski said:
i've always believed it is arrogant to say 100% there is not a god and arrogant to say 100% there is a god.
Click to expand...

I don't disagree. I don't think anyone of either belief should go around telling the other they are wrong. Simply too many unknowns. I consider myself an atheist, but that is because I believe that there is no god. I am not certain of this, how can one be? But I am confident enough that it is my belief.
 
#160
#160
droski said:
i've always believed it is arrogant to say 100% there is not a god and arrogant to say 100% there is a god.
Click to expand...

Which is why so many Christians turn those who do not believe as they do off. I find it much easier to get people to listen when I say I believe. It opens the door for dialogue and keeps people off the defensive and the ultimate shutdown that follows.
 
#163
#163
Sabanocchio said:
I don't disagree. I don't think anyone of either belief should go around telling the other they are wrong. Simply too many unknowns. I consider myself an atheist, but that is because I believe that there is no god. I am not certain of this, how can one be? But I am confident enough that it is my belief.
Click to expand...
Wow really?!? How can you not believe there is no God?
 
#166
#166
OrangeEmpire said:
The exodus from Egpyt as a military campaign.

Remember the whole pillar of fire was actually an Egyptian military marker, etc.
Click to expand...

I think i remember you bringing this up before. What is the name of this book again? I will try and give it a look.
 
#170
#170
tnvolsfan85 said:
Wow really?!? How can you not believe there is no God?
Click to expand...

See, I don't feel I should have to defend that belief any more than someone who DOES believe there is a god. I do have many, many, many reasons and have studied religion more ardently than most on this board. I came to my decision with much difficulty, after much calculation, and with conviction.
 
#171
#171
The thing is, you that are 100% sure that there is a god are fooling yourselves. There is no way to be 100% sure unless you see him personally. That is why your faith is referred to as "faith". The very definition of faith (Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.) concedes a possibility that you are wrong.
 
#172
#172
Sabanocchio said:
The thing is, you that are 100% sure that there is a god are fooling yourselves. There is no way to be 100% sure unless you see him personally. That is why your faith is referred to as "faith". The very definition of faith (Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.) concedes a possibility that you are wrong.
Click to expand...

If we are wrong...no harm no foul...if you are wrong....
 
#173
#173
There has to be a Supreme Being. Everything works too perfect to have just happened.

Evolution: The belief that there was nothing, and nothing happened to nothing. Then for no reason, nothing magically exploded creating everything. Then for no reason whatsoever, everything miraculously rearranged itself in to self replicating bits. The self replicating bits then turned into dinosaurs.

Now, what was that about the Bible being the greatest story ever told?
 
#175
#175
SavageOrangeJug said:
There has to be a Supreme Being. Everything works too perfect to have just happened.

Evolution: The belief that there was nothing, and nothing happened to nothing. Then for no reason, nothing magically exploded creating everything. Then for no reason whatsoever, everything miraculously rearranged itself in to self replicating bits. The self replicating bits then turned into dinosaurs.

Now, what was that about the Bible being the greatest story ever told?
Click to expand...
Your arrogance on this subject surprises no one.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top