| cunger said: Science doesn't disprove God and God doesn't disprove science. One provide answers to questions like how and when while the other provides answers to questions like who and why. I can't wait until all of us have evolved to the level of being able to understand this concept. |
Religion does not answer any questions dude. That's philosophy not theology.
| Bong Lover said: Your exclusive list and assumption that science has somehow encroached on the possibility of God exsisting or not is misguided. A misguided belief that you share with Stephen Hawkin by the way, so you're in good company. As for the side question: Yes, it makes as much sense to worship an impersonal god as a personal god. Just like it makes sense to worship the game library of the PS3 or any number of things people want to worship. Finally, I guess some could find an image of God dressed up as Waldo a little offensive. Myself, I think considering the flawed premise of the thread that it's quite funny. |
And your assumption that my meaning was to address the existence of God is entirely misguided. This was simply a rebuttal to the "God of the gaps" argument that has become ubiquitous.
I don't go to Sony US headquarters every Sunday and listen to the VP talk about how great it is and how it is a way to salvation. Loose definitions of worship won't save you here I'm afraid. That's called being a fan - no different from supporting (not worshipping) your favorite sports team.
| richardhutnik said:
Problem in this individualistic culture, about the only thing that unites people now is human tragedy. On the religious front, at least you get some positive fellowship, rather than that of suffering. You get some unity that does't require a bomb going off. And pardon my being very blunt here, but I am disappointed by threads like this. They are generally simplistic in their views and really are just rehashing. I can run the book of Job ending and have people get back to me when they understand everything. Issues in regards to theological stuff generally is far more involved with limits of human reasoning and capacities than with the God side. Free will vs determinism? Where did everything come from? Where are we heading? Is there life after death? Why is there evil in the world? All these also show how stupid and weak humans are in the big picture. Plug in other ones also. |
lolwut, suicide bombers are exclusively theistic.
Questions such as those are best left to philosophy, not to theology as you're making quite the assumption to state that they are theological by nature.
| binary solo said: You can cross out life from non-life. But you left out the most important thing: the universe, existence itself. |
I'd love to see a source about life from non-life, so far as I know the Millery-Urey experiment is as far as abiogenesis has come. It's the chemistry -> biology that is missing.
The Universe is in there - it's crossed out due to the plausibility of a Universe from "nothing."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EilZ4VY5Vs
