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Recent content by AgnosticEther

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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    Again, another case of ignorance as to how the process of evolution occurs. It is by all means NOT organisms LEARNING. I don't know how many times I must reinforce this to people. As I have described if you would read my post, random mutations exist between every generation of organism. There...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    a) Why is it more logical to believe some magical being created everything than a random process? Why would it default to that, rather than anything else in the realm of possibilities? Ever seen a fractal? A snowflake? The carbon structure of a diamond? If not, open some math textbooks. Order...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    Read my previous posts. As I have mentioned, humans have the idea that everything must have a beginning and an end. This is not necessarily the case. Matter cannot be created or destroyed, but there is the innate possibility that matter has always been. Our lives, having a beginning and an end...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    Then why believe, if it is all based on faith? Which do you find more logical, a god (of your specific faith, out of all gods), a magical man, committed a miracle... or it was just an unlikely but entirely possible occurrence? No respectably documented event has ever occurred in the realm of...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    I apologize for taking so long to return - I live a busy life which oft does not afford time for this sort of thing. I'll try to get to all of the replies made tonight, but I have a lot of work to get done, so I can't make any semblance of a promise. I doubt I'll have the time to work through...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    No, I haven't contradicted myself. "By that same logic" suggests the logic of the person I'm replying to. He was suggesting that it must have a beginning and an end, and by his logic, this would also suggest that God has a beginning (and perhaps an end). Furthermore, your retort assumes the...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    You answer with scripture? Surely I am not the only one to see the logical fallacy here. This is equivalent of "MY MOTHER CAN FLY BECAUSE MY MOTHER TOLD ME SHE CAN FLY." You cannot quote the source to answer when questioned about the source. You know who else were zealots? The Crusaders...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    Ah, precisely what I was asking not to be posted in my original post. That probability bit I mentioned? That seems to be your case as well as it is for many. I can say "if the next card I pick up from this deck is an Ace, my God exists and he is the right god" and pick out an ace, but that does...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    This is one of the types of statements I mentioned at the bottom of my original post, but I will respond nonetheless. Can you elaborate on this experience? Is it something that has no semblance of probability? Remember, just because something seems improbable doesn't mean it doesn't happen -...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    Questioning every facet of life is how mankind has progressed. As mentioned in my previous post, we would still be in the dark ages if we did not. So, just because "it works" that means your understanding is correct? A car works -- does that mean that your interpretation of how the car operates...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    Thank you for your responses. Here's mine: By that same logic, something must have created God. If something created God, what was it? Aside from this, just because something cannot be explained by current means, does not necessarily make it scientifically 'impossible.' Certain things, such as...
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    A question open to all of you, concerning your faith

    As you may have guessed from my handle, you can call me Ether, and I'm an agnostic. I come not to argue, but to bring forth your input and reasoning, and maybe have a little friendly debate. First, let me define my 'brand' of agnosticism. Simply put, there may or may not be a god, it is...