Search results

Being alone is different from being lonely, I think.  If being alone is better than having friends, then why create humans?  And if having friends is better than being alone, then why was a perfect being lacking something in the first place? The world?  Sure.  But god...

Uh.  Who here things being lonely is a good thing? Something better?  You mean there was room for improvement? I dunno.  I'd have to think about it.  What's your point?

What Ifrit said.  Science does not work this way. Well you believe in him, don't you?  Since there's no scientific evidence to suggest that any gods exist, you must be working on faith.  No? Ehh, what about that was logical? And I'm stull curious: Why did god create...

Really?  An atheist asked believers to prove that god doesn't exist?  I can't see why.  That's OUR position, not the believer's position.

Hm.  Whenever someone tells me "God can't..." it makes me suspicious. So faith is the goal. Why?  Why, when faith can prove anything? So I take it you do not believe in heaven or hell?  Or at least in hell? Why would being able to show god exists scientifically void...

Hmm.  What?  No atheist would ask this.  :) It's probably not because he harbors a secret belief in god, just like you interacting with atheists doesn't mean you harbor a secret disbelief. Via science?  Impossible.  So what's a better method? Scientific laws...

Yes, you're at a disadvantage.  But I don't think that's our fault just because we're using science and logic. If you want to disregard science and logic, then of course there is nobody forcing you to agree with them or apply them.  The problem of course is that everyone does end up...

That's a good question... I am not sure.  Perhaps because they are sort of a nation unto themselves.  Also, I'm not sure it has been shown that the Vatican had a great deal of direct knowledge of the molestations, although it's pretty certain that had at least some knowledge. As far...

Welcome to the forum, WP.  :) I'm not caught up on my Navy rank... is that Commander Putnam?

Are you guys sure you understand the concept behind evolution?  Or are you just kidding around? You're aware that it takes millions of years for species to evolve, and even then the changes take place at conception, not with the body of a single example of the species.  Evolutionary...

Ahhh, the argument from incredulity.  It must be false because I don't believe it. Of course.  :rolleyes:  

Umm, nnnno.  :)

I am an atheist.  :) As for the logic, I think of it this way:  Time is dependent upon the universe.  "Before" the big bang, there was no such thing as time.  Therefore, there was never a time when the universe did not exist.  There was no "before" the big bang.

[/font] Well evolution doesn't take into account what we think is pretty or not.  If weeds are better equipped to survive than, say, roses, then they are going to crowd out the roses if they can.  The reason they don't take over now is because you change the environment such that...

Scientific claims are incompatible with religious claims.  One presupposes miracles, and the other does not. If you presuppose that miracles happen, I'm not certain how one goes about doing science.  For that matter, I'm not sure how one explains anything at all except to say "Ah...

Is god impossible? Yes, some are.  It depends how you define "god".  A god that is green and not green at the same time is impossible.  

Well firstly, not all of us believe in god.  So "his creation" isn't a factor. But I do think that the issue is more complex than reading religious beliefs into childbirth.  Perhaps that's just me however.  :)

Meanwhile Roy, clad in bearskins, slumps back to his cave where science and the search for truth hold no sway.  :rolleyes:

Freodin is correct.  Evolution itself is a fact; we can observe it.  It's as much a fact as "apples grow on trees".  However, we create theories of evolution in order to try to explain it. There would be no theory of evolution if evolution did not occur, just like there could...

 :o  :eek: Does god have conversations with you on a regular basis? And not to pry here, but is English your first language?