I dont understand.If a marble is created ex nihilo, raising the amount of mass/energy in the universe accordingly, is it wrong to deny it on the basis of not having evidence of same?
The most important take away from this thread is your statement "Put another way, we have no evidence God created the Earth"A marble is created ex nihilo.
I said nothing about the Bible in my OP.
Suppose I'm not around?If it was something which had never been seen to happen before, and it appeared to contravene a law of nature, you would need to come up with good reason why people should believe it.
You don't have to know it.lesliedellow said:All the physics text books would need rewriting, unless it was a one off miraculous event. (And how would you know that?)
Suppose I'm not around?
Suppose this marble is created ex nihilo on Pluto? (So it wouldn't matter if I was around or not.)You don't have to know it.
The OP wants to know if you would be wrong if it did happen, and you say it didn't.
You would be justified in denying it, but you would be wrong, wouldn't you?In the absence of any reason to suppose something is either true or untrue, I would shrug my shoulders, and dismiss it as pointless speculation.
You would be justified in denying it, but you would be wrong, wouldn't you?
Negative.Are you trying to teach a Calvinist about the need for regeneration by God?
But you are still around .. as is evidenced by your supposing that this marble is created ex nihilo on Pluto! How could you possibly do that if you weren't?Suppose I'm not around?
Suppose this marble is created ex nihilo on Pluto? (So it wouldn't matter if I was around or not.)You don't have to know it.
I don[t call these things "challenges" for nothing.(Sometimes I just have to wonder about all that ...)
So you're only challenging yourself .. but publically?I don[t call these things "challenges" for nothing.
Is that what you think?So you're only challenging yourself .. but publically?
If a sphere could be cubic, is it wrong to pay gas oil with chocolate bars?If a marble is created ex nihilo, raising the amount of mass/energy in the universe accordingly, is it wrong to deny it on the basis of not having evidence of same?
You'd be surprised at how my challenges bring out the ... well ... um ... "best" in answers from intelligent people.If a man, created in the image of god, endowed with intelligence, with all humanity's knowledge and 21st century technology at his fingertips uses all these gifts to launch nonsensical challenges, is it wrong to parody him?
100 posts just telling you that you challenge doesn't make sense? Unglorified apes learn faster.You'd be surprised at how my challenges bring out the ... well ... um ... "best" in answers from intelligent people.
A well thought-out challenge like this one can go for a hundred posts or more.
Then how did 66.7% of voters [so far] get it right?100 posts just telling you that you challenge doesn't make sense? Unglorified apes learn faster.
Unless one is omniscient to the amount of mass/energy in the universe before and after an object is created ex nihilo, one cannot scientifically claim evidence of same.
Put another way, we have no evidence God created the Earth, and must rely on His documentation.
Do you have evidence that God created the earth ex nihilo?All that to say "I have no evidence you just have to take my word for it"? OK.
Thats not how it works.Do you have evidence that God created the earth ex nihilo?
What is it? a plasma cloud? microwave background? ion trail? time crystals? anything? anything at all?
Then I guess you're SOL (short on luck).Thats not how it works.
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