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Wow, that's bizarre - do you think there really are people who are atheist because they don't want to be spied on?...To me this film pointed to the fact that some people refuse to believe in God because they find the idea of a God who knows about their inner thoughts and who judges hem accordingly unacceptable. They wish to live in a universe where they are morally accountable only to themselves.
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Of course the film portrayed her that way to get the point across as dramatically as possible and to force the viewer to consider just why some people are so fanatically opposed to accepting a creator as a reality.
You know what? Don't you worry about it...take care now.
Do you feel comfortable with that concept?Wow - do you think there really are people who are atheist because they don't want to be spied on?
Yeah, me too. Let's not believe in CCTV eitherDo you feel comfortable with that concept?
I personally would prefer some privacy.
What's CCTV?Yeah, me too. Let's not believe in CCTV either
Aren't angels intelligent aliens?I personally doubt that Humanity will ever encounter intelligent aliens. Given the size and age of the universe, whilst there is almost certainly intelligent life, the odds of humanity encountering, or even identifying a signal from them is very very small.
There is nothing that can happen in the physical universe that proves or disproves God's existence. This includes anything science finds or fails to find. To counter the idea he doesn't exist, one could always just suggest God is taking a vacation in another dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality. More interestingly, of course, is can we find proof for or against the Christian God's existence. However, the conclusion is the same.
Romans 1:20
19For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
In context, my statement refers to proof that works for people without faith. There isn't any such thing.The scriptures disagree with that concept:
Thank you, Papa!! I'm looking forward to taking a gander at that TZ episode. I don't think I've ever seen it.
Many Christians were once faithless and were convinced either via proof text, as the Ethiopian Eunuch was when Philip explained to him how the OT had prophesied about Jesus or else via miracles such as the resurrection of a Roman's daughter or the miracle of tongues on the day of Pentecost and based on such things acquired faith.In context, my statement refers to proof that works for people without faith. There isn't any such thing.
These things have nothing to do with "proof."Many Christians were once faithless and were convinced either via proof text, as the Ethiopian Eunuch was when Philip explained to him how the OT had prophesied about Jesus or else via miracles such as the resurrection of a Roman's daughter or the miracle of tongues on the day of Pentecost and based on such things acquired faith.
Still other faithless ones might acquire faith via the observation of nature and how it compellingly displays indisputable evidence of a creating mind. Some modern-day formerly-faithless scientists have been swayed by the marvelously coordinated way in which living cells function.
Conceptually, perhaps - it seems unlikely that they are real entities. But what would that make God?Aren't angels intelligent aliens?
Good question!Conceptually, perhaps - it seems unlikely that they are real entities. But what would that make God?
Extraterrestrial life
,[n 1] also called alien life (or, if it is a sentient and/or relatively complex individual, an "extraterrestrial" or "alien"), is life that does not originate from Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life
I agree with this definition as "alien" is usually used. One could also say they originated in our physical universe. However, some people would see something as "alien" because it is either unlike us or unknown to us.Technically, an Extraterrestrial alien is a creature or being who originates or lives in a place other than Earth.
Actually, origin or lack of origin is irrelevant to the definition of alien.I agree with this definition as "alien" is usually used. One could also say they originated in our physical universe. However, some people would see something as "alien" because it is either unlike us or unknown to us.
By the way, God didn't originate anywhere.
The Simpsons did a great spoof on it.I think it was a Twilight Zone flick I'm thinking of. They have a book they leave at the United Nations titled "To Serve Man" but it turns out to be a cookbook. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734684/reviews
edit: http://www.sherryshriner.com/sherry/to-serve-man.htm
Philosophically, unless explicitly qualified, 'God' is taken to be the traditional or orthodox perfect tri-omni supernatural entity of major religions of the last 1,500 years (e.g. the Judeo-Christian God, from the original Platonic 'demiurge' that Augustine elaborated in the 4th century). If some other kind or type of god is being invoked, it should be carefully qualified. But it's a moot point whether it's useful or confusing to call a physically constrained entity 'God', or whether, for example, the universe as a whole can be usefully called 'God' unless it is said to have traditionally god-like attributes, or neutral monism as in Spinozism....So technically, God falls under that category as do the angels.
However, most people don't feel comfortable viewing neither the angels nor God in that way.
Philosophically, unless explicitly qualified, 'God' is taken to be the traditional or orthodox perfect tri-omni supernatural entity of major religions of the last 1,500 years (e.g. the Judeo-Christian God, from the original Platonic 'demiurge' that Augustine elaborated in the 4th century). If some other kind or type of god is being invoked, it should be carefully qualified. But it's a moot point whether it's useful or confusing to call a physically constrained entity 'God', or whether, for example, the universe as a whole can be usefully called 'God' unless it is said to have traditionally god-like attributes, or neutral monism as in Spinozism.
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