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Your not making any sense.
When did I claim the universe was too complex? You are again debating and defining a point that I never made.
You are again defining God in your terms and then asking me to debate against that god that I don't believe in.
Of course a television or computers go from the simple to the complex, but why does God have to follow this same logic? Again, your question is silly because you have to start with pressupositions based on your definition of god.
So, an atheist trying to ask the question, who created god is silly. This question implies that I believe in a God that was created and a god that's no different than a television set.
God exists, so he never went from simple to complexity like a television set from 1960 to 2009. This is what your silly question implies. Of course things that were created goes from simple to complex but I don't believe in a created god and I'm not going to debate an atheist definition of a god that I don't believe in.
I think you need to go back to the drawing board and think of a new way to ask this silly question.
This has nothing to do with your personal concept unless you also subscribe to the belief that the universe is to complex to arise naturally. You've yet to argue against that concept, so I am naturally assuming that this concept must invariably be held true for you unless you wish to state that the universe is capable of arising naturally of it's own accord and is not too complex in order to do so.
I disagree that math can be viewed as inherently the most accurate descriptor of reality.
You are naturally assuming this because this is what you want to debate against.
When you make these types of assumptions, you make an ass out of yourself.
Like I said, God exist. Things that are created go from the simple to the complex. I don't believe in a created god.
I don't have any particular religion.
I think you need to get your head out of the sand and realize that millions of people believe in God but they don't follow a particular religion.
So again, your statement about complexity makes no sense because things go from simple to complex that were created. I don't believe in a created God, so the question who created god is a silly one. You have to first limit God before you can even ask the question.
Why would any person who believes in God debate on these silly grounds?
I'm not going to debate an atheist definition of a god they claim they don't believ in.
Debating the existence of God is futile without first trying to define God.
For instance, an atheist will ask, how can God....?
This is a question that starts with a silly pressuposition.
If we are talking about a limited, created god then we can ask the question how can. If we are talking about a God that's all powerful and all knowing, then the question how can God.... makes no sense.
Your logic appears to be piss poor or your purposefully not defining your God in an attempt to stem any debate against it. I asked you to define it as well as the substance of it as you disallow me to do so.
If all created things start from simple to become more complex, do you then believe in evolution as it presupposes simple to complex; Or do you believe that the complexities of the universe and life within it arose from a singular act of creation with all thing existing as they exist in that moment of creation?
To many people, a confusing aspect of Taoism is its very definition. Many religions will happily teach a Philosophy/Dogma which in reflection defines a person. Taoism flips this around. It starts by teaching a truth; "The Tao" is indefinable. It then follows up by teaching that each person can discover the Tao in their own terms. A teaching like this can be very hard to grasp when most people desire very concrete definitions in their own life.
Originally posted by spy66
Well it did. Our existence is real. The question should be how did existence appear out of nowhere.
How did 0 create 1?
Well 0 never created 1. But something else did.
Then ask yourself what is the connection between 0 and 1?
There must be a connection because existence is real. Its just that we dont see it as existing.
Originally posted by spy66
reply to post by Matrix Rising
To me it makes more sense that God dosent exist. We exist therefor we cant see or really acknowledge God. God is Non existence. We are existence.
God him self tells us that he never changes. He tels us that he always was and always is.
Non existence is the only thing that never changes. If God existed he would change.
God created Existence. Therefor he cant exist.
There is a difference between existence and non existence. Existence is created.
[edit on 27.06.08 by spy66]
Originally posted by Matrix Rising
Originally posted by spy66
reply to post by Matrix Rising
To me it makes more sense that God dosent exist. We exist therefor we cant see or really acknowledge God. God is Non existence. We are existence.
God him self tells us that he never changes. He tels us that he always was and always is.
Non existence is the only thing that never changes. If God existed he would change.
God created Existence. Therefor he cant exist.
There is a difference between existence and non existence. Existence is created.
[edit on 27.06.08 by spy66]
Again, your falling into the same trap as the others.
You said existence is created. It is when we are talking about a TV or a computer keyboard. Again, in order to make this statement, you have to first equate God to these created things.
It's silly.
This again shows you don't have a clue as to what your talking about. You keep trying to debate against something that you define. By making these assumptions you make an ass out of yourself.
I don't define God. This is the whole point behind this debate ant that silly question. If you asked a thousand different people to define God you would get a thousand different answers. So they question must pressupose a definition. I don't define God, so the question is a silly one and you even look worse than the young atheist who asked the question.
I can debate parallel universes because a universe is defined. I can debate Hawking Radiation because it's defined. I can debate extra dimensions because extra dimensions are defined.
In order to ask the silly question, you first have to define God which is futile.
For instance, Taoism.
To many people, a confusing aspect of Taoism is its very definition. Many religions will happily teach a Philosophy/Dogma which in reflection defines a person. Taoism flips this around. It starts by teaching a truth; "The Tao" is indefinable. It then follows up by teaching that each person can discover the Tao in their own terms. A teaching like this can be very hard to grasp when most people desire very concrete definitions in their own life.
www.personaltao.com...
So it would be silly of me to ask, who created the Tao? I would first have to define the Tao as something created.
You then talked about evolution. Again, you are trying to equate the process of evolution to God and then debate something that's just silly.
You are making the young atheist look like Einstein.
You claimed that all things created start from simple and move to complex; I never attempted to equate this process explicitly to God, but simply asked of your opinion in regards to scientific theories that postulate a simple to complex process giving rise to the universe and life within it. If all things simple are created and move to complexity, would this not give credence to the scientific theories that postulate such same occurrences?
You error is obvious but I'm sure pride blinds you to this simple truth. You said:
"You claimed that all things created start from simple and move to complex; I never attempted to equate this process explicitly to God, but simply asked of your opinion in regards to scientific theories that postulate a simple to complex process giving rise to the universe and life within it. If all things simple are created and move to complexity, would this not give credence to the scientific theories that postulate such same occurrences?"
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You are simply trying to ask the same question in a different way and your making the young atheist look like Newton.
What does this have to do with the price of tea in China?
The process of evolution has nothing to do with the topic or the current debate unless your trying to say everthing goes from simple to complex and therefore so must God. This is if God is created and you fall into the same illogocical mudhole.
This of course was your initial argument when you "naturally assumed" and made an ass out of yourself.
Your now just making it up as you go. Like I said pride comes before the fall.
Again, in the context of the question who created God, you are not making any sense. You can't ask the question without first defining God.
I haven't put up a brick wall, it's just atheist confuse God and religion. You want to debate against religion and that's why you want to define god first. It's a futile exercise and you look silly.
If you want to debate the merits of different religions that's fine, but when you ask the silly question who created god, you just look ignorant.
Please don't misrepresent a new line of questioning by attempting to define that new line of questioning as being equatable with the old line of questioning. I'm no longer discussing the complexity of God itself, but now am questioning a previously made statement by yourself in regards to created things and the complexity surrounding created things in an attempt to discern whether or not simplistic complexity can arise naturally or require creation or whether all of creation was created in a singular act giving rise to an illusion of complexity existing. If you can't comprehend what you are reading, please don't attempt to argue against it.
Of course your no longer discussing the complexity of God because you "naturally assumed" and made an ass out of yourself.
Now your onto a new line of questioning and it's worse than the last line of questioning.
You just keep digging a deeper hole.
Pride cometh before the fall.
This new line of questioning is a silly attempt to ask the same question in a different way. I will save you the time and maybe help you save face because your looking really silly right about now.
Basically what your trying to do is play gotcha with these Junior High debating tactics.
If I say the universe can rise naturally, then you will say there's no need for God.
If I say that a system that goes from simple to complex requires a creator, the you will say "gotcha" this means God needs a creator.
I can't believe your trying something so silly but it looks like your the type of person that likes egg on the face.
Material objects require a creator to go from simple to complex. God is not a material thing. So again, the question who created God is a silly unless you first define god.
It gets even deeper. The things that are created are already inherent in nature and the human mind reverse engineers the wisdom of the universe. So like Solomon said, there's nothing new under the sun. Maybe you should read up on information theory before you ask your next silly question.