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Originally posted by intrptr
Just tell me how life got here.
Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
reply to post by NihilistSanta
That doesn't sound like an argument to me. There has to be something out there you can dig up to support your claims.
Originally posted by PaperbackWriter
reply to post by grainofsand
The evidence is that they exhibit intelligent design.
No one passes by a house and thinks, "Oh dear, there was another explosion at the Home Depot", in order
to account for it's new presence in their neighborhood.
Nor would anyone see a hummingbird hovering over a flower and think either one of those things occured
because there was an explosion in the universe and a spatter of random particles landed here.
Not if he or she were a thinking person, that is.edit on 30-12-2012 by PaperbackWriter because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Biigs
If everyone believed in God, perhaps they would behave more and not have so many wars.
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Originally posted by grainofsand
Originally posted by NihilistSanta
reply to post by grainofsand
I assumed that you might be a student of philosophy but apparently not. Perhaps when you have a firmer grasp on logic and rhetoric we will finish this conversation. Apparently you want a convenient answer which is just not logical. You have no parameters for God so you would not recognize the evidence when presented with it.
If you assert there is a god then you have to remember that it is a faith based position which you are unable to provide evidence for.
I do not assert there are no gods, as such an assertion could not be supported with conclusive evidence.
If one asserts 'there are gods' then the burden of proof is on their shoulders alone.
Originally posted by canucks555
Originally posted by Biigs
If everyone believed in God, perhaps they would behave more and not have so many wars.
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Lol! Are you serious? Ridiculous man-made deities have given religious people the excuse to kill millions of folks every year! My fricken word! Are you serious? Or being sarcastic when you stated the above?
God Kills. always has, ^##ck religion.
edit on 30-12-2012 by canucks555 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Its actually well known that belief or disbelief in God correlates with IQ. The more ape-brain types consequently believe they come from apes. But thats no reason to go around bashing or ridiculing atheists. They have my compassion and they have every right to voice what is true for them on their level of understanding. It requires some intelligence to understand and grasp reality.edit on 30-12-2012 by Skyfloating because: (no reason given)
In 2008, intelligence researcher Helmuth Nyborg examined whether IQ relates to denomination and income, using representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, which includes intelligence tests on a representative selection of white American youth, where they have also replied to questions about religious belief. His results, published in the scientific journal Intelligence, demonstrated that atheists scored an average of 1.95 IQ points higher than agnostics, 3.82 points higher than liberal persuasions, and 5.89 IQ points higher than dogmatic persuasions