Does God exist? (William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins debate) (17 Viewers)

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Il Re

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Jan 13, 2005
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I don't think you guys really get the whole point of this original argument. You can't prove there is no God just by attacking the Bible, Quran,Torah, or any of the religious books. You guys are saying that religion is incorrect and clearly has mistakes. Ok that is granted. Anything that will be touched by man (as in mankind) will be subject to error. People who believe in God believe that this life is a test that comes with hardships,mistakes, etc. It is your duty to sort through it out and find your right path.

Basically, none of you will ever be able to prove that God exists and none of you will be able to prove that God doesn't exist. There will always be two sides to this argument until some sort of scientific evidence can come out and prove that there is no God. It is all about your personal belief system. I don't see the harm in believing in God or not believing in him.

All you guys have turned this into is another I hate religion thread when it shouldn't be. It is a thread to discuss if a God exists not the particular stories of God from Christians, Jews, and Muslims because those religions have been run by human for ages now. It was more of a philosophical discussion rather than a religious one.
"though shall not strike your women down, becuase every 10 years they will say something useful" jebus

in all seriousness, good post :tup:
 

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Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
53,908
What a nonsense Burke. Seriously, they wouldn't lie because they'd have been killed too? And from where is that killer supposed to know If they're lying or not?


I don't believe in religion and you want me to believe in these kind of things?
Listen.....

Del Piero scored a goal against Palermo 2 weeks ago.
Channel4 informs about it, Goal.com informs about it, you wrote about that here, gazzetta wrote about it.

After 2 300 years someone says prove it that Del Piero scored a goal against Palermo. If it's a historic fact, prove it.
Somehow all the videos of this goal are lost, but they find the channel4 article, the goal.com article and they find your post about that goal.
The ones who will use the channel4 article as their source will say that it was a nice free kick goal. Those who will use your post will say that it was the most beautiful goal ever. There will be some disagreements about the way he scored the goal but they will know that Del Piero scored that goal.

Alen from the year 4 308 will say that there are contemporary sources who inform us about the goal and there is no reason for them to lie, while someone will ask "why wouldn't they lie".

They all wrote this independent from eachother. They saw it, or they heard it from someone who saw it and they wrote about it.

That's exactly the case with Alexander killing Cleitos.
 
Jun 13, 2007
7,233
Hehehe, I said in one of the earlier posts you would track back and take back your OWN words when you are proven wrong. And what a suprise you did now (for several posts already, but this example is the most clear). This are your OWN words:

Well, now you are saying its not a fact, that you know that. You win the ultimate prize in backtracking, I dont have the keys to prize cabinet, ask Alen what you mean.

And the rest of your drivel, I am not an atheist, so save it. I kept saying to you, you can believe that, its fine. The only thing I have been arguing against is your IMMENSE display of fantastic stupidity. I must say, its incredible your a Grade A star in backtracking, and ofcourse spouting utter stupid nonsense. I mean, you twist basic meaning of words so insanely much to your convience its unbelieveable.

Seriously, go check the the definition of fact and history. It might suprise you, considering how you have used the words.
Admittedly, I misused the word "fact". My point was that it was part of history. I said used the words historical fact, as in it did happen at some point in history and that's what I believe in. I now acknowledge that you don't view it as a fact because it seems unlikely to be true. I'm fine with that, I agreed that I misused the word fact.

Now how happy are you now? Did you get an orgasm because I used "fact" out of context? :lol:


Pathetic.
 

Osman

Koul Khara!
Aug 30, 2002
61,488
Oooh, "admittedly" you just misused the word fact, thats all? I mean its totally ok to totally bastardize the word to your utterly stupid convenience? So sorry I bothered to correct you.
 

*aca*

Senior Member
Jul 15, 2002
869
1) Intelligent design does not mean it has to be flawless, it just has to be intelligent. DNA is an intelligent design.

3) Science itself depends on philosophies. Watch the debate at the start of the thread. Science itself cannot prove science. In the theory of relativity, it suggests that a particle must travel constantly at the speed of light, this is a theory that cannot be proven.

5) It would be of your interest to survive. You would kill to survive, you would have no morals when you lack knowledge of the world around you. That is my point.
1) so you agree that if i could think of improvements, i would be more intelligent than god?

2) science works on premises. There is always IF. Science does not present facts as absolutes, as religion does. Certainty does not exist. Just probability.

3) in that case yes. If someone, acting in self interest, broke the golden rule and tried to kill me, my instincts will take over and i will defend myself. Self defense is moral action that is appropriate in that case. The person lacking morals is the one trying to kill me.

Don't cherry pick. I made 7 points replying on 7 points you made in your post.
 
Jun 13, 2007
7,233
Bürkε;1773545 said:
He's the free thinker, you are the one who had this shit stuffed down your throat.
I chose to believe. I never had anything stuffed down my throat. I wasn't a god fearing person a few years ago. I have faith now. It's a beautiful thing if you ever do experience it although I highly doubt you ever will.
 

Il Re

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Jan 13, 2005
4,031
Ален;1773564 said:
Listen.....

Del Piero scored a goal against Palermo 2 weeks ago.
Channel4 informs about it, Goal.com informs about it, you wrote about that here, gazzetta wrote about it.

After 2 300 years someone says prove it that Del Piero scored a goal against Palermo. If it's a historic fact, prove it.
Somehow all the videos of this goal are lost, but they find the channel4 article, the goal.com article and they find your post about that goal.
The ones who will use the channel4 article as their source will say that it was a nice free kick goal. Those who will use your post will say that it was the most beautiful goal ever. There will be some disagreements about the way he scored the goal but they will know that Del Piero scored that goal.

Alen from the year 4 308 will say that there are contemporary sources who inform us about the goal and there is no reason for them to lie, while someone will ask "why wouldn't they lie".

They all wrote this independent from eachother. They saw it, or they heard it from someone who saw it and they wrote about it.

That's exactly the case with Alexander killing Cleitos.
isn't that a simillar thing in regard to jesus? i mean didn't john barnes, luke skywalker and mark not to mention the gospels, didnt they 'see it' and then write it down as fact which happned?
 
Sep 1, 2002
12,745
Bürkε;1773567 said:
Glad that's not my name.

I wasn't saying it was your name

Seriously, isn't it the job of the moderators to moderate and ensure that threads are not hijacked by those who wish only to propergate their own point of view?
 

Azzurri7

Pinturicchio
Moderator
Dec 16, 2003
72,692
Ален;1773544 said:
All of them ?
All of them write about this, among them people who were there, and all of them write the exact same story (not with the exact same words, of course).
Some of them went to Egypt after Alexander died, some went to Antiochia, some went to Greece and they all wrote the same thing about this accident from three different continents.
There were no cell phones, no msn +2300 years ago.

What is the probability ?
Sorry Alen, but thats not convincing.... I don't know about the exact story you're talking about, you're much more informed as this is your profession, but just like I don't believe in simple things written in a Religious books, I don't really believe that each one went on a different direction and each one wrote the same story....could be true again... but personally I don't think it's wise to convince someone about something that took place +2300 years ago.

Bürkε;1773551 said:
I obviously wasn't being serious.
Thought so. But had to write something.
 

*aca*

Senior Member
Jul 15, 2002
869
all i have to say is that i never, EVER, ridicule a person.

I reserve the right to ridicule a belief that is.....well, ridiculous.

That said, this is the best simple words description of Christianity i have ever seen.:)

(and funniest at that too) ....:D

 
Apr 12, 2004
77,165
I chose to believe. I never had anything stuffed down my throat. I wasn't a god fearing person a few years ago. I have faith now. It's a beautiful thing if you ever do experience it although I highly doubt you ever will.
Nah, I've got more sense than that.
I wasn't saying it was your name

Seriously, isn't it the job of the moderators to moderate and ensure that threads are not hijacked by those who wish only to propergate their own point of view?
Meh, probably.
 
Apr 12, 2004
77,165
all i have to say is that i never, EVER, ridicule a person.

I reserve the right to ridicule a belief that is.....well, ridiculous.

That said, this is the best simple words description of Christianity i have ever seen.:)

(and funniest at that too) ....:D

fucking amazing.....

I can't put enough smiley faces in here to show you how great this is.
 

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
53,908
isn't that a simillar thing in regard to jesus? i mean didn't john barnes, luke skywalker and mark not to mention the gospels, didnt they 'see it' and then write it down as fact which happned?
It is. That's why you can't 100% exclude neither of them and say they didn't happen. You can easily find many mistakes in the bible but there are things that you can't prove 100% and say they happend/didn't happen.
That's why the debate is still going on. It would have been finished long time ago if these things coul have been proven.


Logic and sanity will decide what will you accept as true / not true.
 

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