Does God exist? (William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins debate) (23 Viewers)

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Juve_fanatic

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I can't remember. I'm on my phone, plus it's 5am here. :D Try the 20th minute.
Ok, i watched it. But here is the problem for me. He keeps talking how a "wing stub" has managed to evolve into a complete wing. That is fine. Even i can do that. But he doesnt say why did the wind stubs even appeared in the first place? What was the need for their appearance? Shurely you cant say that by some chance a creature grew a tiny little thing that resembled a wing and then that evolved. How did it appeared in the first place?
 

Zé Tahir

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ßöмßäяðîëя;3012698 said:
That's true. There is no science in scripture and although science can disprove a lot of what is in scripture, scripture cannot disprove any claim made by science.
Oh yeah? lol
 
Apr 15, 2006
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Ok, i watched it. But here is the problem for me. He keeps talking how a "wing stub" has managed to evolve into a complete wing. That is fine. Even i can do that. But he doesnt say why did the wind stubs even appeared in the first place? What was the need for their appearance? Shurely you cant say that by some chance a creature grew a tiny little thing that resembled a wing and then that evolved. How did it appeared in the first place?
What do you mean "even I can do that"? So you can make wing stubs grow in a bird, or perhaps yourself? :D

As for why it appeared in the first place, could be mutation, could be that the wrong sub was the first step towards adapting to new environments. I'm no expert in this field, so I can't give a detailed expansion.

That Walter guy looks like Del Neri. :D He never even tackled the question of how improbable a creator is. I would say, it's as improbable as an explosion giving rise to the universe.


Oh wait...
 

Juve_fanatic

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now then.....this brings us to the subject of "age determening".... Carbonisation, right?? Is it even necessary for all those set-backs of this process to be put forward? Again, we strayed off of the subject of this thread. Look at the whole video and you'll see why the whole Bing bang theory doesnt work for me. Something can not come out of nothing. PERIOD!!! Where did it all begin?? Scientists will never be able to give the answer to this question. NEVER!
 

Juve_fanatic

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Creationists will never be able to give the answer to where the creator came from. NEVER!
This was my point in the first place. Just as evolutionists can not say where it all began, creationists can not say where the creator has come from. So, sheik, keep in mind that maybe, just maybe, it may all be true. God i mean. Just as much as it can be false.
 
Apr 15, 2006
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:sergio: Filip, I really fail to see your logic in believing in God. Just as you admitted that the chances of God being true is 50\50, why do you want to believe that it's true?

Would you rather take a leap of faith that hydrogen and helium just existed (thus giving rise to the Big Bang), or would you rather believe that this God just existed and created the world in 6 days?
 

Raz

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:sergio: Filip, I really fail to see your logic in believing in God. Just as you admitted that the chances of God being true is 50\50, why do you want to believe that it's true?

Would you rather take a leap of faith that hydrogen and helium just existed (thus giving rise to the Big Bang), or would you rather believe that this God just existed and created the world in 6 days?
I don't know if the hydrogen and helium gave rise to the big bang, weren't these atoms created after the big bang?

Would you agree that scientific leap of faith is somewhat the same as religious? If so why choose the one which doesn't lead you anywhere? Where you're just a walking meatball? :)
 
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I don't know if the hydrogen and helium gave rise to the big bang, weren't these atoms created after the big bang?

Would you agree that scientific leap of faith is somewhat the same as religious? If so why choose the one which doesn't lead you anywhere? Where you're just a walking meatball? :)
It was hydrogen and helium has clouds that expanded and caused the big bang.

Cos religion does not explain the process of creation in detail. Doesn't even attempt to. It's easier to take a leap of faith that 2 elements existed in large quantities rather than an all knowing, all powerful, supreme being existed
 

Raz

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It was hydrogen and helium has clouds that expanded and caused the big bang.

Cos religion does not explain the process of creation in detail. Doesn't even attempt to. It's easier to take a leap of faith that 2 elements existed in large quantities rather than an all knowing, all powerful, supreme being existed
So what, the detail in which it is explained is the thing that makes it easier to believe? How can that be written in detail in books written which were writen so many years back? After all it was books or scripts written by man, how could they now it back then in detail?

Those books are supposed to look after your inner environment, not explain how to get H from H2O.

Why is everyone fixating on this supreme mastermind, who has feelings btw :D
 
Apr 15, 2006
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So what, the detail in which it is explained is the thing that makes it easier to believe?
Absolutely. And this is my point. There's a BIG difference between simply making a claim, and actually explaining the details of your claim. Maybe not everything, but at least enough info that people back then could not have known. Show me one religious text that either explains or at least shows an illustration of DNA and I'll believe it.
How can that be written in detail in books written which were writen so many years back? After all it was books or scripts written by man, how could they now it back then in detail?
Because these man-made scripts claim that this is the word of God and that we need to believe Him. If indeed these were God's words, he would've at least thrown in some info that humanity will discover in the future(like dinosaurs, Neanderthal men, homo-erectus, DNA, etc.) so that future generations would be more accepting of his book.

But that doesn't happen cos as you said, it was all written by men. And that's how I consider all the scriptures: words of men claiming to be words of God.
Those books are supposed to look after your inner environment, not explain how to get H from H2O.
Inner environment?
Why is everyone fixating on this supreme mastermind, who has feelings btw :D
Cos this supreme mastermind is usually the basis of theistic religions.
 

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