Does God exist? (William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins debate) (29 Viewers)

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  • Man make God?

  • God make Man?


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Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
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djabrail :lol: 0 = 0

we didn't evolve from nothing, we evolved from single celled organisms that existed, over time. PS. the official story could be that a huge dinosaur crapped out the first human and that it looked like a lizard, it would still make more sense than someone mysteriously pushing the button and creating us less than 10.000 years ago when we have obvious facts shooting that theory to hell. Now the believers are probably going to go all "but that's the word of the church, not my religion. I believe humans are much older than that". That's fine, but not really worthy of a discussion. You've streamlined your religion so that it doesn't look stupid (as it would in it's original form) today, but makes you pseudo-christians / muslims, and we're not really debating branches of religion here as that would take up too much time.
 

Lilith

Immortelle
May 19, 2006
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PS. the official story could be that a huge dinosaur crapped out the first human and that it looked like a lizard.
I think birds were supposed to be evolved from dinosaurs if I remember correctly. Something about feathers being closely linked to scales. And so irrelevant to this thread. :p
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,124
Weak evasion as usual. And again, doing what you cry about when others do to you. i.e. belittling others for their opinions.

But of course, there is no reasonable explanation as to why an all-powerful, all-loving God would allow such suffering to innocent children.
I didn't belittle you. It's true your understanding of God is like a child's. You limit him and place him within your walls. I answered that God doesn't cause the starving or sufferings mans greed and avarice does. Yet you would rather blame God than admit that humans free will causes our pain
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,124
You should post it more often.



He works in mysterious ways. :agree:



Who have man free will? God. Therefore, god is to blame.



Oh yes. 2 people who like each other can't be with each other because of the gods they believe in. That's stupid!



Oh man, what an old, refuted argument this is! :sergio:

First, by your logic, god has a creator too then. If you say that god is causeless, then you're argument is fallacious.

Second, even IF there is a god, you don't know if it's the god you pray to.



God of the gaps :lol:
So because God gave us free will he's responsible for our evil. So if your child becomes a mass murderer it's your fault?
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,124
djabrail :lol: 0 = 0

we didn't evolve from nothing, we evolved from single celled organisms that existed, over time. PS. the official story could be that a huge dinosaur crapped out the first human and that it looked like a lizard, it would still make more sense than someone mysteriously pushing the button and creating us less than 10.000 years ago when we have obvious facts shooting that theory to hell. Now the believers are probably going to go all "but that's the word of the church, not my religion. I believe humans are much older than that". That's fine, but not really worthy of a discussion. You've streamlined your religion so that it doesn't look stupid (as it would in it's original form) today, but makes you pseudo-christians / muslims, and we're not really debating branches of religion here as that would take up too much time.
The point is no matter where science says we came from there will always be an unanswered origin point that will have to be answer supernaturally
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,753
I didn't belittle you. It's true your understanding of God is like a child's. You limit him and place him within your walls. I answered that God doesn't cause the starving or sufferings mans greed and avarice does. Yet you would rather blame God than admit that humans free will causes our pain
Yeah, because it's not like your "understanding" of God, it's like a little child's - belittling.

Okay, so man causes the suffering with his greed. Why doesn't God intervene to help his beloved, starving children who are of no fault?
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,124
Yeah, because it's not like your "understanding" of God, it's like a little child's - belittling.

Okay, so man causes the suffering with his greed. Why doesn't God intervene to help his beloved, starving children who are of no fault?
Because of Free will. Free will and it's consequences no matter good or bad can not be interfered with. If he interfered we wouldn't have free will. We then would be controlled. If we or the outcome is controlled than choosing our salvation or damnation wouldn't be a pure choice
 

Lilith

Immortelle
May 19, 2006
6,719
Because of Free will. Free will and it's consequences no matter good or bad can not be interfered with. If he interfered we wouldn't have free will. We then would be controlled. If we or the outcome is controlled than choosing our salvation or damnation wouldn't be a pure choice
AC letting a child be born into suffering has nothing to do with free will. He had complete control not to put them into the situation in the first place.
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,753
Because of Free will. Free will and it's consequences no matter good or bad can not be interfered with. If he interfered we wouldn't have free will. We then would be controlled. If we or the outcome is controlled than choosing our salvation or damnation wouldn't be a pure choice
What about all the miracles he supposedly performed then? That's him intervening.

And if he doesn't want to interfere with out free will, then he is basically useless? Prayers are futile since we all determine our own outcomes.
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,124
AC letting a child be born into suffering has nothing to do with free will. He had complete control not to put them into the situation in the first place.
No he doesn't. The ability to procreate is ours. The choice to procreate when one is in that situation is that persons free will. He can not intervene with free will. So if a mother and father choose to selfishly bring a child into that scenario it is their free will to do so
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,124
What about all the miracles he supposedly performed then? That's him intervening.

And if he doesn't want to interfere with out free will, then he is basically useless? Prayers are futile since we all determine our own outcomes.
Prayer is for guidance so we can hear him and head him and find our path to righteousness and to him. That's what prayer is for. It is like a child who is being raised by his father and that father teaches him lessons all his life. The child keeps growing more and more independent and makes his own decisions yet when he needs guidance he asks his father
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,753
Prayer is for guidance so we can hear him and head him and find our path to righteousness and to him. That's what prayer is for. It is like a child who is being raised by his father and that father teaches him lessons all his life. The child keeps growing more and more independent and makes his own decisions yet when he needs guidance he asks his father
So it's true then that he has no involvement in our affairs and that we're all on our own?
 

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