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A belief has changed you? You mean you weren't a moral, ethical, humane human before belief in a god? Or has it changed your mood - has it made you happier? Why do you think that is? It's not that I don't want to "consider the imperceptible". It's that the imperceptible, by definition, can't...

For what?

Interesting idea. I think a more scientifically interesting one would be (and this is something I have pulled entirely from my arse, so no sources here) the idea of a "god" being required by our brains as a metaphysical explanation for our consciousness, or sentience, or whatever you want to...

That's a useless thing to say Be less useless pls

Because I would continue to live my life as I am now. I wouldn't do anything differently. What would I do differently? Existence of a "god" != "eternal life".

If it is a virtual reality? I wouldn't really care. It doesn't have any bearing on my life; it doesn't affect me or anyone else; I can't prove it either way. Just like if there is a god, I wouldn't really care, as it doesn't affect me, doesn't have any bearing on my life and I can't prove it...

How do you know it's not Tezcatlipoca? Ixchel? Re-Horakhty? How do you know that it's not just your mind playing tricks on you?

Why do you care?

Sure it's not Astarte? :o

What I don't get with regards to Christians in particular or religious people in general is that even when you agree that there is no evidence either way for the existence of any god - nothing tangible, nothing that actually proves anything - you still a) persist in believing in a god and b)...

The sky is blue due to the scattering of sunlight by atmospheric particles. Same reason why the ocean is (mostly) blue, too.

If I could, I'd come over to where you live, pick up a heavy book, and smack you repeatedly with it yelling "IS THIS REAL? IS THIS REAL?!" but I'm guess that's not the "reality" you're talking about. We could be in a simulated reality, true, but there is no way we could ever prove it, by...

So what you should have said is that Genetic disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Your original post applied this to all genetic disease types, which was incorrect considering there are 5 other distinct types of genetic disorders.

You know what I mean, you arse :p The point was, which as moll has said, was he made a quantitative (not qualitative, which has some leeway) claim without any evidence whatsoever to back it up. "Most cases where the parents are the carier of the mutant gene and their child is a sufferer, theres...

But then you're not worshipping that biological construct, "love" - you're worshipping some nameless entity that you think created it.

Sure. CIA World Factbook :p

Actually, Snow Fox, it's in the rules of the NCAP forum that if you make a claim, you have to back it up. Cite your sources or retract the statement.

That's a nice thought - deifying love is quite a beautiful idea, except for the fact it is indeed irrational and nonsensical. Worshipping and kowtowing an emotion, that by definition is a biological construct and not something supernatural or even abnormal is.. odd, to say the least. The idea...

Uh, he's right. Have you read the bible? Agnosticism is not weak, it's logical. We don't have any reason to believe in a god or gods, and no proof for or against; the logical stance in the position is to have no belief either way. It's not fear or a lack of want - do you fear Zeus? Do you...

Then why believe in it? Attacking an opinion is not a crime. It's a consequence of having that opinion. An assumption of basic logic is not an unreasonable one.