Absolutezero
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Re: Do you believe is God?
And I don't think there is much for either of us to be gained in me countering your counter-claims. Although to this:
http://www.eternal-productions.org/101science.html
I will say: Hindsight is amazing, isn't it? Consider this when reading the list. Nostradamus also made plenty of predictions.
A little piece from Sam Harris as well:
But just imagine how breathtakingly specific a work of prophecy could be if it were actually the product of omniscience. If the Bible were such a book, it would make specific, falsifiable predictions about human events. You would expect it to contain a passage like, "In the latter half of the twentieth century, humankind will develop a globally linked system of computers-the principles of which I set forth in Leviticus-and this system shall be called the Internet." The Bible contains nothing remotely like this. In fact, it does not contain a single sentence that could not have been written by a man or woman living in the first century.
Again, none of this is posted to make you change your mind. An d no malice intended.
I would posit though that I am an atheist not because I disbelieve in a God. I am an atheist because there is insufficent evidence to suggest there is a god. Therefore, atheism becomes a default position until theists can prove otherwise. The same true of goblins, the loch ness monster, bigfoot etc. Disbelief is the default position under sufficient proof is provided.
I don't think your batshit insane.
And I don't think there is much for either of us to be gained in me countering your counter-claims. Although to this:http://www.eternal-productions.org/101science.html
I will say: Hindsight is amazing, isn't it? Consider this when reading the list. Nostradamus also made plenty of predictions.
A little piece from Sam Harris as well:
But just imagine how breathtakingly specific a work of prophecy could be if it were actually the product of omniscience. If the Bible were such a book, it would make specific, falsifiable predictions about human events. You would expect it to contain a passage like, "In the latter half of the twentieth century, humankind will develop a globally linked system of computers-the principles of which I set forth in Leviticus-and this system shall be called the Internet." The Bible contains nothing remotely like this. In fact, it does not contain a single sentence that could not have been written by a man or woman living in the first century.
Again, none of this is posted to make you change your mind. An d no malice intended.
I would posit though that I am an atheist not because I disbelieve in a God. I am an atheist because there is insufficent evidence to suggest there is a god. Therefore, atheism becomes a default position until theists can prove otherwise. The same true of goblins, the loch ness monster, bigfoot etc. Disbelief is the default position under sufficient proof is provided.
