Science vs. Religion

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  1. janesix profile image61
    janesixposted 8 years ago

    "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved"

    Tim Minchin

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    1. Paul K Francis profile image85
      Paul K Francisposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Science comes up with new theories when the old theories fail to answer all the questions that arise based on observations in the everyday world. This is real discovery, not "views" as if it was some form of opinion or something. I don't think that faith is the denial of observation; it just may be something aside from it based on feelings and personal experiences.

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      1. Paul Wingert profile image60
        Paul Wingertposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        There is no science versus religion. Science is not a belief system and based on facts and evidence. Religion is the opposite.

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        1. jacharless profile image74
          jacharlessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Sorry to disagree, old sport, but just because science has modernized its ritual systems, does not mean it is any less dangerous than its spouse, sensationalism. The new alters may be polished stainless steel but the sacrifices placed on them are still, pardon the pun, lambs to the slaughter. Albeit, now at the genetic level. Indeed science has outshined sensationism one hundred fold just in the last century. Frightening as it sounds, the pendulum is swinging back towards sensation. Given the current uses and applications of the various belief systems of science, can only imagine what horrors are about to occur on a planetary scale. Nukes are going to look like Mickey Mouse in comparison. Science is designing new gods for man to kneel before, because, hey marble and stone as so passé...

          Who knows, in a few decade or less we'll have cybernetic, transgender, astronaut drones feeding us alien embryos with private reserve champagne from Plutos darkside.

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          1. vector7 profile image59
            vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

            That is one of the funniest things I've read in a LONG time! lol

            Very nice..

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          2. Paul Wingert profile image60
            Paul Wingertposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            jacharless-Walmart has a rollback on aluminum foil incase you need to replace your hat.

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        2. vector7 profile image59
          vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

          PAHAHA C'mon man.. The leading individuals in your field STATE BOLDLY their imagination drives them.

          You aren't following your leaders very well. Just trying to hide your faith in what you have no proof for. Start explaining the phenomenon of EMF and the Cause of the the "bang"...

          What a tired argument. You learn that from the hubpages troll Mark Knowles? lol

          Thanks for the laugh though. smile

          Nice to see  you again btw Wingert. Old face, same old bologna. wink

          Pure nostalgia.

          Hopefully you don't get angry. You know I like to play-n-debate with wit and/or sarcasm... I'll refrain from replying again if you don't wanna play. big_smile

          I won't fret though, lots here carry "chips" on the shoulder.

          I always liked your photo truthfully.

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    2. Don W profile image83
      Don Wposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      A slight change:
      Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
      Faith adjusts what's observed based on it's views.
      (I like symmetry)

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      1. A Thousand Words profile image67
        A Thousand Wordsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Nice edit.

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    3. A Thousand Words profile image67
      A Thousand Wordsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I don't know if I feel the vs is appropriate. How familiar are you with Eastern schools of thought. I've noticed that many ideas that come from Eastern religions line up very well with scientific thought.

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      1. Jewels profile image82
        Jewelsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        That is so true. I've been doing meditation and spiritual studies for 15 years based on the Western Esoteric foundation, which meld beautifully with the Eastern schools.  It's a disservice to separate them.  The rigour it takes to map consciousness is phenomenal, but of course whose who don't have experiences are left way behind.

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      2. jacharless profile image74
        jacharlessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        You might enjoy the book, The Tao of Physics.
        smile

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        1. Trichakra profile image61
          Trichakraposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          I have heard about this book. But still have not read.

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            paarsurreyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            They are not contradictory. Are they? Please
            Regards

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            1. lovetherain profile image80
              lovetherainposted 7 years agoin reply to this

              Yes they are. Science is a way to try to logically understand the world. Religion make up stories to explain the world.

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              1. Castlepaloma profile image75
                Castlepalomaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                But fairytale are fun and science forces my brain to think, ouch.

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                1. lovetherain profile image80
                  lovetherainposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  Science is the way humans beings are growing up. Time to discard the fairy tales.

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                  1. Castlepaloma profile image75
                    Castlepalomaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                    I actually have an adult view in life, so I get it.lo.

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              2. profile image50
                paarsurreyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                They are working in different domains so there is no contradiction in them. Please
                Regards

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                1. Castlepaloma profile image75
                  Castlepalomaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  When everything in the world and Universe is connected. How do you blend Science and Religion?

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                  1. profile image50
                    paarsurreyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                    Science deals in the things material and physical. Religion deals in ethical, moral and spiritual domains. Human life is connected to all these domains, hence the connection of science and religion. Humans should have best of all these. There is no contradiction. Is there any? Please
                    Regards

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    4. profile image50
      paarsurreyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      It is a wrong notion. Different discipline of knowledge have different norms of experience. Only in material and physical disciplines one observes the fact with the physical senses, in philosophical disciplines their relevance changes. For instance "Atheism"  cannot be observed by one's eyesight, it could be known or otherwise with one's insight, however. Right? Please
      Regards

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  2. Michael Matala profile image61
    Michael Matalaposted 8 years ago

    Interesting statement, it's just not correct. I believe a more accurate understanding would be:

    Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
    What is observed is understood through faith.

    Just a thought...

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    1. colorfulone profile image78
      colorfuloneposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I like that statement of yours, Michael. That would be more accurate. Let me make my own statement and not that of another.

      "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed."
      What is observed through experiential knowledge through faith is much greater than mere knowledge. - me

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  3. Live to Learn profile image60
    Live to Learnposted 8 years ago

    Not entirely. Science does base its views by what is observed but many branches of science will not take into account any data that does not fit into their views at that particular time. Many scientists can be compared to artists. Laughed at and scoffed at by their peers throughout most of their careers only to find that their theories are one day accepted. Hugh Everett comes to mind as an example of one who was scoffed at in recent history.

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    1. Don W profile image83
      Don Wposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Scientific knowledge cannot be based on anything other than scientific method. That is what scientific knowledge is, by definition. And this rigour is why science is such a successful method of aquiring knowledge.

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      1. A Thousand Words profile image67
        A Thousand Wordsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        I will disagree with you here. Science is often influenced by money. Data can be "tweaked" and other data can be ignored to meet an end. But, in my opinion, any "scientist" that take's part in such things is no scientist.

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        1. Castlepaloma profile image75
          Castlepalomaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Is there not more money into Religion than there is into science?

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          1. A Thousand Words profile image67
            A Thousand Wordsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I think there's too much going into religion, but what does one have to with the other? I love science. I love the scientific method. I love it in its purest form. But that doesn't change the fact that companies do their own studies, which is always suspect. Not to mention that money discourages studies that may make their own findings questionable or show the efficieny of an alternative, natural remedy (if we're talking medicine)  . Why else would pharmaceuticals be so widespread and there be so little empirical research done on natural herbs and remedies? Because you can't patent nature (unless you genetically modify it).

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        2. Don W profile image83
          Don Wposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Anyone can develop an hypothesis about anything within the scope of science, and they do, for all sorts of reasons. That's not the same as something being accepted as scientific theory though. Unless an hypothesis is falsifiable, testable, repeatable, peer reviewed, parsimonious and able to make consistent, accurate predictions based on observed data, then it isn't, and can't be, scientific theory. It can only ever be just another hypothesis, along with all the others. Going the other way, data can definately be ignored but that doesn't prevent something becoming scientific theory, regardless of how much money people spend trying to prevent that from happening (think tobacco and cancer, think climate change etc).

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          1. A Thousand Words profile image67
            A Thousand Wordsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            At the end of the day, however, money talks. Otherwise there would be much more empirical research done on alternative medicine. (No I'm not talking about homeopathic, but I am talking naturopathic)

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            1. Don W profile image83
              Don Wposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              "Naturopathic medicine is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and possibly dangerous practices. Much of the ideology and methodological underpinnings of naturopathy are in conflict with the paradigm of evidence-based medicine" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturopathy

              Do you think that might be the reason for the lack of scientific interest?

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      2. Live to Learn profile image60
        Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        In a perfect world, yes. However, 'science' is used to manipulate our beliefs on a daily basis. It's a joke around here that you can find scientific studies to back up anything you want to believe. And, although we all know this, we still base many of our beliefs on one study or the other.

        Many branches of science have helped foster the incredible reality we enjoy. The success of these branches, unfortunately, have allowed others to be simply rubber stamped as irrevocable truth. This is unfortunate because there are so many minds closed to any thought processes which don't begin at a certain point. Those which refuse to allow themselves to ponder 'what if'. And, 'what if' is the first step to discovery.

        For the individual, the scientific method is a wonderful thing to test, discover and come to conclusions about reality. But, those who insist that main stream, text book science is the only definer of reality and current conclusions are to be trusted implicitly are voluntarily deciding to let others test, discover and not only come to conclusions on their reality, but also prohibiting their experience from being used to help understand reality.

        Science has, since its inception, come to some incredibly erroneous conclusions. Granted, through the method it has corrected these fallacies when enough evidence is presented which forces the model to change but generations are fed lies as truth, only to slowly, ever slowly correct these fallacies. Human ego factors in greatly during scientific research and it does, very often, result in human error being passed off as truth.

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        1. Castlepaloma profile image75
          Castlepalomaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Interesting post live to learn

          Always thought of science and Religions means to an End, were often too extremes. Yet often think of science as a branch to everything and Religion too lost in space yet with some good metaphor stories.

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          1. Live to Learn profile image60
            Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I think they are extremes when either is accepted without full knowledge of what is being accepted. I'm not talking about what is easily verifiable; but things we simply take for granted as truth simply because we read it somewhere.

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  4. wilderness profile image95
    wildernessposted 8 years ago

    But religions have evolved through time, from it's morality to what it considers true.  Most of Christianity now accepts evolution and an ancient earth.  Morals have changed as well, with women (for the most part) being accepted as real people and a handful offering gay marriage.

    Religion has thus "adjusted" it's "understanding" to match what is known as well as what is considered "right".

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    1. janesix profile image61
      janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      One religion, anyway.

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  5. Oztinato profile image74
    Oztinatoposted 8 years ago

    Tim Minchins quote is totally at odds with his websites extremely intolerant comments about religion. It is filled with the most vile pornagraphic and decidedly unscientific verbal diahorrea you can get.
    As usual the unbridled hypocrisy of another atheist "leader" leads the pack with gross unscientific bigotry on a scale seldom seen in history.

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    1. janesix profile image61
      janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Well sorry, I didn't know anything about that guy before I posted the quote.

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      1. Castlepaloma profile image75
        Castlepalomaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Verbal diahorrea is that mental or phyical illness? Anything like happy ass BS.
        Pastors are the world champions of BS. Why are most people so enslaved by these fairytales.

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      2. Oztinato profile image74
        Oztinatoposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Not only that Minchin and other atheist leaders use a parasitic reliance on religious intolerance to further their careers which is highly unethical and grossly materialistic.
        Minchin takes the cake for obscenely gross comments about religion and pursues an agenda of total intolerance.
        Yes there are BS pastors out there but the sheer vileness and depth of Minchins personal vindictive hatred of all religion goes way beyond a little BS and into the strastospheric realms of human ugliness.
        He is no where near a scientist and is basically just a comedian who makes a buck riding the wave of fashionable new atheism.

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  6. jacharless profile image74
    jacharlessposted 8 years ago

    All Science begins on faith, not fact. Facts are gathered after the step of jumping into the unknown (blind faith) occurs. Once a fact is prepared, a hypothesis is formed, resulting in testing/experimentation until no other test can be performed or is exhausted of effort -and often funding.
    Science is merely the equative side of the Moral Dilemma. Sensationalism the other side. In today's society, Science has taken the lead, whereas Sensation did some time ago. Both need each other to survive. Data does not excite the masses, but liking a photo on a smartphone does. So, Science uses Sensation to sell the masses and Sensation uses Science to keep them in control. The race goes back and forth, but can never end, unless both are eliminated.

    Cheers,
    James

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    1. wilderness profile image95
      wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      You have a very strange view of how scientists operate.  I assume you have never been trained in the sciences or the scientific method?

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      1. Live to Learn profile image60
        Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        I assumed since he ended with cheers that some heavy drinking went into formulating that opinion.

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        1. wilderness profile image95
          wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Could be.  Is heavy drinking a scientific method of making conclusions? smile

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          1. Castlepaloma profile image75
            Castlepalomaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Lo
            I may miss you guys.

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            1. janesix profile image61
              janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              I don't think you're really leaving....

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              1. Castlepaloma profile image75
                Castlepalomaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                As some as my pot&ISIS thread slows down, I'm gone.

                I talk and share better on film.

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        2. jacharless profile image74
          jacharlessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Still playing the role of antagonist, I see.
          By the way, assumption is the mother of --well, you already know...

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    2. Lucid Psyche profile image60
      Lucid Psycheposted 8 years ago

      Before the scientific method came into use many people believed that it was possible for nonliving matter to come to life. Contrary to that belief experimental evidence always demonstrates that this never happens. Nevertheless, Naturalists must believe that life comes from non-living matter. Why? Because it's one of the guiding tenets of their philosophy (faith).
      Naturalism is the guiding philosophy of science. Science (as currently defined) can never question the strictures of Naturalism. When experimental data contravenes it's philosophical strictures ... that data is ignored.

      "Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved" Absolutely correct.

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      1. Don W profile image83
        Don Wposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Methodological naturalism is a limitation of the scope of science to nature. Nothing more. Metaphysical naturalism is the idea that only natural (not supernatural) phenomena exist. This is a very important distinction. Methodological naturalism means that someone can be a naturalist, and also hold religious beliefs. It is methodological naturalism that is the guiding philosophy of science. That is why there are many scientists who also have religious beliefs, and many people with religious beliefs who also happen to have good scientific knowledge.

        In relation to metaphysical naturalism, can you share some examples of scientific data that "contravenes" that philosophy?

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        1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
          Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          I already shared an example. Didn't you notice?
          The idea that life can come from non-life contradicts scientific evidence. Spontaneous generation is in the same class of beliefs as the flat earth belief. Nevertheless those who have made Naturalism their religion must ignore the scientific evidence and insist that a method of investigation which only accepts Naturalistic causes will be adequate to ultimately explain the origin of life.
          If some Naturalistic scientists also hold "religious" beliefs I would say that there is a problem since both are not likely to be true (cognitive dissonance). The logical principle of Non-Contradiction also comes to mind.
          Methodological Naturalism has been useful but it also has glaring limitations if scientific knowledge is to evolve.

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          1. wilderness profile image95
            wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            "The idea that life can come from non-life contradicts scientific evidence."

            Really?  And yet science has already performed that - has made life from non-life.

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            1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
              Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Yeah, I read that book ... Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                See the reply to janesix.

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            2. janesix profile image61
              janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Really? Do you have a link to your source?

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this
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                1. janesix profile image61
                  janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  That isn't life from non-life. The cell was already living.

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                  1. wilderness profile image95
                    wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    You mean the cell without any DNA in it?  Living?

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                    1. janesix profile image61
                      janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      Yes. It wasn't dead was it?

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                    2. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                      Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      Notice that a careful reading of what synthetic biology involves reveals that these engineers are designing and constructing new biological parts, not life. They are redesigning existing biological systems (highlight the word "existing"). Not bringing systems to life or creating life from scratch with non-organic chemicals as would be required to get the first life started.
                      Man made DNA (which requires intelligence) is injected into an already living cell. The DNA was modeled on a natural organism which already existed.
                      The irony here is that even if man does create life he is using intelligence to do so. Intelligence is what Naturalism must avoid if it is to be proven correct.

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          2. Don W profile image83
            Don Wposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            No, life arising from non-living matter (abiogenesis) does not refute the philosophy of metaphysical naturalism. The non-living matter referred to in abiogenesis is thought to be a combination of organic compounds (compounds that contain carbon). Such compounds are natural, not supernatural.

            And no, abiogenesis does not "contradict scientific evidence". On the contrary, scientific evidence is being used to determine which specific model of abiogenesis is most likely to be correct. This is a scientific question. No reference to the supernatural is needed.

            And no, having scientific knowledge and holding religious beliefs is not an example of cognitive dissonance. Someone can adhere to the limited scope of science, in their capacity as a scientist, but also consider beliefs and ideas outside the scope of science, in their capacity as a thinking, feeling person (yes scientists are people). That's what distinguishes methodological naturalism from metaphysical naturalism. A scientist does not have to believe the supernatural does not exist (metaphysical naturalism). They just need to understand that the supernatural is outside the scope of scientific inquiry (methodological naturalism). Such naturalism is not dogma or "religion". It is a practical and necessary aspect of scientific method. To suggest otherwise is disengenous.

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            1. wilderness profile image95
              wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              +1 well said

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            2. Lucid Psyche profile image60
              Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Could you provide examples of life coming from non-life Naturalistically in a laboratory??? Sounds sort of impossible to me.
              "And no, having scientific knowledge and holding religious beliefs is not an example of cognitive dissonance."
              Believing things wherein one excludes the rational prerogatives of the other IS cognitive dissonance. Artificially limiting the scope of scientific inquiry and interpretation to the ideological strictures of Naturalism is disengenous especially when evidence obtained under the auspices of methodological naturalism indicates otherwise.
              " ...  scientific evidence is being used to determine which specific model of abiogenesis is most likely to be correct. This is a scientific question. No reference to the supernatural is needed."
              Those scientists who use the "scientific" method and also hold religious beliefs probably realize that no model of abiogenesis works without supernatural intervention. Naturalists through the work week and church goers on Sunday or whatever ... not against hedging their bets when the Naturalistic chips are down. LOL
              At least Anthony Flew was honest enough to come forward with the truth.

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                "Could you provide examples of life coming from non-life Naturalistically in a laboratory??? Sounds sort of impossible to me."

                You want a "natural" result from the "unnatural" environment of a laboratory?  Sounds like you're deliberately setting up an experiment to fail in order to make some kind of point.

                "Artificially limiting the scope of scientific inquiry and interpretation to the ideological strictures of Naturalism..."

                What would you have science study?  the (undefined), located at (undefined) and possessing the qualities of (undefined)? 

                "Those scientists who use the "scientific" method and also hold religious beliefs probably realize that no model of abiogenesis works without supernatural intervention."

                What makes you think so?  Because you think a god did it all?  Seems insufficient to then say that everyone agrees, particularly as you refuse to prove your claim.  Disliking the scientific method of inquiry, you won't even supply a different method!

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                1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                  Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  "You want a "natural" result from the "unnatural" environment of a laboratory?  Sounds like you're deliberately setting up an experiment to fail in order to make some kind of point."

                  Sort of ... the point I was making is that you can't get a natural result from the unnatural environment of a laboratory. Wait! What?! Did you just say what I was trying to get you to realize? wink

                  "What would you have science study?  the (undefined), located at (undefined) and possessing the qualities of (undefined)?"

                  *What science has always studied of course. Then follow the evidence where it leads rather than reinterpreting the evidence according to the absolutist strictures of Naturalism. After all that's where some poor deluded ideologues get the idea that there is zero evidence for the existence of God.

                  "What makes you think so?  Because you think a god did it all?  Seems insufficient to then say that everyone agrees, particularly as you refuse to prove your claim."

                  The scientists who are able to hold mutually exclusive beliefs to be sufficiently or equally true if such is the case (I wasn't the one who implied that some Naturalistic scientists are religious). In fact I don't really care. But if these are the same scientists whose thinking we trust to reach logical scientific conclusions there just might be a problem LOL.

                  Specifically, what claim? That God did "it all"? I don't remember making that claim. The claim I will stand behind is that Naturalistic processes did not do it all. Specifically create life from non-living chemicals.

                  "Disliking the scientific method of inquiry, you won't even supply a different method!"

                  See asterisk above.
                  Simple. Unless there's a particular ideology (Naturalism) that's more important than the truth.

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                  1. wilderness profile image95
                    wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    For sure you can't get a "natural" action in a laboratory, not when it happens in a beaker.  At least I presume that's the excuse to be used - comes from setting up artificial requirements and definitions that have nothing to do with reality, which is what I said.

                    For sure they should follow evidence.  But evidence of what?  A god?  Guess that's where simpletons get the idea that science fails, because they imagine there is some when there is not.

                    My own experience is that people use different methods and reasoning to find things.  Some use science to find knowledge while at the same time use imagination and desire to find their god.  No problem - the two are different things (fact and opinion) and an honest scientist will always present them that way.

                    I understand your claim that something unnatural (call it a god) made life.  What I don't understand is the reasoning that makes that opinion - is it more than ignorance ("I don't understand") or a mere desire that it be so?

                    See asterisk for a methodology to be used in research?  And the answer is to study the same things always studied?  Sorry, but that doesn't make much sense, particularly as the subject was a dislike of the scientific method.

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                    1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                      Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      You're so accommodating in making my case for me.
                      "For sure you can't get a "natural" action in a laboratory, not when it happens in a beaker. "
                      "At least I presume that's the excuse to be used - comes from setting up artificial requirements and definitions that have nothing to do with reality ..."
                      So much for trying to force a Naturalistic cause to design life! Right? When the obvious answer is that it's just simply not possible? Right?

                      "For sure they should follow evidence.  But evidence of what?

                      Whatever the evidence is of course! Should evidence be summarily dismissed if it isn't ideologically acceptable to Naturalistic philosophy?

                      A god?  Guess that's where simpletons get the idea that science fails, because they imagine there is some when there is not.

                      An a priori adherence to Naturalistic philosophy is not a search for truth ... which is what science should be about. Does truth matter? Not when ideology comes first.

                      "My own experience is that people use different methods and reasoning to find things.  Some use science to find knowledge while at the same time use imagination and desire to find their god."

                      Thanks for this admission. You create an artificial dichotomy between science and a desire for the truth by equating anything outside the strictures of Naturalism as imagination and desire.
                      Imagination and desire are  the obvious source of the "just so" stories Naturalists are substituting for real science in the case of origins of life and the universe itself!

                      "No problem - the two are different things (fact and opinion) and an honest scientist will always present them that way."

                      I think that you just excluded Naturalism  from the true mission of science.

                      "I understand your claim that something unnatural (call it a god) made life.  What I don't understand is the reasoning that makes that opinion - is it more than ignorance ("I don't understand") or a mere desire that it be so?"

                      It's evidence.  Evidence of design is evidence of a designer. If scientists are not smart enough to suss out the origin of life from Naturalistic causes because of the incredible complexity existing in the simplest forms of life then that indicates that there is a intelligent cause.

                      "See asterisk for a methodology to be used in research?  And the answer is to study the same things always studied?  Sorry, but that doesn't make much sense, particularly as the subject was a dislike of the scientific method."

                      When did I say that I dislike the scientific method? What I don't like is ideological Naturalism having a Hitlerian authority over interpretation of evidence especially since it's proven itself wrong.

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                    2. vector7 profile image59
                      vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      "I understand your claim that something unnatural (call it a god) made life.  What I don't understand is the reasoning that makes that opinion - is it more than ignorance ("I don't understand") or a mere desire that it be so?"

                      May I ask if that is a joke, or a serious inquiry?..

                      Do tell, if you have intelligence.. which is "evidence of intelligence existing".. undeniable evidence.. cough cough, HERE.. you are trying to imply theists ignorant for taking the stand there could be an INTELLIGENT cause?

                      [  -_- I certainly feel like this post is a waste of typing, but couldn't resist pointing out the obvious... ]

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    3. jacharless profile image74
      jacharlessposted 8 years ago

      Am sorry, but must strongly disagree. Faith is not the denial of observation, myth is. And there is a massive difference between them.

      In order for Faith to activate, something must be observed, experienced -be it an event, an object or sensation.

      And, with regard to Science, how is that any different? In order for the Method to activate, something must be observed, experienced -be it an event, an object or sensation.

      Belief does not make things true anymore than Facts makes things true. Yet Faith enables  both to exist and express themselves as they do.

      Both Science and Sensation begin with Faith. Two expressions of a singular -the human condition. To deny it is pure ignorance and just plain ole dumbness of an individual.

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      1. wilderness profile image95
        wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        "Faith is not the denial of observation"

        Really?  We observe evolution happening, but faith requires that it not be so, so it isn't.

        We observe that being gay is genetically cause, but faith requires that it not be so, so it isn't.

        We observed long ago that the earth was not the center of the universe, but faith required that it was, so it was.

        We observe that there is zero confirmation of any god, let alone a specific one, but faith requires it be there, so it is "proven" to exist.

        Faith ignores observation and fact just as long as possible; as long as it doesn't hurt church membership in other words.  Only after that happens does faith suddenly change and accept observation.

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        1. jacharless profile image74
          jacharlessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Are you mad? Apparently you know little of the thing defined as faith and even less regarding the applications of Science and Sensation.


          I have no idea how this is relevant to the convo, and therefore must conclude you have some ulterior issue or motive for its mention. Science has already proven sexuality is NOT genetic/hereditary, therefore it can only be presumed that it is a conscious decision, based on whichever personal events have manifested the sensation, etc.


          Again, madness. YOU or WE did not observe a bloody thing. We assumed, based on previous analogies/testing said event. Is the test conclusive as being acceptable? yes.


          Ugh. the 0 calculation is currently inconclusive. Hypothetically, the theory says the equation must equal zero. Therefore between 1 and -1 the probability for "something" can exist which inspired the Big Band. Why do YOU assume it is a god scenario?


          This is merely self ambiguity and very dangerous. Faith by its very nature is an action. It is therefore required to be the a priori, else  posteriori to an event, be it Science or Sensation.

          Again, I am sorry, but your "logic" is stupid and makes no true rational case, nevermind a thorough investigation leading to a determination -a factually considered scenario. Word salad is tasty, yes, but it isn't worth anything after eaten. In fact, like Chinese food, it leaves one hungry 20 minutes later...

          SMH. Humans, the strangest animals I ever met.

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          1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
            Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            For me learning to distinguish between when someone is parroting the party line and when they are forwarding a legitimate argument saves time. Do you think that anyone has ever really observed evolution happening? Or that there is zero confirmed evidence for the existence of God?
            wink

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            1. jacharless profile image74
              jacharlessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Precisely.
              When either approach is asked, not demanded, to produce the experiential, both dissolve in rhetoric or fall back on their laurals of some pseudo-clastic series of inconclusive "experiments", on a variety of things within nature, be they planets, comets or microbes, else some predesigned "fact" which is nothing short of experimentation gone a mock, leading to dead end questions...

              The zero probability is inconclusive, therefore one, of a truly curious and discovery passionate mind, cannot rule out the probability of a mediator, a Creator.

              In my personal experience, the term G/god is not applicable, because anything humans put their intense focus on can be defined as a G/god. In our current society Science is the latest go, whereas a hundred years ago Sensation was.

              Plus the original term itself is of a pagan origin. Take for example Hindu philosophy which contains nearly 3 million G/gods....

              There is, however, overwhelming support of the existence of a Creator. Nature itself provides the tangible evidence, proving randomness or chance are not true claims, but false flags of the human condition. Something made this entire experience we define as life. And no matter how the spin doctors of Science or Sensation bend and twist it, the evidence remains....

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                "There is, however, overwhelming support of the existence of a Creator. "

                Fascinating.  Can you give just two examples of evidence for an intelligent creator?

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                1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                  Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  You've been presented with the cosmological evidence a number of times. In this thread you've been presented with the obvious necessity of an intelligent  designer at the micro-biological level. Which btw was enough to ultimately convince the renowned and ardent atheist Anthony Flew of the existence of God.
                  There are more. I lack the time or patience to continue if someone refuses to apply an evenhanded analysis to what has already been presented.

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                  1. wilderness profile image95
                    wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    No, I've been presented with "I don't know, so it has to be a god".  Ignorance, in other words, followed by a made up solution that answers all questions without regard to truth.

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                    1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                      Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      The evenhanded analysis is still absent. Even when evidence is obtained under the auspices of methodological naturalism it cannot be interpreted rationally if rationality points to non-Naturalistic causes.

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            2. wilderness profile image95
              wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Talk to a dog breeder.  They are quite familiar with evolution in action.
              Talk to a microbiologist. They are quite familiar with evolution in action.
              Talk to doctors.  They are quite familiar with evolution in action.
              Talk to companies "breeding" for a better strain of wheat.  They are quite familiar with evolution in action.

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              1. Live to Learn profile image60
                Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                You have some interesting ideas as to what constitutes evolution. Dogs, from what I have read, if their breeding is left unguided would result in a complete collapse of identifiable breeds within about 20 generations. So, no evolution in action. Only selective breeding. Not the same thing.

                I suppose with doctors you are talking about super bugs and different strains of virus mutating? Not sure that fits the bill of what the standard person defines as evolution. It may be a good example of survival of the fittest but, we are still battling the same types of organisms. If we see a virus become something other than a virus....maybe.

                You should probably define better, as to the strains of wheat. Yes, they are selectively modifying these plants but we still have wheat. It isn't evolution as much as it is artificially ensuring that certain traits desirable for higher yield are dominant in the final result. Non GMO is beginning to be the mantra of those who are eating these strains so better might not fit as a good classification for them.

                I think the problem is where each person sets the bar. What we observe and what we are capable of manipulating is obvious. It is not so obvious that this would automatically mean life sprang from non life which is the beginning premise of the theory of evolution.

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                1. wilderness profile image95
                  wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  Evolution is the result of an environment affecting the reproductive capabilities of an animal (or plant, or man).  That the environment includes another species is inevitable in this world; that the other species includes man is also inevitable.

                  A dog breeder or wheat researcher, then, is as much a part of the environment as a volcano and can (and does) affect the evolution of a species as much as any other environmental cause.

                  Ah, yes - the old, old argument that if it doesn't meet the believers definition of change it isn't evolution.  I once had a discussion on evolution with a die hard denier who, given increasingly complex examples of evolution in action finally said that she would believe only when she could see, on every street corner, a dog giving birth to a cat.  Very much like saying that when a bacteria evolves into something it was not it isn't evolution because it is still a bacteria, isn't it?  I don't care what the "standard person" (read believer that denies nature exists) thinks the definition is - evolution is the changing of a species into what it was not.  And that includes genetically gaining abilities it did not have, like resisting penicillin.

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                2. wilderness profile image95
                  wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  "It is not so obvious that this would automatically mean life sprang from non life which is the beginning premise of the theory of evolution."

                  This single statement is an absolute indicator that you, yourself, have no concept of what evolution is or how it works.  The concept of evolution does NOT have anything to do with the formation of the first life, and that formation is NOT the "beginning premise of the theory of evolution".  Evolution concerns itself ONLY with the change within a species - one life from another.  The study of abiogenesis is NOT the study of evolution.

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                  1. Live to Learn profile image60
                    Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    I'm afraid they must go hand in hand. Yes,abiogenesis would have to come first. But, evolution theory assumes we can trace life back to the first life on this planet. I would think the first life on this planet would be a result of abiogenesis. Unless, we assume it is of alien origin. Then, we'd have to start all over again tracing where that came from.

                    Seriously, do you honestly believe evolution concerns itself ONLY with the change within a species? If so, I can see why you would think that  dog breeding might qualify. Evolution is as much about the branching out of new species from one as it is about the minor changes in one specific species.

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                    1. wilderness profile image95
                      wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      No, they do not go hand in hand.  The father of evolution (Charles Darwin) made it very clear that his (then) new theory did not address that question and it has not changed since.  They are two very different questions, with causes/events/answers completely unrelated to each other.

                      Yes, it is only within a species.  Eventually, of course, that species changes to the point that it can no longer be called the same species as the one 1,000 generations ago that gave rise to it, but any two intermediate organisms are still the same species as the other.  Is that the problem?  That you think mother and child should be two different species and you've never seen that happen?

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              2. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                "Live to Learn" is correct. None of the examples you provided show evolution in action. By the standard Naturalistic evolution provides the process of evolution takes million of years. A human life-span is not long enough to to observe a species actually evolving.
                Fossil evidence is required to assess whether a species has evolved over time and thus far that evidence is not above dispute.

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                1. wilderness profile image95
                  wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  And yet we do see bacteria evolving.  Fruit flies, too.

                  Evolution does not necessarily take millions of years, only a large number of generations (to form a truly new species, not a single new individual).  Not all species have generations that take 20+ years; some take only minutes.

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                  1. janesix profile image61
                    janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    Speciation has never once been seen in fruit flies or bacteria.

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                    1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                      Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      Correct. In fact if Naturalistic evolution were to occur exceedingly rapidly as in the alleged case of Naturalistic evolution from primate to modern man an adequate explanation should be forthcoming. I've not seen one.

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    4. Lucid Psyche profile image60
      Lucid Psycheposted 8 years ago

      Faith: 1. Complete trust or confidence in someone or something:
      Presumably trust is required to have complete confidence because proof is lacking to some degree.

      I would say that the amount of faith required for me to remain an atheist became insupportable because of evidence that contravened my atheistic beliefs. That's the sense in which I use the word faith and by which I equate it with a philosophy (Naturalism) that is by my reckoning no longer worthy as a methodology by which to evaluate the ultimate scientific questions involving existence and experience.

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    5. Reviewsbypat profile image60
      Reviewsbypatposted 8 years ago

      So if science is honest, why does medical science have people sent home from hospital to die with no hope. Cancer research has not changed since the 50's and the progress made is at a snails pace. Google the "renegade doctors or miracle doctors" they are MD's who speak out regardless of the danger it could have on their careers. And what about the science of energy, we are still paying through the nose for vehicles powered by fossil fuels and we could be travelling at unbelievable speeds at no cost by technology being suppressed by the powers that be. This is only one example of energy produced by magnetics... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGJnG-00Gc  So in conclusion, the practice of religion dishonestly will yield the same result as science practised dishonestly.  It will yield very little and will be used as an excuse by those who wish to avoid what the pinnacle of knowledge has to offer if approached with honesty.  The human component of vices and passions has interfered with the progress of scientific progress just as it has with the growth of holiness and spiritual freedom in God.

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      1. wilderness profile image95
        wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        "why does medical science have people sent home from hospital to die with no hope"

        Probably because the doctors have no hope of recovery.

        "Cancer research has not changed since the 50's "

        Meaning we understand no more now or that research is still continuing?

        "we could be travelling at unbelievable speeds at no cost by technology being suppressed by the powers that be"

        Have you fallen for yet another perpetual motion myth?  Energy from nothing?  Yes, it is a dishonest myth.

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        1. Reviewsbypat profile image60
          Reviewsbypatposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Hi Wilderness, thank you for your comment. The information on cancer research was obtained from MacMillan Cancer Research group UK.  The research is continuing but not to find a cure, but rather a treatment which is not the same as a cure.  Check Dr. Joel Wallach and his book "Dead doctors don't lie". 
          The link on Free Energy I provided is not about perpetual motion, but rather harnessing electrons to provide an electrical charge to illuminate a light bulb. This could be used to provide full spectrum light to grow vegetable plants in a 1/3 of the normal time taken to do so, which might help in situations of food shortage etc.  Check aquaponics on google search.  Words like quack, scam and myth were used freely and frequently regarding Nikola Tesla, the gentleman who inverted Thomas Edison's DC charge into an AC charge which revolutionised the electrical energy industry.  The organisations and personages who bandied about these insults converged on the hotel room Tesla occupied in his last few weeks before his death. These organisations were from a myriad of governments. Governments who refused Tesla funding, when J.P Morgan halted Tesla's funding due to the fact that Tesla intended to provide electricity free for everyone on the planet via the Tesla Coil, the planet is a huge magnet also...north pole...south pole etc.  Tesla's research was taken but some of his creations are well documented and are not regarded as myth. Once again thanks for your opinion and comment.

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          1. wilderness profile image95
            wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I'm sorry, but "harnessing" electrons - removing them from their orbits in atoms - takes energy.  Energy which could have been used the light the light bulb without the intervening steps and without the inevitable energy loss those steps take.  There IS no "free" energy to be had, although such things as tidal, lightening, etc. could be harnessed.  It, too, is not free, but at least it takes no actions of man to create it.

            As far as not searching for a "cure" for cancer - is that because it is neither virus nor bacteria and thus cannot be "cured" in the sense of being eradicated?

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            1. Reviewsbypat profile image60
              Reviewsbypatposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              You are correct cancer is a mold and mold is destroyed by soda bicarbonate, ask the Italian doctor who is injecting his female patients with breast cancer with off the chart success!

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                For sure.  And the blind studies showing the efficacy of the "treatment" can be found where?

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        2. Reviewsbypat profile image60
          Reviewsbypatposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Wilderness, I would like to retract the link to the video which shows the magnetic generated light for the lamp.  It's a fake, and was exposed.  I'm not convinced there is no such thing as free energy, but this is not an example of that. Sorry...peace wilderness...p

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      2. Live to Learn profile image60
        Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        I heard an interview with a doctor on the radio the other day. He said he got to thinking about it and he knew no doctor who died in the hospital. They all died at home. It was strange, because there are so many people dying in the hospitals. Doctors, when they know there is nothing more that can be done, go home to die in the comfort of their own homes. Unlike the rest of us, who they will insist stay in the hospital to be poked and prodded and tested; only to be resuscitated to start the process again until nature insists on having its way.

        Medical science is not the marvel the commercials lead you to believe. An honest doctor will tell you, honestly, when there is nothing more they can do.

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        1. Reviewsbypat profile image60
          Reviewsbypatposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Well said, so very true!

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    6. Zubair Ahmed profile image73
      Zubair Ahmedposted 8 years ago

      I think religion and science go hand-in-hand one without the other is lost. Even though the scientist without religion out of ego will like to say "religion holds sciences back" and  the one with limited knowledge of science will say "science leads people away from god"

      In reality though these two strands in our life lead us to the truth...the more you explore science leads you to realise that there is more to life than what we currently know. The more you study religion and practice the more you become aware that there is a greater purpose of being alive.

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      1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
        Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        +1

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      2. wilderness profile image95
        wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Yes, sciences us how ignorant we are.

        But religion teaches there is a purpose?  Outside of our decision to declare that there must, somehow, be a purpose, how?  Yes, we like to think there is some deep purpose in our existence, but how does religion teach that?

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        1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
          Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          The essence of religion and true Christ-ianity introduces faith in the unseen. "Church-ianity" is another matter.

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          1. wilderness profile image95
            wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            But faith, while taught, does not teach anything.  Devoid of any necessary connection to reality or truth, it cannot.

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            1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
              Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Faith in the unseen.
              Strangely, it is the unseen that sets us free.
              And it teaches the truth.
              Don't ask me how.
              It just does.
              For instance I once had an art teacher that could sense the ghosts of dead artists helping him as he painted.
              Like they gave him insights and bits of truth to painting while he painted.

              One time I had a large poster of a painting by Monet.
              Like 6ft by four.
              I taped it on the wall since I could not afford such a big glass frame.
              Strangely, I could not get it to stay on the wall.
              Finally, I put it upside down. It stayed on the wall.
              Then, as I analyzed the painting upside down, I could see clear as day that he had actually painted parts of it while the canvas was UPSIDE DOWN!
              I believe that was Monet throwing the poster off the wall and then giving me the idea of putting it upside down.
              He wanted to teach me something. cool

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                No, you had an art teacher who said he could sense ghosts that helped him.  That doesn't mean he actually did - it doesn't mean that faith in those ghosts taught him anything at all.  Far more likely is that his own mind taught him.

                That a poster wouldn't stick to the wall taught you...what?  That you should turn all posters upside down?  That you should turn all Monet's upside down?  And where does faith come into it?

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                1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
                  Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  No: that he painted parts of it when the canvas was upside down. His pictures of reflections in water were painted that way I believe. He wanted to share this technique. Or I just somehow was able to tune into this technique.
                  Faith is tuning into the unseen, the invisible realm of reality.
                  My art teacher/university professor's mind was tuned into knowledge retained in the minds (?) of those who had passed on.

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                  1. wilderness profile image95
                    wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    The prof: how do you know that?  Because you have faith - because you want it to be true?

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                    1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
                      Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      Because he knew things! He did not get them from books. He got them from painting.
                      He got them from the beyond while painting … !  Why would he tell us this if it wasn't something he believed? He did not feel the source of his knowlege came from himself, but from beyond himself.

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            2. Live to Learn profile image60
              Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              That appears to imply you know nothing of faith; or you were raised in some religion which obviously had great expectations as to how far your faith was supposed to take you. Faith is connected to reality and truth. Some faiths, anyway.

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                Faith connected to reality and truth isn't faith anymore; the proper term is knowledge.

                One might have faith their spouse will come home tonight, and it is faith.  When the spouse does come home it is now connected to reality and becomes knowledge.  It might be true, it might be real, but until it becomes knowledge there is no connection - only faith.

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                1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
                  Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  What about sensing when your husband is going to come home?
                  Even as a kid, when I babysat, the house would be in horrible disarray and the kids not in bed, but it was past their bed time.
                  I would always seem to know when the parents were about to arrive and manage to get everything in order/ kids in bed, just before they walked in the door.
                  This happened to me often. I could sense when someone would arrive, even though I was not sure exactly when.

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                  1. wilderness profile image95
                    wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    Sorry, the future is not fixed.  There is no predestination (I have faith smile ).

                    While it is possible that telepathy is real and true, I wasn't speaking of "just before they walked in", but of hours before. Similarly it is possible (again, through telepathy) that you sense people have an intention of visiting, but that does not mean they will make it to your door.

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                2. Live to Learn profile image60
                  Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  Faith in the existence of God; because of the reality you experience is still faith. Unless someone can prove his existence. But, the truth of your belief is constantly validated by the reality of your experience. It doesn't mean any more than that your faith is validated daily.



                  I hope I'm never put into the position of having to have faith my spouse will come home. It's a somewhat shaky relationship if such a simple thing requires faith.

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                  1. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
                    Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    - he means faith as in KNOWING, based on concrete facts.
                    I am talking about faith based on KNOWING non-concrete facts. smile

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                    1. Live to Learn profile image60
                      Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      I think what he meant was there is no faith when you have concrete facts.  But, yes, I do get that you are talking about having no facts.

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                    2. wilderness profile image95
                      wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      "Non-concrete facts".  As in something you hope is true but have no idea if it is or not?

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                  2. wilderness profile image95
                    wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    No, the "truth" of your belief is "validated" by your decision to associate it with a god.  It is not, so your "truth" is not necessarily truth at all.  The "validation" is nothing more than your own faulty conclusions that the experience shows a god.  Thus faith has no necessary connection to reality; it may have or it may not, but your validation is nothing more that an increase of faith.

                    A little difference in outlook and philosophy; I have faith every day that my wife will come home.  She may not: she may have a car accident, she may leave me or ISIS may get her.  But I have faith that none of those things will happen; I have to or I'll go crazy with worry.

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                    1. Live to Learn profile image60
                      Live to Learnposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                      I'm afraid I can just as easily state that anyone's statement that there is no god is simply the result of faulty conclusions. I'm not certain saying it would necessarily make me right; just as your statement only validates your opinion on the subject.

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    7. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
      Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years ago

      faith: "Complete trust or confidence in someone or something" …  based on intuitional knowing.

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    8. Kathryn L Hill profile image76
      Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years ago

      Why do you say the future is not fixed?

      The future is fixed based on the will of individuals and chains of events which occur accidentally or intentionally. Certain futures are eventualities.
      Like, at some point, my heart will stop beating. This is fixed.
      WHEN it gives out may or may not be predestined.
      Some believe it is!

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    9. jacharless profile image74
      jacharlessposted 8 years ago

      Faith in the "unseen" is applicable.
      Again, because Faith, the action of pure application, supercedes Reason: the genetically provided data/information, in every human being. Faith supercedes because it is validated by application.
      Faith is void of necessity. Where there is Faith there is no need. Where there is need there is Reason. And as we all know, Reason is the constant conflict defined as the human condition, the Moral Dilemma, the stumbling, the blockade of experience.

      For those who disagree, I ask, which tests have you genuinely performed regarding evolution, regarding natural selection (Darwinism), regarding the theologies of Science and Sensation?

      I wager you have done no organic analysis but have relied solely on information provided by others to justify your position, which makes you a drone, a robot, a lifeless expression of someone else ideology....

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      1. wilderness profile image95
        wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Interesting philosophy.  Those that learn from others are drones and lifeless while those that make up stories and believe them to be true are driving the knowledge of the race.

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        1. jacharless profile image74
          jacharlessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Mincing words again?

          Knowledge is not the correct term for fact either. Knowledge is the collection of information. How that information is engaged, spliced and diced is called Reason. Every experiment done by Science or Sensation exists from within the realm of Reason because, generally, people have a "need to know", to unravel said information in a way it makes "sense" to them.

          Faith supersedes Necessity, Knowledge and Reason because it is the action of application of information without the indulgence of it. It is not at all void of knowledge. But, in order to be called Faith it must be purely applied and experienced.

          Science isn't experiencing anything, neither is Sensation. Both may think they are, but by their own history, have scads of proof to show they are not. Both lack the one important thing that would satisfy them: pure experience. Experience would reveal that genetic information correctly, and there would be no "yeah, but what if". Why? Because it would be void of necessity to know, void of questions, doubts. It would be understood. It would be a tangible experience.
          Let me see any scientist or sensationalist do that in their laboratories of choice. Choice, get it. Lol

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    10. HollyCurtis profile image54
      HollyCurtisposted 8 years ago

      Haha.  Oh man...why is it that generally the anti religious folks like to get into it like this online?  Why can't we all just LOVE ourselves and EACH OTHER.  Oh, but that would mean you'd have to respect our views as well...that is such a pathetically easy quote to say so many "shut down" responses for that I am not going to waste my time.  If you're going to post a quote like that, at least find one that makes you think. 

      Oh but hold on, I don't THINK!?!  I'm HIGHLY spiritual!  Oh but that's not "religious" is that...huh...goodness, I guess this is confusing.  Being that you can't be religious or keen to certain religious beliefs without being labeled anti intellectual.  IF you're an atheist, stop being a wimp and hiding behind religious-hate-posts.  I mean, who ... cares?  This isn't and never has been a topic that even has relevance.  You're comparing cats and dogs while trying to say "YOU'RE ALL WRONG YOU DOGS!  YOU'RE A DOG OK WELL YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE WRONG AND I'M RIGHT. HA!" 
      Who cares if I and many others that have ever known me believe and have experienced that I can connect with the other side and with actual Angels...that I've heard dead men whisper to me.  That's not science though.

      Look up Doreen Virtue.  reading the first two lines of her bio are much more intellectually stimulating than this quote, haha.

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      1. vector7 profile image59
        vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Yep, I'm sure you have had "dead men" whisper to you. Too bad you don't have a clue who you're REALLY talking to.. lol (sry, personal experience and opinion statement, just for the record not debating)

        Yes, you're highly spiritual, I can certainly agree and believe it. You're also highly emotional which extra-dimensional (yes, dimension.. i.e. spirit) beings find as a trait to exploit when looking for a sucker to deceive.

        Second paragraph debatable.. I hope the joke here was recognized. Though the post is a serious one. Believing whispers just because they are supernatural does not imply true counsel. Actually, rationally speaking the opposite is generally held by those who are aware of what you communicate with. I've seen their nature. It was my first personal proof of good & evil, spirit, God etc.

        Just um.. pouring thoughts here. Like water? 

        PS, don't get emotional on me! lol (just kidding) smile

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    11. vector7 profile image59
      vector7posted 8 years ago

      wilderness said:

      ""Thank you for the allusion to the laws of physics. You'll need to explain how the "laws" and "directed organized energy" EVOLVED. "

      But isn't that what I said?  We don't know so it must be a god?  Ignorance as evidence of an ET making us?"

      _________________________________________________________

      Well, you're about an inch away from never receiving another productive reply. lol

      Because repeating, repeating, repeating... and at that avoiding due to lack of validity, avoiding due to lack of validity, avoiding due to lack of validity.. (or in other words any real truth at all lol)

      I don't have time for stupidity. Some people in the world like to carry productive conversation. I may play, but in case you haven't noticed, I'm very much into understanding what it is I'm discussing. If I don't understand it I research and don't discuss. No point looking like a fool when one is aware they are ignorant regarding a particular subject.

      Being I've mentioned that, looking silly and all.. Please at least be SOMEWHAT diligent to contribute productive behavior and stop cluttering the thread and wasting my time with redundant retreat from the subject.

      If you can't do anything but run when confronted with the truths in life.. I'm respectfully going to make it a point to bring the childishness into the light, and I will stoop levels, or at least have been known to. I'm better than most trolls here because well, though I hate to admit this.... I was taught by the best troll ever to exist on hubpages. lol But I prefer not to stoop, and may just vanish if the trolling gets plain void of any intelligence. There has to be wit and fun in it, otherwise.. mm it's more like your repeated repeated repeated repeated... ( <-- I'm trying to make my irritation understandable here.. because it is. lol )

      By all means, play, have fun, be sarcastic and stubborn... All acceptable (at least by me) But with all sincerity please stop wasting my time, the notifications are getting ridiculous as there is never anything to reply to when I open the page and see your name.

      I hope to not have to stop conversing on this site again so soon. This was the reason I left for two years.. lol

      This is all meant with sincere intent and honest respect. I mean no disrespect, but it is irritating.

      If you have a rebuttal that is valid, or explanation rather.. now is the time. Unless?

      Blessings

      smile

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      1. wilderness profile image95
        wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        LOL  If you want a rebuttal you're going to have to give something to rebut.  Beyond an unsupported opinion, that is.  We can both give that all day long, but it does get rather boring when the reasoning to reach that opinion is never detailed.

        You have data supporting the existence of your god (or any other god, for that matter), present it for rebuttal.  We can discuss your evidence that way, and you'll either get a rebuttal or an agreement.

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        1. vector7 profile image59
          vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

          "or explanation rather" - no rebuttal necessary. Burden of proof is resting on you here.... Your claims, your explanations. You adopt it, you explain it child of darwinian logic.........

          Are you suffering amnesia.. The subjects are:

          One] Electromagnetic Force and it's "evolution", origin, or cause.

          Two] Laws of Physics and it's "evolution", origin, or cause.



          You are proving your lack of any true "ground" regarding anything you hold as "truth."




          And btw, your straw man arguments and cowardly insults have gotten completely beyond my grasp.

          I BEG YOU TO CONTINUE SO I MAY USE IT AS AN ONGOING EXAMPLE! lol

          PS, If you can't reply regarding the two subjects I posted.. I'll take that as you have absolutely no answer whatsoever and are not worth my time. Though I forseen this from your other trolling posts I gave you an opportunity. lol)

          Got an explanation for either oh scientific one? [NOPE] lol

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          1. wilderness profile image95
            wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            No, the topic is the insinuation that not knowing the cause, origin or mechanics of EMF shows there is a god.  You still haven't provided anything but the statement itself, which is nonsense as far as I can tell.

            I've repeatedly asked for evidence of a god, but gotten nowhere.  And that's the only real "claim" I've made - that there is nothing but our ignorance being offered and that isn't enough.

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            1. vector7 profile image59
              vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

              lol

              Thank you troll. I will gladly shed light upon the trolling for the community to see the insanity..


              PS... pahahhaha lol [I'm really laughing.. serious.. you have no idea.. it almost makes me... sad sad, just not that sad...]

              Please refrain from replying to my posts, as you will be wasting your time. You will receive no reply.

              Good day sir. smile

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              1. wilderness profile image95
                wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                Fair enough - I never did expect a reply.  At least not one that addressed the topic.

                You have a fine day as well.

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                1. vector7 profile image59
                  vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  One exception, but not one post after!

                  I apologize for seeming so rude. I am entirely too addicted to sarcasm and consumed in being young at heart. But I don't hate you, or even dislike you.

                  But I'm still keeping my word. I hope you accept my apology if I have offended you. I typically don't catch how some of my posts come off toward people.. (rare breed i am, many offended by me.. hmm life sucks? lol)

                  Take care wilderness, I actually really like your name.

                  Goodnight.

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    12. vector7 profile image59
      vector7posted 8 years ago

      The problem is you can't know. I don't mean you in particular.. To say you know is a lie. Perhaps one you tell yourself and believe, but a lie nun the less.

      "Thank you for the allusion to the laws of physics. You'll need to explain how the "laws" and "directed organized energy" EVOLVED"

      It didn't. it's always existed in one form or other. It can't be created or destroyed. It's what the singularity you live in is and always was made of. The laws are energy's nature, and the thing people refer to, know it or not, when they say "nature".

      ~Slarty O'Brian

      ________________________________________________________

      "it's always existed"

      Going to need to know how you "know" that, since my "know" is a "lie" that "you(i) tell yourself(myself)" lol
      Plus I believe you are um.. making a claim you cannot validate. I would very much like to see it if you do though. I know the Laws.. Please don't give me the 5th grade re-run while you're at it, just saying. big_smile

      If it ALWAYS existed by the way.. Could you explain why when theists claim God "always" existed they are um... "ignorant and delusional" i think is what i catch from the trolls typically. I am always asked how such is possible. I now direct the question they have asked me for over ten years....

      To you. lol  wink

      How is it possible something always existed. (no beginning, no end - btw if it sounds familiar it's from THE BIBLE. lolol true, but yes i'm goofing off, sorry)

      If you manage this.. well, I'm going to get up and dance like a flipn jester man.. and no I'm not being sarcastic. I'm serious as death by stroke right now. It may be hilarious to me, but I WILL be dancing lol

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      1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
        Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        If you don't mind may I have a go.
        "How is it possible something always existed. (no beginning, no end ..."
        From our present physically oriented framework it's difficult if not impossible to conceptualize time as being non-existent. Yet Einstein's GTR which is accepted as being scientifically established shows that time, space and matter are co-relative. One does not exist in the absence of the others. We also know that the natural realm ... space, time, and matter did begin to exist simultaneously. The fact that they began to exist demonstrates that they had a cause that was timeless (outside of time).
        I've covered this in more detail in other posts. The problem here is that scientific evidence is strongly at odds with Naturalistic philosophy.

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        1. wilderness profile image95
          wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          "The fact that they began to exist demonstrates that they had a cause that was timeless (outside of time)."

          Can you support this idea with something more than that everything in the modern universe has a cause (which is, in itself, untrue)?  You ARE talking about something that is completely outside of our experience; how do you know that it required a cause?

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          1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
            Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            The First Principles of Logic. Logic is based on the presupposition of universal truth in the form of the First Principles.
            Can something / anything BEGIN to exist without a cause? Every effect has a cause that is both necessary and sufficient.

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            1. wilderness profile image95
              wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              But there is no "First Principle of Logic".  And if there were it would not address natural as that has nothing to do with logic.

              Now add in that we already know events/actions that happen on a random basis and that the Big Bang did not happen while current natural laws were in effect, and that First Principle has quite a problem.

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              1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                Recognize any of these?

                Identity. If it is true, then it is true; if it exists, then it exists.

                Non-Contradiction. If it is true, then it cannot be false; if it exists, it cannot NOT exist.

                Excluded Middle. A (singular, unity) concept cannot be somewhat true and somewhat false; a (singular, unity) thing cannot somewhat exist and somewhat not exist.

                Cause and effect. Every effect has a cause that is both necessary and sufficient.

                Cogito (Descartes). Because I doubt my own doubt, it is true that I think; because I think (truth), I must exist (fact).

                These are known as the intuitive principles without which rational thought is impossible.

                "And if there were it would not address natural as that has nothing to do with logic"
                If you're saying that Naturalism has forsaken logic ... I agree. It shouldn't be necessary for me to defend logic. If you want to argue against cause and effect it might interest you to know that The Principle of Causality is the fundamental principle of science.  Francis Bacon said, "True knowledge is knowledge by causes". David Hume said, "I never asserted so absurd a proposition as that something could arise without a cause."

                "Now add in that we already know events/actions that happen on a random basis and that the Big Bang did not happen while current natural laws were in effect, and that First Principle has quite a problem."

                What problem? That there were no natural laws pre-existing the natural realm (time, space, matter)? Why would they?

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                1. wilderness profile image95
                  wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  Great!  Now let's discuss intuition - that "feeling" of truth without evidence.  Sometimes true, sometimes eventually shown to be false after more information surfaces.

                  Like the intuitive "logic" that everything requires a cause.  This is the one out of the bunch that is not about a statement being true or false - it is itself a statement about nature and is not a logical relationship  at all.  It does not concern itself with the reasoning process, but is a statement of natural "law".  It does not belong in a list of logical processes, and doubly so as recent information shows that it is false.

                  Never forget GIGO.  Impeccable logic with a false premise (all events require a cause) will produce garbage as a conclusion from the argument.  (You could almost include GIGO in your list, in fact!).

                  But don't blame poor  Bacon or Hume - both died long before the information was known.  Their world - everything known about it - indicated a causal effect for every action.  It may have been an unwarranted conclusion to declare that because they had never found anything different that there  WAS nothing different (much like declaring that because we never discovered a god there isn't one), but it's hard to blame them.  Everything they looked at had a cause (although we're likely to find that some of those things only had an assumed cause).

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                  1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
                    Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    wilderness: "Great!  Now let's discuss intuition - that "feeling" of truth without evidence.  Sometimes true, sometimes eventually shown to be false after more information surfaces."

                    Do you really think that principles of logic will be eventually be shown to be false??? LOL! I don't know why I'm even discussing this with you, you're obviously just obfuscating because you don't have a real counter argument. The reason the "intuitive" principles of logic are so called is because they are so profoundly obvious and fundamental that they can't be proven by more fundamental principles.

                    wilderness: "Like the intuitive "logic" that everything requires a cause.  This is the one out of the bunch that is not about a statement being true or false - it is itself a statement about nature and is not a logical relationship  at all.  It does not concern itself with the reasoning process, but is a statement of natural "law".  It does not belong in a list of logical processes, and doubly so as recent information shows that it is false."

                    Do you realize the absurdity of that statement? Or were you just hoping I would let it slide? Cause and effect is absolutely fundamental to the reasoning process! Without the First Principles (ALL OF THEM) rationality is not possible ... as you're so ably demonstrating.

                    The words of Hume and Bacon still stand. Nothing has ever been discovered to nullify the fact that, "Every effect has a cause that is both necessary and sufficient." If something had been discovered to that effect then all reasoning, all rationality and science itself would be invalidated! Irrationality would be unavoidable. But I'll abet you in this ridiculous folly ... tell me what recent information nullifies logic in general and causality in particular? What does your randomness hypothesis do to Determinism? A lot of atheists are going to be unhappy to discover that we do have free will. And even if an event does appear to be random that doesn't mean it was uncaused! Randomness is a transparent ruse.
                    The fact that you're arguing against causality shows the desperation of the situation you've put yourself in. Why don't you argue against truth??? It amounts to the same thing. What are you afraid of?
                    You go ahead and take your stance with irrationality ... it proves my point that atheism is irrational.

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                2. vector7 profile image59
                  vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  Ever argued a definitive point with a magic eight ball?

                  The results are the same. It's scientific fact. smile

                  (The opposition almost never comprehends objectivity/subjectivity. The redundant appearance of "god" sarcasm as a debating point being the indication.)

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        2. vector7 profile image59
          vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Alluding to the "time" in the space, time, and matter;(which is in itself concentrated energy I believe, if my years old memory of the research is holding together, which it MAY NOT. And it's morning so will correct later if needed. lol)

          From what I've studied concerning relativity.. isn't time merely the "tool" used to calculate the relations and interactions of all that is within "space" and "matter"... ?

          e.g. ~ A "day" is a measurement of rotation of the earth. The velocity of the earth determines much of nothing regarding our "time" measurement though. If we for example apply another method to measuring the complete rotation of the earth it could be a "ten hour day" if say our measurement system [aka time] was not composed of seconds, minutes, and hours. Instead, the system could be based metrically, and the "24 hours" would be "ten sections" which in turn (metric) would be broken into ten again, until we had increments all based on a decimal system. Or to push the point home, another example could be binary ( which would suck for us lol )... etc..

          So then, (to me) "always existing" has never been an issue. Because though I cannot prove nor understand not having a beginning I can certainly see the possibility considering my above views, however far from my grasp or understanding it may be. Especially considering I am very able to envision something never ending.

          [edit ~ I know that time is based on the constant of the speed of light in the theory, but I have also observed theories that suggest time is constant here and now where we observe it. The theories are based on light years and the fact we can see light from distances that, if E=mc² were true for the entire existence of the universe.. we would not be beholding the light from stars so distant. This is just a general summery though.]

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          1. Lucid Psyche profile image60
            Lucid Psycheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            "From what I've studied concerning relativity.. isn't time merely the "tool" used to calculate the relations and interactions of all that is within "space" and "matter"... ?"
            Yes, I suppose that's a reasonable way to reference time within a physical system. But it's something of an aside to the main point in that something timeless, spaceless, and immaterial preceded the natural realm. That something is the natural realm's necessary and sufficient cause. What atheists balk at is the obvious conclusion to be drawn, to wit, the idea that only natural laws and forces have ever been in effect is disproved by accepted scientific discovery.

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            1. vector7 profile image59
              vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

              I agree, it is beside the point, but it consumes the idea altogether that something cannot be "timeless" which is the other gibberish I've been pestered with by those that claim the first point of natural laws lacking a cause.

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      2. Slarty O'Brian profile image80
        Slarty O'Brianposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Ok. So as I said, to say you know for a fact when it comes to origins is a lie because we can’t yet. But we can and do build models. The god model exists, and the science model is coming along nicely if we ignore string theory.

        I’m interested in science philosophy.

        Lets start with some logic. For there to be anything that exists now, something has always had to exist. Existence is the default state. Were it not, nothing would exist because you simply can’t get something from absolutely nothing.

        Hence why people say god has always existed.

        Now, I can prove logically that a god must exist, as long as we define god as that which produced all this. Obviously we didn’t produce ourselves, so something out of necessity produced us. Simple. That something is what we call god.

        But, the proof doesn’t tell us if this god is intelligent or not.

        In the past most people would assume it is. But there is an alternative. Again, something must have always existed. Until recently no one could say what that might be besides a conscious god. A guess, but really the one around.

        Since the advent of modern science, however, we found another candidate for the uncaused cause: energy. 

        Energy can’t be created or destroyed. The only thing energy does, is transform. It has, in fact, transformed into everything we can think of.

        The universe is made of it. The BB is said to have been the universe in a highly dense state. What was this compressed substance? Energy.
        Energy meets all the requirements of the first and second part of the argument. Energy is as far as we know: eternal, having always existed in one form or the other. It’s expansion created the universe, stars, planets, biology, and everything else, from itself.

        The way energy produces things is in layers. The atomic layer is it’s home. It formed atoms which when bonded in various combinations produce the material we see and experience in this layer. This layer interacts affecting the atomic layers, creating more diverse substances We and all things exist and function by the rules set down by the nature of energy.

        Again, when we say nature, we are saying the nature of energy. Contrary to the belief that energy is just work done by matter, Relativity tells us that condensed energy creates matter.

        Cause and effect is the result of energy’s  nature.

        God is everywhere they say. Well, energy is everywhere and in all things. In fact there is nothing but energy. God is light. Energy is light.

        In fact most of the claims about god are true of energy.

        Reincarnation of a sort is an ongoing thing through life. As energy that was part of you joins with other systems. This process goes on after death. An individual thing may no longer exist, but all the energy that made up that thing never dies, is never destroyed, it just goes on to form part of other things.

        Does it retain any memory of us? We don’t know, though it’s possible. We can record information in the form of energy.

        Still, I can’t promise anyone heaven much less a soul. Nature doesn’t seem to work that way.

        But how much more personal can a god be? You’re a literal part of it, made from it; not just in its image.

        Is energy perfect? No, but nothing is ultimately perfect. If a god creates, it has a need to create. Anything with needs is not perfect by definition. Creation of any kind comes as a response to the fulfillment of need. A perfect thing has no needs and no need to create anything.

        Besides which, imperfection causes conflict, so until everything is perfect, nothing can be truly perfect.

        But from the standpoint of human beings who cherish creativity, it’s the perfect creative force.
        Is it omnipotent? Well what does that mean? Is it all powerful? In the sense that it is the most powerful force in existence, yes.

        Does it provide morality? Sure does. I’ve written a lot about natural morality.

        Is it conscious? No. But it doesn’t have to be. Neuroscience shows us that consciousness is a tool that helps educate the subconscious. What in the world would energy need to learn? We are the ones who need to learn cause and effect for our survival. God doesn’t need consciousness. It has its nature. It is its nature.

        Is there a purpose for all this? Well there seems to be. Energy keeps refining its creations. They evolve from the simple to the complex. Again, creativity is a response to conflict and conflict demands a resolution. That new resolution is always a new order. It seems as if the universe is trying to work out its problems through creation. Hence, it seems to be looking for perfection. Probably with no chance of reaching it, but who knows?

        After all, creation only comes as response to need. And all this from the ramifications of the laws of thermodynamics and conservation.

        So for those who need to have a purpose in life, what more noble purpose can there be than working to toward perfection for all, with everything you do, know it or not. Everyone is doing god’s will, so to speak.

        And death is just giving up self for a higher cause. Nothing that was you is dead, it’s just not an individual anymore. You are sill part of the all.

        So what if it actually reached perfection? It would have created the god-state. The totality creating god, rather than a god creating totality.

        Now all of the above was written in such a way as to be able to relate this story to the religious. But all of it is based on science and the laws of nature to show that there is an alternative to a conscious god.

        This is creation from the bottom up; from energy, the smallest of the small creates the most complex. From imperfection to perfection.

        Not a universe from the top down where a super being creates from the most complex down to the smallest of the small, and from “perfection” to imperfection.

        I hope all this gave you a laugh. Part of it is from a hub I wrote on the subject. I specifically didn’t write it as a science lesson, as requested.

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        1. vector7 profile image59
          vector7posted 8 years agoin reply to this

          I started on an outline, but have since been interrupted. I would love the opportunity to discuss a few of the points you've mentioned though.

          I do intend to reply, soon hopefully, when I have the opportunity.

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      ahorsebackposted 8 years ago

      All to much in life is confused by  interpretation ,much like all  this mumbo jumbo !  I had a science teacher that  began his home room  morning ritual by praying  ! If you wanted to join him , you were welcome , Now there is a wise man ! Sorry folks  if its good enough for him .....it is for me !

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