Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

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Post by Trolldor » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:58 am

It's also the only way of establishing a Supernatural entity.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:00 pm

The Mad Hatter wrote:It's also the only way of establishing a Supernatural entity.
I think we'd hit the "Flatland" problem with any supernatural entity.
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Post by Trolldor » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:02 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
The Mad Hatter wrote:It's also the only way of establishing a Supernatural entity.
I think we'd hit the "Flatland" problem with any supernatural entity.
Pretty much.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."

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Post by JimC » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:03 pm

The Mad Hatter wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
The Mad Hatter wrote:It's also the only way of establishing a Supernatural entity.
I think we'd hit the "Flatland" problem with any supernatural entity.
Pretty much.
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Re: Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

Post by Elessarina » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:07 pm

Ghatanothoa wrote:Clarke's third law

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Post by Trolldor » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:08 pm

And the thread was just pushed back several pages...
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."

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Post by Elessarina » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:13 pm

The Mad Hatter wrote:And the thread was just pushed back several pages...

Is that a snotty comment about MY post? I've actually done this whole discussion already about a year ago.

And apologies for not catching the thread: I have been out doing things you know: visiting people in London, having dinner with friends, working, running, cooking....

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Post by Trolldor » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:14 pm

:lol:

I just meant 'revisting' not regression.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."

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Re: Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

Post by charlou » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:28 pm

The Mad Hatter wrote:
If laws - as we have formulated them - are broken, they weren't quite as representative of how we thought nature operates, were they?
And once again, what we percieve, what we forumlate, completely irrelevant. We're talking about the laws of nature being broken by a supernatural entity, not our understanding of the universe being challenged by an unknown phenomena.

To make it very clear:
The laws of nature As they actually are. Not as we predict or evaluate or conclude or determine or forumlate.

We will never know a supernatural entity until we know for certain what the laws of nature are, but that doesn't change the requirements for being considered Supernatural.
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Re: Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

Post by Svartalf » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:32 pm

To OP
WTF :bunny:

Sure, deities are possible... they never were completely disproven... Now, since there's no evidence for them either, they can be treated as null factors in the equations of existence and completely ignored.
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Re: Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

Post by Pappa » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:42 pm

Svartalf wrote:To OP
WTF :bunny:

Sure, deities are possible... they never were completely disproven... Now, since there's no evidence for them either, they can be treated as null factors in the equations of existence and completely ignored.
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Post by Elessarina » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:45 pm

Pappa wrote:
Svartalf wrote:To OP
WTF :bunny:

Sure, deities are possible... they never were completely disproven... Now, since there's no evidence for them either, they can be treated as null factors in the equations of existence and completely ignored.
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Re: Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

Post by Pappa » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:47 pm

Elessarina wrote:
Pappa wrote:
Svartalf wrote:To OP
WTF :bunny:

Sure, deities are possible... they never were completely disproven... Now, since there's no evidence for them either, they can be treated as null factors in the equations of existence and completely ignored.
:clap:
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Re: Sorry Atheists, But Gods Are Perfectly Possible!!

Post by Svartalf » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:57 pm

Elessarina wrote:
Pappa wrote:
Svartalf wrote:To OP
WTF :bunny:

Sure, deities are possible... they never were completely disproven... Now, since there's no evidence for them either, they can be treated as null factors in the equations of existence and completely ignored.
:clap:
Invisible Pink Unicorn, flying teapot or FSM
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:57 pm

Always worth a listen...... Makes me laugh no matter how many times I hear it... :coffeespray:

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