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by terminatordrei
Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:42 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Ruse vs. Dennett
Replies: 30
Views: 7435

I mean, as august has been...trying to get through to some of you, it's either omnipotent God or omnipotent chance-you can't say evolution is true and Christianity is true at the same time. They disagree on a point, so one of them must lose. Meh, if God being omnipotent would know what the outcome ...
by terminatordrei
Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:17 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Richard Dawkins: Dangerous idea
Replies: 25
Views: 7024

It has explained where the sense of morality comes from? I don't recall you showing this. Chillax. I was taking for granted the hypothesis proposed by Blind Electric Ray to show him that it doesn't explain everything about morality , especially the most important aspect, i.e. what moral values are....
by terminatordrei
Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:11 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Richard Dawkins: Dangerous idea
Replies: 25
Views: 7024

all human (and many animal) morals consistently center around one main point: if an action is helpful to the survival of the community, it is good; if an action is harmful to the survival of the community, it is bad. Evolutionary psychology only explains where the sense of morality came from, not w...
by terminatordrei
Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:12 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: God and causality.
Replies: 13
Views: 3469

But that's what the argument objects to. If God can only do what is possible, He is constrained by logic. Or putting it another way, logic exists prior to Him, at least that's what I got from the logic being created from pre-existing logic part. However, as has been mentioned before by others, logic...
by terminatordrei
Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:21 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: God and causality.
Replies: 13
Views: 3469

I get what you're saying Canuck and agree that science per se doesn't have a say in the existence of God. I also concur with you when you said that the coherence of an argument doesn't make it true. However, as I understand it, the crux of the issue here is whether God creating something would under...
by terminatordrei
Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:13 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: God and causality.
Replies: 13
Views: 3469

God and causality.

Hi y'all, A while ago I read a skeptical blog which set forth an argument that went something like this: (1)Scientific naturalism is based on the assumption that for every effect there is a natural cause. Causality is then, a relationship between two phenomena. One being present is both sufficient a...
by terminatordrei
Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:02 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Cruelty in the OT
Replies: 16
Views: 5026

Bump. I saw some of Israel's laws being regurgitated, and while you or that site may disagree with them from a 21st century Western cultural perspective as being harsh or cruel, Israel was special in that it had a covenant with God to remain separate and distinct from other nations around them as Go...
by terminatordrei
Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:24 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: The Selfish Gene
Replies: 14
Views: 5366

Are you a scientist? Do you feel qualified to assess whether something is or is not properly a part of science? What are your qualifications in this regard? No, but hopefully I'll be. I'm just a freshman in college majoring in biochemistry. I apologize if I came off as rude or arrogant. I shouldn't...
by terminatordrei
Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:05 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: The Selfish Gene
Replies: 14
Views: 5366

No problem. :) Here's another article on the same topic. http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1477776,00.html And a more scholarly critique: http://www.complexsystems.org/publications/coopgene.html ID is surely using science to further its arguement - so why is it a war - I think thi...
by terminatordrei
Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:09 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: The Selfish Gene
Replies: 14
Views: 5366

I haven't looked for any academic critiques but this article might be of interest to you:

http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/73
by terminatordrei
Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:50 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Cruelty in the OT
Replies: 16
Views: 5026

:o My question wasn't in any way mean-spirited. I apologize if I gave you that impression. I realise that the "contradictions" Kurieuo mentioned are not that, but misinterpreted passages. However, I was referring to a common critique I've heard that the Tanakh is full of atrocities like Go...
by terminatordrei
Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:29 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Cruelty in the OT
Replies: 16
Views: 5026

I have an idea of where you're getting at, but it won't work. They are not the usual moral relativists but think morality is both godless and objective.
by terminatordrei
Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:15 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Cruelty in the OT
Replies: 16
Views: 5026

Cruelty in the OT

Hello everyone,

How would you respond to people who point out to atrocities in the OT such as the ones in this website?

http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/biblequotes.htm