Evidence for God from Science

Hey Warhoop, question for a question 8) where did I say that a coexistent creation did not know God, or who he is? I didn't. So in a way, I think this answers your question. :? Soooo... you have another civilization created by God, that knows or has a relationship with God, indeed to support your h...

He didn't miss your point. You missed his. I know that modern atheists try to define atheism as a lack of belief in a particular god. You do this to avoid making the assertion "God does not exist," because then you would be forced to defend that assertion. What Dan is correctly pointing o...

Zeus is a mythical god; I don't believe in this mythical god; this does not make me an atheist. I already believe in a god To an atheist, all gods are mythical. Dan's view of Zeus pretty much sums up an atheist's view wrt all gods. Well now that's a different matter. But by "mythical" I d...

I don't think I said that. I tried to explain that agnostic can mean 'without knowledge' which is different to 'without belief'. Whilst I have no direct knowledge of Australia I believe it exists and would one day love to acquire direct knowledge of Australia, in a similar sort of way, although I r...

EVERYBODY is an atheist of sorts (do YOU believe in Zeus?) If Zeus suddenly revealed himself (or conclusive, compelling evidence of his existence and divinity were discovered), I imagine most Zeus-atheists would become believers in Zeus. If the evidence was somewhat less than conclusive, some Zeus-...

You know, I hate it when a question is answered with a question, but sometimes I'm that guy. If you are supposing a prexistant civilization that do not know who God is, then what purpose would "the mark" serve? How would that mark save Cain from retaliation or retribution, for what else w...

I think it is rather hard to distinguish myself, and from what little anthropology I've done at university and some casual reading it seems to me that the scholarly consensus is similar to my own thoughts on the matter but of course we are all entitled to our own opinions and there is a great deal ...

So the question becomes where do these morals come from?!?!? Why is there, in every person's heart, this drive for *what is right?*. I don't see the problem Zoe. The OP said he didn't need religion to be moral; I and others pointed out that any morals he possesses are purely down to the Christian c...

Heaven may know but being friends with people brought up in non-Christian cultures has led me to believe that my morals are not too dependent on the culture I was brought up in. I have found I have more in common with the morals of close friends brought up in very different cultures than I have wit...

The problem with this is that the Theist is unable to prove the existence of their God. So faith is required to believe in their God. On the other hand, it is impossible to prove the non -existence of anything , so your "2 is unprovable" is essentially meaningless. Try proving leprechauns...

We're born into the world with a sin nature. We are going to sin. That is a fact. But like Danny said, it's not an excuse. Also like Danny said, much of what we do is within our choice. But we can develop sin addictions that require us to get outside help to overcome. They can be serious enough tha...

DannyM: All you need do is count from the first mentioned son through the third mentioned son. Seth is the third mentioned son. It is not the purpose of a biblical narrative to name all the players. In fact, to get a credit in a biblical narrative really only occurs if that person in some way shape...

Wrong. Atheism is a belief that there is No God. Faith can be defined as believing in something which cannot be proven. Believing in No God is believing in something which cannot be proven. Therefore, atheism is a faith. This is philosophically correct. You cannot lump atheists with the agnostics -...

Atheism means a great many things to a great many people, as does theism. It's surely not tough to imagine an atheist viewing Christianity as parasitic upon morality - just look where THAT led, the argument works for either side and in my experience leads to little more than comparing lists of atro...

How does the third mentioned son equal the third son? If I say, "I have a daughter," does that mean that I don't have a son? Genesis 1-2 never mentions bacteria. Does that mean that God didn't create it? Using your "literal hermeneutic," it seems to me that is the necessary conc...