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#151 Gaming-Planet
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That's hard to answer since there is no proof. Life is a mystery.

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#152 MindFreeze
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[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"][QUOTE="MindFreeze"][QUOTE="-_Rain_-"] Your statement is an absolute one in the theological sense in and of itself, therefore your logic is as consistent as the mood of a bipolar meth addict. To say that no theological statement can be absolutely true is an absolute theological statement. So unless you'd like to wrap your head around the infantile concept that A cannot equal Not A, I'd suggest you not start accusing others of not thinking very much.

You are still avoiding the fact that I am not making any claim of truth of the existence of any deity, an absolute moral stance, etc. It is completely different to analyse the claims and say no one can ever know. Ever heard of agnosticism?

You are making a claim of truth on the truth of theological statements; ergo, I don't care if you're talking about God or morality or whether or not Santa is an anagram for "Satan" because Santa is the Antichrist; you are making an absolute theological claim. Agnosticism is not what you are doing, since agnostics don't claim to know the truth and don't claim to know when others can know the truth.

I give up. Your stance does not allow of any claim whatsoever and does not get one anywhere. I am not, NOT, saying I have the truth. I am saying NO ONE can have the truth on matters outside of the physical realm. That does not mean I cannot say people claiming knowledge of the metaphysical can never have the truth; I am not making any claim beyond the physical.
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#153 _EvidencE_
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Higgs boson
Composition: Elementary particle
Family: Boson
Status: Hypothetical
Theorized: F. Englert, R. Brout, P. Higgs, G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, and T. W. B. Kibble 1964
Spin: 0

The Higgs boson (nicknamed the God particle) is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known fundamental scalar particles in nature.

OP...seriously. Asking atheists to answer a question about a particle that doesn't in any way exist and there is no proof that is exist is not only asking for a flame war, but is idiotic too.

It's a theorized particle. If Stephen Hawking can figure out the secret behind gravity (I won't go into detail for what, it's complicated) he can prove that not only God didn't exist, but that the big bang as well as evolution can be proved by science.

So, answer me this OP, what's the difference between a intelligent man's theory that he can prove our existence, the universe, and that it makes sense, and a theorized particle that doesn't exist and has no proof of it existing?


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#154 -_Rain_-
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[QUOTE="MindFreeze"][QUOTE="-_Rain_-"][QUOTE="MindFreeze"] You are still avoiding the fact that I am not making any claim of truth of the existence of any deity, an absolute moral stance, etc. It is completely different to analyse the claims and say no one can ever know. Ever heard of agnosticism?

You are making a claim of truth on the truth of theological statements; ergo, I don't care if you're talking about God or morality or whether or not Santa is an anagram for "Satan" because Santa is the Antichrist; you are making an absolute theological claim. Agnosticism is not what you are doing, since agnostics don't claim to know the truth and don't claim to know when others can know the truth.

I give up. Your stance does not allow of any claim whatsoever and does not get one anywhere. I am not, NOT, saying I have the truth. I am saying NO ONE can have the truth on matters outside of the physical realm. That does not mean I cannot say people claiming knowledge of the metaphysical can never have the truth; I am not making any claim beyond the physical.

My claim is that your claim is absurdly inconsistent. To absolutely claim that there is no absolute truth in anything is to claim to have an absolute truth of that thing; thus it is self defeating. Example: all absolute statements are false.
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Higgs boson
Composition: Elementary particle
Family: Boson
Status: Hypothetical
Theorized: F. Englert, R. Brout, P. Higgs, G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, and T. W. B. Kibble 1964
Spin: 0

The Higgs boson (nicknamed the God particle) is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known fundamental scalar particles in nature.

OP...seriously. Asking atheists to answer a question about a particle that doesn't in any way exist and there is no proof that is exist is not only asking for a flame war, but is idiotic too.

It's a theorized particle. If Stephen Hawking can figure out the secret behind gravity (I won't go into detail for what, it's complicated) he can prove that not only God didn't exist, but that the big bang as well as evolution can be proved by science.

So, answer me this OP, what's the difference between a intelligent man's theory that he can prove our existence, the universe, and that it makes sense, and a theorized particle that doesn't exist and has no proof of it existing?


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Stephen Hawking cannot prove God doesn't exist, and never tried. Science doesn't prove or disprove anything related to God. Finally, there is a distinction between "existence" and "proof of existence." If you have no birth certificate or social security number, you cannot prove your own existence; do you not exist?
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#156 _EvidencE_
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[QUOTE="_EvidencE_"]

Higgs boson
Composition: Elementary particle
Family: Boson
Status: Hypothetical
Theorized: F. Englert, R. Brout, P. Higgs, G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, and T. W. B. Kibble 1964
Spin: 0

The Higgs boson (nicknamed the God particle) is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known fundamental scalar particles in nature.

OP...seriously. Asking atheists to answer a question about a particle that doesn't in any way exist and there is no proof that is exist is not only asking for a flame war, but is idiotic too.

It's a theorized particle. If Stephen Hawking can figure out the secret behind gravity (I won't go into detail for what, it's complicated) he can prove that not only God didn't exist, but that the big bang as well as evolution can be proved by science.

So, answer me this OP, what's the difference between a intelligent man's theory that he can prove our existence, the universe, and that it makes sense, and a theorized particle that doesn't exist and has no proof of it existing?


-_Rain_-

Stephen Hawking cannot prove God doesn't exist, and never tried. Science doesn't prove or disprove anything related to God. Finally, there is a distinction between "existence" and "proof of existence." If you have no birth certificate or social security number, you cannot prove your own existence; do you not exist?

Do some research, once he proves why gravity cause an inbalance-he can prove the big bang by science which therefor would leave no room for God. In a way, he is proving that God doesn't exist. Science solves the loop holes that religion forgot. Science just makes more sense, it can and does disprove God.

As for your little analogy, your contredicting yourself. A birth cirtificate, a SSN, does not prove existence. A card is a card. Now think-it might seem absurd but everything we see is really just a holographic image, we are but energy and we only see energy. No one really exists in a definable way-by SSN or otherwise. I probably contradicted myself somewhere in there but the point gets accross.

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#157 mlisen
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So if this is the God particle, does it mean that God (should one exist) is present inside everything at any given time?
In which case there are many gods? Countless figures of them?

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#158 Gaming-Planet
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So if this is the God particle, does it mean that God (should one exist) is present inside everything at any given time?
In which case there are many gods? Countless figures of them?

mlisen

sorta like that... the only thing that's keeping humans a live is the sun and our earth (kinda like having two Gods)

God is probably not he or she but an it.

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#159 ImmoDuck
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So if this is the God particle, does it mean that God (should one exist) is present inside everything at any given time?
In which case there are many gods? Countless figures of them?

mlisen

I remember reading The God Theory by astrophysicist Bernard Haisch, in which he explained his view that God lives in all of us, and creation constantly goes on through quantum mechanics, etc. It was interesting. Actually, quantum physics in general seem interesting.

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[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"][QUOTE="_EvidencE_"]

Higgs boson
Composition: Elementary particle
Family: Boson
Status: Hypothetical
Theorized: F. Englert, R. Brout, P. Higgs, G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, and T. W. B. Kibble 1964
Spin: 0

The Higgs boson (nicknamed the God particle) is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known fundamental scalar particles in nature.

OP...seriously. Asking atheists to answer a question about a particle that doesn't in any way exist and there is no proof that is exist is not only asking for a flame war, but is idiotic too.

It's a theorized particle. If Stephen Hawking can figure out the secret behind gravity (I won't go into detail for what, it's complicated) he can prove that not only God didn't exist, but that the big bang as well as evolution can be proved by science.

So, answer me this OP, what's the difference between a intelligent man's theory that he can prove our existence, the universe, and that it makes sense, and a theorized particle that doesn't exist and has no proof of it existing?


_EvidencE_

Stephen Hawking cannot prove God doesn't exist, and never tried. Science doesn't prove or disprove anything related to God. Finally, there is a distinction between "existence" and "proof of existence." If you have no birth certificate or social security number, you cannot prove your own existence; do you not exist?

Do some research, once he proves why gravity cause an inbalance-he can prove the big bang by science which therefor would leave no room for God. In a way, he is proving that God doesn't exist. Science solves the loop holes that religion forgot. Science just makes more sense, it can and does disprove God.

As for your little analogy, your contredicting yourself. A birth cirtificate, a SSN, does not prove existence. A card is a card. Now think-it might seem absurd but everything we see is really just a holographic image, we are but energy and we only see energy. No one really exists in a definable way-by SSN or otherwise. I probably contradicted myself somewhere in there but the point gets accross.

Science. Has. Nothing. To. Do. With. God. People can say God caused the Big Bang if they want. Science doesn't touch religion. Do some research. Even Stephen Hawking himself knows this. Yes, you contradicted yourself severely.
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#161 BumFluff122
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Something to ponder... Why in the world do people say "Do some research" when they disagree with someone?

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#162 -_Rain_-
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Something to ponder... Why in the world do people say "Do some research" when they disagree with someone?

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Do some research and you'll find out.
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#163 BumFluff122
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[QUOTE="BumFluff122"]

Something to ponder... Why in the world do people say "Do some research" when they disagree with someone?

-_Rain_-

Do some research and you'll find out.

I'm blind, dumb and deaf. I type with my psychic abilities.

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[QUOTE="_EvidencE_"]

[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"] Stephen Hawking cannot prove God doesn't exist, and never tried. Science doesn't prove or disprove anything related to God. Finally, there is a distinction between "existence" and "proof of existence." If you have no birth certificate or social security number, you cannot prove your own existence; do you not exist?-_Rain_-

Do some research, once he proves why gravity cause an inbalance-he can prove the big bang by science which therefor would leave no room for God. In a way, he is proving that God doesn't exist. Science solves the loop holes that religion forgot. Science just makes more sense, it can and does disprove God.

As for your little analogy, your contredicting yourself. A birth cirtificate, a SSN, does not prove existence. A card is a card. Now think-it might seem absurd but everything we see is really just a holographic image, we are but energy and we only see energy. No one really exists in a definable way-by SSN or otherwise. I probably contradicted myself somewhere in there but the point gets accross.

Science. Has. Nothing. To. Do. With. God. People can say God caused the Big Bang if they want. Science doesn't touch religion. Do some research. Even Stephen Hawking himself knows this. Yes, you contradicted yourself severely.

Science in itself is not there to disapprove God. It is there to fill the loopholes and make things work, which un-voluntarily shuts down religion.

However, as far as I know I didn't contradict myself, atleast not severely. I said God doesn't exist and science proved that. You said What defines existence or proof of existences and I said we don't actually exists, nothing exists we are but energy. Nothing contradictory there.

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[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"][QUOTE="_EvidencE_"]

Do some research, once he proves why gravity cause an inbalance-he can prove the big bang by science which therefor would leave no room for God. In a way, he is proving that God doesn't exist. Science solves the loop holes that religion forgot. Science just makes more sense, it can and does disprove God.

As for your little analogy, your contredicting yourself. A birth cirtificate, a SSN, does not prove existence. A card is a card. Now think-it might seem absurd but everything we see is really just a holographic image, we are but energy and we only see energy. No one really exists in a definable way-by SSN or otherwise. I probably contradicted myself somewhere in there but the point gets accross.

_EvidencE_

Science. Has. Nothing. To. Do. With. God. People can say God caused the Big Bang if they want. Science doesn't touch religion. Do some research. Even Stephen Hawking himself knows this. Yes, you contradicted yourself severely.

Science in itself is not there to disapprove God. It is there to fill the loopholes and make things work, which un-voluntarily shuts down religion.

However, as far as I know I didn't contradict myself, atleast not severely. I said God doesn't exist and science proved that. You said What defines existence or proof of existences and I said we don't actually exists, nothing exists we are but energy. Nothing contradictory there.

Science cannot touch religion, philosophy, morality, the concept of the aforementioned or anything remotely metaphysical, whether directly or indirectly. Science deals with the natural; what is and how it functions. That's it. In this sense religion has no "loopholes" and science can't "shut down" religion. If nature is viewed as part of a religious creation then science becomes part of religion; then what? Science has not and can not prove that God does not exist. If none of us exist, then God could exist in the same way we do; because if I don't exist, and if God doesn't exist, then that doesn't rule out God's existence as I apparently do exist.
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Science cannot touch religion, philosophy, morality, the concept of the aforementioned or anything remotely metaphysical, whether directly or indirectly. Science deals with the natural; what is and how it functions. That's it. In this sense religion has no "loopholes" and science can't "shut down" religion. If nature is viewed as part of a religious creation then science becomes part of religion; then what? Science has not and can not prove that God does not exist. If none of us exist, then God could exist in the same way we do; because if I don't exist, and if God doesn't exist, then that doesn't rule out God's existence as I apparently do exist.-_Rain_-

Metaphysics are not of this universe, they are merely conceptual abstractions.

Plus, morality and philosophy can exist without religion and the supernatural.

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[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"]Science cannot touch religion, philosophy, morality, the concept of the aforementioned or anything remotely metaphysical, whether directly or indirectly. Science deals with the natural; what is and how it functions. That's it. In this sense religion has no "loopholes" and science can't "shut down" religion. If nature is viewed as part of a religious creation then science becomes part of religion; then what? Science has not and can not prove that God does not exist. If none of us exist, then God could exist in the same way we do; because if I don't exist, and if God doesn't exist, then that doesn't rule out God's existence as I apparently do exist.foxhound_fox


Metaphysics are not of this universe, they are merely conceptual abstractions.

Plus, morality and philosophy can exist without religion and the supernatural.

And science doesn't do anything with conceptual abstractions. Like a bachelor. I never said otherwise. I said science cannot touch anything in those categories.
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And science doesn't do anything with conceptual abstractions. Like a bachelor. I never said otherwise. I said science cannot touch anything in those categories.-_Rain_-

But anything that isn't in the realm of science is not observable, testable or objectively verifiable.

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[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"]And science doesn't do anything with conceptual abstractions. Like a bachelor. I never said otherwise. I said science cannot touch anything in those categories.foxhound_fox


But anything that isn't in the realm of science is not observable, testable or provable.

Logic and philosophy never got us anywhere.
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#170 dylanmcc
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Religious arguments never go anywhere. Never.
I believe what I believe, you believe what you believe. Leave it at that and don't try to force your theories on me. I'm an atheist and you wont change that.