Hi Rex,
This really grabbed my attention
This is what many Christians object to, when certain scientists make absolute statements that are not backed up by sufficient evidence and which often ignores other evidences. Perhaps the reason why some scientists dismiss the possibility of God is based far more on a preconceived philosophy.
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The above quotation could be worded like this: "This is what many athiests object to, when certain creationists make absolute statements that are not backed up by sufficient evidence and which often ignore other evidences. Perhaps the reason why creationists dismiss what some scientists say is based far more on a preconcieved philosophy."
You give a prime example at the beginning of your post, to quote,
The main reason why science cannot prove or disprove the existence of God is primarily because God is a infinitely more superior being than we are
Right off the mark you make the enormous assumption - which you then state as fact - that God is an infinitely superior being.
You haven't established the existance of "God", let alone what attributes this "God" possesses. Yet, this belief is crucial to whatever else follows. For instance, when certain phenomena can't be explained by scientists, creationists already have the answer...it requires no actual proof beyond the standard fare that is usually offered up by creationists - the "orderliness of the universe", the "uniqueness of man", archaeological "evidence", and anecdotal tales of miraculous events, the "stuff" urban legends may have been born of, but that's just my personal view of "miracles".
Tell me, how does the "orderliness" of the universe prove the existence of "God"?
Here's how you quoted one scientist as saying: "
This law, also known as the Second Law of Thermodynamics, says that left to itself any physical system will decay as its matter becomes increasingly disorganized. As I thought it through, it occurred to me that as the universe was still intact there must be an amazingly powerful organizing force at work, keeping the universe controlled and in order. What is more, this force must be non-material or it would disintegrate. Eventually I came to the conclusion that this omnipotent and controlling force was the God of whom the Bible speaks.’
Well, I'm no scientist by any means and I don't have any significant knowledge of physics beyond what a grade 12 education provided me with, but I don't think the scientist quoted was particularly bright.
Even I can see that under laws of physics which can be demonstrated mathematically and now actually be observed with raw data from equipment such as the Hubble as well as from the worlds' most sophisticated observatories, that all of the matter in the universe never gets to be totally at rest. The movement, mass, and the position of every object - from the tiniest particles to the largest galaxies and everything contained therein - relative to every other object is orchestrated by physical laws which have always existed. As long as matter existed it has always had to obey these laws.
You think that "God" created these laws?
Do you think God was actually sitting around one day and said...
"Let's do some shit with all this matter. Let's organize it into things...
The uniqueness of man?? Take a look around. The natural world is full of unique species. Why should man be regarded as anymore "unique" than say a dolphin or a whale? Show me how that proves the existence of "God".
Archaeological eveidence? Show me evidence that proves, to the absolute exclusion of all other possibilities that for instance there was actually a flood that encompassed the globe, or any other event in the Bible rendered as a direct act of "God".
The same goes for "miracles". Show me actual, verifiable proof of a miracle. Lots of folks can tell you all kinds of tales about how some strange unexplainable shit happened to a friend of a friend or even to themselves, but verification always seems to be a problem...
I think that there are a lot of people who like the comfort of not having to rely on "proof". Because they start out with the basic assumption that "God" exists, and that this being is all-powerful and capable of anything, then, regardless of the fact that this basic premise hasn't really been established, when confronted with something that can't be explained, they just simply say "another one of God's mysteries...".
I think that snake oil salesmen, over the years, got rich from people like this...
Just my nickle...
Jrig
