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Genius cosmologist Kirk Cameron takes down Hawking & Lennon

by unshackled in

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all hail the genius of kirk cameron...he hath spoken.

if you missed it, stephen hawking did an interview with the guardian the other day in which he said the following:.

"i regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail.

EntirelyPossible

I love Stephen Hawkings, the man's brain is a credit to God ;)

How awesome would a Stephen Hawking/Chuck Norris hybrid be? With the robot voice, of course. If god could make that, I might believe in him.

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Should Israel cede Land to Palestine at the pre 1967 markers and recognize Palestinian Statehood.

by designs in

everyone has different views about life after death and whether or not it is a possibility.. as jehovah's witnesses, we were always taught that there is no life after death, that this is the only life we have now and that the wages of sin is death.. .

what are your views on life after death?.

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EntirelyPossible

answering in reverse order. why? Because I can :)

Both his books ( What's so great about Christianity and Life after Death) are quite interesting.

I'll check them out. I just finished Misquoting Jesus and am now reading Demon Haunted World. Too many books on the list!

There is actually more hsitorical evidence for Jesus than Socrates for example, and considering that Jesus was NOT a king or a "huge figure of historical importance" during his time, the historicla evidence we do have is quite good.

I can agree with the idea about there being little direct evidence for socrates. I don't know how you are arriving at the claim that there is MORE historical evidence for Jesus, though.

To be fair, though, people don't kill each over of which version of Socrates they like better or start wars over it or deny their children healthcare over it, so whether Socrates was real, imagines, real but overblown, etc., hardly rises to the level of importance. Of course, a lot of the things Jesus is claimed to have said aren't bad, even if he never said anything particularly original.

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FAITH, the biggest excuse for IGNORANCE.

by nicolaou in

when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?

if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.

if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.

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As applicable to the universe we can percieve, correct?

Partially, yes, but also to the universe we can't (or couldn't) at the time perceive. For instance, black holes were predicted long before they could be detected (indirectly). Extra-solar planets were predicted long before they could be detected. Once the tools are in place to detect those things, we can verify and see where corrections need to be made and where they don't.

Can the scientific method ( since it is not sceince that proves anything) be used or is applicable to studying things outside of our perception?

Already answered.

Has the scientific method proven the existence of the "mind"?

Yes.

has it put down on paper "the whys" of our existence of that of the universe?

there are several hypothesis out there.

Can the scientific method prove or disprove the existence of "conscience" ?

Yes.

But I maintain that God, be His vary nature of being "outside" our reality, can't be proven or disproven by science since science is NOT in the business of making claims or studying what is outside our natural, percievable, world.

To be taken seriously, you need to define what our "reality is, the limitations of it, why we can't see outside of it, what is natural, supernatural, etc. Otherwise god might as well be the invisible, incorporeal floating heatless-fire breathing dragon in my garage. or Zeus.

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Life after death

by truthseeker in

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everyone has different views about life after death and whether or not it is a possibility.. as jehovah's witnesses, we were always taught that there is no life after death, that this is the only life we have now and that the wages of sin is death.. .

what are your views on life after death?.

.

EntirelyPossible

The evidence you refer to that supports evolution is put together with the preconceived idea that evolution is correct.

Incorrect. Evolution was derided for years, as was geology that showed the earth to be older than the bible said. The evidence for evolution IS overwhelming. You rely on it on every day to live.

The only satisfactory explanation for the origin of such "end-directed, self-replicating life as we see on earth is an infinitely intelligent Mind.

All you have done is kick the question back. Now explain to me where God came from since you think he exists and is end directe and able to reproduce.

And prove and House ISN'T real.

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Genius cosmologist Kirk Cameron takes down Hawking & Lennon

by unshackled in

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friends

all hail the genius of kirk cameron...he hath spoken.

if you missed it, stephen hawking did an interview with the guardian the other day in which he said the following:.

"i regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail.

EntirelyPossible

the forum is blasting kirk for his views, and he blast Hawking, why be so judgmental he is entitled to his opinion as we our are's. Jumping over his blasting of hawking is as judgmental as jdub ville. live and let live eh.

Hawking has a history thinking real hard, using evidence and science and being right.

Cameron has a history of being a moron.

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FAITH, the biggest excuse for IGNORANCE.

by nicolaou in

when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?

if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.

if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.

EntirelyPossible

This is why you then have people being released years after the fact that have proven their innocence. They have proven they are not guilty.

Sorry, the evidence has eventually proven that someone else IS guilty. You can try all you like, you it is a logical impossibility to prove a negative. For instance, you still haven't proven that House isn't real despite your claim that you could.

The reality is that no defendant would face trial unless somebody—the crime victim, the prosecutor, a police officer—believed that the defendant was guilty of a crime.

Completely untrue. There are many documented cases where someone was tried and convicted to prevent someone else from doing it, do save someone else, for the color of their skin, etc.

You have to remember, belief has little to do with facts.

Now, can you or can't you prove that House ISN'T real?

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FAITH, the biggest excuse for IGNORANCE.

by nicolaou in

when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?

if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.

if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.

EntirelyPossible

No? why? because that is the type of argument we are having in regards to proving what is outside the universe we KNOW.

More likely because it is a hypothesis and no one is telling anyone they should live their lives, base their laws or kill people because of it.

Science can't prove that God doesn't exist correct?, so can it prove that God does?

Given a falsifiable hypothesis that can be independently double blind tested with control groups, yes. Do you have one?

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FAITH, the biggest excuse for IGNORANCE.

by nicolaou in

when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?

if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.

if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.

EntirelyPossible

You do realize that the "evidence: you seek for God is philosophical and not scientific, right?

No, it isn't. You may WANT it to be that way so you can make your next claim, but I want scientific. Speaking of your next claim...

Scientifc evidence is based on our perception of the natural world as we know it, God is NOT part of that "natural" world (not in the way most see it) nor is God "slave" to our perception.

This falls under the "invisible dragon in my garage" category. I can claim there is a firebreathing dragon living in my garage, but every time you try to get some proof or evidence, I come up with a new reason you can't (he's invisible, he floats, he's incorporeal, his flames are heatlesss, etc. etc.), then there is no functional difference between that dragon and no dragon at all.

Belief in the dragon is irrelevant.

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Life after death

by truthseeker in

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everyone has different views about life after death and whether or not it is a possibility.. as jehovah's witnesses, we were always taught that there is no life after death, that this is the only life we have now and that the wages of sin is death.. .

what are your views on life after death?.

.

EntirelyPossible

Historical evidence online with other historical figues and events.

Such as?

And I have not read any of Dinesh's work or any others.