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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by thefanwithnoname, Oct 13, 2011.

  1. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    what do you mean by God?
     
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  2. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    Give it a rest. You're making a fool of yourself.
     
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  3. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    well i will let you worry about the definition in this instance.

    and if logic dictates that dinosuars had sex and reproduced, because all things as we know them do, although there is no evidence
    then the same logic dictates that all things need a creator, as we kno it, therefore a creator HAS to exist
     
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  4. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    no mate I just want to clarify what being born a certain way has to do with the 'free will' to 'choose' to do something
     
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  5. The Raging Oxter

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    As I said, autism.
     
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  6. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    why because you dont have an answer?

    I asked the question simply due to my views expressed earlier on in the thread
    people have a 'view' of God based on background, religion etc

    I dont share the view of God as most 'see' it.

    for example I am talking in terms of a 'creator' (which could be anything), whereas some see him as an old guyt with a white beard and robes etc
     
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  7. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    Ok then name one thing, as we know it, that does NOT have a creator
     
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  8. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    Okay, show us just one even tenuous piece of evidence for the existence of a creator.
     
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  9. HRH Custard VC

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    Evolution created everything after the "big bang"

    So the creator is evolution.
     
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  10. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    As you may have noticed I tend generally not to respond to you. for reasons best left alone here imo

    On here you made some points that I felt compelled to address as you seeemed (to me) to be genuinely interested

    If you are going to resort to personal insults then can I suggest we leave it at that
     
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  11. Treat Williams

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    Under law, if I didn't want it then yes it would be rape. This doesn't prove free will.

    I asked YOU, was it rape

    How about mental illness? Do sufferers choose to suffer?

    this is relevant how to the debate?


    It doesn't matter what it is to me; by definition forcing someone to have sex is rape, though the argument isn't one based on semantics. If you are suggesting that desire is a sign of free will I'd argue that what you desire is dictated by nature and nurture, expressed by the activity of neurones and hormone secretion - causality. We pick up EVERYTHING based on experience. We don't get to pick and choose which variables apply to us, we are in thrall of everything. This is why I brought up the mental illness thing - if it isn't a choice how does it make sense that it isn't (and surely therefore a deficiency of the brain, certainly in comparison to others) while the desire to rape IS a choice?

    If you don't want to debate it then fine, you are busy talking to others.
     
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  12. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    not answers
     
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  13. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    As i said

    Nothing as we know it is created from nothing
    everything as we know it has a creator

    therefore it is logical to conclude there is a creator
     
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  14. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I've said repeatedly that I don't accept any of the current theories.
    That's an answer.

    Everything.

    It makes the answer irrelevant, as it doesn't tell us anything.
    You don't like the answer that we don't know where everything came from, but that's still the answer that you get with this proposition, you've just moved it back a step.

    Where did we come from?
    I don't know.
    Apparently unacceptable.

    Where did we come from?
    God.
    Where did he come from?
    I don't know.
    Apparently acceptable.

    The absolute lack of evidence for one does suggest that one is unlikely, though.
    There's no current reason to accept that one exists.

    You've claimed that man didn't evolve into our current form, though.
    Wisdom teeth and our third eye-lid are clearly useless, so why do we have them?

    The uses that other creatures have for these vestigial remnants suggests that we also once had the same use for them.

    No, you just fail to understand what they're saying.
     
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  15. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    and how was the Universe created?

    without a creator
     
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  16. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Are you answering your own questions now?
     
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  17. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    If you remember I simply asked about you having sex.
    you never answered
     
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  18. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    Bingo!

    We know dinosaurs had sex because we've found fossilised eggs and babies.

    Evolution is a widely accepted theory with screeds of supporting evidence.

    There is NO evidence that the universe was created by a creator and you cannot provide us with any.

    You've asked us about countless things and we've provided you with answers. Whether you accept them or not is up to you.

    You, however, expect us to accept that there must be a creator based on NO evidence.
     
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  19. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    Well it was a link you posted and i lifted exact quotes from it, make of it what you want
     
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  20. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    LOL no
     
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