That would be a mistake. Don't overthink it. The Jewish folks don't have both. They are generally pretty smart folks. I don't see them running from the old testament (Torah). They tend to believe it to be divinely inspired by God. That part is several thousand years older than the New.
I can acknowledge that it's a theory (that's based on years of research), that's kind of the whole point of science. I beg you to research the scientific method.
Yep..need that thermal insulation on your boots...Are you sure you PAID your student loans? If so, ask for a refund. you definitely didn't get your money's worth.
In all honesty, my parents wrote a check. We didnt need loans. I make no apology for being "blessed."
And it still seems basic spelling was missed during your educational efforts.
Please keep the rambles about leftists in the political thread. This thread is about questioning/debating the existence of god(s).
I don't make the rules.
Were you student loans for elementary school cause you can’t even spell at a first grade level. It’s paid sir, not payed.
You might roll back to the original post I was responding to. As if that really matters to you.
Thank you officer. I will slow down so as not to offend the troll.
You behave as though you do.I don't make the rules.
Universities told marking students down for bad spelling is ELITIST
At Hull University, a new policy says the requirement for a high level of proficiency in written English can be seen as 'homogenous, North European, white, male, and elite'.www.dailymail.co.uk
Yes … interesting post to consider.
I'm interested to see the support behind your first sentence, I haven't seen a sweeping change in belief among the scientific community about evolution. Here's an interesting link I found from Cal-Berkeley concerning misconceptions about evolution if you'd so indulge:
Do you think consciousness and self awareness is just a combination of atomic connections?
I will look at your link. I believe it was Stephen Meyer, in an interview, who said he recently attended an international conference of scientists and reported the international community is far more objective about evolutionary theory than is the North American community and there is a realization of its flaws. It’s a scientific perspective, not a theist perspective. Kind of like physicists knowing that gravity is still a mystery and a problem when the general public thinks it’s resolved.I'm interested to see the support behind your first sentence, I haven't seen a sweeping change in belief among the scientific community about evolution. Here's an interesting link I found from Cal-Berkeley concerning misconceptions about evolution if you'd so indulge:
Misconceptions about evolution
evolution.berkeley.edu
Also, based on Christian beliefs heaven is theoretically above us, God is theoretically supposed to be in heaven, and you also can't see God (convenient). All of this joins together to become giant, invisible sky man. You may not call him the same thing but the basic principles are still there.
Yes, I guess so. Neurons, currents, impulses, etc … flowing through the brain … is my very uninformed view of how the brain allows us to be conscious. All of that would be composed of atoms or other molecular matter. That is what seems to be the case to me …
If you believe God is good and, not only good, but the creator of all things good, then giving God credit for good things seems appropriate. When an otherwise unexplainable miracle happens, it would also seem appropriate for those who believe to give credit to God.
Absolutely. If God existed (and he doesn't), then he is in no way, shape, or form a loving being. In fact, the Bible shows how vindictive and hate-driven God was to primitive people.
I don’t believe in anything. Rather, I base my thoughts and conclusions upon a lifelong observation of nature (including humans in an overall natural world), adopting a reductionist world view and studying physics and the other sciences for over seven decades.
As a reductionist thinker, I say that there are many processes that the brain performs, many of which we are not even “conscious,” such as breathing, heart beating, etc. Consciousness seems magical until we realize that it, too, is just another process of the brain.
I haven’t said what I think God is, but to accommodate you I’ll state that I think that God is a general concept of the human brain, devised to provide: A quick and easy explanation for the unknown; a maintenance of the social hierarchy that humans inherited during our evolution as intelligent social primates; a comfort to turn to when we experience trauma in our individual and community lives; and, most prominently, a justification for the actions we take regarding interactions between groups of humans and the use of resources in our environment.
An old idea that can make existence all about you and your perception. It contends that we and our consciousness are temporary and just a transcient manifestation of parts of the whole that will simply be reconfigured. If true, there is no universal reality, nor much value in anything, except that which your short consciousness determines. If true, life and every perception, thought, emotion, concept is meaningless. In fact, human “sophistication” is nothing but an unintended joke.
