Does God Exist?

[Umikai]

Someone walks up to one of the priests at our church and asks for prayer because of some extreme pain in his back, as the priest lays a hand on the guy, as if provoked by God, the priest thinks "he's already healed- don't say anything." And he was healed, right then. It was pretty awkward for the priest because he had to just not say anything then "amen," when the healed individual and his dad were probably expecting a more substantial prayer.

And this was an actual case, or are you making it up?

Actual case.

[The Rich Port]

There's a diffrece in something not being proven, and people denying it.
It's pretty much a solid theory.

Explain the difference? I'm not trying to be spiteful with that, honestly I'm just wondering what you mean.

Scientific theories are NEVER 100% true. Science never asserts truth. Science explains natural phenomena with what it has at hand.

The germ theory of disease isn't 100% true. The theory of gravity isn't 100% true. However, that doesn't stop them from not HAVING truth because they have a whole bunch of evidence to corroborate them after years of refutation attempts by other scientists.

Evolution (also not 100% true) is a marvelous example of that. Darwin observed the finches in the Galapagos, noting their physical characteristics and how they seemed to help the birds live out their lives on the particular islands. He predicted you could find evidence of adaptation and natural selection in comparative zoology and transitional fossils. We have both of those. When genetics came rolling around, evolutionists collectively shit their pants because they were worried genetics would blow evolution out of the water. But it didn't. It provided an explanation of the biological mechanisms of evolution.

We now understand that apes are related to man and how life might have come about from non-organic components.

It's beautiful, if you ask me.

Says the religious person who can only back up this story with a book. I wrote a book once. It was about a magical talking car. Does that make it true?
Tell me, has God ever come down from the heavens showed himself to you? Has he ever spoken to you? Tell me!

Nope, but he has done little things for me. I notice that I'm amazingly lucky when I am good and much less lucky when I'm bad.

... And all THOSE guys have is crap like this.

[Arumdaum]

And the existence of the Abrahamic god is somehow more logical

oh wait

Logic is in the Eye of the Beholder

Like how 2 + 4 = 5?

[The Islands of Metanoia]

I never said I was the majority.

Did you actually read what you quoted?..

Yes.

[New Libertarian States]

Where the flying fuck monkeys does that say "Im the majority"
It says that the people who question are the MINORITY, the spoon fed are the MAJORITY.

You said that the majority is wrong and that the minority is right. Tell me again how the opinions of one person cab be more weighty than the opinions of the many? Can you tell me again how smart you are vs the ENTIRE Nobel Committee Judge Panel who carefully screen people for these kind of things?

......I NEVER SAID THAT.
Jesus, where do you keep these strawmen?
I said USUSALLY the norm and reality is different.

[Salentopia]

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[New Libertarian States]

And this was an actual case, or are you making it up?

Actual case.

Please link it then.

[New Libertarian States]

Home rule? Yes
Independence? No

Wrong thread, I think.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Logic is in the Eye of the Beholder

Like how 2 + 4 = 5?

I hate that shit.

[Luveria]

Which god? Why do people always mean their religion's god when they discuss a deity's existence?

[New Libertarian States]

Which god? Why do people always mean their religion's god when they discuss a deity's existence?

I think it's more when (the majority) hear god, they go for Christanity.

[Luveria]

Which god? Why do people always mean their religion's god when they discuss a deity's existence?

I think it's more when (the majority) hear god, they go for Christanity.

Unless you're in a country with a Muslim majority, or a country with a Hindu majority, or a country with a Buddhist majority, etc.

[YellowApple]

Logic is in the Eye of the Beholder

Like how 2 + 4 = 5?

That is true only for extremely large values of 5.

[Umikai]

Explain the difference? I'm not trying to be spiteful with that, honestly I'm just wondering what you mean.

Scientific theories are NEVER 100% true. Science never asserts truth. Science explains natural phenomena with what it has at hand.

The germ theory of disease isn't 100% true. The theory of gravity isn't 100% true. However, that doesn't stop them from not HAVING truth because they have a whole bunch of evidence to corroborate them after years of refutation attempts by other scientists.

Evolution (also not 100% true) is a marvelous example of that. Darwin observed the finches in the Galapagos, noting their physical characteristics and how they seemed to help the birds live out their lives on the particular islands. He predicted you could find evidence of adaptation and natural selection in comparative zoology and transitional fossils. We have both of those. When genetics came rolling around, evolutionists collectively shit their pants because they were worried genetics would blow evolution out of the water. But it didn't. It provided an explanation of the biological mechanisms of evolution.

We now understand that apes are related to man and how life might have come about from non-organic components.

It's beautiful, if you ask me.

Buy TRUTH, you mean FACT, right? First of all, there isn't a theory of gravity- that one's a law. Theories are completely true, but not proven by facts, correct?

[New Libertarian States]

I think it's more when (the majority) hear god, they go for Christanity.

Unless you're in a country with a Muslim majority, or a country with a Hindu majority, or a country with a Buddhist majority, etc.

Right.

[The Islands of Metanoia]

You said that the majority is wrong and that the minority is right. Tell me again how the opinions of one person cab be more weighty than the opinions of the many? Can you tell me again how smart you are vs the ENTIRE Nobel Committee Judge Panel who carefully screen people for these kind of things?

......I NEVER SAID THAT.
Jesus, where do you keep these strawmen?
I said USUSALLY the norm and reality is different.

USUSALLY the norm and reality is different.

Since norm and reality are Usually different, then by your logic, usual normal things such as water being wet or saints as generally being virtuous is not applicable because what is normal and what is real is dissonant.

Therefore, water is dry, saints are evil, logic is stupid and a Noble Peace Prize winner is a heartless bitch because of a minority view.

[New Libertarian States]

Scientific theories are NEVER 100% true. Science never asserts truth. Science explains natural phenomena with what it has at hand.

The germ theory of disease isn't 100% true. The theory of gravity isn't 100% true. However, that doesn't stop them from not HAVING truth because they have a whole bunch of evidence to corroborate them after years of refutation attempts by other scientists.

Evolution (also not 100% true) is a marvelous example of that. Darwin observed the finches in the Galapagos, noting their physical characteristics and how they seemed to help the birds live out their lives on the particular islands. He predicted you could find evidence of adaptation and natural selection in comparative zoology and transitional fossils. We have both of those. When genetics came rolling around, evolutionists collectively shit their pants because they were worried genetics would blow evolution out of the water. But it didn't. It provided an explanation of the biological mechanisms of evolution.

We now understand that apes are related to man and how life might have come about from non-organic components.

It's beautiful, if you ask me.

Buy TRUTH, you mean FACT, right? First of all, there isn't a theory of gravity- that one's a law. Theories are completely true, but not proven by facts, correct?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory
They're proven by observation.

[Umikai]

Actual case.

Please link it then.

Link it? My priest told it to me, and a whole lot of others, as an experience of healing, it's not some crap from the internet xD

[The Islands of Metanoia]

Unless you're in a country with a Muslim majority, or a country with a Hindu majority, or a country with a Buddhist majority, etc.

Right.

But then they fail to take into account the fact that Christianity IS THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

Christians (33.32%)
Muslims (21.01%)
Hindus (13.26%)
Buddhists (5.84%)
Non-religious (14.09%)
Other (12.48%)

[New Libertarian States]

......I NEVER SAID THAT.
Jesus, where do you keep these strawmen?
I said USUSALLY the norm and reality is different.

USUSALLY the norm and reality is different.

Since norm and reality are Usually different, then by your logic, usual normal things such as water being wet or saints as generally being virtuous is not applicable because what is normal and what is real is dissonant.

Therefore, water is dry, saints are evil, logic is stupid and a Noble Peace Prize winner is a heartless bitch because of a minority view.

Very good misconstruing my logic.
100 points for Griffindor.
No, I was referring to history and science, more then anything else.
If you cared to look at the Huffington post article, you'd know she wasn't a very good woman
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[Umikai]

Buy TRUTH, you mean FACT, right? First of all, there isn't a theory of gravity- that one's a law. Theories are completely true, but not proven by facts, correct?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory
They're proven by observation.

They're not proven, "It makes falsifiable predictions." They're just held to be true.

[New Libertarian States]

Right.

But then they fail to take into account the fact that Christianity IS THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

Christians (33.32%)
Muslims (21.01%)
Hindus (13.26%)
Buddhists (5.84%)
Non-religious (14.09%)
Other (12.48%)

YEEHAH, lets jump on dem der bandwagon.

[New Libertarian States]

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[Luveria]

Right.

But then they fail to take into account the fact that Christianity IS THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

Christians (33.32%)
Muslims (21.01%)
Hindus (13.26%)
Buddhists (5.84%)
Non-religious (14.09%)
Other (12.48%)

For now.

[Arumdaum]

Right.

But then they fail to take into account the fact that Christianity IS THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

Christians (33.32%)
Muslims (21.01%)
Hindus (13.26%)
Buddhists (5.84%)
Non-religious (14.09%)
Other (12.48%)

Less than one third is a majority? I think the word you may be looking for instead is "plurality."