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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    That's a stretch of a "theory", not a "law" if I've ever heard one. how? That's assuming, by science's reckoning, that the laws of relativity and physics apply to all possible dimenseions out there.
    You ask me how? You know that you know that you know that ALL space and time are relative? You'd be the first person on the face of this planet with that knowledge if that's the case. So you're using a "theory" to rule out God. Since you're theory hasn't been "proven" you can't use it just as you say I can't use God.


    would you like to refute my "theory" now ?
    (which actually isn't a theory, it's a logical argument...one that you can't seem to refute.)




    prove/show evidence for other "possible demensions". If you can't then this argument falls flat.
    Prove/show evidence that ALL space and time are relative. If *you* can't you're starting your debate on a shakey foot.


    oh man..you gotta be kidding me... Einstein's Theory of Relativity






    For the sake of s.....{snip}.........-write or bend those laws.


    string and m-theory is too theoretical to be evidence for multiple demensions.
    As is the theory of Space and Time's relativity. Hence why it's STILL a "theory" and not a "law". Dunno why this is so hard to understand.


    ToR doesn't say anything about multiple demensions. M-theory does. So I take it then you conceed the point since it seems you're more interested in comparing MTheory to ToR as if they were equally credible

    (lol@the underlined part)





    Understanding God is a personal thing. I've had experiences in my life that have assured me there is a God. anecdotal evidence (As anecdotal as Netwon's Evidence was when he tried to explain gravity to the people who called him a nut.)



    except Newton actually showed (with evidence) where he was correct. You just have a nice feeling and a anectdote.







    That does not mean I don't understand or believe in Science. They're not mutaually exclusive. i know. it's like comparing apples and oranges
    Let us take the walls of Jericho for exa---{snip}-----ise moments.




    irrelevent to the point.


    Weird, it's like you were going to refute my argument, but instead decided to side step it completely and talk about bible events.


    There's no arguement to refute? Only conjecture. You started your entire foundation on something you can't prove, but then don't allow other people to do the same.


    not conjecture. just a logical statement that you would rather ignore than to tackle.
    and it still stands btw.







    like you said in another post, no one can know all things. no one can 100% certain of anything. all things have a level of probability.


    however, with theism, god MUST exist with 100% certainty.


    that said, we are certain that if we drop a ball it will fall toward the earth because every experiment  seems to  produces those results. because this happens so often it's predictable. therefore, gravity is fact. there is always that chance that one day the apple will fall away from the earth. if it does, we need to redefine what we mean by gravity...it will change everything we know about time/space.

    science is equipped to deal with those types of changes...theism is not.


    Here I will correct you with a small, short answer (which is uncharacteristic of me :P ). You're partially right in saying "Theism" is not always equipped to explain changes. However, God is. Our understanding, which is Theism, may be limited, but God Himself, if He created all things, rules, laws of science, and the like, is quite capable of "dealing" with changes.



    you haven't tackled the first point yet. you don't get to use "God" since he doesn't exist in nature.


    You don't get to rule out "God" since you can't prove He doesn't exist, especially not with an unproven theory.

    LOL @ me having to prove this  negative. The burden of proof is not on the nonbeliever but on the believer.  If you don't believe me then prove the Invisible Pink Unicorn doesn't exist.


     If you start defining what someone can or cannot use in an arguement we call that "manipulation". You want me to debate something with you with YOUR evidence not my own.

    you don't have jack for evidence. that's the amusing part



     Yet you can't seem to bring any proof to the table either. Pretty straight and forward.

    I did in fact tackle your "theory" that you were "certain" God does not exists. You used an unproven theory to refure His existence and I provided you with even more scientific theories that make your own theor even more unsure than it was from the beginning. I didn't even bother using faith or God.

    WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

    I provided a logical argument that refutes the possiblity of god (only as defined above) from exisiting in nature. Just because you say I didn't doesn't mean I didn't. There's a real easy way to solve this and that's to refute it. But you can't. Instead you type all these excusese. Interesting. So I'll just take this is your admission that you can't refute it. Noted.




    You said "space and time ARE relative" as if you can prove that all space and time are to us. You've not yet done so. I providede you with theories of OTHER spaces and times that could even ruin your first theory if those given rules didn't apply to them.
    Now who is side-stepping?




    That has got to me the most convoluded excuse I've ever heard.

    all you have to do is say you can't refute my claim and then back off...but no, you brought The Crazy!

    The "conjecture" (or was it "theory"???)...whatever. my proposition still stands. hehe.

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  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694


    Originally posted by Malachi1975

    Okay. This is gonna be a couple pointer also.
    2- The Catholic Church has no foot to stand on when it comes to interpretation. Nowhere in the Bible does is say a man of faith cannot marry, yet they came up with that one. Nowhere does it say in the Bible that we must pray to the Virgin Mary, but they came up with that one. Mind you, this is all pre-Vatican II, as it has been dubbed. Catholic doctrines have changed a lot in the last 40 years or so.


    Yeah I know what you mean about the marriage.. thing... Here's a short lil talk about it.

    Matthew 19

    8Jesus replied, "Moses permitted
    divorce as a concession to your hard-hearted wickedness, but it was not
    what God had originally intended. 9And I tell you this, a man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery--unless his wife has been unfaithful.[d]"

        10Jesus' disciples then said to him, "Then it is better not to marry!"

        11"Not everyone can accept this statement," Jesus said. "Only those whom God helps. 12Some
    are born as eunuchs, some have been made that way by others, and some
    choose not to marry for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone
    who can, accept this statement."

    I assume that's where they pulled that one from. And they misconstrued it as well.... I dont know about catholic doctorine... The whole praying to mary and confessing to the priest... .... ... HEre's another place where Catholics probably misinterpretted..

    1 Corinthians 7

    32In everything you do, I want you to be
    free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his
    time doing the Lord's work and thinking how to please him. 33But a married man can't do that so well. He has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. 34His
    interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer
    married or has never been married can be more devoted to the Lord in
    body and in spirit, while the married woman must be concerned about her
    earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband.

    They probably took those passages to mean that inorder to be holy you must not marry... But that isn't wat (paul i think?) was saying... He was just saying It's easier to focus on God if you dont have many worldly things to focus on... Those people were smart weren't they... But the catholics changed that to be "YOU CANNOT MARRY argggghhhh !! (pirate face)"

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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    Originally posted by methane47

    Your reasoning is all wrong. Independant of time and space does not mean one has to not exist for the other to exist.


    ok, so then carlify something for me. If you believe that god only exists outside of time and space,  do you also agree that you cannot have knowledge or even conceive of this god?



    It just means that one's existance is not limited by the other. Just like... I am independant of lays potato chips. And even though lays potato chips exist that does not rule out my existance.... Does it?


    can't really compare the two. your existance and the potato chip both exist in time/space.



    The word independant is the antonym of the word Dependant. So one who is not dependant on time and space is independant of time and space. One is not dependant on lays potato chips is independant of lays potato chips.



    and this leads me to believe that you believe god is outside of time and space.  is this  correct?






     like you said in another post, no one can know all things. no one can 100% certain of anything. all things have a level of probability.

    however, with theism, god MUST exist with 100% certainty.

    that said, we are certain that if we drop a ball it will fall toward the earth because every experiment  seems to  produces those results. because this happens so often it's predictable. therefore, gravity is fact. there is always that chance that one day the apple will fall away from the earth. if it does, we need to redefine what we mean by gravity...it will change everything we know about time/space.

    science is equipped to deal with those types of changes...theism is not.


    Science is so called equipped to deal with changes because by Science... If it isn't proven it's not true...quick interjection here. with overwhelming evidence, one can reasonably call something true. but saying something is true (like gravity, evolution, etc..) is never stating it's ABSOLUTLEY true..absolutes have no place in science or the real world.So until Newton.... Gravity was a lie and elaborate hoax... used to get tidthes and offering from weak minded fools... Or Until heat was found to be the speed of atoms moving in a space... Heat was an element contained in the body. And anything else was poppycock.... Science isn't truth.. Science is just a big fat shared opinion.



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  • AldaronAldaron Member Posts: 1,048


    Originally posted by freethinker

    Since the creature (god) is said to be independant of time
    wouldn't that also mean that he's independent of space? since time and space are relative. if such a being is independent of space, then it does not exist in space.

    therefore, one can say with reasonably certainty that god does not exist.

    Independent?

    Here, let's just sum it up like this, God is a singularity.

    There, your argument just fell apart.


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  • Malachi1975Malachi1975 Member Posts: 1,079


    Originally posted by freethinker

    That's a stretch of a "theory", not a "law" if I've ever heard one. how? That's assuming, by science's reckoning, that the laws of relativity and physics apply to all possible dimenseions out there.

    You ask me how? You know that you know that you know that ALL space and time are relative? You'd be the first person on the face of this planet with that knowledge if that's the case. So you're using a "theory" to rule out God. Since you're theory hasn't been "proven" you can't use it just as you say I can't use God.



    would you like to refute my "theory" now ?
    (which actually isn't a theory, it's a logical argument...one that you can't seem to refute.)

    Sure, I'd love to refute your "theory" that you used to disavow God. Can you tell me what space and time are like at the center of the Milky Way? No, okay. Can you tell me what is AT the center of the Milky Way? No, didn't think so.



    would you like to refute my "theory" now ?
    (which actually isn't a theory, it's a logical argument...one that you can't seem to refute.)

    Sure, I'd love to refute your "theory" that you used to disavow God. Can you tell me what space and time are like at the center of the Milky Way? No, okay. Can you tell me what is AT the center of the Milky Way? No, didn't think so.

    You said that since space and time are relative and that God can exist outside of time He must not exist. I am asking you to prove to me that ALL  space and time are relative. When you can do THAT you can use your Theory to refute God.

    prove/show evidence for other "possible demensions". If you can't then this argument falls flat.


    prove/show evidence for other "possible demensions". If you can't then this argument falls flat.

    Prove/show evidence that ALL space and time are relative. If *you* can't you're starting your debate on a shakey foot.


    oh man..you gotta be kidding me... Einstein's Theory of Relativity

    I know what the Theory of Relativity is. But you can't seem to see the first word. Theory. Meaning "we think" Pretty lost on that one aren't you. It's not proven or known, it's thought. If you can prove the Theory of Relativity and get it to change to the Law of Relativity let me know, I will be the first to snap a photo of you with your Nobel Prize.



    For the sake of s.....{snip}.........-write or bend those laws.


    string and m-theory is too theoretical to be evidence for multiple demensions.

    As is the theory of Space and Time's relativity. Hence why it's STILL a "theory" and not a "law". Dunno why this is so hard to understand.


    ToR doesn't say anything about multiple demensions. M-theory does. So I take it then you conceed the point since it seems you're more interested in comparing MTheory to ToR as if they were equally credible

    (lol@the underlined part)

    You're easily lost. Never did I say any theory was more credible than the other. Only that they were all in fact what they are, Theories.



    ToR doesn't say anything about multiple demensions. M-theory does. So I take it then you conceed the point since it seems you're more interested in comparing MTheory to ToR as if they were equally credible

    (lol@the underlined part)

    You're easily lost. Never did I say any theory was more credible than the other. Only that they were all in fact what they are, Theories.



    ToR doesn't say anything about multiple demensions. M-theory does. So I take it then you conceed the point since it seems you're more interested in comparing MTheory to ToR as if they were equally credible

    (lol@the underlined part)

    You're easily lost. Never did I say any theory was more credible than the other. Only that they were all in fact what they are, Theories.




    Understanding God is a personal thing. I've had experiences in my life that have assured me there is a God. anecdotal evidence (As anecdotal as Netwon's Evidence was when he tried to explain gravity to the people who called him a nut.)

    Understanding God is a personal thing. I've had experiences in my life that have assured me there is a God. anecdotal evidence (As anecdotal as Netwon's Evidence was when he tried to explain gravity to the people who called him a nut.)

    Understanding God is a personal thing. I've had experiences in my life that have assured me there is a God. anecdotal evidence (As anecdotal as Netwon's Evidence was when he tried to explain gravity to the people who called him a nut.)



    except Newton actually should show (with evidence) where he was correct. You just have a nice feeling and a anectdote.

    After TIME Newton got the chance to show his proof, but at the beginning the people he spoke too sounded an awful lot like you. I believe, that in time, I will have that same chance.


    except Newton actually should show (with evidence) where he was correct. You just have a nice feeling and a anectdote.

    After TIME Newton got the chance to show his proof, but at the beginning the people he spoke too sounded an awful lot like you. I believe, that in time, I will have that same chance.


    except Newton actually should show (with evidence) where he was correct. You just have a nice feeling and a anectdote.

    After TIME Newton got the chance to show his proof, but at the beginning the people he spoke too sounded an awful lot like you. I believe, that in time, I will have that same chance.




    That does not mean I don't understand or believe in Science. They're not mutaually exclusive. i know. it's like comparing apples and oranges

    Let us take the walls of Jericho for exa---{snip}-----ise moments.

    irrelevent to the point.

    That does not mean I don't understand or believe in Science. They're not mutaually exclusive. i know. it's like comparing apples and oranges

    Let us take the walls of Jericho for exa---{snip}-----ise moments.

    irrelevent to the point.

    That does not mean I don't understand or believe in Science. They're not mutaually exclusive. i know. it's like comparing apples and oranges

    Let us take the walls of Jericho for exa---{snip}-----ise moments.

    irrelevent to the point.



    Weird, it's like you were going to refute my argument, but instead decided to side step it completely and talk about bible events.

    There's no arguement to refute? Only conjecture. You started your entire foundation on something you can't prove, but then don't allow other people to do the same.


    not conjecture. just a logical statement that you would rather ignore than to tackle.
    and it still stands btw.
    I am starting to wonder if you have a clue what you are talking about and perhaps even lost on the English language and it vocabulary. Conjecture and logic can go hand in hand. Conjecture is just assuming something, thought your own logic. You ruled God out because you are so sure you know that ALL space and time everywhere are relative. Your "proof" that God does not exist is pretty weak when you can't even say with ANY certainty that you know the state of time thoughtout the universe. Even SCIENCE, which you hold in such high esteem, admits that time can be altered by forces, whether they be dialation due to gravitic forces or speed of movement.
    You've yet to prove God does not exist, but you said I can't use him in my arguement.
    So let me illustrate what you did. You cannot prove that ALL time and space are relative to what you know now. Yet you use that to rule God out. You effectively, in your own words, used the Magic Pink Unicorn to refute God.
    ToR only states that we would ALL be subject to the same laws in the same place and time. It does not define that the laws or time and space are unchangeable. By the way, you know that little guy who created ToR, you know, Einstein, he believed in God. I guess you must be smarter than him now. Talk about a LOL








    like you said in another post, no one can know all things. no one can 100% certain of anything. all things have a level of probability.


    however, with theism, god MUST exist with 100% certainty.


    that said, we are certain that if we drop a ball it will fall toward the earth because every experiment  seems to  produces those results. because this happens so often it's predictable. therefore, gravity is fact. there is always that chance that one day the apple will fall away from the earth. if it does, we need to redefine what we mean by gravity...it will change everything we know about time/space.

    science is equipped to deal with those types of changes...theism is not.



    Here I will correct you with a small, short answer (which is uncharacteristic of me :P ). You're partially right in saying "Theism" is not always equipped to explain changes. However, God is. Our understanding, which is Theism, may be limited, but God Himself, if He created all things, rules, laws of science, and the like, is quite capable of "dealing" with changes.

    you haven't tackled the first point yet. you don't get to use "God" since he doesn't exist in nature.


    You don't get to rule out "God" since you can't prove He doesn't exist, especially not with an unproven theory.



    LOL @ me having to prove this  negative. The burden of proof is not on the nonbeliever but on the believer.  If you don't believe me then prove the Invisible Pink Unicorn doesn't exist.




    LOL @ me having to prove this  negative. The burden of proof is not on the nonbeliever but on the believer.  If you don't believe me then prove the Invisible Pink Unicorn doesn't exist.
    The Burden of Proof is on the one who wants to make the point. I am not trying to prove to you God exists at all. You tried proving to US that because space and time are relative that God does not exist. You made the claim, you must back it up. Will I concede that I can't prove God exists, yes. But nor can you prove He doesn't. That's fairly simple. Smarter people than you have tried.



     If you start defining what someone can or cannot use in an arguement we call that "manipulation". You want me to debate something with you with YOUR evidence not my own.



    you don't have jack for evidence. that's the amusing part
     If you start defining what someone can or cannot use in an arguement we call that "manipulation". You want me to debate something with you with YOUR evidence not my own.



    you don't have jack for evidence. that's the amusing part
    you don't have jack for evidence. that's the amusing part
    Neither do you, that's the sad part. I'm not claiming to have evidence but you are. After this we're going to work on your reading skills a bit.







     Yet you can't seem to bring any proof to the table either. Pretty straight and forward.

    I did in fact tackle your "theory" that you were "certain" God does not exists. You used an unproven theory to refure His existence and I provided you with even more scientific theories that make your own theor even more unsure than it was from the beginning. I didn't even bother using faith or God.



    WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

    I provided a logical argument that refutes the possiblity of god (only as defined above) from exisiting in nature. Just because you say I didn't doesn't mean I didn't. There's a real easy way to solve this and that's to refute it. But you can't. Instead you type all these excusese. Interesting. So I'll just take this is your admission that you can't refute it. Noted.




    WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

    I provided a logical argument that refutes the possiblity of god (only as defined above) from exisiting in nature. Just because you say I didn't doesn't mean I didn't. There's a real easy way to solve this and that's to refute it. But you can't. Instead you type all these excusese. Interesting. So I'll just take this is your admission that you can't refute it. Noted.

    You'd make a terrible lawyer. You provided a reason that was logical to YOUR mind why you don't THINK God exists. Yet you didn't even say "think", you said "reasonable certain". Semmentics, sure, but you sure seem to think you have the answers for everyone.

    You keep asking me to refute your logic, which is an OPINION. There's no way to do that. You tell me you don't like pizza, I can't tell you that you do. But you've not proved God exists. You gave a vague reason why, if these laws we live under are irrefutable, God may not exists. I gave you a vague reason why these laws we live under may be refutable.
    You want me to refute an idea. That's impossible. And all you have provided so far is an idea. But you can't seem to see that.






    You said "space and time ARE relative" as if you can prove that all space and time are to us. You've not yet done so. I providede you with theories of OTHER spaces and times that could even ruin your first theory if those given rules didn't apply to them.

    Now who is side-stepping?








    That has got to me the most convoluded excuse I've ever heard.

    all you have to do is say you can't refute my claim and then back off...but no, you brought The Crazy!

    The "conjecture" (or was it "theory"???)...whatever. my proposition still stands. hehe.

    You give me viable proof to refute, and I will attempt to refute it. You give me an opinion, I can only give you other opinions.

    As I have said before, you bring me irrefutable proof that God does not exists, and I will bring you irrefutable proof He does. At this point, I don't see EITHER happening.

    If you want me to concede that you won, I have to ask you what you won? You gave me an opinion that I couldn't agree with or change your mind? Sure, you did that. But so far that's all you have done.

    You say if God exists out of time he must exists out of space and therefore doesn't exists, but you've given NO proof who that's even possible on a scientific basis, let alone begin to think that this being may be above those laws.

    Next you'll be telling me that if Decartes said "he thinks not" he would disappear...





    That has got to me the most convoluded excuse I've ever heard.

    all you have to do is say you can't refute my claim and then back off...but no, you brought The Crazy!

    The "conjecture" (or was it "theory"???)...whatever. my proposition still stands. hehe.

    You give me viable proof to refute, and I will attempt to refute it. You give me an opinion, I can only give you other opinions.

    As I have said before, you bring me irrefutable proof that God does not exists, and I will bring you irrefutable proof He does. At this point, I don't see EITHER happening.

    If you want me to concede that you won, I have to ask you what you won? You gave me an opinion that I couldn't agree with or change your mind? Sure, you did that. But so far that's all you have done.

    You say if God exists out of time he must exists out of space and therefore doesn't exists, but you've given NO proof who that's even possible on a scientific basis, let alone begin to think that this being may be above those laws.

    Next you'll be telling me that if Decartes said "he thinks not" he would disappear...


    I will concede that you are stuck on what you think is a great arguement and I will let you have it. But to date, you've proven nothing. Since I've condeded to you I assume I no longer have to answer you. For that I thank you since I can see now that no matter what I say, unless it's what you specifically WANT to hear, I'd sooner blow a wall of stone over with my breath.

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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    Originally posted by Aldaron

    Originally posted by freethinker


    Since the creature (god) is said to be independant of time
    wouldn't that also mean that he's independent of space? since time and space are relative. if such a being is independent of space, then it does not exist in space.


    therefore, one can say with reasonably certainty that god does not exist.
    Independent?
    Here, let's just sum it up like this, God is a singularity.
    There, your argument just fell apart.




    but....I'm not defining god.  I'm an atheist and i don't believe in them.  i was just using the definition presented.

     if someone wanted to define god as a singularity, this argument would not even address that issue so, I agree, it would fall apart.

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  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694


    Originally posted by freethinker

    Originally posted by methane47

    Your reasoning is all wrong. Independant of time and space does not mean one has to not exist for the other to exist.

    ok, so then carlify something for me. If you believe that god only exists outside of time and space,  do you also agree that you cannot have knowledge or even conceive of this god?


    can't really compare the two. your existance and the potato chip both exist in time/space.



    Are you relegating to word games? Independant means "NOT DEPENDANT ON".. not exclusive.
    in·de·pen·dent   Audio pronunciation of "independent" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (nd-pndnt)

    adj.
    1. Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
    2. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant: an independent mind.
    3. Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent: a decision independent of the outcome of the study.
    4. often Independent Affiliated with or loyal to no one political party or organization.
    5. Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity: an independent food store; an independent film.
      1. Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting.
      2. Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working: a person of independent means.
    6. Mathematics.
      1. Not dependent on other variables.
      2. Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system.
    7. Independent Of or relating to the 17th-century English Independents
    how exactly you get "mutually exclusive" from the word independent.. I have no idea... So if I say god exists Independent of Time/space that means that God does not need time/space to exist for him to exist capiche? That is how the theory of "GOD created the Heavens and the Earth" can hold... Only If God's existance is not defined by the limits of Time/space... Not OUTSIDE.. but Independant..

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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775



    I will concede that you are stuck on what you think is a great arguement and I will let you have it.





    you can omit the red part. It is a great argument whether or not anyone conceeds it.








    But to date, you've proven nothing.





    Incorrect. That argument proves logically that god cannot exist in reality if he is said to exist outside of time (and therefore space).

    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.
    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.

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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    Originally posted by methane47

    Originally posted by freethinker

    Originally posted by methane47

    Your reasoning is all wrong. Independant of time and space does not mean one has to not exist for the other to exist.

    ok, so then carlify something for me. If you believe that god only exists outside of time and space,  do you also agree that you cannot have knowledge or even conceive of this god?


    can't really compare the two. your existance and the potato chip both exist in time/space.



    Are you relegating to word games? Independant means "NOT DEPENDANT ON".. not exclusive.
    in·de·pen·dent
      
    Audio pronunciation of "independent"
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    adj.
    1. Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
    2. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant: an independent mind.
    3. Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent: a decision independent of the outcome of the study.
    4. often Independent Affiliated with or loyal to no one political party or organization.
    5. Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity: an independent food store; an independent film.
      1. Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting.
      2. Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working: a person of independent means.
    6. Mathematics.
      1. Not dependent on other variables.
      2. Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system.
    7. Independent Of or relating to the 17th-century English Independents
    how exactly you get "mutually exclusive" from the word independent.. I have no idea... So if I say god exists Independent of Time/space that means that God does not need time/space to exist for him to exist capiche?
    That is how the theory of "GOD created the Heavens and the Earth" can hold... Only If God's existance is not defined by the limits of Time/space...
    Not OUTSIDE.. but Independant..



    the·o·ry
    Pronunciation (th-r, thîr)
    n. pl. the·o·ries

    1.
    A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts
    or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is
    widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural
    phenomena.

    Goddidit is not a theory..it's a naked assertion.


    Anyway...to address your argument....If god is not bound by time and space then he doesn't exist in nature, therefore one can conclude that god does not exist at all.

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  • Malachi1975Malachi1975 Member Posts: 1,079


    Originally posted by freethinker


    I will concede that you are stuck on what you think is a great arguement and I will let you have it.




    you can omit the red part. It is a great argument whether or not anyone conceeds it.

    One moment, I need to step around your ego to get back to this point. Not much room left here.



    But to date, you've proven nothing.



    Here's all I will concede to you. You say there are no abolsutes yet you demand on an absolute. Albeit, it may be a misunderstanding in words so I shall attempt to rectify that.


    Incorrect. That argument proves logically that god cannot exist in reality if he is said to exist outside of time (and therefore space).

    First, you are assuming, if you are conceding for sake of the arguement that there is a God, that God is held by the rules which you are so "absolute" in quoting.  Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.

    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.
    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.

    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).

    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that. However, we can get into the semmantics of the word refute if you wish.

    Main Entry: re·fute
    Pronunciation: ri-'fyüt
    Function: transitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): re·fut·ed; re·fut·ing
    Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
    1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
    2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of

    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.

    However, by the second account of the word refute, I most happily did so. So when you claim I did not or could not refute your "point" you're both right and wrong. However you want to spin it is up to you.

    Closing, if God is held in check by the rules we "think" we know about this universe then perhaps your opinion might make more sense. If God is not, on the other hand, held by any rule or law we are then your opinion made no sense. I am sure you can see where I am coming from just as much I can see where you are coming from now with it more precisely explained.



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  • britocabritoca Member Posts: 1,484
    oh boy, this is just gonna keep on going and going huh?...  Alright!  I repent! 

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  • Malachi1975Malachi1975 Member Posts: 1,079


    Originally posted by britoca
    oh boy, this is just gonna keep on going and going huh?...  Alright!  I repent! 

    Brit, I told you, no matter how many times you say that, you're still not getting my Bud Light.

    "What is it I have against Microsoft, you ask? Well, you know how you feel when you wait for an MMO to come out and when it does you feel like you've paid to play it's beta test for another 6-9 months before anything even thinks of working the way it should? Being a network engineer you feel that way about anything Microsoft puts out."

  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694


    Originally posted by freethinker
    the·o·ry Pronunciation (th-r, thîr)n. pl. the·o·ries

    1.
    A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts
    or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is
    widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural
    phenomena.

    Goddidit is not a theory..it's a naked assertion.


    Anyway...to address your argument....If god is not bound by time and space then he doesn't exist in nature, therefore one can conclude that god does not exist at all.



    Ohhh gee i guess you ARE going to play word games with me all day.. fine i'll comply...
    So what exactly is the Theory of Relativity? Oh wait... NOT a theory... just a naked assertion..
    Black hole Theory? ... OHhhhh NOOESS not a theory.. naked assertion... Them dang'd weak minded brilliant scientists trying to trick us into believing their naked assertions....

    String theory ... OH NOEESSS ... naked assertion...
    Big Bang theory... OH GODD NOESSsssss .... nake assertion... Or maybe you hold that big bang is testable?
    Anyways... there are tonnes of things that are held as theories that by totatly objective terms aren't theories at all... But really.. who cares... it's all just petty banter... who cares about the label... the content is more important right?

    "If god is not bound by time and space then he doesn't exist(read: isn't bound) in nature" ummm .... yeah... DUHH

    thats was definitely a duhhh moment... I'm sure you are familiar with the terms ... "SUPERnatural" or the term "Metaphysical".... But i'll play down your "doesn't exist" to mean "isn't bound by" since that is what you used for the beginning of your arguement

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  • seabass2003seabass2003 Member Posts: 4,144

    Freethinker,

    Why do believers have to prove God exsists? I have seen you say this before. I don't have to prove it, because I am not trying to convert anyone to my beliefs. Just like non-believers don't have to prove God doesn't exist as long as they are not trying to change anyones beliefs.

    The only time anyone has to prove anything is when they are trying to change someone's thinking.

    To sum up, I believe in God, you don't believe in God, who really gives a shit? It shouldn't really matter because at least we are all human and have the freedom of choice. (Oh shit I hope this doesn't turn into a free will thread now) Now lets go have a beer.

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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    Originally posted by Malachi1975

    Originally posted by freethinker


    I will concede that you are stuck on what you think is a great arguement and I will let you have it.




    you can omit the red part. It is a great argument whether or not anyone conceeds it.

    One moment, I need to step around your ego to get back to this point. Not much room left here.



    it's not MY argument to get my "ego" all riled up in the first place.  I read it somewhere else and now I'm sharing it with you.

    So go whine somewhere else please





    Here's all I will concede to you. You say there are no abolsutes yet you demand on an absolute.


    I challenge you to post where I've demanded an absolute...considering I don't believe in them.





    Incorrect. That argument proves logically that god cannot exist in reality if he is said to exist outside of time (and therefore space).

    First, you are assuming, if you are conceding for sake of the arguement that there is a God, that God is held by the rules which you are so "absolute" in quoting. 



    Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?





    Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.




    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.

    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.





    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.

    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.


    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).



    Nice strawman.

    I don't believe the laws of logic, science, time space ANYTHING is absolute. They are CONDITIONALLY true. Furthermore, it's not my problem if you don't understand the difference.



    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that.




    Another strawman.

    I didn't ask you to refute a "hypothetical situation formed on an opinion"

    I asked you to refute a sound logical argument.  You couldn't and still can't.





    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.



    Once again...It's not an opinion. It's a sound logical argument that you can't refute.

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  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694


    Originally posted by freethinker
    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.
    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    ... Hmmm listen to this..

    1006 AD: HOW CAN ANything exist on the underside of the world.. That is a contradiction THe world is FLAT! if anyone tells you there is water on the underside of the earth.. they are speaking incoherently because they probably had too much Ale.

    2006 AD: How could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.
    It takes time to create things, it takes space
    to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above,
    underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    All it takes is time my friend. Remember Time/space is just how WE percieve the universe.

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    Dancing very slow
    Barely breathing
    Almost comatose
    Wall to wall
    People hypnotised
    And they're stepping lightly
    Hang each night in Rapture

    Back to back
    Sacrailiac
    Spineless movement
    And a wild attack

    Face to face
    Sadly solitude
    And it's finger popping
    Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture

    Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
    DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
    Flash is fast, Flash is cool
    Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do
    And you don't stop, sure shot
    Go out to the parking lot
    And you get in your car and you drive real far
    And you drive all night and then you see a light
    And it comes right down and lands on the ground
    And out comes a man from Mars
    And you try to run but he's got a gun
    And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
    And then you're in the man from Mars
    You go out at night, eatin' cars
    You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
    Mercurys and Subarus
    And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
    Then, when there's no more cars
    You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
    Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
    One to one, man to man
    Dance toe to toe
    Don't move to slow, 'cause the man from Mars
    Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
    Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
    He's gonna eat 'em all
    Rapture, be pure
    Take a tour, through the sewer
    Don't strain your brain, paint a train
    You'll be singin' in the rain
    I said don't stop, do punk rock

    Well now you see what you wanna be
    Just have your party on TV
    'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
    And now he's gone back up to space
    Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
    And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
    Just blast off, sure shot
    'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
    And now he only eats guitars, get up!

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  • Malachi1975Malachi1975 Member Posts: 1,079


    Originally posted by freethinker

    Originally posted by Malachi1975

    Originally posted by freethinker


    I will concede that you are stuck on what you think is a great arguement and I will let you have it.



    you can omit the red part. It is a great argument whether or not anyone conceeds it.

    One moment, I need to step around your ego to get back to this point. Not much room left here.



    it's not MY argument to get my "ego" all riled up in the first place.  I read it somewhere else and now I'm sharing it with you.

    So go whine somewhere else please

    You've officially gone from babbling with some intelligence to drooling like a moron. Sorry to say. I'm not whining. You're comment that is IS a great argument is an opinion.


    Here's all I will concede to you. You say there are no abolsutes yet you demand on an absolute.


    I challenge you to post where I've demanded an absolute...considering I don't believe in them.

    Keep reading friend, I will shortly.



    Incorrect. That argument proves logically that god cannot exist in reality if he is said to exist outside of time (and therefore space).

    First, you are assuming, if you are conceding for sake of the arguement that there is a God, that God is held by the rules which you are so "absolute" in quoting. 



    Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?





    Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.





    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.

    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    "Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?"

    Hate to tell you chief, but you just went ABSOLUTE right there. You are saying God ABSOLUTELY cannot exists outside time and space.


    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.

    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.


    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).



    Nice strawman.

    I don't believe the laws of logic, science, time space ANYTHING is absolute. They are CONDITIONALLY true. Furthermore, it's not my problem if you don't understand the difference.

    I do, you obviously don't and can't even go so far as to say anything other than flimsy insults. You call people opinions "anecdotal" or "strawmen". You're really hitting a new low moment by moment.

    You just admitted that all things are conditionally true, therefore, one can say with reasonable certainty that if there IS indeed a God that He may be able to exist outside the concepts of space and time which you hold dear. Welcome to a condition.




    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that.





    Another strawman.

    I didn't ask you to refute a "hypothetical situation formed on an opinion"

    I asked you to refute a sound logical argument.  You couldn't and still can't.

    Shall we again consult the dictionary? Let us.

    Main Entry: re·fute
    Pronunciation: ri-'fyüt
    Function: transitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): re·fut·ed; re·fut·ing
    Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
    1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
    2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of

    Hate to break it to you, chum, but I most certainly DID refute your idea. I am just not doing what YOU consider "refuting". Hence where I gather that you have an ego the size of a small, third-world country.





    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.



    Once again...It's not an opinion. It's a sound logical argument that you can't refute.

    Do you know what "opinion" means? No, shall we again?

    Main Entry: opin·ion
    Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari
    1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM
    2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view
    3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

    Your, or whoever it is you plagerised it from, arguement IS in the very essense an opinion. That's even an absolute. And having "denied the truth or accuracy of" I have in the very essence of the word...refuted your opinion.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, come back when you have a firm grasp of linguistics. Until then you can continue to use watered down insults to attack the person with which you disagree. In this debate, you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

    Good day.



    Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.





    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.

    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    "Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?"

    Hate to tell you chief, but you just went ABSOLUTE right there. You are saying God ABSOLUTELY cannot exists outside time and space.


    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.

    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.


    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).



    Nice strawman.

    I don't believe the laws of logic, science, time space ANYTHING is absolute. They are CONDITIONALLY true. Furthermore, it's not my problem if you don't understand the difference.

    I do, you obviously don't and can't even go so far as to say anything other than flimsy insults. You call people opinions "anecdotal" or "strawmen". You're really hitting a new low moment by moment.

    You just admitted that all things are conditionally true, therefore, one can say with reasonable certainty that if there IS indeed a God that He may be able to exist outside the concepts of space and time which you hold dear. Welcome to a condition.




    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that.





    Another strawman.

    I didn't ask you to refute a "hypothetical situation formed on an opinion"

    I asked you to refute a sound logical argument.  You couldn't and still can't.

    Shall we again consult the dictionary? Let us.

    Main Entry: re·fute
    Pronunciation: ri-'fyüt
    Function: transitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): re·fut·ed; re·fut·ing
    Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
    1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
    2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of

    Hate to break it to you, chum, but I most certainly DID refute your idea. I am just not doing what YOU consider "refuting". Hence where I gather that you have an ego the size of a small, third-world country.





    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.



    Once again...It's not an opinion. It's a sound logical argument that you can't refute.

    Do you know what "opinion" means? No, shall we again?

    Main Entry: opin·ion
    Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari
    1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM
    2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view
    3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

    Your, or whoever it is you plagerised it from, arguement IS in the very essense an opinion. That's even an absolute. And having "denied the truth or accuracy of" I have in the very essence of the word...refuted your opinion.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, come back when you have a firm grasp of linguistics. Until then you can continue to use watered down insults to attack the person with which you disagree. In this debate, you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

    Good day.



    Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.





    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.

    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    "Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?"

    Hate to tell you chief, but you just went ABSOLUTE right there. You are saying God ABSOLUTELY cannot exists outside time and space.


    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.

    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.


    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).



    Nice strawman.

    I don't believe the laws of logic, science, time space ANYTHING is absolute. They are CONDITIONALLY true. Furthermore, it's not my problem if you don't understand the difference.

    I do, you obviously don't and can't even go so far as to say anything other than flimsy insults. You call people opinions "anecdotal" or "strawmen". You're really hitting a new low moment by moment.

    You just admitted that all things are conditionally true, therefore, one can say with reasonable certainty that if there IS indeed a God that He may be able to exist outside the concepts of space and time which you hold dear. Welcome to a condition.




    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that.





    Another strawman.

    I didn't ask you to refute a "hypothetical situation formed on an opinion"

    I asked you to refute a sound logical argument.  You couldn't and still can't.

    Shall we again consult the dictionary? Let us.

    Main Entry: re·fute
    Pronunciation: ri-'fyüt
    Function: transitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): re·fut·ed; re·fut·ing
    Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
    1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
    2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of

    Hate to break it to you, chum, but I most certainly DID refute your idea. I am just not doing what YOU consider "refuting". Hence where I gather that you have an ego the size of a small, third-world country.





    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.



    Once again...It's not an opinion. It's a sound logical argument that you can't refute.

    Do you know what "opinion" means? No, shall we again?

    Main Entry: opin·ion
    Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari
    1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM
    2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view
    3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

    You're, or whoever it is you plagerised it from, arguement IS in the very essense an opinion. That's even an absolute. And having "denied the truth or accuracy of" I have in the very essence of the word...refuted your opinion.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, come back when you have a firm grasp of linguistics. Until then you can continue to use watered down insults to attack the person with which you disagree. In this debate, you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

    Good day.



    Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.





    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.

    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    "Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?"

    Hate to tell you chief, but you just went ABSOLUTE right there. You are saying God ABSOLUTELY cannot exists outside time and space.


    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.

    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.


    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).



    Nice strawman.

    I don't believe the laws of logic, science, time space ANYTHING is absolute. They are CONDITIONALLY true. Furthermore, it's not my problem if you don't understand the difference.

    I do, you obviously don't and can't even go so far as to say anything other than flimsy insults. You call people opinions "anecdotal" or "strawmen". You're really hitting a new low moment by moment.

    You just admitted that all things are conditionally true, therefore, one can say with reasonable certainty that if there IS indeed a God that He may be able to exist outside the concepts of space and time which you hold dear. Welcome to a condition.




    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that.





    Another strawman.

    I didn't ask you to refute a "hypothetical situation formed on an opinion"

    I asked you to refute a sound logical argument.  You couldn't and still can't.

    Shall we again consult the dictionary? Let us.

    Main Entry: re·fute
    Pronunciation: ri-'fyüt
    Function: transitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): re·fut·ed; re·fut·ing
    Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
    1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
    2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of

    Hate to break it to you, chum, but I most certainly DID refute your idea. I am just not doing what YOU consider "refuting". Hence where I gather that you have an ego the size of a small, third-world country.





    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.



    Once again...It's not an opinion. It's a sound logical argument that you can't refute.

    Do you know what "opinion" means? No, shall we again?

    Main Entry: opin·ion
    Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari
    1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM
    2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view
    3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

    You're, or whoever it is you plagerised it from, arguement IS in the very essense an opinion. That's even an absolute. And having "denied the truth or accuracy of" I have in the very essence of the word...refuted your opinion.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, come back when you have a firm grasp of linguistics. Until then you can continue to use watered down insults to attack the person with which you disagree. In this debate, you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

    Good day.



    Let us from hence forth say then that God is "above" the rules of normal time and space as we know it. Does that make it easier to agree with? Perhaps the word "outside" is being taken too literal here. It would only stand to reason that if God created space and time they would be subjected to Him, not vice versa.





    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.

    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    "Tryin real hard to turn it back around on me, aren't you. Now listen closely: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS ABSOLUTE. k?"

    Hate to tell you chief, but you just went ABSOLUTE right there. You are saying God ABSOLUTELY cannot exists outside time and space.


    Remember? That's the point you addressed when you first responded to it.  Is this absolute? Well...I don't think anything is absolute...including all scientific theories and laws of logic.

    The only ones I ever hear making absolute claims are theists when they tell me that their god exists.


    Incorrect. You did state an abolsute. You said that God would be held by the rules of space and time as you know them as an abolsute. Meaning, that if you percieve space and time in a certain fashion and He is above those rules of laws that he must not exist. The absolute being that you KNOW that God would be subjected to the same rules of space and time that you are.

    As for saying Theists claiming that God absolutely exists I don't see myself as having ever said that. While I will say I believe He exists, through my faith and personal experiences (which you call irrelevant).



    Nice strawman.

    I don't believe the laws of logic, science, time space ANYTHING is absolute. They are CONDITIONALLY true. Furthermore, it's not my problem if you don't understand the difference.

    I do, you obviously don't and can't even go so far as to say anything other than flimsy insults. You call people opinions "anecdotal" or "strawmen". You're really hitting a new low moment by moment.

    You just admitted that all things are conditionally true, therefore, one can say with reasonable certainty that if there IS indeed a God that He may be able to exist outside the concepts of space and time which you hold dear. Welcome to a condition.




    Where you lost me utterly was that you were demanding I refute a hypothetical situation formed on an opinion. Sure, even YOU must be able to see that there is no way to refute something like that.





    Another strawman.

    I didn't ask you to refute a "hypothetical situation formed on an opinion"

    I asked you to refute a sound logical argument.  You couldn't and still can't.

    Shall we again consult the dictionary? Let us.

    Main Entry: re·fute
    Pronunciation: ri-'fyüt
    Function: transitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): re·fut·ed; re·fut·ing
    Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
    1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
    2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of

    Hate to break it to you, chum, but I most certainly DID refute your idea. I am just not doing what YOU consider "refuting". Hence where I gather that you have an ego the size of a small, third-world country.





    By your rights I did not achieve the first defintion, however I stand firm that there was nothing to refute because it was an opinion. I can't tell you that your opinions are right or wrong.



    Once again...It's not an opinion. It's a sound logical argument that you can't refute.

    Do you know what "opinion" means? No, shall we again?

    Main Entry: opin·ion
    Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari
    1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM
    2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view
    3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

    You're, or whoever it is you plagerised it from, arguement IS in the very essense an opinion. That's even an absolute. And having "denied the truth or accuracy of" I have in the very essence of the word...refuted your opinion.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, come back when you have a firm grasp of linguistics. Until then you can continue to use watered down insults to attack the person with which you disagree. In this debate, you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

    Good day.










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  • Malachi1975Malachi1975 Member Posts: 1,079


    Originally posted by seabass2003

    Freethinker,
    Why do believers have to prove God exsists? I have seen you say this before. I don't have to prove it, because I am not trying to convert anyone to my beliefs. Just like non-believers don't have to prove God doesn't exist as long as they are not trying to change anyones beliefs.
    The only time anyone has to prove anything is when they are trying to change someone's thinking.
    To sum up, I believe in God, you don't believe in God, who really gives a shit? It shouldn't really matter because at least we are all human and have the freedom of choice. (Oh shit I hope this doesn't turn into a free will thread now) Now lets go have a beer.


    Sadly, Seabass, at this very moment I am going to exercise my freewill to come steal your beer. And even sadder to the fact, I'm within driving distance to do it

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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    Originally posted by methane47

    Originally posted by freethinker
    the·o·ry Pronunciation (th-r, thîr)n. pl. the·o·ries

    1.
    A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts
    or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is
    widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural
    phenomena.

    Goddidit is not a theory..it's a naked assertion.


    Anyway...to address your argument....If god is not bound by time and space then he doesn't exist in nature, therefore one can conclude that god does not exist at all.



    So what exactly is the Theory of Relativity? Oh wait... NOT a theory... just a naked assertion..





    Hmm..maybe you don't understand what a "naked assertion" is.
    Anyway, ToR is not one. It's a well supported theory by Albert Einstein. And you'd be nuts to try and refute it


    Here's more info





    Black hole Theory? ... OHhhhh NOOESS not a theory.. naked assertion... Them dang'd weak minded brilliant scientists trying to trick us into believing their naked assertions....



    LOL, Black Hole Theory?  that's a new one 
    Maybe you mean Theoretical Physics?  Or General Relativity? Who the heck knows *shrug*




    String theory ... OH NOEESSS ... naked assertion...



    Here,  you can educate yourself on String Theory. But, no, it's not a naked assertion.




    Big Bang theory... OH GODD NOESSsssss .... nake assertion...



    Again, you are incorrect.  Do you like displaying ignorance? Not something I'd be proud of




    Or maybe you hold that big bang is testable?



    Current evidence points toward a singularity. Want to refute the theory? Then have fun coming up with a better theory that explains the Cosmic microwave background radiation, redshift/blueshift, etc...

    (hint: this will require you to submit papers to a scientific journal for peer review.)

    (or wait, lemme guess, Goddidit...heheh )




    Anyways... there are tonnes of things that are held as theories that by totatly objective terms aren't theories at all... But really.. who cares... it's all just petty banter... who cares about the label... the content is more important right?



    All of the above are scientific theories...some are more supported than others. You  mocking me and (at the same time) displaying your ignorance on that doesn't change a thing.  In fact, it reminds me a lot of this guy
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    "If god is not bound by time and space then he doesn't 
    exist(read: isn't bound) in nature" ummm .... yeah... DUHH



    thats was definitely a duhhh moment... I'm sure you are familiar with the terms ... "SUPERnatural" or the term "Metaphysical".... But i'll play down your "doesn't exist" to mean "isn't bound by" since that is what you used for the beginning of your arguement



    Not at all. Maybe you'd like to explain how something could exist without a place or a time to exist. Again, you mock when you should be attempting to explain your position.

    Now squirm some more...it's amusing

    Or do you ALSO ready to conceed the point?

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  • modjoe86modjoe86 Member UncommonPosts: 4,050


    Originally posted by Malachi1975

    Originally posted by seabass2003

    Freethinker,
    Why do believers have to prove God exsists? I have seen you say this before. I don't have to prove it, because I am not trying to convert anyone to my beliefs. Just like non-believers don't have to prove God doesn't exist as long as they are not trying to change anyones beliefs.
    The only time anyone has to prove anything is when they are trying to change someone's thinking.
    To sum up, I believe in God, you don't believe in God, who really gives a shit? It shouldn't really matter because at least we are all human and have the freedom of choice. (Oh shit I hope this doesn't turn into a free will thread now) Now lets go have a beer.

    Sadly, Seabass, at this very moment I am going to exercise my freewill to come steal your beer. And even sadder to the fact, I'm within driving distance to do it


    Logically speaking, the burden of proof lies on the person making the outrageous claim. We've gone over this a dozen times.
    If I say I can fly, you would say prove it. The burden of proof wouldn't lie on you to prove it wrong, since it's a ridiculous claim.
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  • freethinkerfreethinker Member UncommonPosts: 775


    Originally posted by methane47

    Originally posted by freethinker
    please...how could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.
    It takes time to create things, it takes space to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above, underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    ... Hmmm listen to this..

    1006 AD: HOW CAN ANything exist on the underside of the world.. That is a contradiction THe world is FLAT! if anyone tells you there is water on the underside of the earth.. they are speaking incoherently because they probably had too much Ale.

    2006 AD: How could anything BE anywhere outside of time/space. That's a contradiction.
    It takes time to create things, it takes space
    to exist. Anyone professing that a being is (outside, above,
    underneath, not bound to, etc...) time/space is speaking incoherently.

    All it takes is time my friend. Remember Time/space is just how WE percieve the universe.


    False analogy.  Here's why.

    In your 1006 AD example, the flat earth would still have a place and time it existed. it is within the confines of reality. The same reality you're trying to remove your sky daddie from.

    Try again...or scream some more.

    makes no difference to me  *shrug*

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  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694


    Originally posted by freethinker
    ... Bunch of stuff here


    Sadly my friend I doubt you know what you are talking about. You tell me Goddidit is not a theory because it isn't testable... Well go ahead and show me what tests you have for Theory of Relativity, Black holes, Big Bang, String Theory....

    Maybe ToR is a theory because it's backed up by Eiestein.. oh Wait... he had to invent a WHOLE NEW FORM OF MATH for his equations to work...

    maybe black holes? Nope... Untestable...

    Bigbang?... NOPE unless you have been able to produce an explosion large enough to create the universe... cuz i'd love to see that...

    String theory... We dont even know HOW to test it... We barely understand this at all...

    Now to say Goddidit isn't a theory because it's not testable is the same as denying all those others... Unless of course you have word of some test that shows those things are indeed fact?

    EDit: dont even say those tests of ToR.. because those tests are widely debated... stand on a shakey footing... Can be caused by A number of things... Just dont say much about the theory..etc

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  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694


    Originally posted by freethinker
    False analogy.  Here's why.

    In your 1006 AD example, the flat earth would still have a place and time it existed. it is within the confines of reality. The same reality you're trying to remove your sky daddie from.

    Try again...or scream some more.

    makes no difference to me  *shrug*


    Wooaa is that an absolute? Are you telling me that it is absolutely true that nothing can exist outside time/space?
    Or did you mean that's your opinion ... :D ... Cuz i know you dont believe in Absolutes ...
    Or maybe you exist outside of time/space so therefore you are able to tell me ... that nothing exists outside time/space :D....

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  • seabass2003seabass2003 Member Posts: 4,144


    Originally posted by Malachi1975

    Originally posted by seabass2003

    Freethinker,
    Why do believers have to prove God exsists? I have seen you say this before. I don't have to prove it, because I am not trying to convert anyone to my beliefs. Just like non-believers don't have to prove God doesn't exist as long as they are not trying to change anyones beliefs.
    The only time anyone has to prove anything is when they are trying to change someone's thinking.
    To sum up, I believe in God, you don't believe in God, who really gives a shit? It shouldn't really matter because at least we are all human and have the freedom of choice. (Oh shit I hope this doesn't turn into a free will thread now) Now lets go have a beer.

    Sadly, Seabass, at this very moment I am going to exercise my freewill to come steal your beer. And even sadder to the fact, I'm within driving distance to do it




    Oh noes!!!1111!! I guess I should go buy some beer if your going to come steal it. Might want to bring your GF too because you are going to need the extra help, my GF is a Second Degree Black Belt. LOL. Its funny but we might actually meet in RL someday. As long as your not from North Las Vegas. HAHA!

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