(Jul 9, 2018 04:25 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [ -> ]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QlG0L28NNXQ
Do great minds think alike?
Yes. And making light of the issue that we are all special does not absolve the fact that we continue to exist after we die but we cannot normally know this because we are steeped in illusion.
Sorry Ostro but I don't consider you, Langan or even the sharpest Mensa member an authority on intelligence. A quote from my favorite Star Trek episode of all time, in it Spock speaks of the Organians, an evolved omniscient (?) species that can bridge the gap between the physical & pure energy form....
Quote:Mr. Spock: I should say the Organians are as far above us on the evolutionary scale... as we are above the amoeba.
Compared to an amoeba, I (all my single cells collectively) may be special when comparing intelligences. Accept your insignificance and enjoy life ..... My philosophic wax for the day
(Jul 9, 2018 05:11 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry Ostro but I don't consider you, Langan or even the sharpest Mensa member an authority on intelligence. A quote from my favorite Star Trek episode of all time, in it Spock speaks of the Organians, an evolved omniscient (?) species that can bridge the gap between the physical & pure energy form....
Quote:Mr. Spock: I should say the Organians are as far above us on the evolutionary scale... as we are above the amoeba.
Compared to an amoeba, I (all my single cells collectively) may be special when comparing intelligences. Accept your insignificance and enjoy life ..... My philosophic wax for the day
Insignificance or non-specialty is an illusion based on the consistency of reality. If you were to suddenly suffer a severe injury you will yearn for a God, and sometimes you may find one if you are in the appropriate realm. So I dismiss your claim from illusion.
Quote: If you were to suddenly suffer a severe injury you will yearn for a God
What a crock of BS. Although it doesn't surprise me, coming from a God believer. I think despite all the new age verbiage you employ, complete with high level.vocabulary and scientific terms that you're still espousing basic theism. You can change the words but not.the message. Perceived good is credited to God whereas the bad stuff is not.. Go back to.the drawing board.
Spelunking fun...God
Untrained ..... Bad
Floods.... bad
Shelf handy.... God
Wait 9 days ...... bad
Found..... God
Rescue difficult.....bad
Experts.arrive..... God
Rescuer dies.....bad
More.rain.....bad
Decision made.... to be determined
Sick boys....bad
Sick boys first....God
4 saved ....God
4 more......God
So far appears as if God gaining upper hand. Demons representing bad have reaped only a moderate success.
(Jul 9, 2018 06:52 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [ -> ]Quote: If you were to suddenly suffer a severe injury you will yearn for a God
What a crock of BS. Although it doesn't surprise me, coming from a God believer. I think despite all the new age verbiage you employ, complete with high level.vocabulary and scientific terms that you're still espousing basic theism. You can change the words but not.the message. Perceived good is credited to God whereas the bad stuff is not.. Go back to.the drawing board.
Spelunking fun...God
Untrained ..... Bad
Floods.... bad
Shelf handy.... God
Wait 9 days ...... bad
Found..... God
Rescue difficult.....bad
Experts.arrive..... God
Rescuer dies.....bad
More.rain.....bad
Decision made.... to be determined
Sick boys....bad
Sick boys first....God
4 saved ....God
4 more......God
So far appears as if God gaining upper hand. Demons representing bad have reaped only a moderate success.
What an oversimplification common to basic atheistic arguments. We cannot attribute blind nature to God. We must attribute the supernatural to God. And I am 100% confident and certain that God is real. This is an argument based on evidence and reason. You are a typical atheistic fool who says in their hearts there is no God.
Quote: This is an argument based on evidence and reason. You are a typical atheistic fool who says in their hearts there is no God
Still not.getting it Ostro. Believe whatever it is that you want to believe. Makes no difference to me.
(Jul 10, 2018 07:00 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [ -> ]Quote: This is an argument based on evidence and reason. You are a typical atheistic fool who says in their hearts there is no God
Still not.getting it Ostro. Believe whatever it is that you want to believe. Makes no difference to me.
That's fine. Your ignorance is of no consequence to me.