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The God Debate v2

Do you believe in God?

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Nice google search Evermore, sadly I'm not that easy.

That article just proves there is no answer.
There is no definitive answer, yes, however there are many very plausible theories.

Just because there are many theories, and no absolute answer yet, doesn't cause the question to collapse.
 

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Though there is no quantifiable proof of God's existence, I believe in him and I believe that his son died on the cross so that our sins can be forgiven. The reason why, you ask, since there isn't any 100% proof? Faith, and built on that faith is stories of people who've died and gone to heaven (before being brought back to life). Seeing is believing, as Jesus once said, which is why we need to have faith.

My question is, why do people not believe in God? If he truly isn't real, then you have nothing to lose by believing and holding on to the Christian faith.
From my personal thoughts, I don't believe because the Bible has the potential to be incorrect, just as current scientific theories can be (most of them probably are). The Bible has good intentions and good guidelines, and thousands of years ago, they worked pretty well. Religion did a good job enforcing rules and keeping people safe and happy.

But since holy books are rather set in stone, they leave very little room to advance and push past our old limits. While pork may be dangerous when not prepared correctly, we have found ways to overcome that boundary. While the men in charge of the Bible say homosexuals dying from STDs, we know how to avoid those today. While they thought the Earth was the center of the universe, science came and found a better cosmic interpretation.

The main difference between faith and science is the flexibility, and that's why I believe.
 

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Many people are under the false impression that carbon dating proves that dinosaurs and other extinct animals lived millions of years ago. What many do not realize is that carbon dating is not used to date dinosaurs.

The reason? Carbon dating is only accurate back a few thousand years. So if scientists believe that a creature lived millions of years ago, then they would need to date it another way.

But there is the problem. They assume dinosaurs lived millions of years ago (instead of thousands of years ago like the bible says). They ignore evidence that does not fit their preconceived notion.

What would happen if a dinosaur bone were carbon dated? - At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Scientists dated dinosaur bones using the Carbon dating method. The age they came back with was only a few thousand years old.

This date did not fit the preconceived notion that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. So what did they do? They threw the results out. And kept their theory that dinosaurs lived "millions of years ago" instead.

This is common practice.

They then use potassium argon, or other methods, and date the fossils again.

They do this many times, using a different dating method each time. The results can be as much as 150 million years different from each other! - how’s that for an "exact" science?

They then pick the date they like best, based upon their preconceived notion of how old their theory says the fossil should be (based upon the Geologic column).

So they start with the assumption that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, then manipulate the results until they agree with their conclusion.

Their assumptions dictate their conclusions.

So why is it that if the date doesn't fit the theory, they change the facts?

Unbiased science changes the theory to support the facts. They should not change the facts to fit the theory.



A Dinosaur carbon dated at 9,890 and 16,000 years old NOT millions of years old like evolutionists claim

I have documentation of an Allosaurus bone that was sent to The University of Arizona to be carbon dated. The results were 9,890 +/- 60 years and 16,120 +/- 220 years.

"We didn't tell them that the bones they were dating were dinosaur bones. The result was sample B at 16,120 years. The Allosaurus dinosaur was supposed to be around 140,000,000 years. The samples of bone were blind samples."

This test was done on August 10, 1990



Do you ever care to find out of that is true or false? The research wasnt performed correctly if you bothered to continue reading about it. You clearly went to the first creationist website and Copied the first thing you saw. There is a reason dinos are million of years in science textbooks and classrooms. The only reason why people say the earth is thousands of years old because that is what it says in this inaccurae holy book. Of you even bothered to do a bit of research on the thing you were citing, you can clearly see the information is false.

Radiometric dating, of course, poses a huge problem for people who believe that the universe is 6000-odd years old. A favorite tactic of Young Earthers is to cite studies which show trace amounts of 14C in coal or diamond samples, which - being millions of years old - should have no original atmospheric 14C left. Recent studies, however, show that 14C can be created underground. The decay of uranium and thorium, among other isotopes, produces radiation which can create 14C from 12C. Indeed, this results from a unique decay mode known as "cluster decay" where a given isotope emits a particle heavier than an alpha particle (radium-226 is an example.)
Im still waiting for some real evidence for what you believe.



Literally every atheist in the room is withering and hissing haha gr8 banter.

Boboy i got a question for you. Why would homosexual behavior exist in humans if evolution is real and it would be in your instincts to reproduce to survive. If evolution has been happening for as long as you say it is, why would this behavior even happen.

Oh yeah, if you can't explain it it obviously can't be real.
We are just simply born that say. There is nothing wrong with being gay. You tell me, if got made us to love the opposite sex then why are there gay people. If you didnt know, there are other homosexual animal species. Its not just humand. I guess we arent the only species going to hell for love.

Everything we do is NOT in gods control, he gives us free will to obey, disobey, or anything else.
If God gave my free will then I bet he wouldnt mind me using the brain he gave me to think logically and see that he isnt real.
From my personal thoughts, I don't believe because the Bible has the potential to be incorrect, just as current scientific theories can be (most of them probably are). The Bible has good intentions and good guidelines, and thousands of years ago, they worked pretty well. Religion did a good job enforcing rules and keeping people safe and happy.

But since holy books are rather set in stone, they leave very little room to advance and push past our old limits. While pork may be dangerous when not prepared correctly, we have found ways to overcome that boundary. While the men in charge of the Bible say homosexuals dying from STDs, we know how to avoid those today. While they thought the Earth was the center of the universe, science came and found a better cosmic interpretation.

The main difference between faith and science is the flexibility, and that's why I believe.
What about the parts of the bible that say you should rape and murder people. When God told a bunch of people to kill the men of another town and rape all the women. I guess slavery is ok becuase the bible says it is. I can see you only pay attention to the good stuff in the bible. I can be good without that silly old book.

Though there is no quantifiable proof of God's existence, I believe in him and I believe that his son died on the cross so that our sins can be forgiven. The reason why, you ask, since there isn't any 100% proof? Faith, and built on that faith is stories of people who've died and gone to heaven (before being brought back to life). Seeing is believing, as Jesus once said, which is why we need to have faith.

My question is, why do people not believe in God? If he truly isn't real, then you have nothing to lose by believing and holding on to the Christian faith.
Faith is built up on false claims that have no evidence. If seeing is believing, than I cant believe without seeing evidence first. Why dont you believe any other thousand religions. You only believe in one God, but what about the rest of them? Do you not care about them? The same way you dont care about the other Gods, I dont care about yours. Your God is a horrible and evil person who doesnt care. Your religion says you can kill people, rape women, and have slaves. How could you possible ignore those things. If we get our morality from the bile then why are we not owning slaves and raping women? We know better than that. I dnt want to believe in somthing that has absolutely no evidence for. I will believe in your religion if you can give me real evidence for it. If you cant, then why do you believe? Why not believe in the other religions that also have ro evidence. Why arent you muslim, jewish or even hindu.
Jesus did not die for us. God sent himself down to earth to get killed becuase he is a maniac.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crosse...asons-the-crucifixion-story-makes-no-sense-2/
 
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Ok fine then,
  1. Big Bang is impossible because something can not come from nothing
  2. The universe is dieing stars are NEVER forming but they are dieing.
  3. How could life be created from a mixture of non living chemicals
  4. Why have we never witnessed a helpful mutation, the only mutations we seem to have are always negative
  5. Why are the seashells and sea fossils on top of mountains?
  6. There are different accounts in old history books that there was a man who died on a cross and rose again in 3 days
  7. There are found artifacts from the Old Testament of the bible and that are at thier present location by what it says.
  8. Pangea could have split easily by the force of a global flood.( I can elaborate more on this)
There are plenty more I can mention, but if you want to disprove any please mark the nun beer then why.
LMFAO
 

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Do you ever care to find out of that is true or false? The research wasnt performed correctly if you bothered to continue reading about it. You clearly went to the first creationist website and Copied the first thing you saw. There is a reason dinos are million of years in science textbooks and classrooms. The only reason why people say the earth is thousands of years old because that is what it says in this inaccurae holy book. Of you even bothered to do a bit of research on the thing you were citing, you can clearly see the information is false.

Radiometric dating, of course, poses a huge problem for people who believe that the universe is 6000-odd years old. A favorite tactic of Young Earthers is to cite studies which show trace amounts of 14C in coal or diamond samples, which - being millions of years old - should have no original atmospheric 14C left. Recent studies, however, show that 14C can be created underground. The decay of uranium and thorium, among other isotopes, produces radiation which can create 14C from 12C. Indeed, this results from a unique decay mode known as "cluster decay" where a given isotope emits a particle heavier than an alpha particle (radium-226 is an example.)
Im still waiting for some real evidence for what you believe.




We are just simply born that say. There is nothing wrong with being gay. You tell me, if got made us to love the opposite sex then why are there gay people. If you didnt know, there are other homosexual animal species. Its not just humand. I guess we arent the only species going to hell for love.


If God gave my free will then I bet he wouldnt mind me using the brain he gave me to think logically and see that he isnt real.

What about the parts of the bible that say you should rape and murder people. When God told a bunch of people to kill the men of another town and rape all the women. I guess slavery is ok becuase the bible says it is. I can see you only pay attention to the good stuff in the bible. I can be good without that silly old book.


Faith is built up on false claims that have no evidence. If seeing is believing, than I cant believe without seeing evidence first. Why dont you believe any other thousand religions. You only believe in one God, but what about the rest of them? Do you not care about them? The same way you dont care about the other Gods, I dont care about yours. Your God is a horrible and evil person who doesnt care. Your religion says you can kill people, rape women, and have slaves. How could you possible ignore those things. If we get our morality from the bile then why are we not owning slaves and raping women? We know better than that. I dnt want to believe in somthing that has absolutely no evidence for. I will believe in your religion if you can give me real evidence for it. If you cant, then why do you believe? Why not believe in the other religions that also have ro evidence. Why arent you muslim, jewish or even hindu.
Jesus did not die for us. God sent himself down to earth to get killed becuase he is a maniac.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crosse...asons-the-crucifixion-story-makes-no-sense-2/
Ok if your going to use the bible against someone how about you read it first because the stories your telling aren't true.
 

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Could you link me a video of a star forming?
Sure. We have examples of stars in all levels of their formation.
No I can't show you one from start to finish because it takes about 10 million years to form.
http://www.space.com/29333-star-forming-clump-discovery.html?cmpid=NL_SP_weekly_2015-05-11
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0203071
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008hsf2.book..351W





Oh and by the way the bible is complete bullshit LOL.


And on your previous remarks...

  1. Big Bang is impossible because something can not come from nothing
  2. The universe is dieing stars are NEVER forming but they are dieing.
  3. How could life be created from a mixture of non living chemicals
  4. Why have we never witnessed a helpful mutation, the only mutations we seem to have are always negative
  5. Why are the seashells and sea fossils on top of mountains?
  6. There are different accounts in old history books that there was a man who died on a cross and rose again in 3 days
  7. There are found artifacts from the Old Testament of the bible and that are at thier present location by what it says.
  8. Pangea could have split easily by the force of a global flood.( I can elaborate more on this)
1- Nope, no one believes something came from nothing, and that in itself is possible.
2- Yes there are several stars that we can see in formation, no we can't friggen take a video because it takes too long, but we have mathematical models that show every expected stage and that is what we observe. Also if you want video proof for everything how about you reject the quantum mechanics that makes your very computer work, no one has a video of that...
3- That is quite simple, RNA forms first. The building blocks of RNA have been synthesized in the lab under space like conditions. I recommend you check out this video
4- Um Yes we have, here is a mutation that allowed this lizard to adapt to it's environment within 40 years, we dropped them off on a new island in 1970 and now they're completely different species.
http://science.jburroughs.org/mbahe...volution After Introduction To A New Home.pdf
5- Maybe because the world changes and certain sections get lifted above? Huh maybe think of that? And if you're wondering why we wouldn't just throw away the whole theory of evolution because of one find like that is because it's easily explained.
THERE ARE NO FOSSIL KANGAROOS IN THE CAMBRIAN TIME PERIOD, FIND THAT AND I WILL BELIEVE YOU.
6- Lmao. I'm done with this jesus bullshit. The bible is fake af and it's obvious. If you ACTUALLY think this happened give me a link to an eye witness which was not the gospels and lived DURING jesus' time. Also give me an artifact. Also even if he preformed miracles that doesn't make him special, there are a crap ton of people who claim to be the son of god and say they preformed miracles.
How about you do your research.
7- The old Testament wasn't even written by one person, that's just a tradition. Anyways yes maybe it describes history but you know that things can get corrupted right?
8- Lmao yes that makes total sense, explain please.
 

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In remark number 4 u said adapting to its environment adapting to an environment doesn't make a new species it adjusts for the circumstances that have been placed upon it
In number 5 your saying that the earth is billions of yrs old I believe it's 6000 roughly so therefore using the Cambrian time period wouldn't make sense
There are multiple places we can visit which have artifacts from the Old Testament. Why would someone write a fact book and add false things in it.
 

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Ok if your going to use the bible against someone how about you read it first because the stories your telling aren't true.
How about you don't say nonsense that isn't true. Please stop making up stuff.
Quotes from your bible.
1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

NUMBERS 21:3 The Lord gave the Canaanites over to Israel, who "completely destroyed them and their towns."

NUMBERS 31:17-18 God commanded Moses to kill all of the male Midianite children and "kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man." The virgins were presumably raped.
 
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