[quote]OldManJoe wrote:
[quote]eraserhead wrote:
[quote]OldManJoe wrote:
[quote]eraserhead wrote:
[quote]OldManJoe wrote:
[quote]eraserhead wrote:
[quote]OldManJoe wrote:
[quote]eraserhead wrote:
Naturally, the dilemma is resolved if man was created in the image of God, in which case our sense of logic is derived from a higher truth.
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Ok first off that doesn’t sound natural at all.
And second of all, that is the god of the gaps argument: God of the gaps - Wikipedia
“We don’t know how something happened so NATURALLY(???) a magical being did it!”
Yeah you could resolve any dilemma if you input a magical being who can DO ANYTHING! Such a primitive way of thinking. And worst of all is that you try and pretend like you’re right by trying to sound smart about it. Congratulations you’re practically a walking disease.
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I’m not going to bother with your insult at all. I do not at all believe in a God of gaps, so if it came off that way I’m sorry. You can replace naturally with “of course” if that makes you feel better.
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You’re the one who said “The dilemma is resolved if man was created in the image of God”. That leaves a pretty big gap because that doesn’t really explain anything You’ve just inserted a magical being to solve your problem. And like the above poster said, that just leaves a greater question of how did god get created.
Fill in the gaps then. Explain to me the process of how you believe god created us or just explain your beliefs in detail. Be very detailed because this isn’t a live conversation. How did god create us and how was he created?
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God is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, not a magical being. This is a prime example of what I wrote about in the previous post. Why do you assume that the Creator must have a beginning? Let us assume that the big bang theory is correct. In that case, time and space exist as a result of an expansion of singularity, where everything that will ever come to be was once contained. “Outside” of this, there is no time or space, nor “was” there “before”. I put these terms in quotation marks since it is a fallacy to talk about what was before time, or outside of space, since there “was” no time or space at all. God is eternal, he is not here or there.
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You didn’t fill in the gaps though. You said there was a god, and he created the humans and earth. But you didn’t explain the method in which he did this. Explain to me the process of how you believe god created us.
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Well you obviously didn’t get any of the essence of what I wrote, I must suck at explaining my thoughts. Ask Tiribulus, he should give you a nice and straightforward answer. I have to work now.[/quote]
There is nothing straightforward about tribulus. And I acknowledge now that instead of admitting you don’t know, you have dodged the question like an immature little weakling. Wouldn’t want you workin’ for me kid.[/quote]
When did I claim to know the “process” by which God created us? Quite to the contrary actually, if by knowing you mean some kind of empirical knowledge. As someone who believes in evolution, you should realize that your question must be informed only by your animal brain and understanding. There is no reason whatsoever to assume that you should be capable of understanding metaphysics to any degree. Asking about the “process” by which God created us is just as ill formed as asking about what was before time.