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Author Topic:   Creator of God, Big Bang
Taz
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Message 4 of 162 (451353)
01-27-2008 12:16 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Phat
01-27-2008 11:48 AM


Re: Makes More Sense
Phat writes:
See, to me, an eternally existing Creator makes more sense than eternally existing matter.
Replace the word "creator" with the words "immaterial pink unicorn" and you get...
quote:
See, to me, an eternally existing immaterial pink unicorn makes more sense than eternally existing matter.
Or, you can insert just about any supernatural fantasy in there to replace the word god.

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Taz
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Message 18 of 162 (451464)
01-27-2008 7:42 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by Phat
01-27-2008 12:53 PM


Re: Makes More Sense
Phat writes:
I don't believe it for a minute. People always use that argument to gloat about the fact that humans can create the Deity of their choice.
And yet you are so confident that the your deity is the right one juas as the buddhist is so confident that their deities are the right ones.
This has nothing to do with the Deity that IMB actually exists. But if you want to go around laughing at the whole God concept, be my guest.
Prove to me that the immaterial pink unicorn actually isn't the deity we are talking about? When we are talking about supernatural beings, anything goes, phat.
Try explaining the purpose of an eternally existing universe with no intelligence beyond evolved intelligence. And while you are at it, try postulating how far intelligence will eventually evolve.
I don't know, and I'm willing to bet my house that you don't know either.
The only thing you probably will end up concluding is that making babies is our highest calling in life.
And yet by some miracle I've concluded that helping orphaned children is more important than popping out babies of my own. Just how many christians do you know who are willing to suppress their urge to breed just so they could make a difference in this world?
The point is what's what in regard to calling in life has nothing to do with this issue. You've chosen to use one supernatural fantasy as an explanation for all things you know not anything about. What's to prevent me from using another supernatural fantasy to explain all things I know not anything about?

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Taz
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Message 19 of 162 (451466)
01-27-2008 7:45 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by tesla
01-27-2008 1:35 PM


Re: Makes More Sense
Tesla, I had no idea that they are putting that many words in a fortune cookie nowadays. Haven't been to a chinese restaurant for a while.

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Taz
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Message 38 of 162 (451559)
01-28-2008 1:19 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by tesla
01-27-2008 7:49 PM


Re: Makes More Sense
tesla writes:
anything to which your referring that i could discuss with you in topic?
Not really, I suppose. I gave up trying to discuss philosophical jibberish after I tried several times with Phat. You should talk to him. You two are just as fluent in jibberish as each other.

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