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kuresu
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Message 1 of 101 (355565)
10-10-2006 9:55 AM

A common argument against evolution, and for that matter quite a bit of science, is that science removes God from the equation. Unfortunately, I don't have any links or whatnot, but it's one that has been known to be used.
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A corollary, then, is that if God has no purpose, why does he exist? The reason this is a logical corollary concerns God's purposes. Everything that exists, even events, supposedly, have a purpose (especially with the religious worldview). If something has no purpose, why would it exist?
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My question here, is are creationists (those that make such arguments) afraid of removing all purposes for God, or afraid of believing in something that has no purpose?
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My take on it is that for those who believe, it only makes sense to believe in an entity that has a purpose. So we need God to have a purpose, which does not necessarily mean that God does have a purpose, only that we ascribe him one to make his existence more palatable.
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kuresu
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Message 14 of 101 (355714)
10-10-2006 6:03 PM

hmmm . . .
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something that I really want to know is if we actually ascribe a purpose to God to remove the craziness of believing in something without purpose (well, what could be percieved as being crazy).
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kuresu
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Message 29 of 101 (355749)
10-10-2006 7:42 PM 		Reply to: Message 27 by Straggler
10-10-2006 7:34 PM

Re: Historically Speaking
mass culture
the product of science (TV, internet, downloadable music etc.)
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removing the power of the localised pastor? hah! ever hear of pat robertson? he's in the media a lot, getting his views out there, even influencing some people. so much for for diminishing the effect of religion, mass media increased it in some areas.
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