teen4christ writes:
Even IFF everything we discuss... is completely and utterly pointless, these discussions would still be very helpful in that we can expose each other to views that some of us might never have thought of.
Very true. But do not confuse the view that "no discussion is useless" with "no discussion has a solution".
Reality Man writes:
Origins and the concept of God the almighty and evolution and the scary spaghetti monster, is very simply beyond anybody's comprehension!
I don't see why this is true.
1. Origins seems to be well within our comprehension. We may not have all the answers, but progress is being made.
2. The concept of God the almighty seems to be well within our comprehension. I havn't heard of a God concept I havn't been able to comprehend, anyway. Whether or not "some God" is a part of our reality may be out of our comprehension. But as soon as someone gives their God some physical aspect (eg. "My God flooded the entire world within the last 6000 years"), it's certainly within our comprehension to test this, and show that it's not a part of reality.
3. Evolution is also well within our comprehension. So much so that it's undeniable by most of the world.
4. The scary spaghetti monster is in the same boat as God the almighty. We may not be able to comprehend the reality of "some spaghetti monster", but as soon as a a physical aspect is promoted by someone it's within our comprehension to test against reality.
Reality Man writes:
Meanwhile, these discussion are ofcourse engaging and very interesting, but no one has anything that is accepted by everyone.
I agree. But it's a good thing that "being accepted by everyone" isn't the criteria for something being a part of reality. The criteria for something being a part of reality has no concern for what anyone accepts or believes, it's only concerned with what we can show to be true. Evolution can be shown to be true. Creationism (a literal interpretation of Genesis) does not match up with what is shown in reality.