He said nothing about science. The idea that an omnipotent and benevolent God would hide from us is ridiculous.That’s wrong. Science has nothing to say about the existence of God as it is a question completely outside the scope of science.
He said nothing about science. The idea that an omnipotent and benevolent God would hide from us is ridiculous.That’s wrong. Science has nothing to say about the existence of God as it is a question completely outside the scope of science.
How do you know it isn't?
Maybe we just don't know how yet.It’s not a faulty premise: Life can’t be made to happen even when we try.
How is that assumption faulty?What’s faulty is the assumption that life can occur anytime the right conditions are in place.
Of course, "we can’t even make it happen when we try" because we don't know how to make it happen. Yet.No, the best evidence we have says the probability of life occurring by chance is small: no one has ever witnessed it and we can’t even make it happen when we try. It’s a sound, evidence-based conclusion.
An assumption is an assumption whether it has could or would in front of it.
You get points for the ‘could’ though.
It probably is still happening. But such primitive life forms wouldn't be able to compete with the more evolved life forms that already swarm the planet, and would almost immediately be consumed.
God isn't even plausible.My point is untestable assumptions aren’t very scientific lol.
God is imminently plausible. But God isn’t testable.
And what religion would that be?You have your own religion but you’re oblivious to it lol.
actually that’s another ground rule of science. All knowledge is tentative.
actually that’s another ground rule of science. All knowledge is tentative.
God is the most parsimonious explanation since it only requires introducing one extraneous factor instead of an infinite number of them.
Also, the multiverse just kicks the can of infinite regression down the road.
Hence, an infinite mind behind the universe is a rational philosophic conclusion.
"an infinite mind behind the universe" is just wishful thinking, an attempt to avoid thinking about the universe.
And illogical ones named after you. At least I am logical.
How do you know that this is the only planet that life formed (not evolved) on? If life had formed on a different planet, and not here, and evolved into intelligent life forms, would they be arguing that there must be a higher power at work?
Well, it's not, but that's not what the Bible says happened and not what Christians insist must have happened.
He said nothing about science. The idea that an omnipotent and benevolent God would hide from us is ridiculous.
thank you.......I love it when the god-deniers share their religious beliefs......It probably is still happening. But such primitive life forms wouldn't be able to compete with the more evolved life forms that already swarm the planet, and would almost immediately be consumed.
How is that assumption faulty?
There have been almost endless assertions on this thread that it "only happened once."
How in the world would anyone know that to be true, either billions of years ago or in the past few minutes?
God isn't even plausible.
And the fact that we know next to nothing is what caused us to invent strange beliefs about evolution
"an infinite mind behind the universe" is just wishful thinking, an attempt to avoid thinking about the universe.