The best argument for and against theism

[brewerb]

Sometimes a duck is just a duck, irrelevant of culture.

[pythagorean]

But I understand that alien technology could surpass our current abilities.  I read a sci-fi book once...

Of course, there are arguments for and against sci-fi, just like with fantasy, magical realism, music, dance, abigeato (cattle rustling), the square root of 2, imaginary numbers, the quaternions, strongly inaccessible cardinals, history, anthropology, the Axiom of Choice, and the Axiom of Determinacy.

In sci-fi, for example, the characters often resort to experiment and observation to resolve thorny theological issues.

Have you ever watched Star Trek?

Guinan and Q Meet Again


Q, Guinan, Riker, and Picard Talk



Q vs. Guinan - Star Trek TNG - Whoopi Goldberg

[pythagorean]

Sometimes a duck is just a duck, irrelevant of culture.

This belief is itself a part of culture.

But there are other cultures that believe in science.

Try looking at this from an atheist point of view.

The fundamental insight of atheism is that human cultures made God (along with zillions of other non-human and spiritual entities), not the other way around.

Once one realizes this, it follows that religion can be studied using the tools of science, just like any other naturally occurring phenomena.

After all, in some cultures, it is believed a duck just a dinosaur with wings. These are often the same cultures that believe in the power of music.

More Than Birds (Extreme Parody) | A Capella Science

[brewerb]

Sometimes a duck is just a duck, irrelevant of culture.

This belief is itself a part of culture.

But there are other cultures that believe in science.

Try looking at this from an atheist point of view.

The fundamental insight of atheism is that human cultures made God (along with zillions of other non-human and spiritual entities), not the other way around.

Once one realizes this, it follows that religion can be studied using the tools of science, just like any other naturally occurring phenomena.

After all, in some cultures, it is believed a duck just a dinosaur with wings. These are often the same cultures that believe in the power of music.

More Than Birds (Extreme Parody) | A Capella Science

You don't know me very well. Based on your response I'd say not at all.

Plus you might have memory problems. I previously told you I won't watch youtubes that you post.

[pythagorean]

This belief is itself a part of culture.

But there are other cultures that believe in science.

Try looking at this from an atheist point of view.

The fundamental insight of atheism is that human cultures made God (along with zillions of other non-human and spiritual entities), not the other way around.

Once one realizes this, it follows that religion can be studied using the tools of science, just like any other naturally occurring phenomena.

After all, in some cultures, it is believed a duck just a dinosaur with wings. These are often the same cultures that believe in the power of music.

More Than Birds (Extreme Parody) | A Capella Science

You don't know me very well. Based on your response I'd say not at all.

Plus you might have memory problems. I previously told you I won't watch youtubes that you post.

Antiintellectualknownothingism is itself a part of culture.

I knew enough about your culture (gleaned from reading a just a handful your posts here) to be able to predict in advance what your response might look like.

[brewerb]

^^^ Clueless.

[pythagorean]

The best argument for theism as an issue of private belief in personal and intervening gods...

My favorite deities are micro-interventionists deities like Maxwell's Demon, who work at the molecular level, and who have a personal concern for my comfort, so that if I feel hot (or cold) I can just move to the other side of the room, without the need of any furnaces or air conditioners.

[Szuchow]

There is no argument for theism that would be good in any shape or form. It's all bullshit convincing only to people who have already been indoctrinated.