Exidor wrote:Imaginos1892 wrote:You believe in an invisible magic man living in the sky without reason or cause.
And you know I have no reason or cause for my belief because... ?
Can you identify one tiny detail about the universe that would be different depending on whether your god exists, or does not? Some universally verifiable property of anything that indicates the existence of your god? If you can, you’ve found something that has eluded theologians for millennia. If you can’t, what cause is there for believing in a god that makes no difference to the universe?
Exidor wrote:Imaginos1892 wrote:I can create a rainbow in my back yard by spraying water under a light source and looking at it from the correct angle. Does that mean there's a god in my garden hose?
Yep - I can do that too. Create the physics behind it... nope, not in my toolbox.
Objection. Assumption of cause without evidence. Assumption of causative entity without evidence.
Your unfounded belief that the optical properties of light and water drops had to be created does not make it so.
Exidor wrote:The worst argument I ever had with a teacher was with a substitute junior-high science teacher on the topic of whether or not the Moon rotates on an axis.
Hold one hand up as if gripping an invisible baseball. Hold up your other fist with the thumb facing the hand. Move the fist in a circle while keeping the thumb facing the hand, and when you can’t go any farther say, “That’s as far as my fist will rotate.” If he still doesn't get the point, that's one dumb-ass science teacher.
Exidor wrote:Imaginos1892 wrote:If God existed, he'd bitch-slap all those idiot creationists for making him look bad.
Probably going to regret the asking , but why do you believe that?
Because they claim to speak for God, and are such transparent lying sacks of shit.
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In one of Aron Ra’s lectures, he said a creationist told him he could prove the existence of Jesus by fasting and praying in the desert for 30 days.
If you wandered around in the desert for a month without eating, you’d definitely find out if Jesus is real. The folks who have to go fetch your desiccated corpse from the middle of nowhere won’t be terribly impressed with your spiritual enlightenment.