Griggsy

Originally posted by Griggsy

Still, how could God listen and fathom all those prayers and hosannas in thousands of languages and dialects? To state why, He's Omni- attributed, so of course He can! No, we have no evidence that He even has a disembodied mind, much less one that can do all that!
Matt McCormick discusses why He cannot act and think were He omnipresent.
Give evidence instead of it must be and it may be!
That gives away why theists never can instantiate Him? They ultimately rely on

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Originally posted by showmeproof

I'm a strong atheist and I would list as my reasons:
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Evolution
4) Molecular Biology (which is the strongest evidence for #3)
5) Paleoanthropology
6) Anthropology
7) Consciousness/Mind being a product of an evolved organ; the brain
8) Ancient Near East history (specifically Late Bronze and Early Iron Age)
9) Skepticism and the wariness of ideas that define themselves as immune to scrutiny (especially 'revelation'...not

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Originally posted by Seasanctuary

I've been reading a lot about divine command theories of ethics lately, yet I still don't see how all moral goodness can be defined by God's commands, attitudes, or character without ultimately appealing to a standard which need not reference any actual God.

Probably the most common popular-level formulation these days is that morality is defined by God's commands, but God's commands aren't arbitrary because they are based on God's essentially good character. This is probably coming

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Originally posted by Griggsy

God is no authority. How could a a rational person fear Hell when no such thing exists. That idea stems from the minds of misanthropes.
Please address the problems with divine command theories.
The more advanced,industrial ,less religious nations have fewer social problems than we. Religiosity therefore bears no relationship with social morality.
As presented in the thread natural morality-the presumption of humanism, we discover morality and ethics without

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Originally posted by Griggsy

I stand unrefuted! I did not beg that question. Might is right is wrong is part of standard morality. We had the might but not the right to invade Iraq ,for instance.


Theists have to show evidence of any miralcles; would you accept the testimony of the followers of Jim Jones that he caused resurrection of people? Why not the miralcles of other relgions?
It is like patent officers refuse to grant patents to perpetual motion machines- so much evidence to show that

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