Okay here is the story—.
Many years ago when I was a young teen, before I became a Christian, I dated this guy whom was atheist and the top 10 in his class. PLEASE NOTE: I promise that I am not gonna bore ya with some kinda love story— Anyway, when the subject came up about God. I asked him what his thought were he said, "ummm, there is NO God.
I said right back to him, "YES THERE IS, how on earth did we all get here?"
He replied back to me, "evolution".
I got quiet and told him, "go on!—"
He then went into the long theory of how we evolved from apes and how the universe was created from the Big Bang theory.
I then told him to re-explain that to me.
He then told me "well, smilingheart, the big bang theory started by a tiny dust cloud that was in this blackness and one day it busted into the universe."
Well, I then questions "sooooo, now tell me how did that "tiny dust cloud get there". He had no answer.
I quickly spoke up and said "that dust cloud got there some how and that some how MUST be GOD!!!"
He quickly changed the subject——.
The answer is there IS a God, Jesus Christ our Lord in Savior! And everything is here because of our Loving God!!!!
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i love how the existence of a god, being "proved" by logic, immediately leads to christ existing.
I'm sorry, after proving gods might exist, you then have to prove it's the christian god. and all that one can do at that point is to wave an old book around.
Admittedly, the other student didn't have all the answers.
That doesn't mean, however, that this girl's answers have total merit by default; in fact, his still have a lot going for them as far as he got with them, while she still has nothing but Bible-based assertions with no evidence at all.
I'm sure he gave up because he saw that there was nothing he could say that would get through to her. It's a pity, though, that he didn't think to ask, "Where's the proof of this God, and if he did exist, who or what created him?" Then he could point out that her claim of God's eternal existence was no different from his claim of energy's eternal existence.
~David D.G.
The reason scientific advances are made is because scientists didn't just say "It must be GOD!" whenever they didn't know the answer. Instead, they said, "I don't know, let's find out." And after a time, they discovered the answer. And it wasn't irreconcilable with religion, either.
Yeah, OK, but if was actually intelligent, he would never have made the claim that humans "evolved from apes." If he did say that, he's an idiot, and what does that say about you, his then-girlfriend?
Just because we don't know YET doesn't mean "god did it". People thought the sun was, or was being pulled by, a gawd. Some also believed geocentricity.
Their gawd claims have been disproven. Just because you've "learned" since then and say no evidence whatsoever is "proof" of yours, in no way means you're right.
It's the Cosmological Argument! Now, even if we accept a first cause, why was it your God, and not Zeus, Brahman, or something that started the universe and either doesn't care or can't care? Can you answer that?
Holy shit! And you think he shut up because you presented him with irrefutable evidence to the contrary? Dear, he shut up because he realized he was hooked up with a nut case, and it was further unlikely that he would be getting in your panties.
So, you were a teenager and now you blatantly admit, probably in your late twenties, that you´re unable to spell. Only two options. Either you´re a troll or lying for Jesus. Because the Big Bang, believe me, IT´S NOT A BUNCH OF DUST. It´s more than that. And anyway, if God made the Big Bang(not improbable), why should we stick to Adam and Eve and all that nonsense?
so....God is a dust cloud? well, isn't that horribly self-defeating?
Well, that would explain the "made from dirt" thing, I suppose...
and this conversation supposedly took place before you were a christian?
Hmmmm. continuity error.
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Nah, it's just a matter of fundie terminology: remember, for them you may be raised Xian, but you only become a True Christian when you get your lobotomy upon turning Born Again®.
OK, I'll humor you and pretend that you are correct in supposing that there is a god that created the universe and all. Now, how the heck do you make a logical connection from that supposition to claiming that "Jesus Christ [is] our Lord in [sic] savior"???
OK, so if we admit that maybe one or more gods, who may or may not have any other powers or any further interest in us, and who may or may not still be alive, created one or more Big Bangs, will the fundies shut up about the rest of the creationist nonsense?
No sensible theologian has seriously used the creation argument for the proof of God's existence for centuries. Her boyfriend just didn't know the counter-arguments.
Mistake number 1: You assume that everything must have a beginning. (And don't apply that logic to god; I can understand that though; God, given omnipotence, would not necessarily be subject to the laws of physics.)
Mistake number two: From this necessity, you conclude: God.
Mistake number three: From God, you conclude "christian God", and "The Bible is the truth".
This last part is a ridiculous falacy, really...
Oh, yeah--he's loving all right.
Check out the millions he murdered in the OT. And the millions his followers continue to murder to this day in his name. And yet HE tells humans not to kill--then does so himself and commands his people to do so in his name.
The Big Bang was started by an astrophyical reaction to what existed at the time. Only a MORON would believe "god" created and started it.
Hi, Moron!
This post (by smilingheart),
Seems to be more about demonstrating that she's a member of the club rather than a substantive statement.
Sort of like a "hey I picked a fight with your enemy and made him appear (to you people who think like me) stupid- see I'm totally worthy"...
It is afterall a social group, with all the interesting power plays and struggles for acceptance that exist in other social groups.
What I find fascinating, is how similar groups are aligned against others. Attacking those advertised groups is how you earn your stripes. Not unlike ripping on jews made friends with the brownshirts, or if you were interested in joining a racial hate group in general- find out who they hate, and regurgitate a tale of how you waved their flag once...
How this conversation should have gone:
"HOW DID THE DUST CLOUD GET THERE?!"
"I don't know."
"SO THAT MEANS GOD DID IT."
"So you believe that it's impossible for a minute, nearly micro-scopic molecule of dust to just be, but have no problems believing in in a giant, invincible, omnipotent, omniscient, immortal being just being there?"
"YES HE'S GOD."
"How'd he get there?"
"BY BEING GOD!"
Athiest shoots himself in the head.
The answer to the question of where the singularity came from is "We don't know yet". It could have been an older universe that imploded into a singularity. "God" is not an answer, because then comes the question of "where did God come from?", and "Which God is it?" must also be answered.
Your date probably realized that there was no point in discussing science with you, as you're way to dense to take in any new information.
Oh, and "somehow" is one word.
"Well, it can't be the principal force behind the universe's creation, but I'm determined to crowbar it in somewhere!"
Please do not be so pathetic. If your faith is so shaky that you need to look for gaps in our current scientific understanding and shove your god in there, just to sleep at night, you ought to re-examine your beliefs because you're very probably lying to yourself.
"and that some how MUST be GOD!!!"
unsubstantiated assertion. MUST BE GOD.
There is an idealogy that can't be proven and shows no sign of being real. Religion, all y'all.
You bitched out your boyfriend for not buying your total fable, with nothing to back it up at all because he had noticed that. I doubt he's totally commited to Big Bang theory, or even well versed in it.
Or possibly he might have thrown out " It was always there, all matter and energy in one area, that has always existed but not always in that form. Where did your God come from?" But he did that once and the Christian went apeshit about it and treated him like a vampire afterwards.
He's better off, it's one thing to keep a girlfriend happy but keeping their idea of God happy is impossible.
I believe this did occur because I've had similar arguments with people where they think "there must be a God" is a reasoned argument.
With a couple in-laws I began the campaign I don't recommend because they hate it when you throw their argument into everything, because after all God is everything.
"The ovens not working"
Must be God
"Why is she like that?"
Must be God
"How come they're always at war there?"
Must be God.
They hate it because they realize it's not the answer to everything you don't understand, but no, I still couldn't get them to apply it to higher mysteries.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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