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This is why I think God exists.

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  • #392
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Langerland wrote: »
    Interesting. Looking forward to reading the book.

    http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/09/stephen-hawking-says-theres-no-theory-of-everything.html
    Likewise!

    Hardcovers are a pain for me though as I commute and hate carrying the bastard things around. I'd go for the audiobook option (not narrated by Hawking :p) but I suspect one would be goosed without the diagrams etc.


  • #393
    RepublicanEagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭RepublicanEagle


    It would be interesting to see peoples input in a thread labeleld "This is why I think God does not exist".

    As I am believer I won't post one, any volunteers?


  • #394
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    RepublicanEagle wrote: »
    It would be interesting to see peoples input in a thread labeleld "This is why I think God does not exist".

    As I am believer I won't post one, any volunteers?

    ''Because there is zero evidence for his existence''

    It would be a short thread in fairness.


  • #395
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    RepublicanEagle wrote: »
    It would be interesting to see peoples input in a thread labeleld "This is why I think God does not exist".

    As I am believer I won't post one, any volunteers?

    It would be the exact same as this thread. All we can do is point out all the flaws in the theistic argument. There are no arguments for the non-existence of God, only flawed arguments for the existence of God.

    Also, such a thread would be somewhat indulging in the oft-used "shifting the burden of proof" trick some theists use. It is highly irrational to assume something is true until it is proven not to be true, especially considering that religious beliefs are unfalsifiable.


  • #396
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    simplistic2 wrote: »
    It is illogical to assume that something came from nothing.

    Frankly we know nothing about "nothing". By definition, we have never been able to experiment on "nothing" as there has always been "something" as far as we know. For all we know, "nothing" could very well be impossible, or be prone to exploding into "something".


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  • #397
    demonspawn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭demonspawn


    Zillah wrote: »
    Frankly we know nothing about "nothing". By definition, we have never been able to experiment on "nothing" as there has always been "something" as far as we know. For all we know, "nothing" could very well be impossible, or be prone to exploding into "something".

    I got "nothing" for my birthday last year, surely that's "something". My subsequent two weeks of depression came from nothing. :(


  • #398
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Langerland wrote: »
    Interesting. Looking forward to reading the book.

    http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/09/stephen-hawking-says-theres-no-theory-of-everything.html
    I like the first comment...
    Having read this review, I can say in all certainty that I have absolutely no idea what Stephen is talking about.


  • #399
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Dades wrote: »
    Likewise!

    Hardcovers are a pain for me though as I commute and hate carrying the bastard things around. I'd go for the audiobook option (not narrated by Hawking :p) but I suspect one would be goosed without the diagrams etc.

    This is why I <3 ebooks. Haven't bought a printed book since I got an ebook reader over a year ago :)


  • #400
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Stephen wrote: »
    This is why I <3 ebooks. Haven't bought a printed book since I got an ebook reader over a year ago :)
    I'm olde school when it comes to books. Don't think I could make the switch. And what would happen all those poor trees that didn't become books? :pac:


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