Forgot your password?

typodupeerror

Comment: Re:I have problems with this (Score 2) 1319

by colnago (#38192916) Attached to: Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures

"Why can't religious people see this as a much, much greater feat of creation, resulting in God being infinitely more omnipotent?"

Mmmmm, because there is no evidence for a multiverse?

It's not testable. It's an idea. An idea that seems to explain away the problems of God found in our universe. The problem is that an idea does not equal truth. When faced with multiple ideas the weight of the evidence should be the basis of some rational line of thinking. And the evidence does not support a multiverse.

I also suspect religious people don't see the physical creation, or more specifically God's omnipotence, as the whole character of God. There's the omnibenevolent and omniscient aspects (etc.) as well. Just because God can do something doesn't mean he should or did or does do something. And despite his omnipotence, God cannot create a square circle. His omnipotence is bounded by logic.

Comment: Re:A fatal flaw in Christianity. (Score 1) 943

by colnago (#37923676) Attached to: Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Public Debate

I would venture to say that evidence exists to support or discredit any claim about anything. Because evidence exists does not make the claim true or not true. While this is one explanation it should be viewed with respect to other explanations with the evidence lending support to the conclusion.

The claim you make rests on an assertion that "the Genesis myths were allegory because those desert nomads didn't know how the world began." I think this one needs substantiation. Similarly, we can assert that the only true knowledge is that which science verifies. Well, that statement is not testable and becomes self-refuting. So if you say the nomads didn't know how the world began but we do now because of science, unfortunately that is not the end of the story.

Furthermore, the evidence that Paul made the whole thing up has a hard time standing up to the preponderance of evidence supporting a risen Jesus among other things. A "fatal flaw" in this case seems more akin to a line of reasoning that simply needs to be explored and weighed against other evidence.

Comment: Re:Wrongly decided (Score 1) 775

by colnago (#37153478) Attached to: Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism

Yes, this passage surprised me:

“We are aware of no prior case holding that a teacher violated the establishment clause by appearing critical of religion during class lectures, nor any case with sufficiently similar facts to give a teacher ‘fair warning’ that such conduct was unlawful"

I am not a judge, but I'm thinking it's their opportunity and their job to be the first ruling in a case like this. Someone has to establish precedent.

Preserve Wildlife! Throw a party today!

Working...