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April 10th, 2017 at 11:36:19 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
The rules come first obviously.
That is the absolute worst definition of prayer I have ever heard. It's actually kind of sick.
It is a statistical impossibility for things like humans to exist simply by randomness.
Sorry, you can think what you want but you're wrong about this too. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
April 11th, 2017 at 12:46:01 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
In your story, yes. In reality, afraid not.
You've heard people pray all your life. They pray for good jobs and good spouses and good parking places. They pray for world peace and for their sports team to win. They pray for rain and for good crops and for their constipation to end. They pray to god for control over their lives because they feel powerless. Praying gives them a sense of power that they are doing something constructive to influence the outcome of things.
In the opinion of your religion, yes. In reality, no.
I'm always wrong, remember? 100% wrong about everything. A statistical impossibility. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 11th, 2017 at 1:32:37 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
You don't need to start with a human, just a simple organism which reproduces. If you can get that in the time of the Universe, you've got a beginning. If the organism reproduces with variation, than the variations can end up more complex than the original organism. add millions of years and stir. What's your process? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
April 11th, 2017 at 6:15:01 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
AS I grow older, I find I talk to myself more when I need expert advice. So: I could go through all the evidence. but the fact is I already have. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
April 11th, 2017 at 6:16:50 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Absolutely. It's not statistically impossible for humanity to have evolved out of the initial conditions of life on Earth and natural selection plus random events. It's so not impossible it actually happened. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
April 11th, 2017 at 11:30:13 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Pretty easy concept, the rules are always established before anything happens. The rules for how electrons behaved or how gravity works was established before anything could "randomly" happen.
If this was true, which it is not, it goes directly in the face of what you said earlier. You said that God was made up to feel powerful and be in control. When your head stops spinning and you decide what you really think let me know.
Praying is about connecting to God - news flash - He already knows what we need. He gives us the inspiration and help we need to work for the change in ourselves and how best to serve others.
Here is yet another thing that science and the Church agree on. In fact is there anything that we disagree on, nope. The chances of the universe coming from nothing without a cause is of course zero percent. The universe having the perfectly correct constants and natural laws in order for life to exist by random chance is also statistically zero.
You are not always wrong about everything, just about anything to do with Christianity and in particular the Catholic Church. I think it is not entirely your fault, you have been taught some outrageous things. However, your refusal to learn and to listen is your fault. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
April 11th, 2017 at 11:34:47 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Pretty much the same thing except it is guided by God so that it can actually reasonably happen. No matter how long you have even the creation of a simple organism is near impossible much less the human person. I know you have heard the analogies before: human life coming to be by random chance and variation is like a putting a bunch of monkeys in a room with typewriters and having them accidently recreate the works of Shakespeare or the parts of a space shuttle being thrown into a tornado and a working shuttle coming out. You also need to wrestle with consciousness and reason. How do non material traits that we posses rise from simple material variations? Your process doesn't work without God. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
April 11th, 2017 at 11:35:42 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Reminds me of a classic line, no offense intended: One who follows their own advice follows the advice of a fool. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
April 11th, 2017 at 12:01:27 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Do you know the saying about glass houses and stones? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
April 11th, 2017 at 12:26:28 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |