including sensory perception and emotion and other such "events of consciousness", can be affected by physical interference in the brain. — whollyrolling
The only way to "put forth atheism" is to state that I don't believe in gods. There is nothing else attached to it. — whollyrolling
You wrote, "your god nonsense is not on the same level."
God is not a god or any god, these are different and incompatible terms. In Richard Dawkins' God is Too Complex to Exist, Dick is not talking about a god or any god. Is Thor too complex to exist? Of course not.
I'm really surprised in just the last couple of weeks I've been a part of this community the argument is over whether or not "gods" exist. — Daniel Cox
Correlation is not causation. — Daniel Cox
In Richard Dawkins' God is Too Complex to Exist, Dick is not talking about a god or any god. Is Thor too complex to exist? Of course not. — Daniel Cox
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"Uncaused cause" is an argument put forward by naturalists because that's what they feel they can tackle.
"Miracles are things inspiring awe and wonder, so not all miracles violate the laws of nature. Some conform to the uniform way things work. Some do not. God is self-explaining, but not self causing. Causes make what was only potential be actual. God is always fully actual, and was never merely potential and so needs no prior cause. Peace, Dennis
I agree that many miracles are consistent with the order of nature. Some are not. God is self-explaining, not self causing. Causes make what was potential be actual. God is always fully actual, and so was never potential and in need of being actualized. Peace, Dennis"
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Try to tackle this. — Daniel Cox
There have been hundreds of experiments involving alleged psychics and alleged paranormal phenomena that have all come up completely empty. — whollyrolling
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Uri Geller has been debunked on several occasions. No one can bend things with their mind, and there were no "strict lab conditions" except those of excluding skeptics and marketing the man as a "real psychic" using cheap parlour tricks to try to maintain his reputation under harsh scrutiny--let's return to the "real" world, shall we? — whollyrolling
Uri Geller has been debunked on several occasions. — whollyrolling
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