If the universe learned from trial and error wouldn't that mean it has some kind of intelligence behind it? Plus that is just philosophy, there is no proof to justify a trial-and-error scenario that caused life.
Multiverse theory: there are an infinite number of universes, each with different rules (i.e. speed of light, gravitational constant, planck constant, ...), each time something can't be determined with 100% certainty at a quantum level, the universe is split in 2: 1 universe where the event happened and one where it didn't happen (Schrodinger's cat). With all these variations, one or more of these universes have to be suitable for life, and with so many planets, one must contain all elements for life.
Worshiping the sun is illogical. Science doesn't disprove God, Jesus, angels, etc. because science is what can be observed, tested, and repeated; that is how we get facts. You can't test the existence of God, Jesus, or angels, so it all comes down to faith. But, we can use science to prove that reality is objective and that miracles can follow objective reason, such as energy. Science doesn't answer the difficult questions of existence.
Straw man argument: "you can't disprove the existence of god..."
Creationism has even been proved true by scientists; there are about 10,000 creationist scientists in the United States, many are afraid to challenge the status quo. If anyone is interested in the truth behind Creationism using science and logic, visit http://drdino.com and watch some of the debates. His debates have brought many science teachers to tears because of the overwhelming evidence of Creation Science.
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2) Scientists disagreeing with each other is the foundation of science: getting data, formulating a theory, testing the theory, updating the theory and repeating everything ad infinitum. However, Biology is entirely built on the theory of evolution and 99% of the scientists agree with the theory.
Do leprechauns exits? Can you prove it? No, so we have faith that based on cohesive understanding and logic that they don't. But, we can't be sure. We are born destined to be limited by comprehension, and if perfection exists then we will never be able to understand it until we reach a higher level of consciousness.
Again, straw man argument.
2] The authenticity of the Bible - which is God's word, and God's word is guidance for imperfect beings a.k.a. humans to live life in a way to continue loving God - is proof for me.
Circle reasoning: "The bible is authentic because it is god's word, and it's god's word because the bible says so."
Stop using logical fallacies.
3] God's existence can't be proven or disproven, but evidence can be realized over time. I.E.: If you feel something invisible continuing to hit you then you would conclude it's the wind.
Straw man: "You can't prove god doesn't exist".
Also, wind can be detected, measured, explained and reproduced. Can you do the same for god?
4] There have been many strange occurrences which cannot be explained rationally, except if a God was present in an objective reality.
Chance.
5] It's logical. If you think about it, everything is fits in perfectly with the existence of God and Christianity: pain, existence, logic, miracles, events in history, etc.
An all-loving god letting people suffer isn't logic.
People would argue the big bang, but that is just philosophy,which has emerged into a religion nowadays. It is against the law to teach lies in our schools, and yet somehow evolution is taken for granted as a fact as is being taught. $500,000 has been offered for the past 12 years for anyone who can provide facts to support evolution, but no one has claimed it yet. Evolution started out as a theory with no facts to support it. But, it was taught anyway because of the space-race scenario.
Here's my theory: pure water boils at 100°C at 1 bar. I can take water from anywhere, and it'll follow my theory, however I cannot prove my theory because that would require me to test all water molecules (and the ones that are created and destroyed every second) in our universe.
Exactly, we are imperfect and are born destined to be intellectually limited. God did give us cohesive logic however, to make it easier.
Maybe we evolved a sense of logic so we'd see the connection between rubbing sticks and fire, so that we could cook and use fire to fend off predators?
This is a common argument. When you realize who the old testament was written for then you'll realize why that type of negative language was used, but it's not literal.
It is commonly accepted that the Bible is written in metaphors, this also applies to the 2 creation stories (the 7 day story was created when the jews were banished to Babylon, and the story looks a lot like the Babylonian creation myth). You're being a hypocrite: this part of the bible is literal, this one isn't.
Slight variations is mirco-evolution; species do evolve, but only enough to adapt. If species did experience macro-evolution then it would take much longer than theorized, estimated to about 1trillion to 10trillion years due to the complexity of our body and of micro organisms. In terms of Homology, sharing common features doesn't mean we have a common ancester, it means we have a common designer. As for gills, that has been disproven in embryos. Really, marco and micro-evolution have been observed? I thought it took millions of years? No fossils don't, we just fill in the gaps and call it science. In logic there is a law called the Law of the Excluded middle, which means even though two things share similar characteristics, dosen't mean they are the same.
Evolution is adaption, where do you draw the line?
Which is more plausible: god gave us useless tail bones cause he thought they looked cool or we have tail bones because our ancestors had tails to help them balance when climbing trees.
The problem with macro-evolution is that it takes countless generations before you start seeing different species, it's just not possible to take a sample of every generation of a species to show that the species does evolve. This isn't as much of a problem for bacteria, however, as they produce offspring every few minutes.
About excluding the middle: micro-evolution has been observed, we know what mechanisms are behind evolution and we know what the effects can be of changing just 1 base in the genetic material of a gamete. 1 step up: breeding dogs, which is forced evolution, we pick the traits we like and let dogs with those traits mate (we make these traits favorable to have, if you don't have these traits, you can't reproduce), after a few generations, you get a new breed.
Another step up: fossils of primates show a step by step evolution of prehistoric primate to modern man.
Another step up: the stepping-stones between types of animals:
Here are 2 examples of observed evolution:
Gills:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_slitsAmen to that.
NA NA NA I CANT HEEEEAAAAR YOUR LOGIC!
Please explain existence in general.
See the part about multiverse theory.
Did you conclude that logically?
Opium has been used by humans since 4200 BC. Opium causes euphoria and altered mood and mental processes, among other things, which could be described as an "I've been touched by god"-feeling. Hallucinogens have been observed being used in other cultures for religious purposes, so why not Christianity?
What's funny is that we don't have these discussions in Europe, even though we have lots of religious people. Even the Vatican admitted that religion and evolution aren't mutually exclusive.
