Nope, not even close. I've met Doc Hoopsberg, actually. He's a great guy, too! He was attempting to get me to join him in some sales efforts.
Magnifier, you are passing up some top-notch rational proofs against atheism. For example, the water argument. http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=64512
We don't know why there is something instead of nothing, or why are fundamental forces are what they are, or how they came about. Science if founded on something we can either observe, or observe the effects of. So you have all the hypothetical Gods you want, but what does your god do? In the Old and New Testament, he did all sorts of things, but lately has apparantly decided he wants everyone to believe in him without any signs. That's a silly game. A world without an omnicient,all-powerful deity is indistinguishable from the one we live in now.
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All I want is for the self proclaimed atheists to wear a mood ring or something. Hard to tell the flavor of atheism without.
why is there something instead of nothing isn't necessarily even a coherent question. if the existence of something is eternal there wouldn't be a reason it exists. it would just be the way things are.
Christianity has existed for less than 1% of human history though. Other beliefs have dominated for a much longer time period. Does God cause belief, or is that a product of human minds?
I think God installed this program to seek him out. I think this is why there are so many different religions. I think humanity always wants to know about the beginning. They want purpose. That there is a reason why we are here.
That isn't the mindset for humanity. If humanity was so open to leave things the way things are; we'd all still be hunter gathers.
I do have a question though about the universe's age. And this isn't some ploy to open a debate for a young earth, but it applies. I still believe in an old universe. I question a few things I learned about the Big Bang. 1.) the universe for a few minutes traveled faster than the speed of light. If that's the case and we measured the age if the universe by the distance of the farthest star; how can this be an accurate measurement? 2.). How much faster than the speed of light did the universe expand? 3.). How do we know we've seen the farthest regions of the universe?
