Monday, September 10, 2007

A reply to "How to Convert an Atheist Part 1"

First the video
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This list of tests is poor in my opinion because some of these "proofs" do not directly imply an omniscient force, already fail specific catch conditions, and/or contain so many catches that they become convoluted. I will not cover all the conditions as the list quickly becomes about what is not acceptable as a proof rather than what is. Lets begin...

Physical miracles, talking bushes, water out of wine, etc.
  • These kinds of tricks can easily be reproduced by men like Pen & Teller. , I hear they are blessed with these magic powers you claim to seek that will convert you on the spot. If you really want to believe, I am sure that they would be less than happy to oblige .
Already fails before anyone even gets a chance to try
  • An accurate prediction without billions of other misses. Well you have just ruled everything out at that point... We are on the brink of apocalypse number what now?
Requirements on prophecies...

  • Must be detailed AND specific AND un-ambiguous [synonyms?], NOT (vague OR unclear OR garbled) [synonyms?]
And the alien thing at the end? Just wow... off the wall, what an understatement.
  • If anything about humanity is going to leave the earth and reach aliens it is our broadcasts that have things like fox news, passion of the Christ and the 700 club.
Now I'm not all complainy...

For me I would love to hear a good explanation on:
  • Who made god if god made everything?
  • Can god make a mountain so big that even god cannot move it?
  • What about superior technology in uneducated eyes will seem like magic? Uneducated relative to the technology.
    • I predict a solar eclipse on this day at this exact time, but oh wait I forgot you know nothing of astrology, sucker.
Not that I have hard and fast rules like this...

So what if someone gets 1/20 of their predictions correct? or 1/2? 2/3? 3/4? Where do you draw the line? 1/1 ratio? That may mean they can see the future or are even from the future but it still does not make them omniscient.

Let me save you some time.

  • There is no Christian god, or god who plays an active role in our daily lives.
Is there some crazy chance that some other civilization such as ours evolved billions of years before us and thus would appear to be gods in our eyes at this point? Perhaps, but that doesn't mean they don't care/interfere with what we are doing.

Here's where I go ultra nerdy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well said.