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Originally Posted by guitarlegend
I believe that God guided the evolution of the earth. If you want to know more specifically, I believe in Jesus Christ. How was I being incredulous about things being explained through science?
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You seemed to emit an air incredulity about the Universe being able to have evolved life the way it has without guidance. I took that as an argument from incredulity. You said,
"I would really like to understand more how being an atheist isn't a leap of faith. It's pretty faithful to think that the perfect oxygen/nitrogen ratios in the air, perfect distance from the sun, perfect tilt of the earth, the workings of math, physics, chemistry, the evolution of the human body from a microbe, are ALL random coincidences."
If this isn't an argument for the existence of God at some level, I'll need an explanation as to why that is. I could just say, "That's the way the Universe is. If it wasn't that way, it would be different," and I wouldn't need to attempt to disprove the notion of a creator. What I feel this quotation from you boils down to is, "Why do we exist at all?" I don't see what difference it makes the way that we exist--chemistry, oxygen/nitrogen ratios, etc.--because who's to say another sort of existence wouldn't bring about a different sort of life. It always seems to boil down to the fact
that we exist, which I don't think answers the question of whether there is a God. And I feel like you're stating, "How could there not be a God if we exist? Therefore, God exists"
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My methodology that guided me to believe God exists is a combination of nonreligious historical accounts and and the recorded accounts of Jesus. I didn't say the chances of evolving the way are unbelievably slim, however, I think it's slim without some sort of guidance. I believe in evolution. You probably wouldn't come to the same conclusion using my methodology unless your mind had the exact same information as mine and processed it the same. The scientific method can be applied to many different types of experiments and theories. These aren't the same theories and don't come to the same conclusions, but the same methodology is used.
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Are you at all opposed to the idea that Jesus broke the laws of physics? Is that a part of your belief? What is it within your methodology which would make such beliefs possible? What makes Jesus different from other people?
That we can only answer these questions through reasons and not through opinion or faith. Answering questions without reason may satisfy us emotionally, but our opinions, hopes, desires, and wishes have no bearing on what is true. I believe in truth and that we can only discover it by using reason.