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He is the absolute judge and authority and he alone will decide who gets to enter heaven or hell. Therefore, the claim that God is testing us in this life is incoherent. I believe that this is sufficient to demonstrate that the idea of God testing us in this life is wrong. agreed. God cannot cohere...

REFUTE - my argument that a 'God' is more likely to exist. ENTROPY - it is more plausible to consider that we are in a simulation (of a more energy requiring reality) 'God' - then exists to simulate reality in the most efficient means possible. Consider Artificial Intelligence, consider the 'techno...

Sorry but you have to be a troll. I say that atheism is the denial that God exists and you conclude that God indeed exists because atheists deny his existence. So by your nonsense logic, if I imagine a being, anything I fancy, and deny its existence, then it exists.... the same for everyone, if they...

Than why is logic reduced to linear terms? Because that is what leads to propositions that are true and not contradictory. Why is it the it used in computer science, semantics and physics? It has to be because of its success. But not all logic is reduced to linear terms, Eastern philosophy employs ...

I don't just dismiss what you say as absurd, I give you reasons why. No reasonable person would believe that the claim that "X created Y and X proved to Y and to himself that Y exists" is not nonsense. Then the circle is nonsense, Pi is nonsense, the point (as foundations for space) is no...

I don't just dismiss what you say as absurd, I give you reasons why. No reasonable person would believe that the claim that "X created Y and X proved to Y and to himself that Y exists" is not nonsense. If I exist I don't need anything or anyone to prove to me that I exist. If I create some...

All forms, are merely grades of universal sphere. What evidence is there for this? All curvature, both actual and potential (lines), manifest through Pi, 2Pi, Pi/2, Pi/3, etc. Curvature, as space, is one of the binding medians of reality. The sphere, as infinite circles, observes and allow curvatur...

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:50 pm All forms, are merely grades of universal sphere.

What evidence is there for this?

My issue with your (Eodnhoj7) definition of "test" is that when you explain why God tests us you state a tautology similar to this "that 'sleeping pills' work because they possess 'soporific qualities'", or in your terms, "God tests us so as to prove our existence". You...

How does free will change when taking a test? And what do you mean with free will changing? I mean that our choices can change in 'free will changing.' After taking the test we have demonstrated that we have knowledge, and therefore can go on to the next test. Our free-will determines whether or no...

Well, it doesn't matter if god knows or not if we will pass the test. Our own free will changes due to taking the test. For instance, if I pass a test it will signify to the teacher that I am learned enough to pass on to harder material. I think that God doesn't determine our free will, so we can a...

You say that a "test by nature is only a proof of existence". If a test is a proof of existence as you say, then why would God test anything/anyone to prove its existence when he knows it exists, especially when God is supposed to be the grounds of existence for everything? This principle...

What if the test is for the student in that he/she will learn about himself/herself during the test? God knows, but the student doesn't. The whole point of a test is to test aptitude for a certain skill. This skill will be used later on in a real job. The student knows what is needed and will learn...

Hello everyone, I started to doubt my faith a few years ago which led me to discover philosophy. David Hume pushed me off the fence and now I am an atheist. That's why I am here, I would like to discuss arguments for and against God. I am mainly interested in philosophy of religion but I would like ...

If X is in the domain of the physical and X is physically impossible, then X has a probability of 0. If X is in the domain of the physical and has a probability of 0, then it is physically impossible, though logically possible. So when we have a probability of 0 we should ask what domain this probab...