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But I don't have any reason to think about it. And yet, here you are...thinking about it. :wink: If I had any control over the subject of God coming up, believe me I would exert it. You bring it up when nobody else does. But it does come up in most discussions oriented to truth...for the very obvio...

But neither can you imagine what sort of evidence might ever convince me of God's existence, either. That's only because there is no sort of evidence you'll accept. It's YOU that it has to convince...I'm already convinced. I can't make it up for you. And you don't even have a bar that can be met. B...

...you are the one with the low bar, and up till now have been accusing me of having the bar set too high. That's one "accusation" I haven't made at all. What I have pointed out, though, is that you have NO bar for the discovery of the existence of God...in fact, as you have said, you can...

I don't know. Maybe if God presented himself to me, it might help? \_(*_*)_/ You "don't know"? :shock: "Maybe"? :shock: That's not exactly an unequivocal commitment to be open to even the possibility. That being so, there's no wonder you feel you don't "know." There's ...

But I've lived for 56 years without religion and I will probably finish things out that way as well. Think of how little sense that makes. "I've lived 50 years as a smoker, so I may as well smoke until I get cancer." I've lived 56 years as a none smoker, so I may as well start smoking now...

Yes, and why are they awaiting confirmation? Because the question is still wide open. If all it takes to meet the bar of your epistemic demands is for somebody to invent an idea with no empirical facts behind it, then I suggest you might want to raise your bar. But whatever you please, I guess. :? ...

But neither of us know if it's "truth" or not. What would God have to do for you in order for you to "know"? I don't know. Maybe if God presented himself to me, it might help? \_(*_*)_/ You "don't know"? :shock: "Maybe"? :shock: That's not exactly an unequivo...

But I'm always interested when somebody uses the word "force" to describe the act of telling somebody the truth. There could be nothing less "forceful" or coercive than giving somebody the dignity of having the truth and making his own decision about what to do with it. But hidi...

Religion is just not in my upbringing. Nor mine. "Religion" is a mere cultural phenomenon. But "upbringing" has nothing to do with it, really. But I've lived for 56 years without religion and I will probably finish things out that way as well. Think of how little sense that make...

The views expressed in the video vindicate my view that it cannot be said with certainty that the universe had a beginning, or will eventually come to an end. No, the views in the video are not empirical. They're hypotheses awaiting empirical confirmation. Yes, and why are they awaiting confirmatio...

"Something caused inflation, which caused the Big Bang." no, that was Bidenomics- the civil war may be prevented, but I doubt it -Imp Probably right. But we can wonder what caused the inflation of Biden's popularity, to the point that he allegedly became the most beloved candidate in pres...

The views expressed in the video vindicate my view that it cannot be said with certainty that the universe had a beginning, or will eventually come to an end. No, the views in the video are not empirical. They're hypotheses awaiting empirical confirmation. Therefore, to say that I do not know how t...

Very well. Can God make 2+2=5? Of course not. But not because of some deficiency in God, but because the "equation" is inherently self-contradictory. It's the question that contains the absurdity: it asks us not to know what "2" and "2" refer to, both individually and ...

Who is denying the universe had a beginning? All I am saying is that I don't know that the universe had a beginning. I'm just pointing out that you should know. If you don't , then it's your own fault, I guess. Except it seems I'm not at fault. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjv0y7Fo_7g "Some...

You've just confirmed my point; everything you do and say here is in pursuit of your theistic agenda,.. Maybe: but that doesn't make it wrong. What my personal agenda is doesn't make entropy stop working, or make it rational to deny that the universe had a beginning. Who is denying the universe had...