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LordofEntropy
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 12/03/2002 : 00:22:05 [Permalink]
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Nessie is the Loch Ness monster.
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Entropy just isn't what it used to be.
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NottyImp
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2002 : 05:24:51 [Permalink]
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But if you were to draw parallels bewteen some of the information could it not be said that several theories could possibly fit into biblical doctrine.
How? And if they do, so what? |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 12/03/2002 : 08:17:12 [Permalink]
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I am pretty sure you forgot the Loch Ness monster. Very popular! Lets try not to leave him/her out of the picture next time.
I am interested in the BB and its possible parallels with an infinite creator. Is it not plausible for such a thing to happen.
Here is my point, the bible is a book written and re-written for thousands of years so obviously you cannot take it word for word. But if you were to draw parallels bewteen some of the information could it not be said that several theories could possibly fit into biblical doctrine.
What must be remembered is that while the various composers and adbridgers of the Bible were certainly as intellegent as outselves, they had a lot less to work with. The scientific studies of the Cosmos have rocketed (hehe) fordward in only the last, few decades due to ever improving tools of observation. They will continue to do so.
It must be further remembered that the ancients also had all of out failings -- superstition, gullibility, advarice, impulsivness, and so forth. The difference is that now, it can be comfirmed. Mostly, anyway. Stay tuned for more! 
Could a supernatural entity have caused the BB? Sure. It's a hypothisis, anyway. But to give it any creadence, we must first establish the existance of the supernatural. This is yet to be done.
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Legallee Insane
Skeptic Friend
Canada
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Posted - 12/03/2002 : 09:00:05 [Permalink]
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| Point well taken filthy. Your exactly right. It is nothing more than a mere hypothesis, and not even a good one really, that I threw out on the table for discussion. |
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ConsequentAtheist
SFN Regular
641 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2002 : 14:07:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by a65phalcon
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The class of absurdities which cannot be disproven is unbounded. It includes Aliens, Baal, Ghosts, Jesus, Kali, Leprchauns, Mithra, Nessie, Past Life Regression, Reincarnation, Unicorns, Vishnu, Yeti, YHWH, etc. What methodology would you suggest as a means of preferentially accepting some subset of this class? On what basis would you feel justified in rejecting the rest?
I am pretty sure you forgot the Loch Ness monster. Very popular! Lets try not to leave him/her out of the picture next time.
You're wrong. Please keep that in mind as you share the other areas in which you are "pretty sure". Now, please answer the questions.
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Originally posted by a65phalcon
I am interested in the BB and its possible parallels with an infinite creator. Is it not plausible for such a thing to happen.
What is your criteria for declaring something plausible? |
For the philosophical naturalist, the rejection of supernaturalism is a case of "death by a thousand cuts." -- Barbara Forrest, Ph.D. |
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ConsequentAtheist
SFN Regular
641 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2002 : 14:21:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Legallee Insane
It is nothing more than a mere hypothesis, and not even a good one really, that I threw out on the table for discussion.
Perhaps if it is 'not even a good mere hypothesis' it's not an hypothesis at all. See, for example, What is an Hypothesis.
If the term is to refer to anything more substantive than idle conjecture, it must refer to something that is both testable and falsifiable. Otherwise, every faerie tale can claim the status of 'hypothesis'. |
For the philosophical naturalist, the rejection of supernaturalism is a case of "death by a thousand cuts." -- Barbara Forrest, Ph.D. |
| Edited by - ConsequentAtheist on 12/03/2002 14:22:30 |
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