Whether Sonhouse thinks so or not, isn't relevant. The post to which you responded did not insist on anything and yet you summarized it as though it did. Maybe because you don't want to admit that he made a valid point, I don't know.
Not sure what you mean by your edit, but I don't think it's relevant either, is it?
Oh, and BTW way. The abbreviation BTW already contains the word way.
Originally posted by sonship" What I think is more believable is that our intelligence reads OUT the rules because another intelligence PUT IN the rules. "
[quote] It may LOOK like intelligent design but it could just as easily have been by the rules of nature made out when our universe was born 14 billion years ago. It is the laws of nature that starts all these balls rolling that are truly mind boggling. DNA machinery is for sure mind boggling but that does not by itself prove a god was involved, much as you ...[text shortened]... on of machinery doesn't suggest what you propose should have come about just as easily.
Translates almost literally, via the criterion of "what I think is more believable" to: "The idea that our intelligence reads OUT the rules because another intelligence PUT IN the rules, minimizes my CD".
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYour point being? Want some more random facts?
"Death of Frantz Fanon"
"On his return to Tunis, after his exhausting trip across the Sahara to open a Third Front, Fanon was diagnosed with leukemia. He went to the Soviet Union for treatment and experienced some remission of his illness. On his return to Tunis he dictated his testament The Wretched of the Earth. When he was not confined to his bed ...[text shortened]... Algiers in 1989, Olivier still works for the Algerian Embassy in Paris." (frantzfanon.wiki)
Bob Marley died from cancer after being advised to have his toe amputated. He declined due to religious reasons and died for it.
Originally posted by sonhouseStill, enough similar evidence could help us to draw conclusions regarding the true nature of God. Never a bad thing to have an open mind.
It may LOOK like intelligent design but it could just as easily have been by the rules of nature made out when our universe was born 14 billion years ago. It is the laws of nature that starts all these balls rolling that are truly mind boggling. DNA machinery is for sure mind boggling but that does not by itself prove a god was involved, much as you desperately wish it so.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyClutter up some other thread dumbass.
"The Fox and the Grapes" by Aesop. When the fox fails to reach the grapes, he decides he does not want them after all. Rationalization (making excuses) is often involved in reducing anxiety about conflicting cognitions, according to cognitive dissonance theory.
In modern psychology, cognitive dissonance is the discomfort experienced when simultaneous ...[text shortened]... onal, and even destructive behavior." (cognitivedissonancewikipedia.free encyclopedia)
Originally posted by Hand of Hecate"Your point being?"
Your point being? Want some more random facts?
Bob Marley died from cancer after being advised to have his toe amputated. He declined due to religious reasons and died for it.
No point. Thumbnail Biogs add interest. Marley obviously died with unresolved issues.
Originally posted by karoly aczel"Obviously?" (ka)
Obviously?
From what I have seen he didn't seem to have issues but perhaps the new movie about him reveals more (?)
"Bob Marley died from cancer after being advised to have his toe amputated. He declined due to religious reasons and died for it." (HoH)
Apparently declining surgery factored directly in his premature death.
Correlation between unresolved religious issues and his decision prompted
use of the adverb, "obviously". (gb)
Originally posted by sonhouse"It may LOOK like intelligent design but it could just as easily have been by the rules of nature made out when our universe was born 14 billion years ago. It is the laws of nature that starts all these balls rolling that are truly mind boggling. DNA machinery is for sure mind boggling but that does not by itself prove a god was involved, much as you desperately wish it so."
It may LOOK like intelligent design but it could just as easily have been by the rules of nature made out when our universe was born 14 billion years ago. It is the laws of nature that starts all these balls rolling that are truly mind boggling. DNA machinery is for sure mind boggling but that does not by itself prove a god was involved, much as you desperately wish it so.
... and who or what do we assume legislated and/or codified the "rules of nature"?