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Title: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: davidwilliams on 25/06/2019 11:45:15
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God? I was A2A on a question about turning into an atheist at 13 years of age. It bothered me deeply and I came to question my own beliefs. I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/06/2019 18:53:58
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God?
One reasonable possibility is that He doesn't exist.
Also, because religion cheats.
https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/6-16.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-7.htm
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: evan_au on 25/06/2019 22:53:46
Quote from: davidwilliams
I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.
This is a bit more specific than the general question, but you could have a look at:
Evidence That Demands A Verdict: Life-changing Truth For A Skeptical World
by Josh McDowell & Sean McDowell

PS: This probably belongs in the "Just Chat" section...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 26/06/2019 00:05:23
First, determine what you mean by God. Then decide what you would consider proof of existence. Now look for that proof. Or, if you want to be scientific, look for disproof.

So far, I haven't come across anyone whose definition and chosen proof have stood up to scrutiny.   

You could postulate "somebody must be in charge of everything" which may not be disprovable, but he's clearly not on the side of homo sapiens, so I'm an antitheist.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 26/06/2019 21:08:37
If there is a god who is omnipotent then it doesn't manifest its power. Newton's laws show that nothing is moved out of place without a very reasonable explanation. The laws of Newton would be broken every time god acted. Find the action without a cause and you find god
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 28/06/2019 17:39:13
First, determine what you mean by God. Then decide what you would consider proof of existence. Now look for that proof. Or, if you want to be scientific, look for disproof.

So far, I haven't come across anyone whose definition and chosen proof have stood up to scrutiny.   


God the old guy sat in a chair that can do anything has similarities with many religions, and is clearly bollocks.

Religion makes the concept of god external to the person, allowing priests popes schizophrenics(see old testament) etc to speak on behalf of god and tell people what to do, organising societies, etc.

God the creator has similarities with Big Bang, in the beginning there was light. Playing with this idea and for the purposes of argument, and shear boredom. I would define god as being the universe, with everything in it being a part of said god. This god would be an automaton, responding only to external inputs, and abiding by the laws of physics etc.

The universe clearly exists so by my definition, god is proven to exist. DOH



Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/06/2019 18:15:02
God the creator has similarities with Big Bang
And one noteworthy difference.
The big bang has evidence.
I would define god as being the universe
OK,
If we can redefine words in order to make  things the way we want them, I propose to redefine "God" too.

God is a pair of whole numbers A and B with no common factor such that A^2 divided by B^2 is exactly two.

The nice thing about this definition is that it allows me to prove that God does not exist
For example
https://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/proof_square_root_2_irrational.php

The problem is it's obviously a laughable definition, but... that doesn't seem to be a problem here
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 29/06/2019 09:45:00
God the creator has similarities with Big Bang
And one noteworthy difference.
The big bang has evidence.
I would define god as being the universe
OK,
If we can redefine words in order to make  things the way we want them, I propose to redefine "God" too.


God is a pair of whole numbers A and B with no common factor such that A^2 divided by B^2 is exactly two.

The nice thing about this definition is that it allows me to prove that God does not exist
For example
https://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/proof_square_root_2_irrational.php

The problem is it's obviously a laughable definition, but... that doesn't seem to be a problem here

You might be even more bored than me.

Yes, the big bang claims to have evidence, but it does not constitute incontrovertible proof of the big bang, it is just a theory that will never have incontrovertible proof. The creation of all the matter in the universe in fractions of a second in some hot big bang, is less plausible than Hoyles ideas happening more slowly over an eternity, with no beginning of time. The genesis jackanory creation story taking 7 days could equally cite as evidence, the universe as it stands today. Evidence does not constitute proof.

God as a pair of whole numbers, is smaller than the universe as a god, with us just being a constituent part of said god. We could always assume the sun is god like what the Romans did. Again the sun exists, and is therefore  evidence of this version of god.

As Alan noted, the problem with the concept of god is in the definition. Some religions don't require a god, see Buddhism. Others don't seem to define said god, but just insist it exists. Jehovas witnesses for example when asked to define what god is never come back  ;)

The universe is god, is not a new concept, its called Pantheism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism. Science just tries to understand the mind of said god. :) The universe exists, therefore Pantheist god exists.   ;D

Whole numbers also exist, so your definition of god also works, but they are just a small part of the Pantheist god. This would also apply to some rock star or football player, or egyptian priest reverred as a god. They are all just small parts of the eternal Hoyle universe, that did not start 14 billion years ago, in some laughable (according to Hoyle) big bang.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/06/2019 11:06:38
Yes, the big bang claims to have evidence,
No, it actually has evidence.

but it does not constitute incontrovertible proof
How fortunate, then, that nobody said it was.
The creation of all the matter in the universe in fractions of a second in some hot big bang, is less plausible than Hoyles ideas happening more slowly over an eternity, with no beginning of time.
No.
Because the big bang doesn't conflict with Olber's paradox, but the continuous generation idea does.

Also, with continuous generation you need some sort of pan universal time keeper to make sure that "new matter" is made at the right rate.
I can see you contemplating  calling that "God".
The genesis jackanory creation story taking 7 days could equally cite as evidence, the universe as it stands today
Not really.
Genesis  doesn't make sense.
"And the evening and the morning were the third day."
But the first  and second days must have had mornings and evenings- that's pretty much the definition of "day".

But the  failings of bronze age goat herders' myths aren't important here.
The universe exists, therefore Pantheist god exists.
Least useful tautology since "brexit means brexit".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 29/06/2019 11:37:16
WTF

The thread is about can science prove the existence of god. This depends on definition of said god. Your god is clearly an absolute belief in the hot big bang theory whereby you take as incontrovertible proof the CBR. The CBR could equally be evidence for a cold slower beginning to the universe. Once the temperature rises to about 2.75K cold baryogenesis ceases  ;) The only reason Hoyles ideas ended is because he popped his clogs and did not have a viable explanation for the CBR. The idea is not completely dead.

The fact of the matter is the universe exists, and has evolved to what it is today. From the pantheist point of view this is evidence for the pantheist god, which answers the question can science prove the existence of god. ie The definition of god depends on how god is defined from the Pantheist viewpoint you are already a part of god.

If you chose to have a god as an imaginary character that left no historical evidence and most likely never actually existed, not mentioning any names, that is up to you. You can take the born again religious view and invite said being into your life or accept a Pantheist viewpoint. If you want a god have one, define it how you like, if it is an object, it can be proven to exist, if it is imaginery it cant be proven to exist.

Like Alan wrote above proving the existence of god depends on the definition. :)


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/06/2019 12:28:36
proving the existence of god depends on the definition.
And redefining it as a means to answer the question is pointless.

If I choose a definition that makes God exist then He exists.
If I choose a definition that makes Him not exist, then He doesn't exist.
So what?
Neither option actually tells us anything.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 30/06/2019 10:22:20
proving the existence of god depends on the definition.
And redefining it as a means to answer the question is pointless.

If I choose a definition that makes God exist then He exists.
If I choose a definition that makes Him not exist, then He doesn't exist.
So what?
Neither option actually tells us anything.

That is the point, people that believe in a god do not generally have a plausible definition of the god they believe in, they just believe one must exist, regardless of evidence to the contrary.

People in general like to believe in things and be part of a community, regardless of evidence to the contrary, or different interpretations of claimed evidence.

Communities/societies built around a religious belief which is self reinforcing, and likely imprinted into peoples subconscious at an early age. These communities have leaders who reinforce the belief. Groups of people working together are often more succesful than individuals, who do not believe what they are told.

Speculation
If we take a ficticious character as a god with no supporting evidence other than the word of an emperor from a failing empire, with multiple religions and beliefs. We might form a council with all the religious leaders from different groups and arrive at a common acceptable religion based on the common religious ideas at that time. We might enforce the religion by nailing disbelievers to crosses or feeding them to lions etc. Cerca 325AD end of Roman empire, Emperor Constantine convened a council to form a new religion, to control his empire. He was a sun worshipper why would his new religion not have festivals based on equinoxes? Does the Roman empire still exert an influence today via its religion?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: lunar7 on 07/07/2019 21:21:19
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/07/2019 21:52:35
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.
No.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 10/07/2019 17:38:34
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.

Define what your god is?

Is it maybe the quantum vacuum, zero point energy, dark energy, dark ???? ?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 10/07/2019 17:45:51
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.
No.
Please define your understanding of god, that enables you to answer No.

God might be defined as the quantum vacuum perhaps from which via baryogenesis everything in the universe may have appeared. (in a big bang related sort of way, creating all of life in the universe ;) )
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/07/2019 18:22:23
Does the Roman empire still exert an influence today via its religion?
Philistines, Romans, the Inquisition, Communism, Fascism, even the British Empire....all came and went. We're still here. And, if modern-day antisemites are to be believed, we're still in charge of everything. The answer seems to be in having a faith that doesn't seek to convert or conquer others, or even argue very loudly for our precepts. It would be nice to be ignored for a few thousand years, but as Topol pointed out "If you look at a map, Israel is about the size of Yorkshire. If you look at a newspaper, it's bigger than Russia."   
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 10/07/2019 21:22:49
This god apparently caused the big bang then. OK. Well let's work with that conclusion. For billions of years mankind didn't exist. This dude, or dudette, who is all powerful, just didn't bother to use his or her supreme powers to do much at all for most of the time. What then? The supreme one just got bored?

Or maybe, using Occam's razor, life was a slow and incremental process that just took that long to develop. Still, maybe I am now damned to an eternity in eternal suffering. I doubt it.

The only real miracle is that we haven't destroyed ourselves yet.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: lunar7 on 11/07/2019 23:01:23
When we think the way the Universe works; the fundamental constants; the way Science works. There must be a God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 12/07/2019 13:31:14
The only real miracle is that we haven't destroyed ourselves yet.

I suspect that has more to do with good luck, or not as the case may be  ;)

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 12/07/2019 13:35:17
When we think the way the Universe works; the fundamental constants; the way Science works. There must be a God.

How do you arrive at this conclusion? Where does your god come from? what is it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 12/07/2019 18:53:38
God might be defined as the quantum vacuum perhaps from which via baryogenesis everything in the universe may have appeared.
Or God might be defined as a cucumber.
But that too, would be silly.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 13/07/2019 10:25:39
God might be defined as the quantum vacuum perhaps from which via baryogenesis everything in the universe may have appeared.
Or God might be defined as a cucumber.
But that too, would be silly.

What would make a cucumber god any different to any other god.

The great god cucumber could be used in skin treatments, and reward the worshipper with soft skin perhaps.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 13/07/2019 10:28:10
When we think the way the Universe works; the fundamental constants; the way Science works. There must be a God.

Ive got it, your gods a mathematician, in the beginning there was the HUP.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 13/07/2019 10:31:23
There is a number of mysterious things in our life such as life itself, if these things are unknown, why do we refer them to myths?
Why not God prove his existence and save our efforts if he is merciful?

Your god is male then, and decides to be merciful or not as the case me be. Does this version of god respond to random events like a automaton.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Hayseed on 26/07/2019 07:12:33
Why is life the only singularity ever detected?  Life is NOT natural.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/07/2019 09:36:51
Why is life the only singularity ever detected?
Life is not a singularity, so your question makes no sense.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 28/07/2019 08:53:32
There is a number of mysterious things in our life such as life itself, if these things are unknown, why do we refer them to myths?
Why not God prove his existence and save our efforts if he is merciful?
yes i think so

Should you have said yes I feel so, because you feel not think a god of some sorts exists. If you cant describe what your god is, then likely you dont know what it is you believe in.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 09/08/2019 12:44:05
God does not need time to exist in. Reminds me of the Tardis. God created the laws of the universe and so when he acts the laws are used, not contradicted. God wants us in this world and life in the Universe, to have faith, confidence, hope, rather than knowledge with proof. It is a nursery and testing ground. And something has gone wrong, with the premature introduction of knowledge of good and evil. Knowledge and proof is good for making tools and medicines..

You can have evidence and personal proof of Christ presence... In the Holy Spirit gifts and powers.

The universe is not self existent. I am not sure if it reasons.

Faith is necessary for dealing with knowledge and revelations... sometimes they are of very developed realities. Life reviews during near death experiences, visions of a city, with pearl gates....

For example, my late granma right up until she died was misled to think that Germany was only defending itself in WW2 and that the Jews had been rioting... I do not think she understood the holocaust. She was educated up to grade school before her father could not afford to send her to high school. Now if being so impressed by Germany she would not believe evidence that Hitler was Jewish in part and a hater. That there had been ambition in the Nazis to invade and not believe that the mass graves were real, even if God showed her images. Then how could she come to a knowledge of reality?

In this world we have evidences and proofs, books, images, reasoning and actual sites and the physical facts to manipulate in our hands and eyes. That is slow. In God is the promise of all wisdom and knowledge flowing through our minds like a waterfall when we die and enter the light. Not believing it is an option and a little blasphemy. When will someone ever believe or doubt a vision from God? Or verses from God?

It is possible some people can lock themselves out from believing God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/08/2019 11:49:57
And something has gone wrong
How could anything go wrong in the creation of an omnipotent, omniscient being who set the specification in the first place, and has the unmitigated power to put it right? 

You will be telling us next that the god who created earthquakes and congenital syphilis is just and merciful.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 10/08/2019 12:35:01
When we think the way the Universe works; the fundamental constants; the way Science works. There must be a God.

Why? We ask why is that constant just so and this constant just so in order for us to exist? Why shouldn't it be just so? The sky looks blue. Why is the atmosphere constituted from molecules that scatter light in such a way that the sky looks blue? If it wasn't just so the sky may be red. So what? Such arguments are nonsense and show the immaturity of our species.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 10/08/2019 12:37:45
And BTW all the grown ups lied to you as a kid. Just because the grown ups did the same to them when they were children. Does that sound like maturity.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 10/08/2019 15:52:37
After the people had dominion things went wrong. This life is for testing and working dominion and faith. We have intervention when we ask or permit. The cross of Christ is the intervention. It is worked out slowly impressing understanding into human culture.

I suppose God made earthquakes, this would have come under our dominion. We lost dominion. Christ has dominion to restore us in his kingdom yet to fully rule on Earth. But God did not make diseases.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: syhprum on 10/08/2019 19:27:31
I think god really loves viruses and only created humans and other mammals as a convenient environment for them to evolve in. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/08/2019 20:15:50
After the people had dominion things went wrong.
The real problem is that God saw fit to put the serpent in the garden.
So, it's all His fault.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 11/08/2019 14:02:30
The serpent and tree of knowledge of good and evil was for the Adamic race to gain the ability to always free willing choose good amidst the choice of evil.

The Spirit entity in the serpent was self employed and not placed there. An agreement was probably reached beforehand. Adam could have taken authority and gained a nature of obedience and reverence with it's endearing. He would have had dominion over the whole planet.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: lunar7 on 11/08/2019 15:50:01
When we think the way the Universe works; the fundamental constants; the way Science works. There must be a God.

Why? We ask why is that constant just so and this constant just so in order for us to exist? Why shouldn't it be just so? The sky looks blue. Why is the atmosphere constituted from molecules that scatter light in such a way that the sky looks blue? If it wasn't just so the sky may be red. So what? Such arguments are nonsense and show the immaturity of our species.
You are implying the laws of Physics, which is how God makes things work, whether it be an electron orbiting the nuclues of an atom or the roots taking up mineral ions.
Besides, we may be 98% genetically similar to apes, but no linkage has been discovered between us an apes (nor will it be) because God created man in the image of Adam.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 11/08/2019 18:01:55
God created apes and man from a common root in matter or only in design.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Hayseed on 17/08/2019 00:57:56
Science can't even get physical reality right.........why would you think that they could concept God?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 01:22:57
.why would you think that they could concept God?
"concept" is not a verb.
Would you like to try again, but this time with a requirement that you post stuff that actually  makes sense to the real world?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 01:23:39
God created apes and man
Do you understand that man is an ape?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 01:25:47
to gain the ability to always free willing choose
... and in English?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 01:26:41
The Spirit entity in the serpent was self employed
Do you work for ATOS?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 01:31:35
An agreement was probably
There's nothing which inspires confidence like  a "God" that "probably" does something.
The Spirit entity in the serpent was self employed and not placed there.
I challenge you  to demonstrate that your assertion can be parsed in English.
Adam could have taken authority and gained a nature of obedience and reverence with it's endearing.
Ditto.
Did it occur to you that posting nonsense on a science we site will (at best) get you laughed at?
He would have had dominion over the whole planet.
If the fairy tale is right, he had already been granted that.
What did you think  you added there?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 17/08/2019 10:26:31
God created apes and man
Do you understand that man is an ape?
I just checked and see you are correct.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 17/08/2019 10:35:27
to gain the ability to always free willing choose
... and in English?
The first humans had to use free will. They had to be exposed to evil, while free willing, to free willingly choose obedience and stay in the light of life. Rather than be forced or protected from the knowledge of it. Over time, human nature would have become resistant to making evil choices.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 17/08/2019 10:36:55
The Spirit entity in the serpent was self employed
Do you work for ATOS?
Satan opposes God and does not ever work for Him only against Him. He also hates men and women made in his image and likeness.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 17/08/2019 10:41:32
The first humans could have kept their dominion. They and we today would have dominion over the whole planet, in regards to natural events.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 12:29:38
Satan opposes God and does not ever work for Him only against Him. He also hates men and women made in his image and likeness.
Then why did God create Satan?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 17/08/2019 13:38:20
Satan opposes God and does not ever work for Him only against Him. He also hates men and women made in his image and likeness.
Then why did God create Satan?
I would say God knew there would eventually be a rebellion. So he chose from the options one that would be finite, least successful and final. Finally finished. Satan was created as a servant, to serve God in the light, but he changed his mind, the angel led a rebellion seeking to have God's throne and power rather than worshipping him. They were expelled and became the angels of death.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/08/2019 13:49:53
I would say God knew there would eventually be a rebellion.
In the absence of any evil, what could provoke a rebellion?
Satan was created as a servant, to serve God in the light, but he changed his mind,
Didn't God see that coming?
Did He choose to do nothing to stop it, and thus create all that is bad in the world?

It seems that Satan is more powerful than God.
Perhaps I should worship him.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 17/08/2019 15:22:58
I would say God knew there would eventually be a rebellion.
In the absence of any evil, what could provoke a rebellion?
Satan was created as a servant, to serve God in the light, but he changed his mind,
Didn't God see that coming?
Did He choose to do nothing to stop it, and thus create all that is bad in the world?

It seems that Satan is more powerful than God.
Perhaps I should worship him.
The angel was extremely intelligent, and proud. He went from worshipping God for his greatness to wanting to have it. Immense pride, jealousy, ambition, something like adultery, taking the worship of the rebellious angels... God saw it coming and chose the best of the options.

Satan and his cohorts were expelled, much weaker than God. Not as intelligent and weak at creativity, the angel of death imitates God or remembers works of old.

Some people worship money, some pleasure... but whatever it is, it is what seems to be worth the most to you that you see and feel is the source of good in your life.

Other Christians hold that God has a hidden purpose for evil.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: xitisoha on 19/08/2019 19:42:30
You are the part of god :)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 06/09/2019 23:37:51
I would say God knew there would eventually be a rebellion.
In the absence of any evil, what could provoke a rebellion?
Satan was created as a servant, to serve God in the light, but he changed his mind,
Didn't God see that coming?
Did He choose to do nothing to stop it, and thus create all that is bad in the world?

It seems that Satan is more powerful than God.
Perhaps I should worship him.
The angel was extremely intelligent, and proud. He went from worshipping God for his greatness to wanting to have it. Immense pride, jealousy, ambition, something like adultery, taking the worship of the rebellious angels... God saw it coming and chose the best of the options.

Satan and his cohorts were expelled, much weaker than God. Not as intelligent and weak at creativity, the angel of death imitates God or remembers works of old.

Some people worship money, some pleasure... but whatever it is, it is what seems to be worth the most to you that you see and feel is the source of good in your life.

Other Christians hold that God has a hidden purpose for evil.
Do you believe that only christian god exists? What do you think about gods of other religions? Can they coexist?
If you can find a method to proof  that they also exist, you can be a pantheist.
On the other hand, if your method concludes that they don't exist, try using it to your own god. You may become an atheist.
If your method doesn't give you any conclusion, you may become an agnostic. But you can find a better method which is not useless.
If your method can prove the existence of your god while disproving other gods reliably, you can try your luck by sharing your method here. You may convert someone into your religion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 10/09/2019 14:10:58
If we look back to the earliest gods, that of Genesis, Elohim, Moses YHWH based on Elohim. And Look at the story of Pandora's Box, and India's first god, Purusha. There is a commonality. The angels of Purusha that rebelled were said to break up Purusha into other gods, with the female principle, and then the threeness of the Hindu Trinity, creator destroyer. To me the latter are half truths. So there is only one god, whose presence fills the universe, he is all seeing, the Earth is his footstool, his presence fills the Earth, in him is also femininity and threeness. A benevolent nature. Looking here at Hinduism at the start. I do not believe in many gods. Or an overpowering greatness of rebellious angels.

Only one God revealed Himself in history, with a greater nature of love than any gods in mythology.  Only one answers the great challenges of sickness, sin which is also injustice, selfishness and unclean. And death. Making a way back to the friendship between Elohim and Adam and better.
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Do you believe that only christian god exists? What do you think about gods of other religions? Can they coexist?
If you can find a method to proof  that they also exist, you can be a pantheist.
On the other hand, if your method concludes that they don't exist, try using it to your own god. You may become an atheist.
If your method doesn't give you any conclusion, you may become an agnostic. But you can find a better method which is not useless.
If your method can prove the existence of your god while disproving other gods reliably, you can try your luck by sharing your method here. You may convert someone into your religion.
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Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 10/09/2019 14:24:51
To me the latter are half truths.
How do you determine which part is true, while the other is false?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 10/09/2019 14:26:45
To me the latter are half truths.
How do you determine which part is true, while the other is false?
The parts that resemble the faith checked by Moses in God's presence. The parts that do not give powers to define to the angels of death.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 11/09/2019 16:13:10
The parts that resemble the faith checked by Moses in God's presence. The parts that do not give powers to define to the angels of death.
How do you know moses?
How do you know that the stories about him are true?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 12/09/2019 07:16:49
The parts that resemble the faith checked by Moses in God's presence. The parts that do not give powers to define to the angels of death.
How do you know moses?
How do you know that the stories about him are true?

Moses is impressed in history as a well educated law maker and nation maker. There are examples of archaeological evidence of the displacement of people who ate pork in Israel or what was Israel. Things like sites where there were pork bones and pottery of one type, replaced by lamb bones and a new type of pottery during the Exodus period.

There are the Dead Sea Scrolls as evidence of the book being faithfully transcribed, the Torah.

I had a vision of Moses.

Moses is endorsed in the Gospel with checks about hard heartedness. I believe in Moses because of Jesus and aspects of Moses' law fit in my natural judgement and my cultural learning, like marrying your girlfriend if you make her pregnant...

Moses best documented the Genesis account of creation and put together the old traditions with new revelations in God's presence, which is a constant theme throughout the Bible and all writings from YHWH. No love and presence, no YHWH and the gentiles under Paul the apostle, their faith rested in power as well as the earlier two. I have experienced touches of these things. The state of my conscience changing to clear, and a clean heart, also secret thoughts revealed and seeing others and hearing their testimonies of the same sorts of things being done in them.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 12/09/2019 07:35:59
Moses is impressed in history
Really?
Can you show me a contemporary independent reference to show that he even existed?
I had a vision of Moses.
Your hallucinations don't constitute evidence.
Have you spoken to your doctor about them?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 12/09/2019 09:15:16
Moses is impressed in history
Really?
Can you show me a contemporary independent reference to show that he even existed?
I had a vision of Moses.
Your hallucinations don't constitute evidence.
Have you spoken to your doctor about them?
I have not studied archaeology to site names of hand, but at first I think of Simcha Jacobovici and I doubt the Hebrew University would say he was not real. From what I have heard the debate against Moses and the Exodus is not the greater one.

Britain's legal system was influenced by Moses over the centuries, so was this like being influenced by Gandalph?

Moses is so ancient that we don't have history of him like WW1. History was only really recorded from the ninth century BC, in regards to King David. Moses is somewhat legendary from a non faith, scientific view. Wikipedia mentions him, I found a few articles. I will have to read them later. Doing some exams.

The vision I had was an operating table vision just coming out of, Gamazel anesthetic. Pardon my spelling. Doctors would mostly ignore these things.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 12/09/2019 16:31:45
I think without bias that the Hebrews somehow left Egypt and invaded Israel. It should be in the DNA of the fully Hebrew Jews.

It is hard to believe in the pillar of fire, the mighty victories, the superiority of Hebrew soldiers despite the Egyptian trained Moses.

I think that is why it is considered a legend by science minded historians. Then there is also the bias against Jews. And the worry of fights starting over Israel. Some do not want to acknowledge their right to live there.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 12/09/2019 20:00:33
Doctors would mostly ignore these things.
It is often wise to take your doctor's advice.
Britain's legal system was influenced by Moses over the centuries,
Via time travel?
Moses was said to have lived long before the Romans came to these islands (bringing their legal system with them).
At the time, there was no formal legal system in Britain.

So, even if Moses ever lived he was a long time dead before anyone could influence the british legal system.
It is hard to believe in the pillar of fire, the mighty victories,
I don't...


"The modern scholarly consensus is that the figure of Moses is a mythical figure"
from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses#Historicity
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 12/09/2019 20:03:04
The vision I had was an operating table vision just coming out of, Gamazel anesthetic.
So, your response to my reminder that hallucinations are not evidence is to say that it was a drug induced hallucination.


Do you think that makes it better?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 13/09/2019 15:47:56
Doctors would mostly ignore these things.
It is often wise to take your doctor's advice.
Britain's legal system was influenced by Moses over the centuries,
Via time travel?
Moses was said to have lived long before the Romans came to these islands (bringing their legal system with them).
At the time, there was no formal legal system in Britain.

So, even if Moses ever lived he was a long time dead before anyone could influence the british legal system.
It is hard to believe in the pillar of fire, the mighty victories,
I don't...


"The modern scholarly consensus is that the figure of Moses is a mythical figure"
from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses#Historicity

Moses in wikipedia is said to possible have existed as more than a mythical figure. It elaborates and speculates. And though it does not mention English law, it does mention that of the old USA at foundational times. And mentions Swedish historian Hugo Valentin as considering Moses the first to establish the rights of man.

Where can I find Moses influence on Britain and England in particular? He may have influenced Rome, not by time travel but through the debates of Jews living in Greece and Rome through the hundreds of years before and after Christ.

Visions on operating tables that do not come from hallucinogens, such as NDEs and OBEs are treated differently to hallucinations. But not all doctors take an interest. That is why I mentioned Gamazel as I think it is called, and not Ketamine, since the latter induces hallucinations. Gamazel causes memory loss of the event.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/09/2019 19:10:13
Do you understand that a man who did not exist can not have influenced anything?

People who thought he existed may well have had an influence, but that is not evidence that he was actually real.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 14/09/2019 06:06:02
Do you understand that a man who did not exist can not have influenced anything?

People who thought he existed may well have had an influence, but that is not evidence that he was actually real.

I am sure I cannot persuade you to change your mind, and you cannot change mine. We are set in past decisions. For me, I am sure the Bible is evidence he existed, and that it is not a book of legends. Scientists here seem to believe God exists only one in five, from a past poll. You would be an atheist then. Others but which are scholars with biases I mentioned  would be the Hebrew University and another article I found was a Jew who graduated from Harvard and disagrees with the trends in amongst those scholars.

Not only the Romans but the Jews have offered us things in civilization and obviously Moses was the authority to them. They suffered a lot for that, to me that gives credence to his being real and not a fanciful idea. Circumcision, and keeping a just culture separate from pagans, the strictness and the defence of Israel was for a valid, non fanciful reason. God's presence existed and persisted throughout the composition of the whole Bible, and is still active today in pastors and writers and evangelists. You can find it if you look even locally. But you cannot have proof, God doesn't offer it. Christ is the choice of millions of Chinese in China and the same in Africa, despite persecution, not just for Bible ideas, but because of the experience of God's presence and power.

The development of the character of the Christ over hundreds of years and that someone fulfilled all those prophecies takes a consistency and most extraordinary luck if it were by chance. It seems behind the men and women, there was one author in common.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/09/2019 21:10:00
You say " obviously Moses was the authority"
Why can't you understand that a myth of Moses would do that just as well as a real one?
It can't be "obvious" because it isn't true.
It can't be true because Moses isn't real.

I am sure I cannot persuade you to change your mind, and you cannot change mine.
I will change my mind if you provide evidence. You refuse to do so.
So the real question is "What are you doing on a science web page?"
You clearly are not interested in science.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Zer0 on 23/09/2019 22:10:32
OP - Re: Can science prove God exists?

Should it?

What exactly happens when Science debunks & demolishes all of Faith in the Almighty?
Aren't some folks on our planet so pauperised that all that they have or own to face the hardships of tomorrow is Hope & Faith.

I was pretty disappointed knowing the toothfairy ain't real...do not even get me started on Santa!
Is it fun to make kids cry in order to make em grow up?
Shouldn't growing old be a compulsion as usual, but growing up be kept always optional.


& Honestly, does Science not have any other more important impending crises to provide solutions for...
What good are such debates on & whether if GOD exists or not, other than they being extreme waste of time?

Why do believers belittle their own God by trying to seek proof of existence thru Science...
Believe what you may, keep your Faith..
Just Please remember, whatever your commandments are, keep em to yourself locked up inside of your own head.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/09/2019 17:42:48
Is it fun to make kids cry in order to make em grow up?
If people didn't tell lies about Sant and the Tooth fairy, they would save the kids from the tears when they find out
(1) they aren't real and
(2) they can't trust their parents.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Harryobr on 25/09/2019 12:01:41
Oh my God. Why is life the only singularity ever detected?  Life is NOT natural.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Hayseed on 26/09/2019 00:52:08
Life is the only single thing we have ever seen.  We see multiples of objects and entities thru out the universe.  But life is only here.

That tells me that life is not natural.   Life is more than mass and energy and their nature.   Life configures their nature, then replicates itself.  Allowing further configuration of nature.

Why?  How?  When?   Do you believe science can find the answers?   What about death?  We know that death is not necessary for to multiply life, so why is there death?

It's so cruel.  Why does life tease us.   Can science find out?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 26/09/2019 02:16:07
Why?  How?  When?   Do you believe science can find the answers?   What about death?  We know that death is not necessary for to multiply life, so why is there death?
I think that death is/was necessary to remind us that our current system is not perfect (yet), hence need to change and restart to make progress. It's necessary due to finite available resources. This should be obvious if we learned about genetic algorithm.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 06:45:52
You say " obviously Moses was the authority"
Why can't you understand that a myth of Moses would do that just as well as a real one?
It can't be "obvious" because it isn't true.
It can't be true because Moses isn't real.

I am sure I cannot persuade you to change your mind, and you cannot change mine.
I will change my mind if you provide evidence. You refuse to do so.
So the real question is "What are you doing on a science web page?"
You clearly are not interested in science.


Moses' works of literature and military tactics were intellectual and from an educated man, poetry, mighty victories. He left a succession, and records of events that many modern people won't believe because of the supernatural content. He lived so long ago, in primitive times that records of history were not well done as later with King David and later still with the 5th century bc Greeks.

I tend to take Exodus as a real account.

If I were to look for evidence in the natural, it would be examples Hebrews DNA testing. Are they a distinct race?

What is the motive for a myth or a lie? Advantage? What advantage was there? Inside practicing justice was good, but outside it meant continuous struggles and conflict with demon worshipping pagans. It went on for centuries. They had to record of their ancestries. They could not simply mix with the pagans. From Moses they had a sense of justice balanced with mercy that worked and influences us today.

People may just believe that ancient Pharaoh records are true, but Moses they don't because the records are so old and scant for science. And some people refuse to believe in miracles.

Having experienced what we call Jesus' sacred blood as a man, I am persuaded to believe there was the line of Judah and Moses' sacrifice system...

So I suppose to post enlightenment scientists Moses is not an authority in the same way he once was anymore.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 07:42:23
From the OP and behind what I have typed, is my admiration and respect for American open mindedness.

Many scientists and from a poll here, 4 out of 5 are non theists, are like vacuum sealed or tort. Beyond what can be seen or tested, they hold there is nothing, sometimes even it is as a faith.

If you could picture their observations, in plastic wrap, it would hold shape. No pockets of air.

I prefer open mindedness.

If we look at the size of our solar system the Milky Way, Andromeda, and consider how many galaxies there are, it is magnificently huge. And some scientists think it it came from nothing, although nothing had a powerful nature, to spontaneously produce a vast amount of matter and anti-matter. In the end they think the universe is self existent.

In addition to the universe vast nature, intelligent life in the universe like human beings, dolphins and elephants and sexual reproduction and beauty and the mind, are part of the universe. It does not take a great open mind to choose to consider another factor was self existent.

Christians believe God is self existent. It takes the same amount of faith, either way. God with his order and detail, or the universe with it's order, detail and life. I am open minded to think God is.

And I am open minded to think Moses and Bible accounts are real.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 12:42:04
If I were to look for evidence in the natural, it would be examples Hebrews DNA testing. Are they a distinct race?
Race isn't a well defined concept in science.
I tend to take Exodus as a real account.
That's your opinion; had you somehow mistaken it for evidence?
It takes the same amount of faith, either way.
Not really.
There is actual evidence for the big bang and (whether you like this  or not) there is none for God.
Also, you seem to brush aside the fact that, no matter how complex (and thus improbable) the universe is, God must be more complex and- by the same argument- more improbable.
And I am open minded to think Moses and Bible accounts are real.
You are not open minded at all.
You refuse to consider the evidence which shows that they are substantially made up.
We know who rewrote them, where and when.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 12:56:01
There is actual evidence for the big bang and (whether you like this  or not) there is none for God.
Also, you seem to brush aside the fact that, no matter how complex (and thus improbable) the universe is, God must be more complex and- by the same argument- more improbable.
And I am open minded to think Moses and Bible accounts are real.
You are not open minded at all.
You refuse to consider the evidence which shows that they are substantially made up.
We know who rewrote them, where and when.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
The matter of probability does not apply to some matters. Probability cannot apply to the question of God's existence. Probability is for maths and to some extent physics. It is not transcendent. It is a subject within the universe, to things in the universe. A parallel universe could be quite different and without logic, from the same God.
 
The Hebrews separate from the Christian councils have their own school.

https://www.coursera.org/huji
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 13:25:03
https://www.coursera.org/huji
"The Hebrew University was founded in 1918 "
Come on...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 14:03:21
https://www.coursera.org/huji
"The Hebrew University was founded in 1918 "
Come on...
The Hebrews had always maintained their language in Israel. Their own TANACH. The Jews mixed in Europe always had their own distinct from Trinitarian school of thought, theology and have their own contributions to archaeology.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 14:38:08
https://www.coursera.org/huji
"The Hebrew University was founded in 1918 "
Come on...
The Hebrews had always maintained their language in Israel. Their own TANACH. The Jews mixed in Europe always had their own distinct from Trinitarian school of thought, theology and have their own contributions to archaeology.
So why post a link to a university that's younger than my granny?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 14:39:58
The Hebrews had always maintained their language in Israel. Their own TANACH.
It's a book.
So is Lord of the rings.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 14:43:09

The people behind the Uni, in Jerusalem lived there since before Christ, with in mind, Roman expulsion and resettlement... Israel is ancient with it's own schools. Pre-Nicaea.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 16:03:27
It's still a book.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Zer0 on 28/09/2019 16:28:07
The Hebrews had always maintained their language in Israel. Their own TANACH.
It's a book.
So is Lord of the rings.

ROFL!

Can't believe it is still going on & on...centuries have passed...may God help Science!
;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 16:39:22
It's still a book.
The TANACH is non fiction. People lived by it, wrote it, fulfilled it... It has a consistency, such as a lead up to a Messiah figure, that the Jews don't accept. We have to agree to disagree, because the writings of the Bible are about a God, you don't believe exists but some other scientists do and a lot of other people, like Lawyers and accountants...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 17:15:10
It's still a book.
The TANACH is non fiction. People lived by it, wrote it, fulfilled it... It has a consistency, such as a lead up to a Messiah figure, that the Jews don't accept. We have to agree to disagree, because the writings of the Bible are about a God, you don't believe exists but some other scientists do and a lot of other people, like Lawyers and accountants...
It's still a book.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 17:59:52
It is a book, theirs, the work of their ancestors, which whether you or not you believe it, is another school of thought that is separate from and predates the Catholic Church. For it not to be altered for different reasons. And now it can be tested against the dead sea scrolls.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 18:01:59
Do you realise that I don't care very much about the church- Catholic or otherwise.
So it doesn't matter to me that one old book is different from another old book.

Neither of them is evidence- for the same reason that the Lord of the rings is not evidence of hobbits and elves.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 28/09/2019 19:04:51
Do you realise that I don't care very much about the church- Catholic or otherwise.
So it doesn't matter to me that one old book is different from another old book.

Neither of them is evidence- for the same reason that the Lord of the rings is not evidence of hobbits and elves.
What about such things as dates in King David's life and works as compared with archaeology that matches. Say Kings and tablet records in surrounding lands sites?

And I thought you were saying the Catholic Church invented Moses?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/09/2019 20:06:21
What I was saying is that religions make stuff up
In the case of the Catholic church we know who, where and when.
There is no reason to imagine the other religions are different

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/09/2019 07:43:19
Science can do quite a few things. Science is based on logic and observation. One observes and makes deductions which can have a great possibility of being true. An example was the Greeks logically deducing that atoms exist. It took a very long time for the proof but it did come.

The key observation that science should look at is that intelligence has evolved - mankind (generally true). To get to the point of such intelligence life had to do some things that are almost unimaginable. Cells had to signal each other and agree to cooperate. Cellular learning had to be encoded in the genes both in nuclear genes and mitochondrial genes. Replication and repair mechanisms had to be evolved. And the Earth had to go through stages that encouraged and promoted the evolution of intelligence. Dinosaurs had to be eliminated as the dominant species. Earth had to go through 10,000 years of ideal conditions so that the final emergence of mankind as fully functional intelligence could occur.

Science then asks questions. Is this an accident, or by design? One looks at the tendency inert molecules have to combine and align themselves with each other in cooperative arrangements. The carbon-oxygen-hydrogen-nitrogen combinations seem endless.

Study the channels on the cellular membrane, and even the membrane itself. They can open to allow on one ion species through at a time (millions per sec) based on tiny differentials or enzyme signals. They are proteins wound into folding coils. Just the folding of proteins that must take place with repeated accuracy is incredible.

Study the mechanism of sight. One photon of a particular wavelength causes a protein molecule to change size, press on another protein and start the chain of a nerve impulse.

The other question scientists do ask is "why did this happen"? What is the prime cause?

We know about the Big Bang but not where it came from. We do not know why there was more matter than anti-matter.

If one postulates that the Prime Cause is an intelligent entity then that explains the drive of evolution towards intelligence. The Prime Cause does not have to consist of anything and if it is vast enough it can create almost unlimited virtual reality of incredible complexity. Part of that incredible complexity could be both a God and a Satan each with vast but limited powers. As part of the rules they would have to remain unproven. Little miracles here and there that remain as anecdotes.

Another observation is that mankind is predisposed to mystical events, and that every now and then a prophet who changes the course of history arrives.

Skeptics scoff at the "story" but cannot offer a better one.

I was an atheist at 12 years, an agnostic at 17 years and now at 70 years I choose to believe (I have no faith) on the basis of personal experience. I have had few psychic experiences that cannot be explained by the usual "brain malfunction". Atheists presume that there is no God and every explanation goes "it cannot be true therefore we will chose a best-fit explanation". They then try to fit a square peg into a round hole.

I personally find that nearly every religion has some truth in it. God gave all of us a piece of the puzzle. IMO.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/09/2019 09:25:54
If one postulates that the Prime Cause is an intelligent entity then that explains the drive of evolution towards intelligence.
And, since almost all life is not on an evolutionary path to intelligence, we can reject the postulate.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/09/2019 10:42:03
If one postulates that the Prime Cause is an intelligent entity then that explains the drive of evolution towards intelligence.
And, since almost all life is not on an evolutionary path to intelligence, we can reject the postulate.

First, your definition of "intelligence". And define "almost all". Quite the naysayer are you. Not "WE can reject" but "I [you] can reject". You are an opinion of one. You bring a blunderbuss to a debate of the highest order.

Mankind needed all the underlying life forms to reach peak intelligence. Even the trees that died off so long ago to provide coal and oil. And the trees that provided timber in various forms for sailing ships and shelter (or weapons of war), or fruit, or latex for rubber. Does a tree have basic intelligence to be able to assemble a collection of cells with all of them cooperating for the benefit of the whole? Finding water and light and then adjusting the behavior of cells to change?

Without the galaxies being formed, without planets being formed and without a Goldilocks planet with ideal terraforming, humankind could not have evolved. Need I mention the fine balance of the cosmic constants?

God provided clues for even the scientists to see and marvel at. Of course, there are those who will not see. The motor for the flagellum on certain bacteria. Humankind imitates life but this was a design well ahead of electric motors. All the parts must be there in order to operate. The intricacy is mind-boggling (for those who can appreciate just how intricate it is). That design must then be encoded in genes and the various cells must replicate and divide in a startling path in order to arrive at the end result.

And what is dark matter and dark energy but a figment of imagination in order to make the physical equations here on Earth work? Perhaps the Ultimate Creator Intelligence is messing with us knowing we will extinct ourselves before getting off this planet. Or not wanting us off the planet until we have evolved more spiritually?

Earlier I saw you said A) There are lupins B) There are no lupins and then said they cannot both be true. What about Schrodingers cat in the box? Apparently it can be either alive and dead at the same time. And what about electrons being in two places at the same time. Quantum logic can strange when used in everyday situations.

But the cause and effect rule still applies as one of the most basic rules. What is the Prime Cause? What is your opinion? And why you hold the belief that your opinion might be true?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/09/2019 12:40:41
You can apply the scientific method easily to the question.

Suggest one unique, predictive, testable property or function of your god. Then test it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 29/09/2019 13:43:00
You can apply the scientific method easily to the question.

Suggest one unique, predictive, testable property or function of your god. Then test it.
I don't think God will give us a portion of his presence to test. Knowing and trusting are alternate to each other. Imagine a baby who will not trust dad, learn from dad, infer from dad unless it is proven under tests. Fast paced love and friendship cannot take place. You can't be filled with all knowledge if you do not trust the holy one when you recognize him. All the info is not trusted as well. All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.

You can have evidence in prophecy, and you can experience God's presence, drink it in, but that is after trusting usually. After an near death experience, many people return to life knowing there is an afterlife and spirit and soul and other entities like God, angels and demons. But they can't prove it to anyone else.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/09/2019 14:20:26
What about Schrodingers cat in the box?
It's irrelevant.
I have observed the garden.
The motor for the flagellum on certain bacteria. ... the various cells must replicate and divide in a startling path in order to arrive at the end result.
Bacteria are single cells; The flagellum is part of, and produced by, each bacterium. It is not produced by cell division.

First, your definition of "intelligence".
If you think the word is badly defined, you shouldn't have used it.

And define "almost all".
OK, Most of the world's species are things like bacteria, plants, nematodes etc whose lifestyle is such that using resources on any sensible form of intelligence would be counter-productive.

It's not even clear that a brighter sheep would be more successful.
So, for there to be any advantage to intelligence you need a niche in life where brains are worth the expense of running them.
That's top level predators and a few oddities like chimps.



Not "WE can reject" but "I [you] can reject". You are an opinion of one. You bring a blunderbuss to a debate of the highest order.

The "we" who can reject your idea are the "we" who can understand basic evolutionary biology.
On a science web page that should be the great majority.


Let us know when you catch up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/09/2019 20:26:37
You can apply the scientific method easily to the question.

Suggest one unique, predictive, testable property or function of your god. Then test it.
I don't think God will give us a portion of his presence to test. Knowing and trusting are alternate to each other. Imagine a baby who will not trust dad, learn from dad, infer from dad unless it is proven under tests. Fast paced love and friendship cannot take place. You can't be filled with all knowledge if you do not trust the holy one when you recognize him. All the info is not trusted as well. All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.

You can have evidence in prophecy, and you can experience God's presence, drink it in, but that is after trusting usually. After an near death experience, many people return to life knowing there is an afterlife and spirit and soul and other entities like God, angels and demons. But they can't prove it to anyone else.

Well said.

What changed my mind WAS personal observation. Experiencing events that cannot be explained by physics.

On one occassion I knew with absolute certainty of a near future event and took precautions to avoid getting involved. A biker passed me and I knew he would die up ahead.  The shock of knowing was like the shock of realizing you have left a pot of oil on a hot stove. I slowed down so as to not ride over him after he died. It seems he had a heart attack and lay dead in the middle of the road a few kilometers ahead.

I "visited" my late wife in the after-life. No form and no gender. Heaven and hell are not two places. It is a continuum from very good to very bad. And it is a mental state. My late wife was in the very good part. I thought one could imagine a state with no fears, no pain, no hunger, no death, no taxes. It is impossible. One can only experience it.

I began living in a farm cottage which I realized had a bad spirit causing daily problems. For six weeks. When the Cape cobra slithered under my feet one night while I was listing the problems to my late wife in an email I got the message to act. A man had committed suicide outside the house and it was traumatic to his friends and the community. I communicated with his spirit and did as he wanted. To explain he had not realized what would happen and he wanted me to apologize. I did and things changed positively. I learned spirit is an intermediate form between soul and body. Spirit takes form and decays. Usually very quickly.

I could go on.

One communication (with confirmatory events following it) was that there will soon be a big reduction in population. God will not let humankind destroy the world he has made. "Soon" meaning in time to make a difference.

Sometimes the observations have to be done by people and not instruments. Anecdotal yes - but what else does humankind have when God will not allow direct proof of his/her existence.

What I hypothesized was applying logic to question of God and looking at the evidence of various religions - and the wonders humankind has discovered. We are sufficiently advanced to understand the concept of virtual reality. In programming there are classes and constructs which take form when used with parameters. Souls are like that.

I have had a chance to lucid dream and realized there is only one test to check if I was asleep and that was to will something impossible to happen. Pinching myself did not work. It is impossible to prove we are not in "virtual reality" in the mind of an Infinite Intelligence, and that God might be part of that virtual reality. As such, miracles are possible but it seem to be fairly rare, except for personal ones experienced by the faithful (and some others).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/09/2019 22:06:34
I began living in a farm cottage which I realized had a bad spirit causing daily problems.

On a science site?
Really?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 30/09/2019 05:12:17
All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.
Perhaps I'll ask about some unsolved problems in mathematics and get 1 million dollar of easy money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/09/2019 05:41:43
All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.
Perhaps I'll ask about some unsolved problems in mathematics and get 1 million dollar of easy money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems

God and the psychic world operate according to a set of rules. Much like the real world does. Getting rich is selfish and your request will not be granted. A prayer group for a deserving person is much more likely to succeed in modest ways.

There are huge numbers of frauds who operate using people's greed. It is one way to tell who they are. Another example is tales of direct conversations and visits to God such as told by Wendy Alec. It just does not happen although people really want to believe it does. People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.

I had no control over the psychic events that happened to me. They were few and random but after a long time (when I was in my sixties) I could see a pattern of learning. That is the science part. Observing and making deductions that are not contradictory or illogical.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 30/09/2019 09:11:53
All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.
Perhaps I'll ask about some unsolved problems in mathematics and get 1 million dollar of easy money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems

God and the psychic world operate according to a set of rules. Much like the real world does. Getting rich is selfish and your request will not be granted. A prayer group for a deserving person is much more likely to succeed in modest ways.

There are huge numbers of frauds who operate using people's greed. It is one way to tell who they are. Another example is tales of direct conversations and visits to God such as told by Wendy Alec. It just does not happen although people really want to believe it does. People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.

I had no control over the psychic events that happened to me. They were few and random but after a long time (when I was in my sixties) I could see a pattern of learning. That is the science part. Observing and making deductions that are not contradictory or illogical.
What if I pledge to donate all of that money to charities to save starving children in developing countries?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/09/2019 11:13:36
All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.
Perhaps I'll ask about some unsolved problems in mathematics and get 1 million dollar of easy money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems

God and the psychic world operate according to a set of rules. Much like the real world does. Getting rich is selfish and your request will not be granted. A prayer group for a deserving person is much more likely to succeed in modest ways.

There are huge numbers of frauds who operate using people's greed. It is one way to tell who they are. Another example is tales of direct conversations and visits to God such as told by Wendy Alec. It just does not happen although people really want to believe it does. People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.

I had no control over the psychic events that happened to me. They were few and random but after a long time (when I was in my sixties) I could see a pattern of learning. That is the science part. Observing and making deductions that are not contradictory or illogical.
What if I pledge to donate all of that money to charities to save starving children in developing countries?

It comes down to your motivation. If you are trying to test the existence of God, that is not allowed. If you want to get fame and recognition, that again is a selfish act. God wants people to strive to do good - not fill out an application form. God only intervenes for small personal requests that are easy to do and difficult to prove his/her existence, or the intervention is to guide the destiny of humankind.

These last interventions can different forms. One is that he can do nothing to prevent a pandemic like the Black Plague. Another is that he can stop a pandemic from spreading at a time it would direct humankind in the wrong direction. He is going to do nothing to stop the pending die-off which has already started but people are ignoring it and will ignore it until too late.

Most big interventions look natural. The extinction of the dinosaurs is an example.

Note that my hypothesis of God being part of the virtual reality means that God has limitations as does Satan. The Infinite Intelligence can allow God to do just about anything, and know just about anything, so my hypothesis does not interfere with how religions view God. It does explain the limitations of God despite his enormous ability to be powerful and all knowing. It explains why evil exists in the form of Satan.

I experienced the Infinite Intelligence when I was in my twenties. My studies of various religions recently made me aware of the Hindu concept of Brahman which is similar.

I also experienced being judged after death. I learned there is no argument. All is known. Once I was sent back because I was lacking achievement (either good or bad). The other time I was terminated permanently (but woke the next morning because it was a lesson). The lesson here is that souls are not necessarily eternal. Having experienced death twice in my dreams (painful sword in the neck and sword in the gut), I guess that re-incarnation of souls is possible. Re-incarnation makes sense. Souls evolve as species evolve. Otherwise there would be enormous number of souls just hanging around. Even with reincarnation, people should follow the teachings of Jesus and not look down upon a suffering person as one being taught Karma.

The souls direct the growing spirit to guide the growing physical.  One does not come back in a lesser form. This is needed for the formation of the brain which cannot follow genetic code to form the structures needed. Simply too complex. The soul does the fine tuning and detail, and does some subtle influence throughout life. That quiet voice or that intuition at times.

Suffering is thus temporary. Even the death of children or babies means the soul gets another chance.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 30/09/2019 14:15:01
I began living in a farm cottage which I realized had a bad spirit causing daily problems.

On a science site?
Really?

Isn't that the sort of thing Carl Jung experienced before he devised modern psychology? Paranormal psychology.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 30/09/2019 14:16:54
All knowledge and wisdom and prophecy is invalid and even if you see an angel you don't know what to make of it.
Perhaps I'll ask about some unsolved problems in mathematics and get 1 million dollar of easy money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems
It seems the people who have positive NDEs want to be closer to people than money and spend it on them and work closely with needy people.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/09/2019 15:23:29
I began living in a farm cottage which I realized had a bad spirit causing daily problems.

On a science site?
Really?

Isn't that the sort of thing Carl Jung experienced before he devised modern psychology? Paranormal psychology.

Just have a look at the books that propose the Prime Cause other than God. The understanding of our universe must necessarily try to understand and find answers to the underlying reason for our existence and the underlying reason for the laws of physics. The concept of God is one proposition, and one has to look for clues as to his existence.

Mental telepathy is another phenomenon that I have experienced reasonably often. Quite dramatically at one time in my early forties.

As a teenager I ran an experiment by telling a friend many houses away to check and remember the time. They were going to bed and got up to see the time. They said that they not only felt compelled to look at the time (the time I was thinking of) and felt it was important but went to the kitchen clock to be sure that it was correct.

Also as a teenager, I hypnotized a person who could read minds even if the other people were in another room. When the person was able to accurately predict a sequence of events in the next hour (the arrival of a friend, what they would say, what they would wear, and why they had decided to come). There were no phones in the area (early 1960 in Zimbabwe) and there was no pre-arrangement. Waiting for this to happen meant I would be a half hour late to meet my mother who insisted on promptness. The person told me my mother would be 35 minutes late. It got too spooky for me and others and I stopped experimenting.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/09/2019 20:36:59
A prayer group for a deserving person is much more likely to succeed in modest ways.

https://xkcd.com/285/
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 01/10/2019 05:13:47
It comes down to your motivation. If you are trying to test the existence of God, that is not allowed. If you want to get fame and recognition, that again is a selfish act. God wants people to strive to do good - not fill out an application form. God only intervenes for small personal requests that are easy to do and difficult to prove his/her existence, or the intervention is to guide the destiny of humankind.

These last interventions can different forms. One is that he can do nothing to prevent a pandemic like the Black Plague. Another is that he can stop a pandemic from spreading at a time it would direct humankind in the wrong direction. He is going to do nothing to stop the pending die-off which has already started but people are ignoring it and will ignore it until too late.

Most big interventions look natural. The extinction of the dinosaurs is an example.

Note that my hypothesis of God being part of the virtual reality means that God has limitations as does Satan. The Infinite Intelligence can allow God to do just about anything, and know just about anything, so my hypothesis does not interfere with how religions view God. It does explain the limitations of God despite his enormous ability to be powerful and all knowing. It explains why evil exists in the form of Satan.

I experienced the Infinite Intelligence when I was in my twenties. My studies of various religions recently made me aware of the Hindu concept of Brahman which is similar.

I also experienced being judged after death. I learned there is no argument. All is known. Once I was sent back because I was lacking achievement (either good or bad). The other time I was terminated permanently (but woke the next morning because it was a lesson). The lesson here is that souls are not necessarily eternal. Having experienced death twice in my dreams (painful sword in the neck and sword in the gut), I guess that re-incarnation of souls is possible. Re-incarnation makes sense. Souls evolve as species evolve. Otherwise there would be enormous number of souls just hanging around. Even with reincarnation, people should follow the teachings of Jesus and not look down upon a suffering person as one being taught Karma.

The souls direct the growing spirit to guide the growing physical.  One does not come back in a lesser form. This is needed for the formation of the brain which cannot follow genetic code to form the structures needed. Simply too complex. The soul does the fine tuning and detail, and does some subtle influence throughout life. That quiet voice or that intuition at times.

Suffering is thus temporary. Even the death of children or babies means the soul gets another chance.
You can start a new religion since your doctrines are significantly different than any religion that I know.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/10/2019 05:43:51
[snip]
You can start a new religion since your doctrines are significantly different than any religion that I know.

Nothing that I have said has not been said by others at some time or another. I said that all religions have some truth. They should be more tolerant of each other.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 01/10/2019 08:03:59
[snip]
You can start a new religion since your doctrines are significantly different than any religion that I know.

Nothing that I have said has not been said by others at some time or another. I said that all religions have some truth. They should be more tolerant of each other.
That's also true for currently existing religions. They picked parts of older religion's believes and their contemporary cultures and then combined to form new belief systems.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/10/2019 09:34:21
[snip]
You can start a new religion since your doctrines are significantly different than any religion that I know.

Nothing that I have said has not been said by others at some time or another. I said that all religions have some truth. They should be more tolerant of each other.
That's also true for currently existing religions. They picked parts of older religion's believes and their contemporary cultures and then combined to form new belief systems.

Very true. Animism came first where spirit infused everything - Shaman as leader/spirit guide. The Native Americans have Great Spirit but are Shamanistic. The Greeks, Romans and Viking came up with families of Gods. The Zoroastrians came up with one God. There was interaction between them and Hindus. The Jews borrowed from the Zoroastrians during their captivity under them. The Christians added to the Old Testament and had the Council of Nicea vote that Jesus was God so that Rome could accept the religion. Islam used the Old and New Testaments for the religious part (Jesus being the greatest prophet but not God) and added rules for society. Buddha taught a way of life (not a religion). Confucius did the same. The Tao was also a way of life. Buddhism took elements from Hinduism and spread as a religion to Tibet, China, and Japan. Zen Buddhism is a meditative art and Shinto (animism) is still the state religion in Japan. The Aztecs and Incas had many gods attached to various entities including celestial objects - they too borrowed.

I find that there are times that the Sun seems to symbolize the presence to God, so it is not far fetched to worship the Sun as the physical embodiment of God.

I was driving to a hospital to visit people who had a relative in hospital with terminal cancer. As I came over the bridge, there was an unusual break in the clouds letting the sun stream down. The radio played "A Whiter Shade of Pale". I checked the time and was certain the person had just died. It was so. These are omens and signs.

There are demons. I went on a course where a young man was possessed by one. My late wife saw the black shadow on his left shoulder. The man got angry and violent at times. He could not understand why his wife and children feared him. I was on a deck holding a short stabbing spear and a war club. I had said that words were stronger than the sword. He got angry at this and tried to take the weapons from me. I resisted and the demon said to me "Kill him". He backed off as I stood my ground. When his turn came to take the weapons he was not allowed to. But I goaded and mocked him as he went through a series of Pilates moves.

Months later we chanced to meet him and his family. He came to me and thanked me for changing his life with the confrontation. His family were now close to him. His wife said that he came back a different man and she thanked me also. The demon was gone.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: stivemorgan on 07/10/2019 09:55:01
Hi there. Very interesting question. I would like to have some proof of God existing. But be careful with such questions. Some god believers can be angry )
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Hayseed on 07/10/2019 12:03:38
The problem with proof, is conviction.  What would you do if you found proof or was given proof?

What would you think of yourself?  Would you change and Worship?  Would all your family and friends? What if you were aware of the truth and still envied this world?   Many have.

What if you showed this proof to the world?   How would the world react?   Proof and truth are denied all the time, it's a human only character.  How many would ignore the spirit of the truth and become fanatical of obeying it.....their version of the truth.  Knowing humans.....there will be versions of this proof.

When the PROOF comes, a sword comes with it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/10/2019 14:28:34
Hi there. Very interesting question. I would like to have some proof of God existing. But be careful with such questions. Some god believers can be angry )

Yes, the opening post was quite provocative. We would all like proof that God existed. So why does he insist (if he/she exists) on remaining unprovable. There is a difference between hidden and unprovable. Provable means that most people would accept as a certainty that God existed. Hidden means that people are not aware of his existence. It seems he remains hidden from some and not from others.

The problem is that if one is skeptical (such as myself) I am not totally convinced (self-proof) of his existence despite quite a lot of events that should leave most with little doubt. I have seen how reality can distort and that one doubts what one perceives in various ways - mostly sight and sound. Even when there is a group of people testifying to the same thing, there is the question of mass illusion.

I am left to assign a probability to God's existence. This is based on two factors. Is my overall belief logically consistent - that is, can it stand the test of others trying to point out contradictions. I believe it can. My belief is based on an assumption that God and his plane of existence would be logical.

The second factor is can one explain the various psychic events using the laws of physics - and I find that one cannot. Most events took place under very calm circumstances, although a couple of them were decidedly unusual - which only added to the strangeness.

The movie "The Matrix" has quite a few things in the story line that seem to be based on the world as we know it. The "deje vu" moment or glitch is one of them. An inconsistency and weirdness. The problem is one cannot test these happenings because they are random and infrequent.

One should ask why God choose to remain unproven. The answer is that humankind would behave quite differently. Some would resign themselves to fate instead of fighting to fix things. I know a family with two teenage daughters who sold everything and waited for God to provide. Friends eventually got tired of supporting them and they realized "God helps those who help themselves". One daughter made a piece of pottery to sell. It was a multi-coloured mini-animal that had strange but cute features. The demand grew and the money rolled in.

I think I see the plan that God has for me, but it is uncertain and filled with twists and turns. But each time I learn a lesson and I think the end result will be what it is supposed to be. But it may not - and may just be my imagination and desires. Still, I work towards the end goal.

You are right correct about people getting upset when their beliefs are challenged. The problem is that humans work towards having an internally consistent picture of things. Inconsistencies are rationalized in some way. But if a basic tenet of their belief system can be shown to be in serious contradiction to another basic tenet, then something has to change. Some people undergo radical change, or go into denial, or make another rationalization.

Take the problem with our physics. One theory works for very small and one for very large. This is an inconsistency. Scientists deal with this by saying we will eventually work out an answer. Believers in God say much the same thing. Proof is in the future.

The existence of dark matter and dark energy is another anomaly. They have been invented to explain observations that do not obey the known laws of physics. God is the explanation for things that also should not happen naturally. Healing of some people is one.

I have a question. What is God going to do about climate change? Is he going to intervene? Surely he would not let humankind destroy themselves and the planet?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/10/2019 15:02:24
The problem with proof, is conviction.  What would you do if you found proof or was given proof?

What would you think of yourself?  Would you change and Worship?  Would all your family and friends? What if you were aware of the truth and still envied this world?   Many have.

What if you showed this proof to the world?   How would the world react?   Proof and truth are denied all the time, it's a human only character.  How many would ignore the spirit of the truth and become fanatical of obeying it.....their version of the truth.  Knowing humans.....there will be versions of this proof.

When the PROOF comes, a sword comes with it.

Nice post. I dealt with some issues in the post before this one.

Proof to many is a scientifically repeatable experiment that is available to anyone and everyone. For example - one says "God, if you exist, lift me up 3 feet off the floor." And lo and behold, it happens. Breaking the laws of physics on demand.

Or put a "prophet" into a sealed room and have him come out with stone tablets with commands on them. This will create doubt unless repeated over and over. And even then there will be the naysayers. Uri Geller was an example of a fake and a fraud who used his wealth to silence opponents. Truly bending metal on demand is not possible. But people want to believe it is not just a trick.

It will not happen. Even if it did, people would then want to know what God expects of them. And this is your variations that one sees in different religions. Often based on what one man says has been revealed to him. The only way out of that is for God to immediately punish an action that is not part of his wishes. So what does God want? Perhaps part of his plan was variation in religion to keep life interesting. And give each religion a piece of the truth.

The punishment of the Aztecs for their human sacrifice was extinction so there might be general influences on doing "the right moral thing". It is often the people in power who make decisions that are not "good", and in fact could be interpreted as being evil despite their affirmations of good intent. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Personally, my experience has been that one does not need a ritual to achieve a psychic result. One needs the intention. My late wife ran a event that changed criminals and violent men into law-abiding citizens. It took only four days. There was some ritual for effect but people were asked to appeal to a Higher Power - whatever that power was. Some were Christian and some had ancestor beliefs. And other religions. It did not matter. The stories of their change were quite startling. The event had a 80% success rate. Like the AA, people had to want to change and were desperate for that change. The reputation of the course was a powerful incentive.

I use Tarot cards now and then. Mostly to help a person with a decision. They are quite accurate for me. One gets the answer one needs, not the answer that might be correct. Once I told a woman I did not know (just a fun afternoon of reading for various people in a group) that the cards said that she hated her husband. I knew the others in the group and said that the cards were probably wrong, and that there might be an influence from a family member that was going through a bitter divorce. She was silent and said nothing. Two weeks later she left her husband and two children. She did indeed hate him but was suppressing it. I did not sense it like a cold reading. The cards and the layout left little doubt. Arranging a deck while shuffling would be against the laws of physics but not so one would notice it. And it leaves plenty of room for doubt.

Then people will want proof that Satan exists. The rabbit hole goes deeper.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 08/10/2019 14:35:51
The problem with proof, is conviction.  What would you do if you found proof or was given proof?

What would you think of yourself?  Would you change and Worship?  Would all your family and friends? What if you were aware of the truth and still envied this world?   Many have.

What if you showed this proof to the world?   How would the world react?   Proof and truth are denied all the time, it's a human only character.  How many would ignore the spirit of the truth and become fanatical of obeying it.....their version of the truth.  Knowing humans.....there will be versions of this proof.

When the PROOF comes, a sword comes with it.
God is transcendent to the universe. His presences fills and surpasses the universe and multiverse. Black holes do not drag or crush him, stars do not burn him, foul things do not stain him... he is, they are inert.

The universe is vast, the multiverse a greater idea, does it matter how big God has to be? Either one or the other is self existent. There is beauty, vastness and order.

It is up to us, now well past the renaissance to be civil, and do better at helping northern Ireland rather than making new infights. The big churches are new orders prioritising peace and good will and unity.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: InTheEnd on 04/11/2019 16:45:31
There is nothing in science that denies the existence of God. What denies the existence of God is the philosophical idea that things happen by chance.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/11/2019 04:42:28
There is nothing in science that denies the existence of God. What denies the existence of God is the philosophical idea that things happen by chance.

Very nicely summed up. Some in the scientific community try to use logical argument to demonstrate contradiction in mainstream religion - mostly Christian. Some say that "unprovable" is the same as non-existence - which denies personal experience.

Science recognizes everything as having a cause except the prime cause. "Chance" and "nothing" are not examples of prime causes. The Ultimate Intelligence that I hypothesized (and experienced) is a logical prime cause - and God is a logical consequence. Such a hypothesis does not diminish God. Simply rationalizes and removes inconsistencies. He can still have almost all the attributes and be the "Creator" of the known universe.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: matross on 09/01/2020 09:39:43
The laws of Newton would be broken every time god acted.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 09/01/2020 16:32:05
The laws of Newton would be broken every time god acted.

The Laws of Newton and every other law of physics would be broken every time God acted.

The laws are there and are consistent all other times - which is nearly all the time. And when God acts, very few are aware aware that the laws have been broken.

God acts in ways that seem to be "natural" even when they seem miraculous. Example - a person has a 10 percent chance of beating a lung cancer. Lots of prayers, and the the person survives. Did God intervene, or was the patient simply one of the lucky 10 percenters?

At the moment, we are overdue for a global pandemic. Why has it not happened? Is God delaying it by subtle interventions that prevent a calamitous spread? The interventions required are on such a small and unseen scale we cannot know. I reckon God is allowing a slow thinning of the population to give humankind time to adjust to a new reality. The slow thinning is cell phone radiation degrading immune systems, increasing infertility and leading to a lower life expectancy.

If we are just illusions in the mind of an Ultimate Intelligence, then the whole trajectory of evolution from the Big Bang forwards is all playing out according to the design. Of course, the design could in the gazillionth revision as the Ultimate Intelligence sees the initial choices of key universal constants as flawed - eg too much expansion or too little expansion. Hence Intelligent Design. As an engineer I know that one cannot simply revise a design with a fatal flaw. One scraps it and starts again.

God is there to guide the trajectory in the desired direction and Satan is there to add some random variables (if we did not have random mutations, evolution would not take place). Satan adds the entertainment and stops the "game" from being boring.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 09/01/2020 21:58:59
I reckon God is allowing a slow thinning of the population to give humankind time to adjust to a new reality. The slow thinning is cell phone radiation degrading immune systems, increasing infertility and leading to a lower life expectancy.
Except that phones don't cause those things.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/01/2020 06:05:41
I reckon God is allowing a slow thinning of the population to give humankind time to adjust to a new reality. The slow thinning is cell phone radiation degrading immune systems, increasing infertility and leading to a lower life expectancy.
Except that phones don't cause those things.

In order for the thinning to take place, people must not realize the danger. So Bored Chemist is helping God by telling others that cell phones are quite safe and that those who claim otherwise are nutters. Good job - keep going.

The thinning is selective also. The radiation affects the weak, the sick and the elderly most of all. The strongest will survive. The smartest (those who realize the dangers) will also survive.

And as a by by-product, religion and belief in a higher power always thrive in times of pandemics. Watch what happens as it dawns on the population that something is causing the problem. Interesting times ahead.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: PmbPhy on 10/01/2020 08:14:55
Can science prove God exists?
No. Something that is important to understand is that science is not about proving things. Science has never actually proved any theory in fact. It's just not geared to do anything like that. Science is about observing nature and coming up with theories that can be used to make predictions about the phenomena it was designed to observe, i.e. to "explain." Religion is much worse at this, infinitely worse in fact. No religion on  Earlh can prove God exists. All religions postulate that God exists and not one of them have a good reason for doing so. Does God exist? Maybe. Keep seeking - That's the best thing to do.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/01/2020 15:07:24
Can science prove God exists?
No. Something that is important to understand is that science is not about proving things. Science has never actually proved any theory in fact. It's just not geared to do anything like that. Science is about observing nature and coming up with theories that can be used to make predictions about the phenomena it was designed to observe, i.e. to "explain." Religion is much worse at this, infinitely worse in fact. No religion on  Earlh can prove God exists. All religions postulate that God exists and not one of them have a good reason for doing so. Does God exist? Maybe. Keep seeking - That's the best thing to do.
Quite right about observations and theory. Wrong about religion. Religions that have endured and matured are the ones that have theories based on the observations of prophets. The bad theories such as the Roman and Norse good failed. My observations are spiritual in nature. You cannot use machines and devices to get repeatable observations of a communication from God. When enough people have experiences with a common thread it filters out the noise of mistake and fraud. My observations explain the Prime Cause, the apparent Intelligent Design, and the mysterious happenings involving psychic events. Try to find a contradiction in my theory. Science has no answer at all and simply says it does not know. People trash religions because of the problems in the rituals and because they need to be updated. That does not mean that the basic tenets of an Intelligent and Good powerful Spirit known as Good is false. Most religions accept the concept of a soul, and of Spirits with power such as Jesus or the Hindu gods. Unbreakable laws of physics cannot explain my experiences.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/01/2020 15:14:47
Trying to use my cell phone. Good should be God in two places. I see that the auto edit changed it here as well.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: PmbPhy on 10/01/2020 22:55:28
Clive - I disagree strongly. But I don't wish to discuss religion. I just wanted to respond to the question posed and put my two cents in. I never would have done so had I not had a strong grasp of world religions. I studied them throughout my lifetime. Especially in college and my won self study. Read the Bible twice cover to cover very carefully. Will repeat a few more times.

That's all I have to say on your response.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/01/2020 00:01:31

In order for the thinning to take place, people must not realize the danger. So Bored Chemist is helping God by telling others that cell phones are quite safe and that those who claim otherwise are nutters. Good job - keep going.
I'm quoting the evidence. The evidence says that phones don't do what you bear false witness about.
If that's supporting God in His endeavour to cull the world population, it's because He's lying.
Does a Perfect God need to tell lies to make a point?
That's not my idea of perfection.

If God wanted fewer people, he could simply make us less randy.
It would work, nobody would get upset about it.
But, instead, he chooses to  get us to kill eachother- whether it's via war (which actually kills people) or via phones (which... don't).

Do you understand why I'd not get up early on a Sunday to worship an  entity that did that?
You cannot use machines and devices to get repeatable observations of a communication from God.
You rather miss the vital point; you can't use anything else to do that either.
The smartest (those who realize the dangers)
I look forward to a plot of "some measure of smart" vs " belief that phones are causing significant harm".
My observations explain the Prime Cause, the apparent Intelligent Design, and the mysterious happenings involving psychic events.
No, they don't.

Try to find a contradiction in my theory.
You don't have a theory- look up the meaning of teh word.
However, I already pointed out problems with your idea.
You are choosing to ignore them.

That's OK as a personal choice, but you shouldn't do it on a science page.
If you were as bright as you think you are, you would already know that.
You keep doing it.
What does that say about you?
Most religions accept the concept of a soul,
Most of them tell you that the local equivalent of "a man in a frock should tell you what to do with your willy".
Reality isn't a democracy.
Unbreakable laws of physics cannot explain my experiences.
Maybe they can. but you wouldn't know that, because you don't understand the laws (and you refuse to learn).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/01/2020 00:02:15
Trying to use my cell phone. Good should be God in two places. I see that the auto edit changed it here as well.
Anyone would think that God's not on your side.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 11/01/2020 13:02:42
At some point in the far distant past the earth did not exist. That means that the bible, or for that matter any other religious text, did not exist.

For millions of years humans did not exist. Many other species did. Language as we know it took an awfully long time to develop. It preceded a written version of language by quite a long time.

So which religious text is the 'right' one? It would be  arrogant of Christians to think it is theirs. Or even hebrews.

The affairs of man started with many gods. Usually based upon constellations. The unknown in other words. Mankind has a huge imagination with tiny insight.

And here we are. Debating with our tiny insight.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/01/2020 05:19:52
Clive - I disagree strongly. But I don't wish to discuss religion. I just wanted to respond to the question posed and put my two cents in. I never would have done so had I not had a strong grasp of world religions. I studied them throughout my lifetime. Especially in college and my won self study. Read the Bible twice cover to cover very carefully. Will repeat a few more times.

That's all I have to say on your response.

No problem. Thanks for your input.

It was only recently that I studied the various religions. Before that it was "practical field experience". I have been married to an atheist, a two Jewish women, a catholic, an agnostic and a Methodist. My son was a Scientologist and his wife is Muslim. My daughter is deeply Christian and the other son is Jewish but is also atheist.

My late wife was involved in reforming ex-combatants who had become the worst of criminals. She used Spirit and a combination of beliefs where the participants were asked to use a belief if a Higher Power. They sat solo in the bush for 24 hours and then took part in a ceremony in an African sweat lodge. I have danced in the hot sun from Friday noon to Sunday noon without food or water - and experienced a vision similar to that of Shamans. I have been to various services and taken part in various modalities.

My take on all of that was that there are indications of spirit and the supernatural. Both good and bad.

The bottom line is:
Is there a God? (I believe there is - 99%)
Is the existence of God contradictory to science? (I do not think so)
Can science prove the existence of God? (If one does an analysis of data to sort out noise similar to the analyzing of data from radio telescopes then science can pronounce that there is a decent possibility of a God).

Then one has to sort out the principles or rules associated with interacting with the Spirit world.

Example. My wife's work printer stopped functioning and was stuck on a nonsensical message. I was going to take it in for repair when our new neighbour happen to stop by and chat to my wife who was supervising the removal of tree cuttings outside. I mentioned the printer and he said to do a Google search. I was not getting the right information but persisted because I believe that the spirit world sends us helpful information by serendipitous means. I found the solution eventually. I would not have persisted if I did not believe I had been sent a message.

This has happened many times. This is how the believers have an evolutionary advantage.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/01/2020 05:35:12
At some point in the far distant past the earth did not exist. That means that the bible, or for that matter any other religious text, did not exist.

For millions of years humans did not exist. Many other species did. Language as we know it took an awfully long time to develop. It preceded a written version of language by quite a long time.

So which religious text is the 'right' one? It would be  arrogant of Christians to think it is theirs. Or even hebrews.

The affairs of man started with many gods. Usually based upon constellations. The unknown in other words. Mankind has a huge imagination with tiny insight.

And here we are. Debating with our tiny insight.

The same can be said for man's search for the laws of physic and the writing of scientific texts. The laws have been refined and reworked. Science moved from religious beliefs to workable laws. As far as the religious texts, many have elements of truth, albeit with lots of stories which people of the time needed in order to practice the basics. The basics are always "Do Good" and "Appeal to God". Just as science involves the philosophical in some areas so does religion.

The texts do lay out some rules. One is that a living human cannot see God and have fireside chats. Those who claim to have done so are certainly fakes. There are "communications" with God that take place with ordinary people and those that have taken place with the prophets who had more direct insight, but are at a level of "Did that really happen." Even Jesus seemed to struggle to connect at times.

Our insight has grown enormously. We are capable of updating the religious texts where there is a need to do so. Recognize evolution for example as the path of the creation of humans, and recognize the Big Bang as the creation of the Universe.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/01/2020 18:12:34
Can science prove the existence of God? (If one does an analysis of data to sort out noise similar to the analyzing of data from radio telescopes then science can pronounce that there is a decent possibility of a God).
So, the Word of God is only available to those with money and technology.
That's a pretty sh**y way for Him to behave, isn't it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/01/2020 05:17:49
Can science prove the existence of God? (If one does an analysis of data to sort out noise similar to the analyzing of data from radio telescopes then science can pronounce that there is a decent possibility of a God).
So, the Word of God is only available to those with money and technology.
That's a pretty sh**y way for Him to behave, isn't it?

Your illogical comments never cease to amaze me.

Ignorance is bliss. No fear of the afterlife, eh?

Your soul may regret your disrespect when it is surprised to find that 1) there is an afterlife and 2) you should have behaved better.

Take it from someone with experience. Although I experienced the nice section of the afterlife, I was aware that there were layers that went down to very unpleasant.

And my experience has also been that there are some lifetime consequences also.

Many of the poor and the dispossessed benefit most from the words of God. They follow the basics and have contentment despite their circumstances. My experience as well - in Africa.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/01/2020 12:59:19
No fear of the afterlife, eh?
With thousands of sects to choose from, it's odds on that any given religion is the wrong one.
Why should I be any more scared than you?
Take it from someone with experience. Although I experienced the nice section of the afterlife, I
There are lots of words for people who make claims like that.
"Deluded" is probably the most polite.

Many of the poor and the dispossessed benefit most from the words of God.
Wouldn't it make more sense for God to simply ensure that they were not "the poor and the dispossessed".
Or is He, as I suggested, being a bit of a s**t?


Your illogical comments never cease to amaze me.
My posting was logical.
Which bit were you unable to understand?
Do you not understand that buying a radio telescope and data processing is expensive?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 20/01/2020 02:27:34
Can science prove the existence of God? (If one does an analysis of data to sort out noise similar to the analyzing of data from radio telescopes then science can pronounce that there is a decent possibility of a God).
What kind of data can increase the possibility of gods? What kind of data can decrease the possibility of gods?
 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/01/2020 12:01:26
Can science prove the existence of God? (If one does an analysis of data to sort out noise similar to the analyzing of data from radio telescopes then science can pronounce that there is a decent possibility of a God).
What kind of data can increase the possibility of gods? What kind of data can decrease the possibility of gods?

Good question.

It is the same as the checking whether cell towers cause health problems.

One lists and records the narratives from people. A lot of people and a lot of towers. And one does the same for people not close to cell towers.

Then one puts on filters to rate the veracity of each narrative. Are the answers consistent  with each other (one asks questions that should give similar answers but are differently phrased)? Eliminate those with inconsistencies. Check for known illnesses BUT check it the symptoms got worse. Check for speed of progression of illnesses since (IMO) the illness can be speeded up compared to non-tower cases.

Do a credibility test on each participant. Do they have a tendency to exaggerate? Do they have bad memories? Do they tend to guess an answer if they are unsure? One filters to get reliable data.

Do something similar with regular people. Give them questions with known wrong answers and see how they respond. Check for mystic experiences and see how many can be related to imagination or hallucination. Check for common threads, especially across different religions.

Example. I asked someone what evidence assured them that God existed. They thought carefully and then gave the example of a man who changed his career and dedicated his life to casting out demons in tribal villages in South Africa. He did so successfully. Some may not have been demons but may have been psychological and worked anyhow. I got a demon out a man - just by a heated interchange so I do not scoff.

When one has a filtered list then one needs to explain how such events can be "manufactured" by the brain. I do not believe that under normal everyday circumstances that a spontaneous hallucination occurs. What science is looking for is "glitches" in the fabric of reality.

The problem is having the study done properly and scientifically in a way that does not presuppose an outcome. Far too many scientific studies do this. It is easy to see the ones that are just done to get the grant money where students take supposedly random polls with so much irrelevant data.

One can do a scientific analysis of various aspects of the supernatural and check for inconsistencies and contradictions. One God or multiple Gods? One God with helper Gods/spirits? Good versus evil - is it evolution or damaged personalities or can people respond impulsively to a demonic suggestion? Reincarnation - logical when compared to billions of souls existing in a do-nothing state?

And so on.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/01/2020 18:56:30
Do they tend to guess an answer if they are unsure?
LOL.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: evan_au on 20/01/2020 21:15:55
On last week's podcast, Chris mentioned a sibling show, Naked Reflections.
Each week, it takes a science story from Naked Scientists, and has a look at the implications for society.
They try to look at the topic from a variety of viewpoints (including religious viewpoints).
If anything, it might help us see things from another person's viewpoint.
See: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-reflections
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/01/2020 12:22:08
Do they tend to guess an answer if they are unsure?
LOL.

Clearly you have not experienced different cultures. Until fairly recently, tribal mores in South Africa dictated that one could not say "No" to a superior. Asked if he could drive a bulldozer a man replied "Yes" - you can imagine the damage he caused before the supervisor found out the man had not a clue and never even sat in one.

Which is why I stress "intelligent design" of the filters.

BTW - In my opinion, you would never get past the first pass of screening out  those who shoot from the lip before engaging the brain. Not being nasty - just my assessment to give you an example you might relate to.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/01/2020 12:31:57
On last week's podcast, Chris mentioned a sibling show, Naked Reflections.
Each week, it takes a science story from Naked Scientists, and has a look at the implications for society.
They try to look at the topic from a variety of viewpoints (including religious viewpoints).
If anything, it might help us see things from another person's viewpoint.
See: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-reflections

Thanks. First glance is encouraging.

One topic which I will look at was "A good death". I just bought a book with title like that. Have not had a chance to read it yet, but I may need to soon regarding myself. I asked the Tarot cards about my health in the next few months because I am struggling. The first card - the key card - was the Death card. The literature says "Never tell a client that it means death - tell them it means renewal". Well, yes, mostly. But I know how to interpret the cards. Certainly it was a warning which I am heeding, because other cards were more positive and it was not the final outcome card. I have made some serious allowances and adjustments to simplify my life and focus on home and personal health, as well as ensure that an unexpected end for me does not leave too big a disruption. It has helped.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/01/2020 19:20:46
Do they tend to guess an answer if they are unsure?
LOL.

Clearly you have not experienced different cultures. Until fairly recently, tribal mores in South Africa dictated that one could not say "No" to a superior. Asked if he could drive a bulldozer a man replied "Yes" - you can imagine the damage he caused before the supervisor found out the man had not a clue and never even sat in one.

Which is why I stress "intelligent design" of the filters.

BTW - In my opinion, you would never get past the first pass of screening out  those who shoot from the lip before engaging the brain. Not being nasty - just my assessment to give you an example you might relate to.
OK, and you guessed about how we might look for evidence of a God.
But, according to the documentation we have, it won't work
Matthew 4:7
Test not thy God.
So, it looks very much like you didn't know but you decided to " shoot from the lip before engaging the brain. "

It's far from being the first time you have done it.

And that's why your comment- with utter blindness to your own trait- made me laugh.

And now, you have ruled yourself out of "intelligently" designing the filters.
So, were you wrong, or are you unintelligent?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/01/2020 19:23:40
Clearly you have not experienced different cultures.
That's another example of you getting it wrong because you are one of those who " guess an answer if they are unsure".
People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.
And that breaks the irony meter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 22/01/2020 04:17:51
When one has a filtered list then one needs to explain how such events can be "manufactured" by the brain. I do not believe that under normal everyday circumstances that a spontaneous hallucination occurs. What science is looking for is "glitches" in the fabric of reality.
IMO, the purpose of science is to build a model of objective reality as accurate and precise as possible. It will help us (conscious agents) to make plans and decisions to effectively and efficiently achieve our ultimate/terminal goal and setting up iinstrumental goals.

The problem is having the study done properly and scientifically in a way that does not presuppose an outcome. Far too many scientific studies do this. It is easy to see the ones that are just done to get the grant money where students take supposedly random polls with so much irrelevant data.
Do you have reference to that assertion? It hink it's related to a problem called Goodhart's Curse which I mentioned here. https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=75380.msg590937#msg590937

One can do a scientific analysis of various aspects of the supernatural and check for inconsistencies and contradictions. One God or multiple Gods? One God with helper Gods/spirits? Good versus evil - is it evolution or damaged personalities or can people respond impulsively to a demonic suggestion? Reincarnation - logical when compared to billions of souls existing in a do-nothing state?

And so on.
I'll add which God question there.
Regarding the reincarnation, does it count other life forms lurking in other planets in other galaxies?

As many theists have suggested that the existence of gods is necessary for us to have morality, how can believing in gods help us making moral decisions such us in trolley problem and its variations? These problems are getting more concerns in the increasing usage of artificial intelligence such as in self driving cars. Can those cars make correct moral decisions without believing in gods?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/01/2020 06:11:35
Clearly you have not experienced different cultures.
That's another example of you getting it wrong because you are one of those who " guess an answer if they are unsure".
People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.
And that breaks the irony meter.

This is a debate. I gave an example and related it to you. You imply I am wrong. Am I? Is your experience of different cultures the people next door? And was I not right about the filter to get reliable data?

Irony? Why? There are people who are skeptical and still have feelings which they have to deal with. One has to put a weighting factor on, or discard those with too much bias, and those unable to rationalize their emotions and their analytical skepticism.

An example. In court, a witness gave testimony about the distances involved. The lawyer said it was not possible to judge distances that accurately. The man was in an engineering profession where he constantly had to estimate distances. He offered proof. He gave the lawyers the dimensions of the room within a few percent. The tape measure confirmed his estimates and the lawyer's case took a knock. In my twenties and thirties I could estimate torques very accurately and also do my wheel alignment by eye.

The human brain has incredible capability, and one has to ask whether a clump of dumb chemicals can organize themselves with such precision all by themselves. To tell me the proof that they can is that they did is sooooo disingenuous because it has to pre-suppose no God or supernatural. And yet those who offer this argument cannot see the flaw.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/01/2020 06:21:45
When one has a filtered list then one needs to explain how such events can be "manufactured" by the brain. I do not believe that under normal everyday circumstances that a spontaneous hallucination occurs. What science is looking for is "glitches" in the fabric of reality.
IMO, the purpose of science is to build a model of objective reality as accurate and precise as possible. It will help us (conscious agents) to make plans and decisions to effectively and efficiently achieve our ultimate/terminal goal and setting up iinstrumental goals.

I agree.

Which is why I say that the model to explain our consciousness AND the mystic events we experience AND the Prime Cause is the one I have put forward. To limit ourselves to mechanical experiments is a self-imposed limit to stop debate by some non-believers. They have to ultimately say "We don't know at this point and may never know". Like the black swan they can only say it might exist but one has never been seen. Until an explorer comes back and says he has seen one. They had to take his word as a witness and wait until further witnesses come forward and one is brought back for examination.

Our ultimate/terminal goal may just be subject to the "dream" set-up by an Ultimate Intelligence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/01/2020 06:34:29
The problem is having the study done properly and scientifically in a way that does not presuppose an outcome. Far too many scientific studies do this. It is easy to see the ones that are just done to get the grant money where students take supposedly random polls with so much irrelevant data.
Do you have reference to that assertion? It hink it's related to a problem called Goodhart's Curse which I mentioned here. https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=75380.msg590937#msg590937

No link or study. Just examining some cell tower studies funded by the cell phone industry and used by erudite professionals who have not looked at the detail of how the studies are being done. The same can be said of many of the studies funded by the various powerful industries over the years (leaded petrol, tobacco, sugar, oil, radium and so on - global warming being a current "hot" topic).

Since the objective is to make money and produce a wanted result any professor would use students so as to distance themselves from a detailed analysis of the flaws - plausible deniability. A professor is used in order to add credentials to the project (appeal to authority). It is cost effective not to waste their time. How can one have passion for a project that is a sales effort.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/01/2020 06:50:36
One can do a scientific analysis of various aspects of the supernatural and check for inconsistencies and contradictions. One God or multiple Gods? One God with helper Gods/spirits? Good versus evil - is it evolution or damaged personalities or can people respond impulsively to a demonic suggestion? Reincarnation - logical when compared to billions of souls existing in a do-nothing state?

And so on.
I'll add which God question there.
Regarding the reincarnation, does it count other life forms lurking in other planets in other galaxies?

A valid point. The objective truth is that there is one truth irrespective of what people believe. The God of the Jews, Christians, Muslims or Hindus is ultimately the same God. It is the attributes that are ascribed to the God that vary. It is assumed that God and Good are the same. Mostly, because praying for the plagues upon ones enemies might not be seen as a "good" thing.

Most religions have an opposing force of Evil and have a supernatural being for that. Satan in the Western religions. I think the Hindus just see destruction (the God Shiva) as one aspect of God.

One prays and the one true God (or the helper spirits) respond.

If there is life on other planets then it is possible that one can reincarnate between planets. If souls assist and guide the life and provide the brains with resident implicit programming as it forms then one assumes that reincarnation in a very different form would not take place. A bacteria or frog would not reincarnate in a human (or vice versa). There have to be some logic (rules) guiding the process. Science has to figure out the model.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/01/2020 07:19:28
People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.
Irony? Why?
Because  you don't recognise yourself.

You want a supernatural belief- hence your references to God etc.
And you lost your skepticism- hence you believe the hogwash about "phones cause cancer".

But you say it as it fit only happens to other people.

One prays and the one true God (or the helper spirits) respond.

And that's why hurricanes never hit populated areas.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/01/2020 11:46:41
IIRC Satan was originally God's favorite, hence his alias as Lucifer, but he had ideas above his station and was deposed.

Beats me why anyone bothers with this bullshit, when it is obvious that the universe was created by Zeus raping a swan, which doesn't explain the turtles but clearly makes more sense than any Triune Mystery.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/01/2020 08:29:29
People want to hear stories confirming the supernatural and they lose their skepticism.
Irony? Why?
Because  you don't recognise yourself.

You want a supernatural belief- hence your references to God etc.
And you lost your skepticism- hence you believe the hogwash about "phones cause cancer".

But you say it as it fit only happens to other people.

One prays and the one true God (or the helper spirits) respond.

And that's why hurricanes never hit populated areas.

You have no idea about what I want. A supernatural belief is not among them. And you talk about assumptions! You want to have the sentence apply to me so you assume (totally wrongly) that I want a  belief in the supernatural. I have no strongly held (or even weakly held) beliefs in God or any religion. What I have is a theory based on my experience as to what it might all be about. Even recently, I have felt I have little time on earth but find no comfort that there is (or even might be) an afterlife. I recognize that a hypothesis is not proof or even conviction. I find that I simply hope I can finish some projects before the end comes.

As for cell phones causing harm, the personal evidence is overwhelming. Example - I say that dropping a brick on ones bare foot hurts - and it does. My experience has the same level of evidence as that example - except for many repetitions of pain and harm. I am going to post further incidents of harm on the cell tower thread. I find that the challenges you pose are similar to saying that any pain I feel (brick or tower) is psychosomatic.  Give it a few years and you can look back and wonder why you were so arrogant as to assume I am not very scientific or skeptical. If you survive that is.

Have you read my earlier posts? Where I say that the laws of physics govern most events, thus allowing for natural disasters and suffering? And that responses to prayers are usually personal and limited? A response can also be one of "I heard you, and it is noted for your judgement in the afterlife - that you had faith".

One could survive personally but averting natural disaster is just too extreme. Science would notice that there is an anomaly. You comment is an example of a straw man. You set up an extreme example which does not apply and use it as a general proof.

In quantum physics I was taught that one could throw a tennis ball against a wall and there was possibility that on some occasions the ball would just pass through. And you say but no-one has ever witnessed that, and no experiment has seen that. The laws of physics give the probability as so extreme as to practically impossible - but it could happen. Answering prayers is not as improbable - just that repeatable provable events are against the spiritual rules - at this time.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/01/2020 08:47:55
IIRC Satan was originally God's favorite, hence his alias as Lucifer, but he had ideas above his station and was deposed.

Beats me why anyone bothers with this bullshit, when it is obvious that the universe was created by Zeus raping a swan, which doesn't explain the turtles but clearly makes more sense than any Triune Mystery.

Literal interpretation of religious texts are mostly exercises in futility and it beats me why you bang on with obvious examples. Your sarcasm adds nothing to the debate. Try respect for other viewpoints. You could have asked for my viewpoint and interpretation - which I explain below.

The religions based on fireside stories for children have fallen by the wayside but still entertain using the imagination of previous societies. Clearly they had no prophets or wise men.

Some Biblical basics are clear. Thou shalt not kill. It is also common sense that there are exceptions and modifications to this basic code.


You choice of the story of Satan in the Bible is simply one where ordinary folk are informed that:
a) God is more powerful than Satan (because God created him - all things coming from God)
b) God accepts that spirit beings can be evil and that good can turn bad
c) That evil spirits work against the good of God and that they can distort Gods message
d) That Satan does have some powers to reward evil and a belief in evil
e) Satan is a thinking being with an agenda

My hypothesis is that the Ultimate Intelligence created God and Satan and the Universe and set the rules of physics and the rules of the spirit world. And because it is all an illusion or a virtual reality, the rules can change and can be broken but frequent or extreme breaks or deviations spoil the "Game of Life".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/01/2020 09:26:50

As many theists have suggested that the existence of gods is necessary for us to have morality, how can believing in gods help us making moral decisions such us in trolley problem and its variations? These problems are getting more concerns in the increasing usage of artificial intelligence such as in self driving cars. Can those cars make correct moral decisions without believing in gods?

Now this is a topic worthy of debate. I believe one can get some answers by breaking issues down to the basics.

I am not sure that God imbues people with a basic morality or ethics. I believe that man has free will and God is there is reward or punish wrong-doing. Those who strongly believe there is a spiritual consequence are strongly disinclined to do evil. A logical fact that I have experienced over and over. The argument that there are people who do not need religion to act morally is arguing exceptions to the basic principle.

Consequences are a system of programming that reinforce how people behave. They would also influence how an AI changes the fuzzy logic and learning. AI can have hard rules to stop intelligent machines from causing harm.

In South Africa corruption and evil are flourishing and society here is getting rotten by the day. The consequences for illegal and immoral actions are rewards without punishment. From the top down and in every section of society including the justice department. An AI would be corrupted if it did not have some serious and strong basics that could not be overwritten or modified or replaced.

There are moral dilemmas that can be resolved by setting basic principles as strong guidelines. One must recognize the difference between morality and ethics. Morality is a set of codes for a society. If that code says that euthanasia of terminally ill people is acceptable then the code of Thou Shalt Not Kill is weakened. Ethically, killing is not good and must be justified. The eugenics movement in the US that was exported to Germany before WW2 is an example of good intentions going very wrong, and how a "slippery slope" can change good intentions to extremely bad.

The trolley dilemma has some interesting basics.
It is accepted generally that if there are two situations in which different numbers of people die then the one with the lesser number is the "better" choice. In war, sacrificing one man to save thousands is a no-brainer. Often people self-sacrifice because it is seen as morally better. Ethically there is not much difference because one death is one too many.
The next issue is whether one takes an action which is generally prohibited (throwing the switch to kill a man) or simply observing fate happening. Many do not want the responsibility, and do not want "blood on their hands". A general in a war makes a decision to attack and many are killed. He sees it as his job (responsibility) which absolves him of guilt. A hangman has a similar approach.

A machine has no guilt so if programmed to cause the least damage it will simply throw the switch. However, if programmed not to take actions to cause harm it will not throw the switch. If both programs are put in then it must use a system of weighing action versus inaction. The numbers now have to be weighted in. One man versus one man. No problem and no need for action. One man versus two men. Hmmm. One man versus a thousand. It had better throw the switch.

If the moral actions have a legal consequence then we have a heavy programming problem. A man shot another burning to death in a car with no hope of escape. Instead of being praised for having compassion the law prosecuted him.

It gets more complicated when one starts to put different values on the lives of different people. But once more it is a moral (societies norms and rules) decision.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/01/2020 11:28:22
Those who strongly believe there is a spiritual consequence are strongly disinclined to do evil.
Unless, of course, that consequence is just telling your story to a man in a little box and being told that his invisible friend forgives you.

Apparently, a murderer who went to the confessional will get into heaven, but I won't because I act in the way He designed me to, but which He disapproves of.

Seems a strange way to run a Universe.

The argument that there are people who do not need religion to act morally is arguing exceptions to the basic principle.
We are hardly an " exception".
In some countries atheism is the majority.
In the UK  atheists are a majority in some age groups.

You seem to be trying to say that only religion gets it right.
The evidence shows otherwise.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 25/01/2020 13:05:38
Those who strongly believe there is a spiritual consequence are strongly disinclined to do evil. A logical fact that I have experienced over and over.
So your huge experience of  ISIS rapes, beatings and beheadings has been positive? ***** for Trip Adviser, even though the menu lacked pork and beer? 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/01/2020 16:19:55
Those who strongly believe there is a spiritual consequence are strongly disinclined to do evil. A logical fact that I have experienced over and over.
So your huge experience of  ISIS rapes, beatings and beheadings has been positive? ***** for Trip Adviser, even though the menu lacked pork and beer?

Did I say that religion is perfect and any follower of any religion can be trusted to follow the basic tenets? No. ISIS does not follow the basic tenets of Islam which are to be merciful to one's enemy when defeated. ISIS follows an aberration of Sharia law, a set of laws made by men.

There are many Christians who go to church but do not obey the commandments. They are fake. When I talk about the application of religious principles I mean those Christians who are sincere and try to apply the basic rules in their life. Do they always succeed? No - there are no perfect people. The Christian religion is full of men who abused their power and made man-made rules. But the basics of the religion have an attraction and a comfort for many, and much good has been inspired by men who truly follow the "goodness" of religion - even to the point of self-sacrifice.

There were many Hindu and Buddhist Gurus who came to the USA and used a distortion of the basic tenets for self-interest. Sex and money and power. One problem is that they believe that Karma can result in a person being reincarnated into suffering - and that the result is that people are responsible for their own misery. Even that making them more miserable is aiding their karma. Wrong. There is a lack of emphasis on the good rules.

When a religion like Judaism has the basics distorted into "our people" and not a universal "all people" then there are problems for both them and others. Besides the non-belief in an afterlife means a non-belief in consequences. The history before and after of Christ indicates the problem that this lack of consequence have brought about. Many Jews do not believe in a personal God or even any God. Israel has many Jewish atheists and agnostics.

You focus on exceptions to the rule. Have you met and interacted with people who follow the "good" guidelines of their religion? They do believe there are consequences and modify their behavior accordingly.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/01/2020 16:33:51
Those who strongly believe there is a spiritual consequence are strongly disinclined to do evil.
Unless, of course, that consequence is just telling your story to a man in a little box and being told that his invisible friend forgives you.

Apparently, a murderer who went to the confessional will get into heaven, but I won't because I act in the way He designed me to, but which He disapproves of.

Seems a strange way to run a Universe.

The argument that there are people who do not need religion to act morally is arguing exceptions to the basic principle.
We are hardly an " exception".
In some countries atheism is the majority.
In the UK  atheists are a majority in some age groups.

You seem to be trying to say that only religion gets it right.
The evidence shows otherwise.

The forgiveness of confession is a distortion of the basic tenet of forgiveness. I do not believe that sins are absolved unless a person truly regrets their actions and makes an effort to change. The Mafia hitman confessing and then going out on another hit will earn him a nasty place in the afterlife - or even this life.

The exceptions do not have to be a small number. And my experience in Sweden and New Zealand indicates that the non-believers are not very law-abiding or moral when compared to the few religious people there.

Do not put words in my mouth. I am not saying that only religion gets it right. But many atheists have been influenced or brought up in religious environments and that influence is not properly accounted for. Another area in which I am of the opinion that studies tend to prove the desired outcome with questions and polls that are badly set up and badly interpreted.

When I hear of exceptional people doing exceptional good I can almost rely on them being faithful believers. A homeless woman here had a 26 kg tumor. Most doctors advised the Christian person on a mission to help this woman to just assist in the dying process. A Christian doctor said he would operate because of his faith and the faith of the person searching for help. He was successful. What a wonderful personal story.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/01/2020 16:55:40
When I hear of exceptional people doing exceptional good I can almost rely on them being faithful believers.

The actual science broadly says the opposite.
https://web.archive.org/web/20111223113530/http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2006/2006-7.html

A homeless woman here had a 26 kg tumor.

Given to her by God.
How nice of Him.

But your decision to focus one one example of a Christian surgeon doing something that was his job- operating- as if it was a miracle, but ignoring ISIS killing thousands shows that you are simply not paying attention to the truth
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/01/2020 16:56:36
Another area in which I am of the opinion that studies tend to prove the desired outcome with questions and polls that are badly set up and badly interpreted.

How would I distinguish that from you simply not wanting to hear the truth?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/01/2020 18:40:19
I did a search on "Wuhan and 5G".

I noticed this site:

Saying "people have worried about 5g hurting immune systems. Wuhan ihas 5G technology. is there anything to this I wonder?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/ettb65/wuhan_is_5g_test_ground/

Comment deleted with the message:
Moderators remove posts from feeds for a variety of reasons, including keeping communities safe, civil, and true to their purpose.



I say that the networks are very fearful of a panic about 5G reducing immune systems and also increasing the rate of mutation in viruses.

Read my thread about the dangers of cell phone tower radiation where I say exactly that. Will this comment be removed by the moderators also?

Cause and effect? Or just coincidence?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/01/2020 18:51:50
Will this comment be removed by the moderators also?
I doubt it.
Cause and effect? Or just coincidence?
Or conspiracy theory.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/01/2020 04:36:45
Will this comment be removed by the moderators also?
I doubt it.
Cause and effect? Or just coincidence?
Or conspiracy theory.

Remember my prediction. I said God told me that the overpopulation would be solved with a massive die-off. I am somewhat precognitive and clairprescient which means I know things that I can only know with the help of spirit. What I realized was that a simple pandemic would be contained so it could not achieve a 60% die-off. What had to happen was a silent unnoticed infection that would decrease immune systems so that both pandemics and ordinary illnesses would kill people off. For a while, I thought this might be a combination of a virus and a fungus because my fungal infection was so stealthy and not diagnosed.

But no. When the cell tower was put next door and I (and others) got sick, I realized it was another bit of psychic information. It is the perfect stealth mechanism because not only will the effects not be noticed for decades (like smoking) but it is global in reach, affecting every country, town and city. Particularly big cities. Remember the plagues - big cities!

It has the added factor of increasing mutation in pathogens because it DOES cause DNA breaks via increased ion channel stress and reactive oxygen species. Scientifically proven.

And the world is in denial. Helped on by the "experts" in the industry. When the truth comes out, science and technology will be dealt a serious blow - and people will look to things more spiritual to guide their lives. People will revolt against the inequality which is growing out of control. (Hence the censorship already taking place). New leaders with justice and fairness will hopefully emerge. Otherwise there will be dystopia as seen in most sci-fi movies of the future.

How's that for a prediction. So far it is on track. Like watching a train wreck in slow motion - one can see how it will unfold and nothing can be done about it.

So let me hear it - scoffity, scoff, scoff, scoff.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/01/2020 04:47:17
Here is an example of my ability to predict using Tarot cards

On 2 April 2016 I posted on a forum. It got a lot of scoffing and a lot of rewording to make it look like I had failed. I reckon it is pretty accurate. I did 5 readings with 3 of them very similar and giving more information.

Predictions as to whether Trump will be President.

Here is what the Tarot cards say: (for fun)

1. Will Trump win the nomination?

Trump has a strong interest in success, and he will win it in a business-like manner. There will be renewed ideas and possible social unrest with labor support for him.

2. Will Trump win the Presidential election?

Trump will pander to the masses, and to the mainstream religions. He will win an emotional victory. But he will face opposition from forces that will not want to recognize him. However, he will bull his way through with determination and achieve cooperation and balance.

3. Repeat. Will he win the election?

It is going to be a tough nasty fight. But yes. There will be fresh opportunities that will open up.

4. Repeat. Will he be sworn in as President?

Trump is going to cause disruption to the old ways. The establishment will be defeated. But yes he will be sworn in.

5. Will Trump stay the full first term?

Yes. He will do the right things. The outcome for the country will be very good.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: marcus1RM on 27/01/2020 16:39:45
Science can approve the contrary, hah.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/01/2020 18:42:42
Remember my prediction. I said God told me that the overpopulation would be solved with a massive die-off.
And, in fact, He hasn't.
So the evidence shows a zero success rate for your prediction so far.

I said God told me that the overpopulation would be solved with a massive die-off.
How else?
The alternative is essentially that we stop having sex.
That's... not very likely so, congratulations! You have predicted something that's damned near inevitable.
I am somewhat precognitive and clairprescient which means I know things that I can only know with the help of spirit.
How do we distinguish this from "somewhat delusional", given the lack of any objective evidence?



On 2 April 2016 I posted on a forum.
Where?
It hardly matters.
Do you know about this well documented scam?
Imagine I find 1024 fora that will let you post pretty much anything.
That's not hard.

Imagine I post on half of them that the stock market will go up, and on the other half I "predict" that it will go down over the course of a week.
I'm going to be right for half of them.
I forget about the ones where I'm wrong and concentrate on the 512 where I got it right. I post on half the ones that are left that I predict that the stock market will go up and on the other half that it will go down.
Now I have 256 sites where I got it right two times out of two.

I can carry on doing this a few times.
256 sites where I got it right 3 times in a row (odds about 1 in 8)
128 where I scored 4 out of 4 (16: 1 odds)
64  where I got 5 (32:1)
32 with 6 out of 6 (at odds of 64:1)
16 where I got  7 predictions right out of 7- That's pretty impressive.
The odds are better than 100:1

And now I advertise that anyone can have my prediction for next week- for a fee.
And the people who see my advert can check that I really did get all 7 predictions right.

Well,  you just claim to have predicted 1 50:50 shot. Trump won,
Do you want a medal?



Yes. He will do the right things. The outcome for the country will be very good.
LOL

https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/01/2020 05:37:42
Science can approve the contrary, hah.

No, it cannot.  If God does not exist one cannot prove a negative.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/01/2020 05:45:41
Remember my prediction. I said God told me that the overpopulation would be solved with a massive die-off.
And, in fact, He hasn't.
So the evidence shows a zero success rate for your prediction so far.

I said God told me that the overpopulation would be solved with a massive die-off.
How else?
The alternative is essentially that we stop having sex.
That's... not very likely so, congratulations! You have predicted something that's damned near inevitable.
I am somewhat precognitive and clairprescient which means I know things that I can only know with the help of spirit.
How do we distinguish this from "somewhat delusional", given the lack of any objective evidence?



On 2 April 2016 I posted on a forum.
Where?
It hardly matters.
Do you know about this well documented scam?
Imagine I find 1024 fora that will let you post pretty much anything.
That's not hard.

Imagine I post on half of them that the stock market will go up, and on the other half I "predict" that it will go down over the course of a week.
I'm going to be right for half of them.
I forget about the ones where I'm wrong and concentrate on the 512 where I got it right. I post on half the ones that are left that I predict that the stock market will go up and on the other half that it will go down.
Now I have 256 sites where I got it right two times out of two.

I can carry on doing this a few times.
256 sites where I got it right 3 times in a row (odds about 1 in 8)
128 where I scored 4 out of 4 (16: 1 odds)
64  where I got 5 (32:1)
32 with 6 out of 6 (at odds of 64:1)
16 where I got  7 predictions right out of 7- That's pretty impressive.
The odds are better than 100:1

And now I advertise that anyone can have my prediction for next week- for a fee.
And the people who see my advert can check that I really did get all 7 predictions right.

Well,  you just claim to have predicted 1 50:50 shot. Trump won,
Do you want a medal?



Yes. He will do the right things. The outcome for the country will be very good.
LOL

https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx

My prediction is in the early stages where the die-off is not noticed. Some early warning signs are starting but it is too soon. Patience.

Amazing that you can take a prediction that is quite accurate and was not the least bit obvious at the time (in fact impossible was the opinion of the pundits) and still find a way to try to discredit it. You have to resort to accusing me of trickery and fraud.

So my question to you is: If, as I claim, I posted one and only one prediction about Trump how amazing is the accuracy? The only other public prediction is the coming die-off.

Many other personal private predictions have been totally accurate, but as everyone knows they do not count except as personal evidence for me.

Good for the country. Yes - economy and unemployment. Long term and foreign policy I worry about. Is he responsible for the political divide, or are the various factions?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/01/2020 11:17:47
You seem to clam that the pundits were saying it was impossible for Trump to win.
That's absurd.
So my question to you is: If, as I claim, I posted one and only one prediction about Trump how amazing is the accuracy?
It's  a roughly 50:50 split. He would win, or Hillary would.
The only other public prediction is the coming die-off.
Which didn't happen.
So, your success rate's pretty poor.

If I was that bad at predicting stuff, I'd keep quiet about it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/01/2020 11:18:43
Is he responsible for the political divide,
He is doing his best to stoke it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/01/2020 12:53:59
You seem to clam that the pundits were saying it was impossible for Trump to win.
That's absurd.
So my question to you is: If, as I claim, I posted one and only one prediction about Trump how amazing is the accuracy?
It's  a roughly 50:50 split. He would win, or Hillary would.
The only other public prediction is the coming die-off.
Which didn't happen.
So, your success rate's pretty poor.

If I was that bad at predicting stuff, I'd keep quiet about it.

Here we go again. Your lack of any grasp of facts and science continues to amaze me.

50:50 odds??? How on earth do you arrive at that? Why did the bookmakers and the pundits rate his chances at less than 1:100?

One book maker was so sure that Hillary would win they preemptively paid out - only to lose even more when Trump won.

What is it about the future that you do not understand? I say it will rain next week and you say I am wrong because "it did not happen"???

Sigh. Either you did not follow the US election of 2016, or your memory is atrocious. My prediction was detailed and accurate and what you fail to understand is that the Tarot cards were laying out on 5 tries to confirm over and over the outline of what would happen. Try estimating the odds of a random layout doing that!!! And getting it right!

Denial, denial, denial. How frightened are you that there just MIGHT be a God and the supernatural?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/01/2020 13:08:34
What is it about the future that you do not understand? I say it will rain next week and you say I am wrong because "it did not happen"

No
I am saying that you can not claim that you have made a correct prediction.
Yet, that's what you seem to be trying to do.
50:50 odds??? How on earth do you arrive at that?
You seem to have missed the fact that it was so close that she got more votes.
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/11/200758/us-election-close-call/

It was so close than many of the polls got it wrong.
That doesn't happen if there's a clear winner.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/01/2020 13:12:39
Try estimating the odds of a random layout doing that!!! And getting it right!
OK,
The odds of 5 hits from 5 on reading tarot cards is about 50:50 in this case.
Since you can interpret the cards to mean exactly what you want, it doesn't actually matter what card you draw.
So, you start by picking a position (Trump wins- that's about 50:50) and then you restate it 5 times.
Repeatedly restating the same thing doesn't change the odds.

You seem to clam that the pundits were saying it was impossible for Trump to win.
That's absurd.
So my question to you is: If, as I claim, I posted one and only one prediction about Trump how amazing is the accuracy?
It's  a roughly 50:50 split. He would win, or Hillary would.
The only other public prediction is the coming die-off.
Which didn't happen.
So, your success rate's pretty poor.

If I was that bad at predicting stuff, I'd keep quiet about it.

Here we go again. Your lack of any grasp of facts and science continues to amaze me.

50:50 odds??? How on earth do you arrive at that? Why did the bookmakers and the pundits rate his chances at less than 1:100?

One book maker was so sure that Hillary would win they preemptively paid out - only to lose even more when Trump won.

What is it about the future that you do not understand? I say it will rain next week and you say I am wrong because "it did not happen"???

Sigh. Either you did not follow the US election of 2016, or your memory is atrocious. My prediction was detailed and accurate and what you fail to understand is that the Tarot cards were laying out on 5 tries to confirm over and over the outline of what would happen. Try estimating the odds of a random layout doing that!!! And getting it right!

Denial, denial, denial. How frightened are you that there just MIGHT be a God and the supernatural?
Not at all.
For the same reason I'm not frightened of unicorns.
There's no evidence for them.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/01/2020 07:00:10
Try estimating the odds of a random layout doing that!!! And getting it right!
OK,
The odds of 5 hits from 5 on reading tarot cards is about 50:50 in this case.
Since you can interpret the cards to mean exactly what you want, it doesn't actually matter what card you draw.
So, you start by picking a position (Trump wins- that's about 50:50) and then you restate it 5 times.
Repeatedly restating the same thing doesn't change the odds.

You seem to clam that the pundits were saying it was impossible for Trump to win.
That's absurd.
So my question to you is: If, as I claim, I posted one and only one prediction about Trump how amazing is the accuracy?
It's  a roughly 50:50 split. He would win, or Hillary would.
The only other public prediction is the coming die-off.
Which didn't happen.
So, your success rate's pretty poor.

If I was that bad at predicting stuff, I'd keep quiet about it.

Here we go again. Your lack of any grasp of facts and science continues to amaze me.

50:50 odds??? How on earth do you arrive at that? Why did the bookmakers and the pundits rate his chances at less than 1:100?

One book maker was so sure that Hillary would win they preemptively paid out - only to lose even more when Trump won.

What is it about the future that you do not understand? I say it will rain next week and you say I am wrong because "it did not happen"???

Sigh. Either you did not follow the US election of 2016, or your memory is atrocious. My prediction was detailed and accurate and what you fail to understand is that the Tarot cards were laying out on 5 tries to confirm over and over the outline of what would happen. Try estimating the odds of a random layout doing that!!! And getting it right!

Denial, denial, denial. How frightened are you that there just MIGHT be a God and the supernatural?
Not at all.
For the same reason I'm not frightened of unicorns.
There's no evidence for them.

Once more you display your ignorance of a subject you have not bothered to research or find out more. There are many ways to use the cards to get information. The most precise is the 3 card spread in which Aces up mean yes and Aces reversed mean no and other cards add to the information. Shuffle and deal pile 1. If an ace turns up then start on the next pile to the left. If 13 cards have been dealt with no ace then start on the next pile. Do 3 piles and interpret from the right.

Here are two of the first readings. The down ace indicating the opposition to his swearing in. Notably Russia-gate and actually an over-all minority of overall votes. But the outcome was yes.  I got 5 up aces and 1 down ace. Given that any firm no (one ace down) to any of the five readings I would have to say I was not getting proper answers.

The results of the Trump predictions:

1. Will Trump win the nomination?

Eight of Cups (reversed) – This is a movement away from one place to another. In reverse it is a movement towards the material world of success. Into a less spiritual place.

Ace of Wands – Success in a project or business. Trump made getting the nomination a business project. He analysed how people think and he acted accordingly.

Four of Swords (reversed) – This is a card of conflict. It appears after the ace, and indicate what might follow. The most applicable one is social unrest.

The interpretation is that Trump is moving from the world of business that he is emotionally secure into the world of politics which for he sees as corrupt and somewhat immoral.

2. Will Trump become President?

The Hierophant - means being ruled by the conventional. To be accepted by one’s peers and socially acceptable. To follow convention.

Ace of Cups - Good beginnings from an emotional/spiritual point of view.

Ace of Wands (reversed) - Setbacks and delays. There might be a challenge involving the business of being sworn in.

The interpretation is that Trump has to win the acceptance of the majority of voters. He cannot continue to be seen in the very negative light that the media make out. The outcome of the vote will be cause for joy and celebration on his part, but then forces will try to derail the process with some unusual plan. Since this was a mixed answer of yes and no, one has to seek clarity, so I asked about the Ace of Wands (reversed). I saw this in my notes on the side when doing this detail. The answer was:

Page of Pentacles (reversed) - This indicates rebelliousness and being surrounded by people in opposition to his ideas.

Pentacles is money and the power that comes with King of Pentacles (reversed) — He will bull his way forward and overcome the opposition through force of character. Watch out.

Two of Cups — Here is balance and cooperation as the final outcome. The art of the deal?


My wife wanted to know what price to offer for the new house. I did three piles. First was less 5%, the next less 7.5% and the third was 10% less than the asking price. The middle one got it and was accepted. The agent said the seller who wanted a quick sale was adamant about not taking less.

Now we have to sell our old house. Do the same with three piles.

I asked if a worker was stealing from us because of his behavior. The cards said yes and I no longer used him. I then discovered that things were missing in rooms only he had been given unsupervised access to. Two old laptops and a an expensive compact car-vacuum. Plus power supplies for the two laptops and some other laptops. I found that he had put some medicines among some rags, and some of my mothers old jewellery behind some stuff I needed to throw out - no doubt looking for an opportunity to hand them over the fence to an accomplice.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/01/2020 07:25:35
I asked if a worker was stealing from us because of his behavior.
So, there was reasonable grounds to suspect he was a thief.
I then discovered that things were missing in rooms only he had been given unsupervised access to.
And you found that he stole stuff.

What have the cards got to do with it?

You really need to sort out what constitutes evidence.
There's none for tarot cards. (or, if I'm wrong, you should be able to make a lot of money on the lottery and move as far from any phones as you want.

You won't do that; you won't even try- because, deep down, you know it won't work.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/01/2020 07:26:44
Page of Pentacles (reversed) - This indicates rebelliousness and being surrounded by people in opposition to his ideas.
So, every single politician then.
But you chose to take it as specific.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/01/2020 13:07:48
The argument seems to have run a long way since I last looked, but to go back a few paragraphs to Clive's comments

1. Yes, there are plenty of Jewish atheists. I'm one of them. That's the point of "our people" - we are a tribe first, loosely held together by a mutual respect for rituals and traditions that not all of us actually practice. The faith bit is optional, but the tribal loyalty is genetic (ask any anti-Semite), which is why we don't evangelise or accept converts easily. Or criticise the beliefs of others - only their actions.

2. The Simpsons predicted Trump's presidency in 2000
 
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The episode mentions that real estate mogul and millionaire Donald Trump became president, and caused a budget crisis that Lisa inherits.
It was in any case blindingly obvious in 2006 because the Democrats didn't have a slogan ("I'm a Woman" sold quite a few copies for Peggy Lee but doesn't stand out as an economic or social policy objective). Come to think of it, they still don't, just like the Labour Party.

3. Anyone who can consistently predict any outcome with 51% or even 50.001% accuracy will not be contributing to this board, but owning it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/01/2020 19:02:49
1. Will Trump win the nomination?
Eight of Cups (reversed) – groper of many breasts, but they will come back to haunt him.
Ace of Wands – belief in magic, not science.
Four of Swords (reversed) – This is a card of conflict. It appears after the ace, and indicate what might follow. The most applicable one is social unrest. Agreed. Pity the rest of the world had no vote.

2. Will Trump become President?
The Hierophant - means being ruled by the conventional. To be accepted by one’s peers (yes - but what disgusting peers) and socially acceptable (no). Always wash your hands after meeting him. And count your fingers, too.
Ace of Cups - groper.
Ace of Wands (reversed) - Setbacks and delays. The interpretation is that Trump has to win the acceptance of the majority of voters. He didn't. Hillary had a clear majority of the popular vote.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/01/2020 07:04:19

1. Will Trump win the nomination?
Eight of Cups (reversed) – groper of many breasts, but they will come back to haunt him.
Ace of Wands – belief in magic, not science.
Four of Swords (reversed) – This is a card of conflict. It appears after the ace, and indicate what might follow. The most applicable one is social unrest. Agreed. Pity the rest of the world had no vote.

2. Will Trump become President?
The Hierophant - means being ruled by the conventional. To be accepted by one’s peers (yes - but what disgusting peers) and socially acceptable (no). Always wash your hands after meeting him. And count your fingers, too.
Ace of Cups - groper.
Ace of Wands (reversed) - Setbacks and delays. The interpretation is that Trump has to win the acceptance of the majority of voters. He didn't. Hillary had a clear majority of the popular vote.

I wondered why you quoted me without a comment. Then I looked more closely. Doing a shifty Schiff, eh?

I do not need to look at the cards to tell you not to give up your day job.

How about this reading from the cards:
Will the current outbreak in China become a deadly global outbreak:

1. Ace of swords up - Yes. With global discord and panic
2. Ace of cups down - This is saying that the virus will be beaten and die down.
3. Ace of pentacles up - This saying it will mutate and come back for another round.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/01/2020 07:09:43
(snip)

3. Anyone who can consistently predict any outcome with 51% or even 50.001% accuracy will not be contributing to this board, but owning it.
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You forget the rules. The claim of psychic gifts can only get great financial benefit to fraudsters and charlatans. Those who truly have a gift cannot and do not except to a modest income for support.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 31/01/2020 17:38:37
In other words, you can't provide numerical evidence in support of a "gift", and the only people who can make money out of it are those who don't actually possess it.

Furthermore you are claiming that Tarot cards shuffled at random have the capacity to predict. If the prediction depends on your interpretation, any set of random numbers would do because it is actually your gift that is doing the job, since the person who shuffles them (the "mug") clearly doesn't have the gift, or he wouldn't be as asking for your help.

I think you are skating on logically thin ice here.

I  have no interest in horse racing but once visited Epsom out of curiosity. I had no money with which to bet, but I predicted the winner of  7 successive races. Scary. I've never been back.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 31/01/2020 17:46:36
Will the current outbreak in China become a deadly global outbreak:1. Ace of swords up - Yes. With global discord and panic2. Ace of cups down - This is saying that the virus will be beaten and die down.3. Ace of pentacles up - This saying it will mutate and come back for another round.

Just like every other corona virus, then. Avian flu, SARS.... Looks more like a scientific prediction than a psychic one.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/01/2020 18:23:02
2. Ace of cups down - This is saying that the virus will be beaten and die down.
That's not a prediction; it's an observation.
The mortality rate is estimated as about 2%  which means about 98% survive.
If nearly everybody survives then it's obviously going to be beaten back- by people's immune systems.
The claim of psychic gifts can only get great financial benefit to fraudsters and charlatans. Those who truly have a gift cannot and do not except to a modest income for support.

What is it with you and logical fallacies?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 31/01/2020 20:51:54
Could you accurately predict the sequence of ten die rolls?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/02/2020 04:53:09
In other words, you can't provide numerical evidence in support of a "gift", and the only people who can make money out of it are those who don't actually possess it.
(snip)

I have made it quite clear that the supernatural and God have set of rules and these rules are applied by entities with intelligence and are not mechanical. A key rule is that there will be no proof of the existence. Only hints and only revelations to various individuals. The spiritual entities that assist people (the "gift" is not a super-power but assistance from the spirit-world) will not let their assistance be abused by greed and material values. This "rule" is not mine. It has been known for centuries.

Those in search of absolute proof are going to be disappointed and subjected to having to deal with people like me who offer personal experience.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/02/2020 05:44:21
(snip)

Furthermore you are claiming that Tarot cards shuffled at random have the capacity to predict. If the prediction depends on your interpretation, any set of random numbers would do because it is actually your gift that is doing the job, since the person who shuffles them (the "mug") clearly doesn't have the gift, or he wouldn't be as asking for your help.

I think you are skating on logically thin ice here.

(snip)

You are partly correct. My late wife tried the cards many times. Not only did she get the wrong cards but when I asked her to interpret my layouts before I did she also got it wrong.

Very occasionally I get a set of random cards. I recognize that I am not meant to do a reading for whatever reason.

There is little doubt the my prediction on the corona virus is also backed by a knowledge of past pandemics (the Spanish flu mutated and went round the world 3 times). But that would also be spirit in that I could have read an article which influences my thought pattern. Those past influences are no coincidence.

Interesting aside. I had just about finished my reply when I hit a wrong button and it disappeared. Darn. But I find this has happened a few times before and it was because my answer was not on target. I reread your response and am more accurate and concise. Spirit intervention to correct my lack of attention in misreading your response?

One has to get the correct cards in the correct sequence. This is just not physically possible given the laws of probability. The number gets astronomical when one considers that I do reading after reading for myself and for my later wife and current wife who trusts me because I get it right. There are 78 cards and each one can be up or down. To get the first card correct is then 1 in 156. The next card is 1 in 155 and the next is 1 in 154. The combination is 156 x 155 x 154 = 1 in 3 723 729. About 3 million to 1.

Each card has multiple meanings and the way they lay out invokes different interpretations. This is again where the person needs subtle hints and whispers and intuition from spirit.

One has to ask how can the shuffling can order the cars in just the right way. It is one I have pondered hard on. The only logical answer is that spirit "swops" out the cards which would have fallen to the cards that need to fall. How is this possible? The answer is that our universe is a virtual reality. It is in the mind of the Ultimate Intelligence. Everything and anything is possible if spirits intervene. But they do so subtly. Even the person doing the reading is not aware of any break to the laws of physics.

You can claim that this is so absurd as to be instantly dismissible. I would refer you to the seemingly impossibilities of quantum physics. Schrodingers cat - an animal both alive and dead at the same time in the box and only achieves a certain state once the box is opened as a measurement. Quantum entanglement also. Then there is dark energy and dark matter. These are supported by logic and observation. The same principles of science apply to discovering the rules of the spirit world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/02/2020 06:17:30
(snip)

I  have no interest in horse racing but once visited Epsom out of curiosity. I had no money with which to bet, but I predicted the winner of  7 successive races. Scary. I've never been back.

You have had the same experience I did when I was just 14. The lesson was that the supernatural can permit such things but only as a one time demonstration. My brother's friend was just 13 but was six foot three inches and had a rough skin that aged him. He was a superb conman and I have a few tales there. He made money by going to the horse races and asking the stable boys to give him tips. They knew he was betting very small amounts. I went with him. We got in under the fence. Each race he would go to the stables and each race I would make a prediction. I got eight out of eight.

The first race was remarkable. The horse was "Island Runner". One remembers certain facts about strange and amazing happenings. The start happened. No gates in 1962. Island Runner turned around and ran the other way, jumped over the inner fence, then back again and crossed the starting line well behind the pack. Loser I thought. The speed at which he overtook the others was so remarkable that I knew the fix was in. They were all holding their horses back.

Okay. Wow. I can predict races. So let me test it. Total failure every time. This is how experiences have taught me the rules.

So you know how I felt when I said that as a teenager I abandoned hypnotizing people to see the future accurately. It was way too spooky. Now that I am more comfortable I would love to do such tests. The problem is that the volunteers would have to be seven to ten years old. And if set up as a test, it would probably fail anyway because of the no-testing rule.

An uncle could dowse water and gold in various ways. He made money and lived comfortably. I was still a teenager when I asked him why he was not rich. He said he could not abuse his gift and he could feel it waning if he started to charge too much. He had some remarkable success with the relatives such as divining a strong stream deep on a hill when the geologists ruled it out. It was not just deep groundwater either and he got the depth just right. He failed when the family tried to test him using sixteen holes dug and filled and only one had gold jewelry in it. He did not try to guess. He just said he got no indication inside.

I have tried divining. The rods move because one slightly tilts them. The brain is interpreting subtle hints and is able to move the muscles in a subconscious way. Information is rarely given as strong voices or as solid images. I know of one woman who visited Israel to get her grandmother into heaven and was told clearly that not all religions have all the answers and that her grandmother was okay. Another random woman I met during a airline transit stop was on her way back from India. She went there to do conversions and was told loudly (by a statue) she was being arrogant to think that that her religion was the only valid one. See how I get information that supports my hypothesis - indirectly and seemingly by chance.

Why did my prediction about Trump and the Coronavirus not break the rule? Because one is allowed some hints, and because most people do not believe it happened the way I said it did. They think there is trickery or some other coincidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/02/2020 06:19:12
Could you accurately predict the sequence of ten die rolls?

A guaranteed no. By the rules of spirit. They will not cooperate with test. Total bummer and cop-out, eh?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/02/2020 11:20:17
But you said "they"  never reveal the rules, for fear of their existence being proven - or was it disproven?

Anyway, to return the the question. Science is about investigating the disprovable. So if you want science to test the existence of something, you have to state a testable quality of that something, and how you would know  if it had failed that test.

So the simple answer is no, science isn't about proof, only disproof. And the other simple answer is yes, if you write down all the testable properties of your god, we can test them until you are satisfied that there is a single entity that possesses them - but it will take a very long time to do so!

On the other hand we can turn to pure mathematical logic to demonstrate that there cannot be a functional omnipotent and omniscient deity that created the universe. There being no other reason to suspect the existence of a god, Occam says we should dismiss the possibility. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/02/2020 13:29:48
What, if anything, is the difference between
"Any attempt to prove that I can do this will fail"
and
" I can't do this (but suffer from the delusion that I can)"?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/02/2020 15:04:36
By the rules of spirit. They will not cooperate with test.
So we agree that prayer is a waste of time. Almost a denial of your fundamental belief of non-cooperation.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/02/2020 05:44:40
What, if anything, is the difference between
"Any attempt to prove that I can do this will fail"
and
" I can't do this (but suffer from the delusion that I can)"?

And what is the difference between applying those principles to spirit and to the physical world?

Prayer works as long as it is not provable. It has huge numbers of anecdotal evidence (what is the scientific name for masses of such evidence such as sicknesses around towers?)

And science says there must be a formula to tie the formulae of the very small to the very big but it seems beyond proof at this stage. Or that dark matter and dark energy MUST exist even though it seems unprovable because of lack of detection.

Not to mention string theory trying to show that multiple universes are possible but unprovable - which still begs the question of what caused it all. My hypothesis of an Ultimate Intelligence not only allows for multiple universes but also travel between them as well as time travel.

Why would you not excitedly embrace such a hypothesis. It has more "proof" than the others because it has personal observation. No formula and no mechanical means of detection but does that invalidate it? No. And it will permit you the luxury of prayer and religion without delusion. Yes. All you have to do is recognize the deficiencies of formal religion but accept that there elements of truth in each one.

It will require you to admit you have been wrong for a long time, so most atheists will resist. But resistance is futile against the mass, but subtle, anecdotal proof around you. And with the coming die-off, being an atheist is not a good quality for survival as the believing population looks for scrape-goats.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/02/2020 05:47:17
By the rules of spirit. They will not cooperate with test.
So we agree that prayer is a waste of time. Almost a denial of your fundamental belief of non-cooperation.

You miss entirely the premise that unprovable prayer works. Just because one does not know how it works does not invalidate it. A hundred years ago many things were mysterious because one did not know how they worked. They still worked.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/02/2020 06:12:57
But you said "they"  never reveal the rules, for fear of their existence being proven - or was it disproven?

Anyway, to return the the question. Science is about investigating the disprovable. So if you want science to test the existence of something, you have to state a testable quality of that something, and how you would know  if it had failed that test.

So the simple answer is no, science isn't about proof, only disproof. And the other simple answer is yes, if you write down all the testable properties of your god, we can test them until you are satisfied that there is a single entity that possesses them - but it will take a very long time to do so!

On the other hand we can turn to pure mathematical logic to demonstrate that there cannot be a functional omnipotent and omniscient deity that created the universe. There being no other reason to suspect the existence of a god, Occam says we should dismiss the possibility.
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Okay. Let us start with Occam. The easy one. Wiki says:

Ernst Mach formulated the stronger version of Occam's razor into physics, which he called the Principle of Economy stating: "Scientists must use the simplest means of arriving at their results and exclude everything not perceived by the senses."

This principle goes back at least as far as Aristotle, who wrote "Nature operates in the shortest way possible." The idea of parsimony or simplicity in deciding between theories, though not the intent of the original expression of Occam's razor, has been assimilated into our culture as the widespread layman's formulation that "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one."


So what is the scientific hypothesis for the Prime Cause? There is none despite accepting that there MUST be one. The old and now discredited one that the Universe was always in existence took a knock with the Big Bang. The old principle has morphed into something similar that the laws of physics have always been in existence. But what caused the laws of physics.

So apply the Occam and I win. I have a perfectly simple, logical and observed hypothesis.

"They" have no fear of being exposed. The Game Rules for the Virtual Reality is that one is not supposed to prove one is in a virtual world. One may suspect it, and one may get unprovable hints, and somelike me may actually see the Virtual Reality end experience the Ultimate Intelligence which is also the Ultimate Reality. Occam tells us we have no need to complicate things by asking if the Ultimate Intelligence is also a Virtual Reality of yet other Ultimate Intelligences. Occam rejects turtles all the way down.

I have given you the attributes of my hypothesis. Virtual reality which permits breaking of the laws of physics. Miracles and psychic events are examples. So one has to examine examples. I have a bunch. I also am not suggestible and I have an excellent memory. I am an engineer. Cross examine each example and try to offer RATIONAL and logical explanations to each one. Some may be brain malfunctions although I have an argument against that.

There are two of the most notable predictions that people overlook. One was Joan of Arcs prediction that convinced people that she has spiritual insight and the other was the prediction of Muhammad and the camels which also was convincing. These were clear historical prophecies that stood out for being properly recorded and noted at the time.

You put too much faith in mathematics to rule out mystic events. Once more - please link the mathatics of large and small and the existence of dark matter and energy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Hayseed on 02/02/2020 07:18:52
Man has progressed a lot.  A switch of a transmitter can build the largest and longest lasting structures in the universe.  Pretty cool. 

But when you understand the structure of matter and glue that binds it, and once you understand how light really flies thru space..........it will be hard to deny Design.

It's simple, it's neat and it's elegant.    If we just had the math to match it.   The math we use has an incorrect angular to linear V transform.  And therefore an incorrect momentum transform.  And on top of that.......pi is not pi with 3D rotations.  pi is larger and variable.   The arc remains at 360 degrees, but the diameter(or radius) to circumference ratio is not pi.  I wish people would remember this, when they use math to disprove something.  Realizing this would also account for a lot of anomalies.

I have had several posts moved and a few deleted for having new theories.  I don't have any new theories, I ain't that smart.  My theories are classical and started over one hundred years ago.   And I am not complaining about site policy.

When I discovered that Weber showed relativity 40 years before Einstein, I looked a lot closer.  His equations don't change time or length.

To make a long story short, there are perfectly good classical physical explanations for our experimental results.

Even better reasons.   For if you have two competing theories, and one explains the constants of the other......it is considered the superior theory.

When I find a model that can explain the periodic table with physical structural explanations that show the physical cause of constants........I use it.

My contributions are small.  Being a mechanic, I saw the purpose and correct placement of the neutron in the nucleus, but any mechanic would have spotted it.   And I immediately saw the answer for anti-matter.   But again, any mechanic would catch that too.

My only discernment was EM(light).  And that happened while trying to pin down antenna current.

When I realized what was happening.....I realized that emission happens at 2 times the V of light.

It's a snap.

As far as we are concerned, emission is instant.  That instant emission, makes it appear as a true point source.  It's also discreet.    Not continuous.    If you put those two facts together, and think about what that means...........you understand light.  And you can see that a change in phase.......is proof that light does have relative V.   Knowing that light is discreet, means that you have to change the way you measure it.

If you know the emitting period, then the change in absorption period can tell you the relative V.

And a dipole changing oscillation F while riding a G gradient(atomic clock), or under acceleration, doesn't mean time is changing,   It means the dipole is in a G gradient or under acceleration.

I feel no need for burden of proof.   For we all get the same math results.   And I seek no fame or fortune, my time is short.

But space-time is a mockery of adult intellect.

And it will be dis-proven.  I wish I could see it.




Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/02/2020 09:12:25
You miss entirely the premise that unprovable prayer works.
And you have missed the premise that that which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The difference is that the premise about dismissal of unevenced stuff is actually true.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/02/2020 09:15:46
To make a long story short, there are perfectly good classical physical explanations for our experimental results.
OK, show me the classical explanation of this (and the more recent, better precision versions)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafele%E2%80%93Keating_experiment

But to avoid incurring thew wrath of the mods do it in a different thread.
This thread has quite enough nonsense in it already.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/02/2020 12:11:50
You miss entirely the premise that unprovable prayer works.
And you have missed the premise that that which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The difference is that the premise about dismissal of unevenced stuff is actually true.

The difference between your evidence and my evidence is that yours is mechanical and limited and mine is personal and experienced by individuals. Yours may be a higher bar and more rigorous but it does not negate my evidence.

Your state as a confirmed absolute that I have no evidence simply because you reject my evidence. I am talking about spirit and about human interaction with spirit. You insist that the physical universe IS absolutely physical and that there is not possibility of it being a virtual reality. If you want mathematical proof that we do live in a virtual reality there was one given that "proved" that the odds of us being a virtual reality as greater than not.

You are so locked into seeing yourself and pinching yourself and talking to same minded people that your imagination and conceptualization has limited your ability to grasp such concepts. Have you ever had an hallucination where you think what you are experiencing is real and then realize it could not be? Or could be if we are in a virtual world?

Have you ever experienced lucid dreaming where one thinks it might be a dream but one has to struggle to find proof? Those experiences can make one seriously think about reality.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 02/02/2020 12:21:50
This "rule" is not mine. It has been known for centuries.
Somebody made up that rule to take advantage from the gullibles.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 02/02/2020 12:36:52
By the rules of spirit. They will not cooperate with test.
So we agree that prayer is a waste of time. Almost a denial of your fundamental belief of non-cooperation.

You miss entirely the premise that unprovable prayer works. Just because one does not know how it works does not invalidate it. A hundred years ago many things were mysterious because one did not know how they worked. They still worked.
By admitting that it is unprovable,  you have admitted that you don't know if it really works. Not knowing how it works does not invalidate it, but knowing that it doesn't make a difference is an evidence that it's useless.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/02/2020 13:13:27
The difference between your evidence and my evidence is that yours is mechanical and limited and mine is personal and experienced by individuals.
Do you understand what
Anecdote  <>  evidence
means?
Your state as a confirmed absolute that I have no evidence simply because you reject my evidence.
You have not put forward any evidence for me to reject.
You have told me stories.

Do you understand the difference?
You insist that the physical universe IS absolutely physical and that there is not possibility of it being a virtual reality.


If you think that's true then show me where I said it.
(spoiler alert; I didn't)

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 02/02/2020 14:19:40
I do recall one anecdote of prayer working. A visiting preacher told the congregation (I  used to sing in church choirs!) how he had prayed that his sick daughter could die in peace. His prayer was answered and just for one night no bombs fell on north London - the Luftwaffe destroyed Coventry Cathedral instead.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/02/2020 19:16:14
By the rules of spirit. They will not cooperate with test.
So we agree that prayer is a waste of time. Almost a denial of your fundamental belief of non-cooperation.

You miss entirely the premise that unprovable prayer works. Just because one does not know how it works does not invalidate it. A hundred years ago many things were mysterious because one did not know how they worked. They still worked.
By admitting that it is unprovable,  you have admitted that you don't know if it really works. Not knowing how it works does not invalidate it, but knowing that it doesn't make a difference is an evidence that it's useless.

There are very many stories of prayer working. The problem is that there are very many more stories of prayer not working.

One has to know how prayer works. Only a few deserving ones will be answered. A close relative was informed her husband had a large tumor in his lung and the chances of success were less that 10%. Being a committed Christian she prayed hard. What makes this different is that she got signs and omens that her prayers would be answered. They were. Her husband has been cancer free for 10 years.

People have a choice. Pray or do not pray. Many like you say it makes no difference. I get many small prayers answered. For example I am late for an appointment and know I will not make it. Pray hard and voila. I get clear roads and most the traffic lights are in my favor and I am just in time. Works frequently.

If there is a God then praying is very likely to work. I base my opinion (close to belief) that there is a God on all the very many spiritual experiences I have. Unless I have some serious mental malfunctions (and only in this realm) then I have to say that there is. You have a choice. Believe me or do not believe me.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/02/2020 19:18:51
I do recall one anecdote of prayer working. A visiting preacher told the congregation (I  used to sing in church choirs!) how he had prayed that his sick daughter could die in peace. His prayer was answered and just for one night no bombs fell on north London - the Luftwaffe destroyed Coventry Cathedral instead.

Hmmm. Interesting. Seems there was a price to pay - or at least make the man think carefully about what he prays for.

They say be careful what you wish for - you may just get it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/02/2020 19:27:13
The difference between your evidence and my evidence is that yours is mechanical and limited and mine is personal and experienced by individuals.
Do you understand what
Anecdote  <>  evidence
means?
Your state as a confirmed absolute that I have no evidence simply because you reject my evidence.
You have not put forward any evidence for me to reject.
You have told me stories.

Do you understand the difference?
You insist that the physical universe IS absolutely physical and that there is not possibility of it being a virtual reality.


If you think that's true then show me where I said it.
(spoiler alert; I didn't)

Is psychology a science or not? And does it not rely heavily on the personal stories of what people are experiencing? Do you know of a meter that can measure thoughts and feelings to the extent they can pick up where an intuition is coming from.

You are so locked onto anecdote, anecdote, anecdote that it shows how afraid you are that you might just be wrong. All the years of denial wasted. However, don't sweat it too much. I was an atheist at 13 and only became an unbiased agnostic at 45. Then only swayed to serious consideration that there was a God when I was 60.

The interesting part is that I always believed in ghosts, mental telepathy and predicting the future. That belief never wavered because I had so much personal evidence from the time I was a small child.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/02/2020 19:36:56
Is psychology a science or not?
Well, you refuse to accept that the cause of your problem is psychological.
So, you tell me.
Is it science- in which case you are wrong, or is it not, in which case you are wrong.
Do you know of a meter that can measure thoughts and feelings t
Several
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography
https://www.healthline.com/health/cortisol-urine

s to the extent they can pick up where an intuition is coming from.
You made that condition up, and it makes no sense.
Psychology does not "pick up where an intuition is coming from."
So you are setting up a straw man
You really like logical fallacy don't you?
You are so locked onto anecdote, anecdote, anecdote
I'm not the one whose whole "point" depends on pretending that an anecdote is proof.

Then only swayed to serious consideration that there was a God when I was 60.

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.

George Carlin

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/02/2020 19:38:06
This "rule" is not mine. It has been known for centuries.
Somebody made up that rule to take advantage from the gullibles.

Spirit and religion are probably among the most abused areas of humankind. And that rule is tailor made as a Get out of Jail Card. Uri Geller - total fake. Made so much money that he could keep his detractors quiet with law suits. Easy to spot because blatant breaking of the laws of physics is not allowed. Preacher who sits in God's lap and has fireside chats. Total fake who has fooled many and become rich. I had to point out to a Christian that the Bible says that communication with God is very difficult and indirect.

No. The rule is made up by those who have gifts. They all know they cannot be tested because they all try testing themselves. I did. I have spoken to a number of people I believe to have a gift. They all had stories of testing themselves. The charlatans abuse the rules. Do you think they have a great afterlife? No. They do not believe in spirit or they would not abuse it.

Once more. The huge number of fakes discourages people who are natural skeptics but it does not disprove the truth of the rule.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/02/2020 19:40:05
The interesting part is that I always believed in ghosts, mental telepathy and predicting the future. That belief never wavered because I had so much personal evidence from the time I was a small child.
I think the relevant passage is 1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/02/2020 19:45:05
Easy to spot because blatant breaking of the laws of physics is not allowed.
I always believed in ghosts, mental telepathy and predicting the future.

When you have finished arguing with yourself, bring your conclusions back here.
I had to point out to a Christian that the Bible says that communication with God is very difficult and indirect.

And there was me thinking it said
"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Do you want "chapter and verse" on that?

They all know they cannot be tested because they all try testing themselves. I did.
So, did you pass or fail?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/02/2020 19:46:21
Once more. The huge number of fakes discourages people who are natural skeptics but it does not disprove the truth of the rule.
The whole point of "the rule" is that it makes it impossible to prove it either way.
A damned good  rhetorical device, but bugger all actual use.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/02/2020 08:02:57
The interesting part is that I always believed in ghosts, mental telepathy and predicting the future. That belief never wavered because I had so much personal evidence from the time I was a small child.
I think the relevant passage is 1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

And what is childish about about observing the universe and strange events that happen? My belief in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny disappeared as childish but fun beliefs. The ghost stories and spirit only got more convincing as I got older and was better able to evaluate them. And had more of them.

You dismiss the events as told to you because you start by assuming they have no factual basis. THEN you round up the usual suspects - namely arguments typically used without thought to dismiss the observations as faulty.

These observations deal with the hard problem of consciousness and just how faulty a human brain can be. I am constantly amazed that more cars do not hit trees that jump in front of them. Trillions of hours of human brains working at a very consistent level without fault. And yet you have no problem pointing to "glitches" I have which only apparently occur with regard to the supernatural.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/02/2020 08:06:25
(snip)

They all know they cannot be tested because they all try testing themselves. I did.
So, did you pass or fail?

I failed because of the rule. I am surprized you even ask.

BTW. Wow. Did you study the Bible or do you get all your quotes from other sites? Was it beaten into you? If so, I am not surprized you are so strong an atheist. You are at the limits of the scale of non-believer to believer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/02/2020 08:23:34
Once more. The huge number of fakes discourages people who are natural skeptics but it does not disprove the truth of the rule.
The whole point of "the rule" is that it makes it impossible to prove it either way.
A damned good  rhetorical device, but bugger all actual use.

The rule is very very useful. It allows those who know the rules to immediately dismiss claims by the charlatans. Another example is the book by the 12 year boy who died and claimed he went to heaven. I knew immediately it was a fake. The boy subsequently confessed to a total lie.

If you set up a game that was virtual reality and supposed to be highly realistic, would you want the avatars to know they are not real and that reality could be arbitrarily changed? No, of course not.

If you sent kids out on an adventure and told them they were on their own, would you then let them see the monitoring devices that are being used to keep tabs on them? No, of course not.

This is why you are so illogical with your arguments. And why the rules make sense and are logical. Another aspect of scientific study.

You refuse to concede even one minor point for fear your whole hypothesis that there absolutely are no Gods or supernatural beings might crumble. Your hypothesis only is logical if you start with the presumption that there is no God and that we are not in a virtual reality.

You use all the standard contradictions in the traditional religions without conceding that they need an update and a rationalization just as various branches of science needed. You are the one arguing with yourself.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/02/2020 08:38:53
I do recall one anecdote of prayer working. A visiting preacher told the congregation (I  used to sing in church choirs!) how he had prayed that his sick daughter could die in peace. His prayer was answered and just for one night no bombs fell on north London - the Luftwaffe destroyed Coventry Cathedral instead.

I had another thought. We keep thinking God is in total control and omni-all. As part of the game he has an adversary - namely Satan or the Devil. So while God gets to grant a few prayers, so does the Devil. In this case, there may have been a balancing of wishes where God granted the pray but Satan got to bomb a Cathedral.

I visited a psychic and asked her if she knows whether she gets informed by the good spirits or the bad spirits. She said she had never thought about it. She just gave answers that came to her. An evil person may get information from an evil spirit.

When Trump prays for a success in a military attack, and the target is praying for American disaster, who gets their prayers answered? The Devil wants as much conflict and destruction as possible (Shiva the God of Destruction) and God tries to mitigate it and have people strive to better themselves. It is under strife and conflict that one see the good in people come to the fore. So to the evil in others.

Remember it is all an illusion to entertain the Ultimate Intelligence. My most vivid memory of the experience of having the universe just end and then restart was that the Ultimate Intelligence was lonely and bored when compared to the life of a human. I have been blessed with an extraordinarily interesting life. Some see it as a curse. Not me. I also remember it had no human attributes such as form or emotion or sex and had no morals or ethics. It was neither good nor bad. No space or time. And much more real that our current reality.

But one plays the Game - and God is a part. Choose your side. It is difficult to remain neutral and on the sidelines.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/02/2020 19:36:53
The rule is very very useful. It allows those who know the rules to immediately dismiss claims by the charlatans.
It also allows me to dismiss claims by you- since you are making those claims to bolster your own personal standing.

I failed because of the rule.
So, you tried to predict things, and you failed.
Why are you bragging about your success?


I am surprized you even ask.
I guess you now see why I asked.
You set yourself up to fail.
You dismiss the events as told to you because you start by assuming they have no factual basis.
No, (for the millionth time f telling you), I dismiss them because there is no supporting evidence.

These observations deal with the hard problem of consciousness and just how faulty a human brain can be.
It's good to see we agree on something.

I am constantly amazed that more cars do not hit trees that jump in front of them.
And yet you have no problem pointing to "glitches" I have which only apparently occur with regard to the supernatural.
No
As usual, you are resorting to a straw man attack.
What I have said is things like you are looking at the placebo effect, but not recognising it or you are a victim of confirmation bias.
Those phenomena are well charted in all sorts of situations.
Yet you make up dross about me thinking they only apply to the supernatural.

That's your mistake, not mine.

I knew immediately it was a fake.
So do I- and I don't feel the need to pretend I can read tarot cards...

Did you study the Bible
I never studied it but it is daft to think that anyone who grows up in the UK doesn't have an idea what it says about stuff. And, from there's it's a quick Google job to find the actual quote.

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

You refuse to concede even one minor point for fear your whole hypothesis
Do you remember that I pointed out that you were lying about that?



You insist that the physical universe IS absolutely physical and that there is not possibility of it being a virtual reality.


If you think that's true then show me where I said it.
(spoiler alert; I didn't)


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 05/02/2020 06:33:32
Spirit and religion are probably among the most abused areas of humankind. And that rule is tailor made as a Get out of Jail Card. Uri Geller - total fake. Made so much money that he could keep his detractors quiet with law suits. Easy to spot because blatant breaking of the laws of physics is not allowed. Preacher who sits in God's lap and has fireside chats. Total fake who has fooled many and become rich. I had to point out to a Christian that the Bible says that communication with God is very difficult and indirect.

No. The rule is made up by those who have gifts. They all know they cannot be tested because they all try testing themselves. I did. I have spoken to a number of people I believe to have a gift. They all had stories of testing themselves. The charlatans abuse the rules. Do you think they have a great afterlife? No. They do not believe in spirit or they would not abuse it.

Once more. The huge number of fakes discourages people who are natural skeptics but it does not disprove the truth of the rule.
How do you distinguish between the fake from the real ones?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 05/02/2020 06:43:54
I had another thought. We keep thinking God is in total control and omni-all. As part of the game he has an adversary - namely Satan or the Devil. So while God gets to grant a few prayers, so does the Devil. In this case, there may have been a balancing of wishes where God granted the pray but Satan got to bomb a Cathedral.

I visited a psychic and asked her if she knows whether she gets informed by the good spirits or the bad spirits. She said she had never thought about it. She just gave answers that came to her. An evil person may get information from an evil spirit.

When Trump prays for a success in a military attack, and the target is praying for American disaster, who gets their prayers answered? The Devil wants as much conflict and destruction as possible (Shiva the God of Destruction) and God tries to mitigate it and have people strive to better themselves. It is under strife and conflict that one see the good in people come to the fore. So to the evil in others.
Does your God have a name? How do you know it?
Who gives the name of satan or devil? Did he choose his own names? Is he the same being as Shiva?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 05/02/2020 17:35:42
I do recall one anecdote of prayer working. A visiting preacher told the congregation (I  used to sing in church choirs!) how he had prayed that his sick daughter could die in peace. His prayer was answered and just for one night no bombs fell on north London - the Luftwaffe destroyed Coventry Cathedral instead.

Hmmm. Interesting. Seems there was a price to pay - or at least make the man think carefully about what he prays for.

They say be careful what you wish for - you may just get it.
I rather think that the good citizens of Coventry were simultaneously praying not to be bombed. But it seems your god works in mysterious ways, and not for the benefit of humanity. A proper god would not have created congenital syphilis, for example.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 05/02/2020 17:42:06
Easy to spot because blatant breaking of the laws of physics is not allowed.
So your god did not create the universe out of nothing. Or inseminate Mary, or resurrect his onlybegotten son. Nor, in his earthly form, turn water into wine. Or part the water for Moses.. Bummer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/02/2020 15:20:18
Easy to spot because blatant breaking of the laws of physics is not allowed.
So your god did not create the universe out of nothing. Or inseminate Mary, or resurrect his onlybegotten son. Nor, in his earthly form, turn water into wine. Or part the water for Moses.. Bummer.

Quite right. MY God did MAY not have done such things. MY God was created with the Universe in a virtual reality. Since the universe is virtual, and truly comprises nothing, then the Ultimate Intelligence could have started the Game and allowed God almost unlimited (virtual) power.

If so then God of the Bible created the Big Bang out of nothing. Note that this was only the start of virtual time and space as well but was not the all important Prime Cause of True Reality.

There was no real need to inseminate Mary, or any other "Mother" of a God. The only need for this mythology and story is to emphasize that the God-man is different (having God for a father). The Bishops of Nicaea needed Jesus to be a God but Jesus never claimed to be a god. And sons of God we all are. Don't sweat the tiny details.

The resurrection probably occurred. Not physically but spiritually. It was needed to add emphasis to the story of Jesus. They could not tell the difference between a mental intervention by God and a real physical being.

Water into wine. One could suppose that such a miracle was allowed. Although if a rich admirer anonymously donated a lot of wine and food, it could have been left for people to gossip about a miracle. Even if a fully true miracle - where is the proof that laws of physics were broken. People accepted miracles in those days. The bar is very high in modern times.

Parting the water. Perhaps Moses had spiritual insight into a really low tide and a narrow hard pathway that the chariots sank when trying it. That alone would be miraculous. Not as exciting as the movie version, but the myth was born and endured.

I had a little miracle just 20 minutes ago. The weather was closing in and we have had heavy and continuous rains in late afternoon. I had committed to replacing my wife's exhaust support before going out in the car tonight. Car port and garage full of stuff so I was in the open. Struggled a little but despite my wife's fussing I said the rain will only start when I am done. A couple of drops otherwise. Despite a delay due to a tough nut and frequent trips to get another tool I got the job done and just as I walked in the house the rains came down. A minute later I would have been soaked.

My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times. See, when it happens to me frequently and predictably the rule is not broken - you guys just scoff and call me a woo. Even I have to admit that the law of large numbers could allow me to be an exception, even in relying on and predicting these small "favors".

Just wish God would grant me a BIG favor and heal my medical problems. I suppose I should be grateful for not being dead. They say that when an old person wakes up without pain they can be sure they are dead.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/02/2020 15:33:13
(snip)
Does your God have a name? How do you know it?
Who gives the name of satan or devil? Did he choose his own names? Is he the same being as Shiva?

No name I know of for any of the gods/devils or angels/demons. Just know that is it highly likely they exist and can be dealt with. It may be that a Hindu has a separate reality to a Christian but I doubt it. Some small aspects could differ but when compared there will be not differences.

If one prays for war and destruction then Satan by any name is similar to Shiva. No need for names except to direct a prayer or to discuss a common element. I prefer addressing God directly as "God". Not my lord or any other title. Hardly ever address Jesus directly but have on the odd occasion.

Some people who see spirit see different ones. Gabriel might be one. I do not see spirits (only one when I was a teenager but I accept I might have seen shadows in the middle of the night).

When I was a teenager a man got run over and killed at about midnight. His spirit came down the passage with heavy thumping feet and then heavy breathing into my bedroom. Excited at first, I chickened out and closed my eyes and stopped breathing while under the sheets. I had heard of a bloody apparition visiting my mother's sick friend.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/02/2020 15:39:03
I do recall one anecdote of prayer working. A visiting preacher told the congregation (I  used to sing in church choirs!) how he had prayed that his sick daughter could die in peace. His prayer was answered and just for one night no bombs fell on north London - the Luftwaffe destroyed Coventry Cathedral instead.

Hmmm. Interesting. Seems there was a price to pay - or at least make the man think carefully about what he prays for.

They say be careful what you wish for - you may just get it.
I rather think that the good citizens of Coventry were simultaneously praying not to be bombed. But it seems your god works in mysterious ways, and not for the benefit of humanity. A proper god would not have created congenital syphilis, for example.

A "proper" God with no evil or sickness would defeat the object of the virtual reality Game. STDs keep people a little less promiscuous.

It is a straw man argument to say God is perfect and then say he created imperfection. I do not say that. MY God is limited and is a player in the Game. This is why I say religion should update their narrative (not for the masses but for the skeptics). The Bible contains wisdom that the masses can accept, as do the texts of other religions. The apparent contradictions should be rationalized and explained - again for the skeptics
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/02/2020 17:56:52
STDs keep people a little less promiscuous.
So, you don't know what congenital means...
. It is reliable and predictable.
If that was true, you could prove it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 07/02/2020 21:44:18
If the spirits are willing to predict the outcome of elections, that actually could be used to statistically determine its accuracy. Predict the outcomes of many elections over time then tally up the accuracy of the results. I doesn't have to just be presidents.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/02/2020 06:14:06
STDs keep people a little less promiscuous.
So, you don't know what congenital means...
. It is reliable and predictable.
If that was true, you could prove it.

Congenital. Once more you nit-pick and make assumptions. But since God is guiding you to make comments that I can use to give more advice I will thank you.

There are consequences to actions and consequences to sin. STDs are one consequence of promiscuity and sometimes the consequence can affect many people. The Bible has a collection of topics that give people pause for thought and give advice on living a good life. The sins of the fathers is one consequence.

This advice is quite relevant in today's times. The sin of greed of businessmen and politicians is having consequences that are seriously affecting the next generations. Over-population and global warming. And Greta Thunberg is quite right that it is her generation that will bear the immediate brunt.

The sins of unchecked capitalism and the lack of concern for one's fellow man is a key driver of the global policies. In my first 12 years in the USA I used to be an ardent Republican capitalist with little sympathy for the poor and the lower classes. Perhaps that is why I have to suffer so much loss and pain in my old age. I am now quite committed to social justice and humankind must adapt or die. The rise of Bernie is a symptom.

The whole point of my message (from God, I claim) is that he will allow Satan to spread mutated viruses to kill off much of the population to correct the situation. And allow cell-phone microwaves to lessen immune systems. No-one is safe, not even the faithful because the laws of nature/physics are allowed to take their course. Some might be favored by God and be spared.

What God wants is for humankind to move away from naked self-centered business as usual to a more spiritual outlook where the teachings of Jesus are truly a model to aspire to. Remember how Christianity got its start. The plagues in Roman Empire, where Christians cared for others irrespective of faith or ethnicity, were a major booster. The teachings of Buddha are also good ones. Tao and Confucianism have good rules but are not so spiritual. Animism teaches us the closeness of spirits.  Hinduism has some key truths such as reincarnation and the Braham (the Ultimate Intelligence) but it is so complicated and verbose.

The consequence of the Black Plague equally balanced the scales where the Church and rich landowners were excessively powerful and were abusing the population. The wipe-out of the Danish royalty set the stage for democracy in that country. So this modern die-off will adjust the "sins" of materialism and narcissism.

I am being allowed to see and learn how spirit works in order to tell people that not only does God exist but spirit is there to help fight evil and to help humankind in its quest for self-improvement. If we die-out completely that will defeat the objective - except that the Ultimate Intelligence may just start another Game and tweak the system slightly to avoid the inevitable. Or there may be multiple Games (parallel universes) where humankind succeeds. We live in interesting times.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/02/2020 06:18:21
(snip).
. It is reliable and predictable.
If that was true, you could prove it.

To me. it is a proof, yes. One of many many examples.To you. it is an anecdote that you have to take on faith - an informed decision that I am not out for money or power, and am genuine.

I have been trying to remain anonymous but it seems I will not be allowed to do that for much longer. Events are pushing me to a public stance in a number of areas.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/02/2020 06:34:19
If the spirits are willing to predict the outcome of elections, that actually could be used to statistically determine its accuracy. Predict the outcomes of many elections over time then tally up the accuracy of the results. I doesn't have to just be presidents.

At least you are getting the concept of statistical proof. One has to ask what interest the spirits (overseen by God) have of assisting in making predictions that are correct. The answer is "They do not". Most of the high profile clairvoyants have an interest in money and fame and this makes the spirits disinclined to give correct advice. No doubt Satan will also be affecting results to cause confusion.

Choose the person and their background and motivation carefully. I take the position that if God did actually give me a message, and if God exists he has a plan and the message may get some public attention. If God does not exist, and I did not get a message then the opposite will happen and I will have to die (for real) to find out what lie beyond. Although I have doubts about everything, and will admit to those doubts, I have never wavered from the objective of getting the message there for people so that changes can happen in religion and in society.

I would happily subject myself to being quizzed and tested by a panel of experts in law, religion and science. They will not be able to make definitive judgements that I am doing anything but telling the truth. And if my claims are true then God and spirit exist.

Joan of Arc was able to withstand the fake trial she was subjected to. Her tormentor were clearly motivate by Satan and God allowed her to be put to death by fire. We all die, some more painfully than others. I endure my pain and suffering as long as I have a purpose and am not a burden.

One question is why was I allowed to do a public test on a website and get it right? The answer is that I do need some public credibility to my claims, otherwise they are simply personal anecdotes that could be the wild imaginings of a random person.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/02/2020 18:13:19
On Saturday I went to a hydro to recover somewhat. I find that when I do, I get "information" on topics relating to the Ultimate Intelligence and Reality.

I met a man who was a Christian Scientist. I had not looked at this religion because I considered it a branch of Christianity. Yes it is, but is has some interesting concepts. Here is the key one.

The scientific statement of being
“ There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual. ”
Mary Baker Eddy,


This is derived from:
"God is All-in all."
"God is good."
"God is Mind, and God is infinite; hence all is Mind."
The conclusions are that humans  are all perfect spiritual ideas of the one divine Mind, and manifest Spirit, not a material body.


This logic starts with the assumption that God exists, and Mary's experience was proof to her that He/She (God to her was both male and female) existed. I think that God and Souls are neither make nor female and that souls can reincarnate as either.

I said before that many of my concepts were already truths in various religions - and this one that does not derive from Brahman of the Hindu religion. But does say we are illusions in the Mind of an Infinite Intelligence. Mary Eddy did not see God and the Infinite as separate as I do. She dealt with evil as "errors" in Man's perceptions. Here she claims that prayer can heal and do miracles. She rejects the concept of Jesus as God.

Interestingly she rejected spiritualism. So I Googled this and found another concept that is in agreement with my experience and that is this in Wiki:

Swedenborg, who claimed to communicate with spirits while awake, described the structure of the spirit world. Two features of his view particularly resonated with the early Spiritualists: first, that there is not a single Hell and a single Heaven, but rather a series of higher and lower heavens and hells; second, that spirits are intermediates between God and humans, so that the divine sometimes uses them as a means of communication.

The article mentioned Spiritism. Spiritism (Wiki) believes that spirits reincarnate.

Spiritist philosophy postulates that humans, along with all other living beings, are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies for several necessary incarnations to attain moral and intellectual improvement. It also asserts that disembodied spirits, through passive or active mediumship, may have beneficent or malevolent influence on the physical world. Spiritism is an evolution-affirming religion.

My experience is that spirits are temporary intermediates to souls and that souls are not necessarily immortal and can be terminated. Also that there are good and evil souls/spirits.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/02/2020 18:46:00
At the hydro I casually looked at a section of the books they had. One caught my eye. "Pandemics Progress" by Arno Karlen ISBN 0 575 400129. Written in 1996 he talks about the coming impact of global warming and warns that this and over-population will make a die-off of populations almost inevitable.

What he shows is that many pathogens become activated into attacking both animals and humans when the balance of eco-systems is disturbed either destructively as in de-forestation or constructively as rehabilitation of areas. It is also clear the pathogens are both mutating and new ones are being introduced.

Some pandemics came about as a result of improvement in sanitation and health. Bugger. Damned if we do and damned if we don't.

I will have to Google some of the issues from 1996 and see what the modern thinking is. But worth a read.

One concept stands out from all of this. Our immune systems are key. If immune systems are compromised then disease is not far behind. One cause of lowered immune systems in early societies was agriculture leading to nutritional deficiencies that hunters did not have because of their access to protein in the form of meat. This and poverty and war gave pathogens opportunity.

If cell phones lower immune systems, then the human species is headed for problems. My prediction was that immune systems would indeed be compromised and then a whole host of pathogens will reduce the population. So the corona virus is just a foretaste of what is too come, including societal disruption.

As part confirmation, my wife happened to speak to a man while they both waited for their cars to be washed. His wife has cervical cancer. My wife mentioned that cell towers can cause health problems. The man confirmed that they had moved into a house close to a cell tower and they have decided to sell because they have had a series of health problems in that house. His wife also had right upper arm pains and issue and that side also faced the tower.

Now for the part that I find interesting - he scoffed at the idea that the cell tower radiation was to blame.

I now have a number of stories about illnesses (like cancer and death) around towers, and most are just by way of chatting to strangers in stores and malls.

Another person at the hydro told me her cousin dropped dead from a heart attack at a mall parking lot. He was 42 years old.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/02/2020 19:38:19
No doubt Satan will
Rather  a lot of doubt really.
The logical fallacy you employed there is called "begging the question".
Do you understand that by saying things that are clearly illogical, you undermine any attempts you make to put your views across?

They will not be able to make definitive judgements that I am doing anything but telling the truth.
That's just the sort of thing where using fallacies undermines you.

You know that it's fundamentally dishonest to use lies to make a point, but you use them.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/02/2020 19:39:46
There are consequences to actions and consequences to sin. STDs are one consequence of promiscuity and sometimes the consequence can affect many people.
Still missing the point of the word "congenital".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/02/2020 06:14:04
No doubt Satan will
Rather  a lot of doubt really.
The logical fallacy you employed there is called "begging the question".
Do you understand that by saying things that are clearly illogical, you undermine any attempts you make to put your views across?

They will not be able to make definitive judgements that I am doing anything but telling the truth.
That's just the sort of thing where using fallacies undermines you.

You know that it's fundamentally dishonest to use lies to make a point, but you use them.

You are spending too much time on the "Logical Fallacy" site. Trotting out cliches does not stimulate debate.

I have to be one of the more honest people in this world. There are times one has to avoid the blunt truth in order not to offend people and those are the times I have to be careful with my words so I do not deceive (a knowing falsehood or lie).

I would not use fallacies in an interview but facts. The truth as I have experienced it. Under cross examination the inconsistencies of lies comes to the fore. I have many experiences to support my hypothesis and there are simply no laws of physics which would explain them adequately.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/02/2020 06:31:31
There are consequences to actions and consequences to sin. STDs are one consequence of promiscuity and sometimes the consequence can affect many people.
Still missing the point of the word "congenital".

Congenital - Passed on from mother to child at birth.

Another point about children. People will condemn themselves in swearing an oath. Eg "Do you swear up your life that you are not lying?" Yes. "Do you swear upon your child's life that you are not lying?" Um, cannot do that.

So it is a grievous consequence to get syphilis.

Often it was soldiers with their camp followers that got it. Paid mercenaries and paid prostitutes is the other way to look at many armies in historical times (and some armies not fighting wars of survival in modern times). The problem was that they both took it back when they dispersed.

So marriage had at least two  benefits. No syphilis and children were raised by two parents which was necessary in times without modern appliances and outsourcing to do the house work, cooking and child rearing. Human children need 8 years of care as their brains grow and develop. A human couple has ongoing erotic desires to keep them together during this time. I see examples of child rearing in one parent homes and they are problematic. If society experiences upheavals due to a die-off, the strongest units will be married families. Back to basics. The singles in Wuhan must be struggling without another human in the house.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/02/2020 08:59:44
You are spending too much time on the "Logical Fallacy" site.
Not, it seems as much time as you. You keep on digging them out and trying to use them.
Trotting out cliches does not stimulate debate.
Especially when the cliches are fallacies.
So, why do you keep doing it?

There are times one has to avoid the blunt truth in order not to offend people and those are the times I have to be careful with my words so I do not deceive (a knowing falsehood or lie).
And yet, unless you are too dim to recognise that's what you are doing, you keep on doing exactly that.
And I can only conclude that it's deliberate on your part.
Because you keep doing it after you have been repeatedly told.
You can't claim that you "don't know".

And I see you are still missing the point, so I will try to spell it out for you.
IT'S NOT THE CHILD'S FAULT.

You have a God that punishes the child for something the child didn't do. That's a s***y way to behave.
Let's face it, given the circumstances, it's likely the father doesn't even know that the child exists. He's unlikely to be put off by the "risk" of suffering by someone he will never meet.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/02/2020 13:20:01
(snip)
And I see you are still missing the point, so I will try to spell it out for you.
IT'S NOT THE CHILD'S FAULT.

You have a God that punishes the child for something the child didn't do. That's a s***y way to behave.
Let's face it, given the circumstances, it's likely the father doesn't even know that the child exists. He's unlikely to be put off by the "risk" of suffering by someone he will never meet.

I think I must repeat the basics of my hypothesis every so often to remind you that you are using the strawman of the Biblical God and the strawman that every pain and illness is a punishment meeted out by the Biblical God.

My God is not omni- all but is limited and for the most part observes and helps in small ways except to do some course corrections that are not observable by humankind. He assists by informing some people of how it all operates and has a person like Jesus do some miracles and gives some really profound lessons about good behavior. He will occasionally stop Satan from going too far or causing a disruption that may end the world.

Note that I spoke of "consequences" to actions. Not punishment by any entity. The laws of physics and the laws of nature work quite well and there is a very delicate balance in the ecosystem that corrects behaviors and events that would otherwise spin out of control. I spoke of the Bible giving good advice in general and did reference the phrase the "sins of the fathers" but did not endorse the phrase as punishment. You have attached that.

What is the difference between punishment and consequence? In earlier times, giving a science lecture to someone about the disruption to the ecological balance causing a direct or indirect negative consequence will be met with a blank stare. The target audience will sit up and take note of being punished for a sin and that punishment being extended to family. Do you not see how a religious text works? Taking the text too literally to try to attack the message is not the way to go.

There are 613 Biblical commandments that the Jewish faithful are to rigidly follow. The scholarly interpretations of just how to follow them (some are just avoided) run into volumes of legal language. (Two Jewish rabbis in an argument results in three different opinions.) Serious reasons for updating. Does God really care if one does a little "work" like turning on the light switch in the Sabbath? No. Many intelligent Jews are put off religion and God by such nit-picking adherence to an ancient text. Update the religion and bring in some science but don't throw out all the laws - such as the Ten Commandments.

Jesus taught in parables. Love thy neighbor. Who is your neighbor? The tale of the Good Samaritan. Many religious people have a problem with this one, depending on the race, religion and creed. The world needs cooperation not war to solve population problems. It will not happen so God will sit by and let nature take it's course. Punishment by God. No, just the consequence of humankind's greed and selfishness and warring nature.

However, I think God is prepared to get involved to "steer" how the situation turns out. He wants people to be more spiritual and to work together to balance the ecology. To limit births means a cooperative rearing of the fewer children. Have a group of 5 couples agree to raise 3 children together and share in the triumphs, failures and sorrows.

This is why I think I had a series of "lessons" with none of them absolute proof for even me. I may be wrong and misguided but if it is to be then God will arrange for it to happen.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 11/02/2020 13:47:55
Water into wine. One could suppose that such a miracle was allowed. Although if a rich admirer anonymously donated a lot of wine and food, it could have been left for people to gossip about a miracle. Even if a fully true miracle - where is the proof that laws of physics were broken.
No carbon atoms in water. You should have known that.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 11/02/2020 13:59:10
Congenital syphilis is not a punishment - a fetus can do no wrong so it can't be punished. It is a burden inflicted by god's living creation (a bacterium) on an innocent child. God is despicable, and drivelling on about the sins of the father being visited on the child just makes it more so - that's how filthy old perverts persuade teenagers to kill "unbelievers".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/02/2020 04:41:32
Water into wine. One could suppose that such a miracle was allowed. Although if a rich admirer anonymously donated a lot of wine and food, it could have been left for people to gossip about a miracle. Even if a fully true miracle - where is the proof that laws of physics were broken.
No carbon atoms in water. You should have known that.

Strangely, I do know that. But what is the point? Water into wine is not alchemy which was an early science before they understood atoms and molecules.

I am claiming that the physical Universe that we have thought of as solid and immutable is simply an illusion and we are in the dream of the Ultimate Intelligence. Nothing is impossible, but breaking the laws of physics is rare and unprovable.

When I was in a lucid dream I could not at first tell whether I was dreaming or not, although I had a suspicion I was. I pinched myself and it hurt so that test did not work. I then said that if it was MY dream I could change things and I changed the clouds into cauliflower. And of course, I woke up in the morning. In the dream of the Ultimate Intelligence one wakes up after one dies, and you find yourself saying "Of course it was all unreal. This is the real reality". How do I know? Because it happened to me. I came back to where I left off and the Ultimate Intelligence told me I would think I had an hallucination but I would remember my time there. Neat trick. Did I or didn't I? If not for all the many other breaks of reality in my life, I would have simply dismissed it as such.

So we have two realities. One is the physical reality of our everyday lives where the laws of physics can be relied upon. The other is the reality of interaction with spirit and the very small possibility that the laws of physics are broken not by scientific formula but by an intelligence that decides when and how the laws will be broken.

I keep going back to how I knew for certain a biker would die on the road ahead of me on a clear uneventful ordinary day. And he did. No accident. Possibly a heart attack. That was no idle thought and no trick of the mind.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/02/2020 05:21:52
Congenital syphilis is not a punishment - a fetus can do no wrong so it can't be punished. It is a burden inflicted by god's living creation (a bacterium) on an innocent child. God is despicable, and drivelling on about the sins of the father being visited on the child just makes it more so - that's how filthy old perverts persuade teenagers to kill "unbelievers".

The issue of punishment is a complex one.

But an aside. Your emotive language shows that "brotherly love" for all humankind is not something you try to practice. Every religion has its extremists - not only the Islamic religion but the Jewish and Christian religions as well. Some extremists are driven to extremes by circumstances (conflict and disruption mostly) and some by idealistic choice thinking they are doing something noble. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Could you put yourself in the other person's shoes and at least understand the motivations?

I am not a brotherly love type of person. I am a fighter and I want vengeance on those who do me wrong. I try not to be that way but it is hard. I see and experience so much evil and wrong that part of me says that a purge of humankind would have some benefits.

In my late teens and my twenties I had real hatred for those who wronged me. I had a mental (s)hit list and one by one those people suffered. One man got ill for a year and the foreman of the company he owned defrauded him and his wife of most of their money. They both got poetic justice because that is how they got rich - by defrauding the owner of the company they took over.  The lawyer for my second wife was a nasty piece of work and he was high on my list. Years after someone I was no longer friends with sent a newspaper clipping to the place I worked at. The lawyer had been disbarred, his wife divorced him, he had his leg broken and he got 15 years in jail.

But I realized that my wishes had a boomerang effect. There was a price to pay. It was not God answering my wishes but Satan. And yes, there is a spiritual consequence. I stopped wishing ill on my enemies but I did ask God to take note and to give them earthly retribution or at least judge them in the afterlife. It at least allowed me to move on. I do not forget and will only forgive when there is true repentance.

So does God punish evil doers? I think the answer is "Sometimes". It could also be that God allows Satan to punish them. So maybe God never gets his hands dirty so to speak and he remains the good guy. It is not only ecology that has a fine balance.

Now about the "punishment" of innocent children. This is a very strong motivator for hating God. Life is lessons we must all learn but the learning is that of the soul that evolves. Suffering is part of life. Buddha realized and taught that. So when a child dies or suffers, the soul that grew with that fetus goes through a learning process. That soul could have volunteered for that fetus knowing what was ahead, and knowing that a lesson would be learned by the parents.

Reincarnation was a belief of some Jews and Christians around the time of Christ if my memory serves me. It allows us to look at some of life's hardships in a different way. Although I am currently suffering very badly I endure it and take it as part of the spiritual lesson my soul must go through. I do not like it and pray to God to take it away. He has not and probably will not. So be it.

Here I will throw out another contentious matter. Some Jews believe that God punishes them. The God of the Old Testament was a vengeful God. God updated the Jewish religion by sending Jesus to give a new message. Some changed, some did not. What about the holocaust? Was that punishment? And if so - for what? What part did Satan play in all of that horror? Did God just permit Satan to subtly interfere to wreak such destruction? How does one judge God's non-involvement?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/02/2020 05:40:53
This is an aside. Sometimes I know things. And sometimes I am wrong because I have not sat down with the cards or gone through a process of trying to get information from spirit. I am human with human emotions and human frailties. I was however a very high performing human who was not subject to brain malfunctions. Now I am, as I age, and I can see the difference, even though I still perform at a much higher level than many I interact with.

A few weeks ago the name Amy Klobuchar just kept resonating in my head. I thought it was because of the sounding of the name. I now think that it might be that she could become the Democratic candidate. This might be because she has fewer negatives. I like Bernie and what he stands for and always have but he is a socialist and a number of Americans are not ready for socialism. Biden I never liked, and Bloomberg is too much of an elite billionaire. Not sure what to make of Buttigieg. Strange name and it is funny how names can affect judgment. Standing in the poll booth - Trump or Butter-who?

Let's not get off on a tangent. I am just explaining that I will not do the Tarot cards to see if my human feelings are correct (because it is a blatant test), and I will not take credit for a prediction if I am correct.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/02/2020 06:51:20
@Alan
Just another thought while I was having breakfast on our porch.

When I was young I was somewhat autistic. I did not understand why people got emotional about things. Things were logical. So was pain and death. Why did my mother and her sisters get hysterical when her father died. He was 77. Old. It was his time. He even cracked a joke on his death-bed. When people asked him how he felt he would say "I feel with my hands - how do you feel?". So as he lay dying with his children and doctor in attendance one asked him how he was feeling. They knew he could hear but could not talk. It was just something to say. But up came his hand and he rubbed his fingers together. The doctor had to give six sisters tranquilizers. I imagined him smiling inside - he knew his daughters.

When I was about 13 I was a hard atheist and believed that the world consisted of atoms and molecules and that we were just machines. So I could not understand the trauma of family when a dog savaged a kitten and they were too upset to take action. I took the kitten and held it in a bucket of water to end its suffering. Mostly to end the trauma of the family. It struggled and I just took the view it was a machine reacting to dying.

I have changed a heck of a lot and am now very empathetic. I still imagine pain to be simply electrical impulses going to my brain and to thus ignore them. I let the dentist work without anesthetic for example, and have burnt off growths with a soldering iron. But I feel other peoples pain and sorrow and my own loss of my late wife in 2011 (sixth wife).

So my question to atheists is: Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules with no meaning to life because it is simply an accident, why get upset? God or no God, why does it bother you? You may reply that you are programmed to feel and react but why not just overcome your programming because it causes you distress?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 12/02/2020 11:56:23
Please don't pretend to tell me what I think. Such arrogance is the mark of a Believer and is unbecoming to a gentleman.

Humans have evolved as particularly collaborative and social animals. You might "overcome your programming" and live a solitary, disconnected life,  but for most of us, society is fun and collaboration is more effective than adiabatic self-sufficiency. Empathy drives the social lubricant.

As Dawkins pointed out, the only thing all religions have in common is that they teach you to despise all the others.  And here we have the purest example: a theist having the unmitigated gall to tell another human what he thinks about his friends and family, simply because he doesn't share your bizarre superstition.

If you want to be taken seriously, acquire some intellectual humility and scepticism.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/02/2020 16:13:09
Please don't pretend to tell me what I think. Such arrogance is the mark of a Believer and is unbecoming to a gentleman.

Humans have evolved as particularly collaborative and social animals. You might "overcome your programming" and live a solitary, disconnected life,  but for most of us, society is fun and collaboration is more effective than adiabatic self-sufficiency. Empathy drives the social lubricant.

As Dawkins pointed out, the only thing all religions have in common is that they teach you to despise all the others.  And here we have the purest example: a theist having the unmitigated gall to tell another human what he thinks about his friends and family, simply because he doesn't share your bizarre superstition.

If you want to be taken seriously, acquire some intellectual humility and scepticism.

Oooff. You know how to hurt a guy.  I did not think you would take my comments so personally. You force me to apologize when I intended no disrespect personally. I am sorry you found my comments personally offensive.

I am not sure how to respond now, so I will leave it and give it some thought.

You are certainly intellectually formidable because you interpret my actions (incorrectly in my view) while bashing me as a believer and also bashing religion. I feel I am being forced to respond to a "Do you still beat your wife?" comment. Hmmm.

I will sleep on it and respond tomorrow.

Edited to add. Just a correction. I am very sociable and have been invited to many functions because people enjoy my interaction. Even when I was a teenager I was very popular and mixed well.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 12/02/2020 19:06:56
My God is not omni- all but is limited
So, not actually God then.
Why are you cluttering up someone else's thread about God with your personal nonsensical opinions?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/02/2020 05:22:38
Please don't pretend to tell me what I think. Such arrogance is the mark of a Believer and is unbecoming to a gentleman.

Humans have evolved as particularly collaborative and social animals. You might "overcome your programming" and live a solitary, disconnected life,  but for most of us, society is fun and collaboration is more effective than adiabatic self-sufficiency. Empathy drives the social lubricant.

As Dawkins pointed out, the only thing all religions have in common is that they teach you to despise all the others.  And here we have the purest example: a theist having the unmitigated gall to tell another human what he thinks about his friends and family, simply because he doesn't share your bizarre superstition.

If you want to be taken seriously, acquire some intellectual humility and scepticism.

I see what happened. I wanted to respond to this post by Alan.
Congenital syphilis is not a punishment - a fetus can do no wrong so it can't be punished. It is a burden inflicted by god's living creation (a bacterium) on an innocent child. God is despicable, and drivelling on about the sins of the father being visited on the child just makes it more so - that's how filthy old perverts persuade teenagers to kill "unbelievers".

I was in a hurry and instead of quoting I used @Alan thereby making it personal. However, the point I made was this
So my question to atheists is: Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules with no meaning to life because it is simply an accident, why get upset? God or no God, why does it bother you? You may reply that you are programmed to feel and react but why not just overcome your programming because it causes you distress?

And then I get told I am telling people what they think - followed by various remarks.

I have to take some blame for the mistake and express regret, but I stand by my remarks as they apply to people who think we are simply machines and a collection of unthinking unfeeling dumb molecules that happened by some unremarkable mistake.

Alan pointed out (as I expected) that it was evolutionary programming to assist in human cooperation. I take the point but would add the following comments.

Why then the very emotive anger in this statement:
"God is despicable, and drivelling on about the sins of the father being visited on the child just makes it more so - that's how filthy old perverts persuade teenagers to kill "unbelievers""?
How does this assist in the international and religious cooperation that I have been saying is needed to reduce GLOBAL  population without war?

There are many times at two in the morning when I feel the cold touch of death close to me. It is at such times that I feel like a machine about to be turned off. I realize I have no faith - I have a chosen belief system that I retain skepticism about. My mood is that there is no meaning in life and that everything I have achieved in life is meaningless. And it is. When I was a young atheist having adventure and fun, I did not dwell in such things except in some of those dark hours that I got even then.

I have been blessed to be able to be the beneficiary of experiences that give me hope that there is a God and is an afterlife. I can see how a true believer can be inspired to do great things and strive to make the world a better place. This is a good for society and has helped humankind in an evolutionary way.

The mistake Christian religion makes is to make God omni-powerful and the creator of everything. This leads to the logical conclusion that God created evil and that God does evil despite being only good. It is a contradiction. The Ultimate Intelligence I experienced was amoral, asexual and bored. God was it's creation and so was Satan. And the rules of the Game/Dream are much the same as the entertainment world - good versus evil.

Religion needs constant updating, and this does not mean that people should not pray to God and get the rewards of a good life. Note - good atheists can get the afterlife rewards as well although I think that bashing believers will not be seen as "good". Offering criticism and pointing out inconsistencies in a respectful way is good. There has always been an small infection of evil people in the various priesthoods, and they need to be taken to task and exposed.

I think people like Dawkins may be going too far and and misleading people. By coincidence my wife said to me last night "Why am I getting this video?"  A short clip about "The Atheist Delusion". Dawkins is depicted as saying the universe came from nothing and people laughed because he could not see the conundrum. "Nothing from nothing".

And that is the weakness of atheism. It cannot explain the emergence of intelligence from nothing. Krauss admits there must have been something but then points to various mathematical theories that are not helpful.

Does this mean that religion should be scrapped? What should take its place? No rituals, no prayer, a belief that nothingness is all-powerful. I do not see the tenets of atheism assisting society when it most needs it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/02/2020 05:26:16
My God is not omni- all but is limited
So, not actually God then.
Why are you cluttering up someone else's thread about God with your personal nonsensical opinions?

Yes - God. And as powerful as most religions see him. But not the Ultimate Creator. The Ultimate Intelligence may have allowed God to do the Creation but the purpose was set and so was the creation of Satan. For all intents and purposes it is the same God of believers and need not be diminished except for the slight caveat that I postulate.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/02/2020 07:22:19
Yes - God
But not the Ultimate Creator.
Yeah, sure, OK.
Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules
Feeling is an emergent property.
Your failure to understand that may, in part, explain why you spout so much nonsense.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 13/02/2020 09:17:32
How does this assist in the international and religious cooperation that I have been saying is needed to reduce GLOBAL  population without war?
It is in the essential nature of nations and religions to despise each other!

Conflicts occur at boundaries. Nations are defined by boundaries.

Religions are about superstition outranking rational thought. Most religions give authority to old perverts who, like politicians, make their living by persuading otherwise normal people to fear difference.

War does very little to reduce population. Time was that it killed the fittest and cleverest  young men, but you don't need many males to repopulate, so the quality of the stock decreases as the numbers recover. Nowadays war is mostly about bombing those too old or poor to leave their homes, so again it has little effect on numbers but merely irritates and impoverishes the middle aged and  middle classes, who become refugees and improve the stock of their new host countries. But I digress.

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And that is the weakness of atheism. It cannot explain the emergence of intelligence from nothing.
Time was that it couldn't explain thunder, microbial disease, or why the earth isn't flat. But the atheist starting position  has proved a lot more fruitful than "God did it for reasons we cannot understand, so we must sacrifice virgins to make the sun rise" or whatever anti-intellectual and dehumanising filth your local priest happened to be selling. So on the basis of proven performance to date, I suspect the atheist stance will get us a lot closer to understanding the origin of the universe than anything based on sky fairies. I don't have a problem with the principle of spontaneous ex nihilo creation but I'm not sure how to verify it.

One reason I enjoy science is that it transcends the boundaries erected by political and religious scum. The rainbow I see results from the same physics as the rainbow you see. But some old pervert tells me that the rainbow created by Allah is better than the one created by Jehova, so I have to kill you for believing otherwise and thus insulting Allah.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/02/2020 09:19:53
No name I know of for any of the gods/devils or angels/demons. Just know that is it highly likely they exist and can be dealt with. It may be that a Hindu has a separate reality to a Christian but I doubt it. Some small aspects could differ but when compared there will be not differences.

If one prays for war and destruction then Satan by any name is similar to Shiva. No need for names except to direct a prayer or to discuss a common element. I prefer addressing God directly as "God". Not my lord or any other title. Hardly ever address Jesus directly but have on the odd occasion.

Some people who see spirit see different ones. Gabriel might be one. I do not see spirits (only one when I was a teenager but I accept I might have seen shadows in the middle of the night).

When I was a teenager a man got run over and killed at about midnight. His spirit came down the passage with heavy thumping feet and then heavy breathing into my bedroom. Excited at first, I chickened out and closed my eyes and stopped breathing while under the sheets. I had heard of a bloody apparition visiting my mother's sick friend.
How do you determine that your god is the correct one?
How do you determine that many other gods are the wrong ones?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/02/2020 15:48:00
Yes - God
But not the Ultimate Creator.
Yeah, sure, OK.
Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules
Feeling is an emergent property.
Your failure to understand that may, in part, explain why you spout so much nonsense.

Okay, you got it. Finally!
Emergent property. Groan. To me this was such an easy one that I decided to search for a simple explanation from others who also understand what you are trying to do. And I got one which is wordy but gives a full explanation so we can end with my comment of "Emergent - sounds nice but says nothing".

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8QzZKw9WHRxjR4948/the-futility-of-emergence (slightly shortened)

I have lost track of how many times I have heard people say, “Intelligence is an emergent phenomenon!” as if that explained intelligence. This usage fits all the checklist items for a mysterious answer to a mysterious question. What do you know, after you have said that intelligence is “emergent”? You can make no new predictions. You do not know anything about the behavior of real-world minds that you did not know before.

It feels like you believe a new fact, but you don’t anticipate any different outcomes. Your curiosity feels sated, but it has not been fed. The hypothesis has no moving parts—there’s no detailed internal model to manipulate. Those who proffer the hypothesis of “emergence” confess their ignorance of the internals, and take pride in it; they contrast the science of “emergence” to other sciences merely mundane.

And even after the answer of “Why? Emergence!” is given, the phenomenon is still a mystery and possesses the same sacred impenetrability it had at the start.

A fun exercise is to eliminate the adjective “emergent” from any sentence in which it appears, and see if the sentence says anything different:

    Before:Human intelligence is an emergent product of neurons firing.
    After:Human intelligence is a product of neurons firing.
    Before:The behavior of the ant colony is the emergent outcome of the interactions of many individual ants.
    After:The behavior of the ant colony is the outcome of the interactions of many individual ants.
    Even better:A colony is made of ants. We can successfully predict some aspects of colony behavior using models that include only individual ants, without any global colony variables, showing that we understand how those colony behaviors arise from ant behaviors.

Another fun exercise is to replace the word “emergent” with the old word, the explanation that people had to use before emergence was invented:

    Before: Life is an emergent phenomenon.
    After: Life is a magical phenomenon.
    Before: Human intelligence is an emergent product of neurons firing.
    After: Human intelligence is a magical product of neurons firing.

Does not each statement convey exactly the same amount of knowledge about the phenomenon’s behavior? Does not each hypothesis fit exactly the same set of outcomes?

“Emergence” has become very popular, just as saying “magic” used to be very popular. “Emergence” has the same deep appeal to human psychology, for the same reason. “Emergence” is such a wonderfully easy explanation, and it feels good to say it; it gives you a sacred mystery to worship. Emergence is popular because it is the junk food of curiosity. You can explain anything using emergence, and so people do just that; for it feels so wonderful to explain things.

Humans are still humans, even if they’ve taken a few science classes in college. Once they find a way to escape the shackles of settled science, they get up to the same shenanigans as their ancestors—dressed up in the literary genre of “science,” but humans are still humans, and human psychology is still human psychology.


Comprende amigo?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/02/2020 16:11:43
No name I know of for any of the gods/devils or angels/demons. Just know that is it highly likely they exist and can be dealt with. It may be that a Hindu has a separate reality to a Christian but I doubt it. Some small aspects could differ but when compared there will be not differences.

If one prays for war and destruction then Satan by any name is similar to Shiva. No need for names except to direct a prayer or to discuss a common element. I prefer addressing God directly as "God". Not my lord or any other title. Hardly ever address Jesus directly but have on the odd occasion.

Some people who see spirit see different ones. Gabriel might be one. I do not see spirits (only one when I was a teenager but I accept I might have seen shadows in the middle of the night).

When I was a teenager a man got run over and killed at about midnight. His spirit came down the passage with heavy thumping feet and then heavy breathing into my bedroom. Excited at first, I chickened out and closed my eyes and stopped breathing while under the sheets. I had heard of a bloody apparition visiting my mother's sick friend.
How do you determine that your god is the correct one?
How do you determine that many other gods are the wrong ones?

Nice question.

There is only one God who is good and does good. If one listens to the prophets and wise men whose teachings have endured you will find the common thread of Do Right and Do Good with the added Respect God. If you pray to any God (defined as a Higher Power) your prayer will get listened to. Whether it gets action is not predictable because we cannot know where the Game is taking us and are not privy to a full set of the rules.

There is however an Evil force with names such as Satan, the Devil and so on. If you have bad intentions and evil in your mind your prayers will be heard by both God and Satan and God may allow Satan to answer your prayer. But it comes at a price. There are many movies dealing with this theme. It is not just entertainment, it is a truism.

You may get someone you hate to be plagued by a curse and God may allow it because that person needs a lesson of some sort. Or God could just let it happen to a person who should not be harmed, but I do not think that happens. I take risks that others are fearful of, and I confront evil when I can. I do so because I take the position that God will protect me. Why me? Because I try to be good and spread good and help spread some of the concepts I am espousing here. I am also fatalistic saying that it I am wrong, well, so be it. It gives me confidence, but I am not reckless.

Just how many Gods are there? Not many, once one eliminates the gods of mythology. The Hindu and Buddhist gods one sees in literature and the temple have attributes so praying to a God of Fertility is generally a good thing and it means that the One God will hear the prayer. A Hindu professor told me that Hinduism has One God only, and the various minor gods are just aspects of the One God. See how one can update a religion so as to be consistent with others?

If one prays to Jesus or a Saint they are intermediaries and ultimately the One God hears.

When I do the Tarot I make sure my intentions and the questions are in line with good outcomes.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/02/2020 16:32:42
I will do more posting in response but I want to deal with something that has been in the back of my mind.

Proof of God. I have said that one should look for instances where the laws of physics are violated. There are two that I think are relevant.

One is the flagellum.

 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13663-evolution-myths-the-bacterial-flagellum-is-irreducibly-complex/

Evolution myths: The bacterial flagellum is irreducibly complex

Actually, flagella vary widely from one species to another, and some of the components can perform useful functions by themselves. They are anything but irreducibly complex

It is a highly complex molecular machine. Protruding from many bacteria are long spiral propellers attached to motors that drive their rotation. The only way the flagellum could have arisen, some claim, is by design.

...It has been proposed that the flagellum originated from a protein export system. Over time, this system might have been adapted to attach a bacterium to a surface by extruding an adhesive filament. An ion-powered pump for expelling substances from the cell might then have mutated to form the basis of a rotary motor. Rotating any asymmetrical filament would propel a cell and give it a huge advantage over non-motile bacteria even before more spiral filaments evolved.

Finally, in some bacteria flagella became linked to an existing system for directing movement in response to the environment. In E. coli, it works by changing flagella rotation from anticlockwise to clockwise and back again, causing a cell to tumble and then head off in a new direction.

Without a time machine it may never be possible to prove that this is how the flagellum evolved. However, what has been discovered so far – that flagella vary greatly and that at least some of the components and proteins of which they are made can carry out other useful functions in the cells – show that they are not “irreducibly complex”.

More generally, the fact that today’s biologists cannot provide a definitive account of how every single structure or organism evolved proves nothing about design versus evolution. Biology is still in its infancy, and even when our understanding of life and its history is far more complete, our ability to reconstruct what happened billions of years ago will still be limited.


Guessing at the complexity of the evolution. Here we have an assumption that it HAD to be evolution so there must be a series of steps because it CANNOT be God's design.

Examine the complexity. Bearings, rotor, stator, energy driven, and a control system. For dumb molecules to craft such an entity is remarkable (magic - and not an emergent property - wink wink).

My hypothesis is that God knew that he would creating a biological entity so complex it could be used to argue Intelligent Design. Not absolute proof but a strong hint.

The only argument against it is - No, No, No - and why - because I said so.

The other is the built-in programming in various brains. Example - a deer is born and can run and avoid a tree and run away from a predator.

Tell me you can find the genetic sequence and alter it so that the deer runs into the tree because it thinks it is an escape route. I say the soul does the fine tweaking of the neural programming. What about the ability of humans to look at numbers and just do the math in their head. Change the sequence to make get the math wrong for any numbers with a zeros at the end.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/02/2020 16:40:41
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It is in the essential nature of nations and religions to despise each other!
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One reason I enjoy science is that it transcends the boundaries erected by political and religious scum. The rainbow I see results from the same physics as the rainbow you see. But some old pervert tells me that the rainbow created by Allah is better than the one created by Jehova, so I have to kill you for believing otherwise and thus insulting Allah.

This needs more time than I have at the moment to address. You are emoting based on false facts and fake news.

I will respond tomorrow.

(And possibly fears introduced at childhood if you attended religious ceremonies in the Jewish faith - but you would have to give some personal information about this. Instead of being insulted, you might learn something. My motivation is not malicious.)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/02/2020 19:57:51
You are emoting based on false facts
Says the man who posted this earlier
Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules with no meaning to life
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/02/2020 20:02:19
Tell me you can find the genetic sequence and alter it so that the deer runs into the tree because it thinks it is an escape route.

OK, how about altering the brain chemistry of mice so that they are no longer repelled by the smell of cat urine (which is normally an innate response)?

Is that close enough to the idea of getting deer to run into trees?

If not, please explain the essential difference.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130918181110.htm
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 13/02/2020 22:06:52
Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules with no meaning to life because it is simply an accident, why get upset?

This is a bizarre argument. Assuming that atheists are not p-zombies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie), they would be well aware that they have the capacity to suffer. As such, they should assume that other humans can suffer too. Even if individual molecules can't feel, human beings obviously can.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 04:41:46
You are emoting based on false facts
Says the man who posted this earlier
Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules with no meaning to life

No contradiction in my statements. I am pointing out a contradiction in those who claim that we are machines made up of unfeeling molecules and yet having some serious emotions about believers and evil. Would it not be logical for them to look at the world as just machines misoperating? Suffering is just electronic impulses. I can get into that state of mind even though I am of the opinion I have a soul. So I wonder why non-believers are so irrationally emotional.

I am given the answer that all of us are human and all of us are programmed by evolution and that evolution promotes empathy. I am okay with that. I just wonder where the innate programming comes from, and why an atheists belief system does not moderate their views. If I were to view the answer from the perspective of humans just being machines is that they are damaged goods. I suppose I could get mechanically emotional about the damage to society that they cause.

From the point of view of a believer I take the view that they would benefit from the better aspects of religion. Love they neighbor and so use cooperation to solve the worlds problems. There are organizations that solve human problems such as alcoholism, and the one I worked with my late wife where the methodology rehabilitated murderers and criminal. They ask people to rely on a Higher Power for help. The success rate is far better than if there were no spiritual aspect. One could argue that it is human psychology to use religion as a crutch. Well, the answer to that is that if religion works to heal and to bring cooperation then why abandon religion? Why not improve it as I am trying to do? One could retain their skepticism (as I do) and yet choose to believe and follow the good and pray for good and do good.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 05:03:47
Why get upset about suffering of people and children? Surely, in your view, they and you are just a collection of unfeeling molecules with no meaning to life because it is simply an accident, why get upset?

This is a bizarre argument. Assuming that atheists are not p-zombies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie), they would be well aware that they have the capacity to suffer. As such, they should assume that other humans can suffer too. Even if individual molecules can't feel, human beings obviously can.

I was trying to show that a logical machine (which I once was) would view life as mechanical and therefore meaningless. If there is no meaning to life then killing it just switching off another machine. Which it how I viewed killing the cat when I was a teenager. I was still moral in that I did it to relieve the suffering. I could just as easily have let it die slowly on the basis that suffering is just electronic impulses. I am pointing out that if one takes atheism with a mechanical belief to its logical conclusion then morality and doing good are meaningless. If meaningless, why get emotional?

The response I get it that it helps society and is a survival trait. But this it just one step up from individuals. Why worry about survival and society if termination is just the non-functioning of machines? My feeling is that we have souls and God and Satan can decide to send us in a different direction.

When I was about 60 years old and much more emotional (I now cry and hurt emotionally very easily - although I can turn it off) I was faced with having to put some dying sheep out of their misery. A dog had savaged their rear ends and they were sitting and bleeding to death. I did not have a gun or a knife so I used a rock and crushed their skulls. Here I went into mechanical mode but I also felt I was releasing their souls. Same as when I had to stop the suffering of a cow dying from a horrendously bad birthing process. I cut its throat.

Somehow I had a built-in morality. I hated being embarrassed by doing something that others disapproved of. No doubt my parents and teachers had a role to play. I got a lot of spankings and be caned, but they did not really bother me after a while. In some, I had a choice mostly - do my homework or get beaten. I chose to get beaten - daily. It was over and done with in a few minutes as opposed to homework (which I did not need) taking hours.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 05:16:39
Tell me you can find the genetic sequence and alter it so that the deer runs into the tree because it thinks it is an escape route.

OK, how about altering the brain chemistry of mice so that they are no longer repelled by the smell of cat urine (which is normally an innate response)?

Is that close enough to the idea of getting deer to run into trees?

If not, please explain the essential difference.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130918181110.htm

Surely you can see the essential difference without me having to explain. But I will help you:

One process damages a brain (cat's fear center damaged) and one involves changing the programming of a brain that started out as a single fertilized cell.

100 billion brain cells and 3 billion base pairs in the human genome. If we were deers, figure out how the information to construct the image of a tree is programmed in their genome.

You would have done better to cite the zombie fungus that affects the behavior of an ant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis
Of course, that example shows how a collection of spores is acting cooperatively to achieve a remarkable result. Do they have souls that communicate? That leads me to mental telepathy. I have lots of personal proof of that phenomenon.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/02/2020 06:39:20
cat's fear center
That's essentially the same as a "don't run into trees" centre.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/02/2020 06:40:11
. I have lots of personal proof
i.e. not "proof".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 14/02/2020 08:24:18
There is only one God who is good and does good. If one listens to the prophets and wise men whose teachings have endured you will find the common thread of Do Right and Do Good with the added Respect God. If you pray to any God (defined as a Higher Power) your prayer will get listened to. Whether it gets action is not predictable because we cannot know where the Game is taking us and are not privy to a full set of the rules.
How do we know that when something good happens to an Indian citizen, it's the work of the same god as when something good happens to a Pakistani citizen?
How do we know if something is good or bad? What if a good thing for us is a bad thing for someone else?

Just how many Gods are there? Not many, once one eliminates the gods of mythology. The Hindu and Buddhist gods one sees in literature and the temple have attributes so praying to a God of Fertility is generally a good thing and it means that the One God will hear the prayer. A Hindu professor told me that Hinduism has One God only, and the various minor gods are just aspects of the One God. See how one can update a religion so as to be consistent with others?
Many people think that Yahweh is a god of mythology.

If one prays to Jesus or a Saint they are intermediaries and ultimately the One God hears.
Can't a real god listen to the prayer directly?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 14/02/2020 09:02:29
Scientists have continuously improved their understanding about consciousness. Here is one of newest results.
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In a wild new experiment conducted on monkeys, scientists discovered that a tiny, but powerful area of the brain may enable consciousness: the central lateral thalamus. Activation of the central lateral thalamus and deep layers of the cerebral cortex drives pathways in the brain that carry information between the parietal and frontal lobe in the brain, the study suggests.
This brain circuit works as a sort-of “engine for consciousness,” the researchers say, enabling conscious thought and feeling in primates.

To zero in on this brain circuit, a scientific team put macaque monkeys under anesthesia, then stimulated different parts of their brain with electrodes at a frequency of 50 Hertz. Essentially, they zapped different areas of the brain and observed how the monkeys responded. When the central lateral thalamus was stimulated, the monkeys woke up and their brain function resumed — even though they were STILL UNDER ANESTHESIA. Seconds after the scientists switched off the stimulation, the monkeys went right back to sleep.

This research was published Wednesday in the journal Neuron.

“Science doesn’t often leave opportunity for exhilaration, but that’s what that moment was like for those of us who were in the room,” co-author Michelle Redinbaugh, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, tells Inverse.
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/3d-brain-models-crucial-stage-of-human-development
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(20)30005-2
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 14/02/2020 12:14:31
This needs more time than I have at the moment to address. You are emoting based on false facts and fake news.
Nothing fake about pogroms, jihad, inquisition, crusades, regular sectarian bloodshed east of Suez, the knuckledraggers in Northern Ireland who throw stones at children whose parents are assumed to worship the same god through a different rite, or those perverts who practice celibacy with choirboys. 

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And possibly fears introduced at childhood if you attended religious ceremonies in the Jewish faith - but you would have to give some personal information about this.
Interestingly, Jewish ceremonies and calendar events are mostly about celebration and feasting, from weekly Shabbat to serious Pesach nosh-ups, with Purim and Chanukah particularly for the kids, and all accompanied by singing, music, and good wine (not asserted to be the blood of a dead rabbi). Yom Kippur is about personal and group atonement for things actually done, not fear of retribution for things not done. Self-flagellation and walking up steps on your knees for fear of spending eternity in Hell because you haven't attended enough Masses, are inflicted by the perverted on the gullible, not us.   
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 16:44:51
cat's fear center
That's essentially the same as a "don't run into trees" centre.

Did you get the difference between destroy the center and construct the center?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 17:02:04
. I have lots of personal proof
i.e. not "proof".

Let me see. I hypnotize a young girl when I was a teenager and ask her to read minds. She says that Girl A has a crush on Boy B. Girl A blushed red-faced. The other girls break out laughing and say "But you say you dislike him a lot". Since I was aware of sub-vocalization I sent the others into another room. The mind reading still happened accurately.

I tested it by checking the time (about 10 minutes past 9 or so) and thinking hard that a friend should check the time and remember it. The next day I ask her if anything unusual happened last night that she remembers. "Yes. I felt I had to check the time. It was such a strong feeling that I got up and went to the kitchen to be sure the time was correct." Pretty much to the minute.

I went to stay with a friend. He said the woman next door was an exhibitionist who would have sex in front of the open window on the 11 floor and scream her heart out. The whole building watched and listened to her. From his window he had a very close view. I was in bed when I heard the screaming and my friend was not there. I went to the window and moved the curtains slightly. Sure enough she was on her back and very active. But the moment I saw her, she suddenly stopped and looked out her window to the window I was at. I was in darkness and had moved the curtain ever so slightly so there was no way she could see me. I moved away and heard her close the curtains and was quiet. No more exhibitionism from her from then on. Clearly there was a mental connection that was sudden and startlingly to her. What it was I have no idea. I was simply curious and not judgmental.

So I could on and on. But you surely get the idea. And what you would call that but personal proof?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 17:17:46
Scientists have continuously improved their understanding about consciousness. Here is one of newest results.
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In a wild new experiment conducted on monkeys, scientists discovered that a tiny, but powerful area of the brain may enable consciousness: the central lateral thalamus. Activation of the central lateral thalamus and deep layers of the cerebral cortex drives pathways in the brain that carry information between the parietal and frontal lobe in the brain, the study suggests.
This brain circuit works as a sort-of “engine for consciousness,” the researchers say, enabling conscious thought and feeling in primates.

To zero in on this brain circuit, a scientific team put macaque monkeys under anesthesia, then stimulated different parts of their brain with electrodes at a frequency of 50 Hertz. Essentially, they zapped different areas of the brain and observed how the monkeys responded. When the central lateral thalamus was stimulated, the monkeys woke up and their brain function resumed — even though they were STILL UNDER ANESTHESIA. Seconds after the scientists switched off the stimulation, the monkeys went right back to sleep.

This research was published Wednesday in the journal Neuron.

“Science doesn’t often leave opportunity for exhilaration, but that’s what that moment was like for those of us who were in the room,” co-author Michelle Redinbaugh, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, tells Inverse.
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/3d-brain-models-crucial-stage-of-human-development
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(20)30005-2

Thanks for those links. I will follow up and study the details for that is where the interpretation of results is critical.

I do not doubt the brain is a machine of sorts. I know I can be knocked unconsciously and a little bit of most chemicals can affect my thinking. What I am saying is that the bottom layer of fine tuning the consciousness MAY be assisted by the soul (using spirit as in intermediary). The soul is formless but the spirit takes the shape of the living physical organism. When the organism dies the soul leaves as does the spirit which also rapidly decays. But as I have experienced the spirit and soul might linger on as a ghost to try to do something. In my case it was a suicide who wanted me to apologize to a friend for the horror of finding a rotting corpse after a week in a pickup in the hot scrub. The spirit had enough energy to cause daily problems (hauntings) so it got my attention.

The delicate machine that is the brain can communicate to the spirit world. Because the communication is faint it usually takes place in calm surroundings when the brain is in idle mode. Unfortunately this means that the stress of testing disrupts any communications (not with fakes who are making it up as they go). It will be a while before consciousness and qualia are better understood. But I love the research and the investigations.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 14/02/2020 17:55:04
No more exhibitionism from her from then on.
What gave you the authority to spoil everyone else's harmless entertainment and shame a woman who was hurting nobody? Religious perversion, perhaps? 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 18:55:00
This needs more time than I have at the moment to address. You are emoting based on false facts and fake news.
Nothing fake about pogroms, jihad, inquisition, crusades, regular sectarian bloodshed east of Suez, the knuckledraggers in Northern Ireland who throw stones at children whose parents are assumed to worship the same god through a different rite, or those perverts who practice celibacy with choirboys. 

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And possibly fears introduced at childhood if you attended religious ceremonies in the Jewish faith - but you would have to give some personal information about this.
Interestingly, Jewish ceremonies and calendar events are mostly about celebration and feasting, from weekly Shabbat to serious Pesach nosh-ups, with Purim and Chanukah particularly for the kids, and all accompanied by singing, music, and good wine (not asserted to be the blood of a dead rabbi). Yom Kippur is about personal and group atonement for things actually done, not fear of retribution for things not done. Self-flagellation and walking up steps on your knees for fear of spending eternity in Hell because you haven't attended enough Masses, are inflicted by the perverted on the gullible, not us.

I have just sat outside on out porch and enjoyed a lovely meal and wine with my wife. For some reason I have no pain today and did not take any pain tablets.

I am going to stress that your image of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is so distorted I would have trouble knowing where to start.

But most of all, you have no idea of Jewish history - particularly from the time of Christ to the present day. The bad stuff is suppressed and mostly out of public knowledge. The good stuff is fantastic and of course proudly bragged about and justly so.

My second wife was a woman whose father was Jewish and very wealthy. Her stepmother (originally a Christian nurse) married upwards to an even richer Jewish man. I nearly converted to Judaism in order to marry a Jewish woman in Hartsdale NY. I was with her for about 2 years. My third wife was a Jewish woman from Brooklyn NY from the very heart of Jewishdom. My son with her was raised in the Jewish faith although he later became an atheist.

God has led me to various publications, mostly by Jewish authors, and the bad stuff is really bad. I mean ugly and evil. There are so many facts (yes, facts - because Jews love to write and record stuff). Mostly, I admire Jews for what they have achieved and the advances that many brilliant Jewish men have brought to the world. The dark side mirrors that good where the talents are used for seriously destructive ends - to say the least.

The problem is that many of the Jewish authors and critics of the Jewish religion (and Israel as well) are targets of hate and are called self-hating Jews. I am not Jewish. Dare I bring up facts about Jews that most societies would rather ignore? The problem is that if Jews do not recognize their failings (religious and tribal) they will carry on bearing the consequences but, worst of all, the world will suffer because of the enormous power and influence that the Jewish people wield. The Jewish religion is the one most in need of reform in order to bring about a better and more harmonious world.

How does one go about that? I do not wish to get personal with you. I see the defensiveness rear up and it is not fair on a public platform even if I try my best to be moderate and be constructive in my views.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/02/2020 18:59:12
But the moment I saw her, she suddenly stopped and looked out her window to the window I was at. I was in darkness and had moved the curtain ever so slightly so there was no way she could see me.
Nice bit of self- delusion there.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 19:01:51
No more exhibitionism from her from then on.
What gave you the authority to spoil everyone else's harmless entertainment and shame a woman who was hurting nobody? Religious perversion, perhaps?

Physically, she had no idea I was there. You are admitting that mental telepathy communicated something in me to that woman. I am no prude or saint so what was it? How did I shame her? And what sort of religious perversion are you thinking about? Why even insinuate such a thing about me except to denigrate me? And why do that in a scientific debate?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/02/2020 19:06:07
But the moment I saw her, she suddenly stopped and looked out her window to the window I was at. I was in darkness and had moved the curtain ever so slightly so there was no way she could see me.
Nice bit of self- delusion there.

I was careful with my words to describe the situation. She was in the middle of something that even a bombing by an air force would hardly result in a distraction. Explain what you mean - I do not follow you. Maybe it is the only way you have to explain a very weird happening. Grasping at straws methinks.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 14/02/2020 22:17:00
I was trying to show that a logical machine (which I once was) would view life as mechanical and therefore meaningless. If there is no meaning to life then killing it just switching off another machine. Which it how I viewed killing the cat when I was a teenager. I was still moral in that I did it to relieve the suffering. I could just as easily have let it die slowly on the basis that suffering is just electronic impulses. I am pointing out that if one takes atheism with a mechanical belief to its logical conclusion then morality and doing good are meaningless. If meaningless, why get emotional?

I have sometimes wondered if this could be a solution to the Fermi paradox. Maybe sufficiently-advanced civilizations come upon some slam-dunk evidence that either existence is meaningless, free will doesn't exist or some other profoundly sobering truth. The ensuing existential crisis prompts them to either commit mass suicide or simply refrain from reproducing until they become extinct. However, given that there are people who already believe those things but still seem to live a happy life, I'm guessing that hypothesis is unlikely to be true.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/02/2020 04:38:16
I was trying to show that a logical machine (which I once was) would view life as mechanical and therefore meaningless. If there is no meaning to life then killing it just switching off another machine. Which it how I viewed killing the cat when I was a teenager. I was still moral in that I did it to relieve the suffering. I could just as easily have let it die slowly on the basis that suffering is just electronic impulses. I am pointing out that if one takes atheism with a mechanical belief to its logical conclusion then morality and doing good are meaningless. If meaningless, why get emotional?

I have sometimes wondered if this could be a solution to the Fermi paradox. Maybe sufficiently-advanced civilizations come upon some slam-dunk evidence that either existence is meaningless, free will doesn't exist or some other profoundly sobering truth. The ensuing existential crisis prompts them to either commit mass suicide or simply refrain from reproducing until they become extinct. However, given that there are people who already believe those things but still seem to live a happy life, I'm guessing that hypothesis is unlikely to be true.

My personal view it that the Fermi paradox is a modern example of the power of logical thought. Einstein used thought experiments very successfully.

You are aware that one answer to the Fermi paradox is that Earth is unique for one of two possible reasons. The mechanical reason is that it is so difficult to get life to evolve that only one planet namely Earth achieved all the conditions. The spiritual reason is that God (and the Ultimate Intelligence) did not need other planets for the drama that is life on Earth. Earth was the Garden of Eden.

I favor the second because one has to admit that the beauty (savage as it can get at times) is stunning. I admire the butterflies and the honey bee and the intricate landscapes of a planet forged by constant change and weathering to be able to support the abundance of life. My wife and I constantly visit Pilanesberg - a game reserve 2 hours from Johannesburg - and we never tire of the natural beauty and the creatures.

If Earth is truly God's (and the Ultimate Intelligence) creation then why would he want it to die? The logical conclusion is that he will allow natural forces to stop humankind from going too far in destroying this planet. A.I. is not a substitute for life. It truly is mechanical and truly is your P-zombie.

What bothers me is that I experienced one end of the Universe as we know it. The Ultimate Intelligence simply stopped the dream. Luckily it decided to continue the dream from where it left off, and I returned, wondering what I had experienced. It was not life-changing. I just thought that I knew what the universe was all about and it did not change my enjoyment of it. Only now do I see the profound implications.

So we could see a Petrie-dish die-off or dystopia and then have it end so that the Game Number XXXX can restart with slightly different initial conditions. But my feeling is that God wants humankind to change to become cooperative and spiritual. It will not happen without serious pain and social unrest unfortunately.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/02/2020 05:12:28
This needs more time than I have at the moment to address. You are emoting based on false facts and fake news.
Nothing fake about pogroms, jihad, inquisition, crusades, regular sectarian bloodshed east of Suez, the knuckledraggers in Northern Ireland who throw stones at children whose parents are assumed to worship the same god through a different rite, or those perverts who practice celibacy with choirboys. 

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And possibly fears introduced at childhood if you attended religious ceremonies in the Jewish faith - but you would have to give some personal information about this.
Interestingly, Jewish ceremonies and calendar events are mostly about celebration and feasting, from weekly Shabbat to serious Pesach nosh-ups, with Purim and Chanukah particularly for the kids, and all accompanied by singing, music, and good wine (not asserted to be the blood of a dead rabbi). Yom Kippur is about personal and group atonement for things actually done, not fear of retribution for things not done. Self-flagellation and walking up steps on your knees for fear of spending eternity in Hell because you haven't attended enough Masses, are inflicted by the perverted on the gullible, not us.

A couple of comments. It seems I have embarked on a course I cannot change.

You are probably correct about some parts of the Christian religion and some parents putting the "fear of God" into children. Christianity has its abuses by those in power for almost the entire history. Child abuse by priest being its darkest shame in recent days. The lack of tolerance shown by Christians towards other races and religions and nations is a problem that needs to be resolved.

You need to read the Quran as it was written to see the wisdom and the tolerance preached by Muhammad. He was however a warrior who conquered and converted. He did not destroy cities as long as they were peaceful. He allowed Jews and Christians to practice their religion as children of the book. He did tax them because they did not contribute to the whole indirectly as others did. Almost all his teachings were from the Old and New Testaments. He introduced new laws and modified others so as to unify society. He was merciful to those he conquered and only taught that those who want to actively destroy Islam are the unbelievers who should be put to the sword. Their actual beliefs were immaterial - they were a threat.

The Jewish traditions seem like good fun and games on the surface. And for the most part they are. The problem is that the poison is administered with honey. The ceremonies are all about the near destruction of the Jewish people. Never again. The holocaust is a new element. Children hear how those non-Jews surrounding them cannot be trusted and will enslave or exterminate them given half a chance. I saw this result in fear and reclusive behavior in older Jews. It results in expressions of anger against Christians and Muslims.

Jews recognize the need to live and work in non-Jewish society. They are very sociable and affable and know how to fit in. But they retain the fear and the distrust. The leaders of the Jewish movements also are aware of this and they exploit it to keep Jews faithful to the tribe if not to the religion. It causes dissonance in people. Some Jews like Feinstein reject their Jewishness but it is very hard to do. Debate is suppressed and people are told that only Jews can debate among themselves. This means that outside objective opinions like mine are not heard - only rejected as further proof of insidious antisemitism.

Somehow I hope that there are Jews who will see the need for change if the world is to survive.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 15/02/2020 11:56:36
Are you writing from ignorance, which is lamentable, or prejudice, which is inexcusable, in a science forum?

Being a member of a race that has been attacked by Philistines, Romans, Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, Nazis, Communists (even though our brethren wrote their manifesto - talk about chutzpah!) and the Labour Party,  can make you just a teeny bit cautious. "By their deeds shall ye know them", said one of our rabbis, and was crucified by the Romans to prove the point.

However, unlike all the foregoing (except for sexually inadequate Muslims, who apparently are commanded to exterminate unbelievers including each other, and the Labour Party, which is just beginning to flush itself down the toilet), we are still here and doing our thing, so there's still something to celebrate.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/02/2020 12:07:40
She was in the middle of something that even a bombing by an air force would hardly result in a distraction.
What you tacitly said was that she was in the middle of doing something she regarded as commonplace.
Of course she would be distracted.
If as you imply, she was an exhibitionist then her goal was actually to be noticed. She would have kept a very close eye on peoples curtains to see if they twitched.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/02/2020 14:43:59
She was in the middle of something that even a bombing by an air force would hardly result in a distraction.
What you tacitly said was that she was in the middle of doing something she regarded as commonplace.
Of course she would be distracted.
If as you imply, she was an exhibitionist then her goal was actually to be noticed. She would have kept a very close eye on peoples curtains to see if they twitched.

It is hard to believe that you continue to follow this line of argument. I can only think you find it entertaining. Or once more God wants me to respond and I will because there were some things I thought of afterward.

It was night time and the woman was on the kitchen table if I remember correctly. The kitchen was very brightly lit. A stage so to speak. Have you ever been on a brightly lit stage trying to look into the audience? It is a black hole. This was exactly that. The woman had her head tilted backward and was in full-throated scream - probably with eyes closed. Although she knew she had to have an audience she did not care about who and why.

But why stop so suddenly and abruptly and angrily? Something really disturbed her. And it had to be mental.

I was once at a crowded cafe and I was people watching. On the other side of the road, walking away from me, a well-dressed sexy woman caught my eye. I casually admired her from a distance but my mind was in "idle mode". She stopped and turned around to glare at me. Despite the crowds and the distance, it was still quite clear it was me she was glaring at. I have this happen often, except most woman give me a warm smile. I suppose I am judgmental in that the nice woman give me a nice smile and the "others" tend to glare angrily.

So I guess with the exhibitionist I was curious and looking forward to a sex show but I must have also had in the back of my mind that this was perverted behaviour on her part (yes, and a little on my part too to be honest). Who knows how many people she disturbed? And how many small children got exposed to something that most societies frown upon?

God is okay with sex and the enjoyment of sex. A certain amount of titillation is not bad. Perversion is not good. Sex is such a strong drive that it is understandable that things can go off the rails. But just as one must try to be a good person as far as theft and abuse of others, there must also be limits on behavior. The extreme is cutting up your partner and eating them afterward. The mild mannered husband who goes to a prostitute and then kills them in serial fashion has a serious moral problem. The line might be gray and blurred, but it is not a matter of anything goes - even between consenting adults.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/02/2020 15:39:46
Are you writing from ignorance, which is lamentable, or prejudice, which is inexcusable, in a science forum?

Being a member of a race that has been attacked by Philistines, Romans, Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, Nazis, Communists (even though our brethren wrote their manifesto - talk about chutzpah!) and the Labour Party,  can make you just a teeny bit cautious. "By their deeds shall ye know them", said one of our rabbis, and was crucified by the Romans to prove the point.

However, unlike all the foregoing (except for sexually inadequate Muslims, who apparently are commanded to exterminate unbelievers including each other, and the Labour Party, which is just beginning to flush itself down the toilet), we are still here and doing our thing, so there's still something to celebrate.

Strangely, I am writing from a position with a lot of knowledge, both personal and from extensive research. Some documents I happened upon while doing a search on something other than religion or Jewishness. The coincidence and serendipity I often refer to. I not only read them but some were hard to believe so I researched various parts and it turned out they were true.

You are quite right that the Jews have often been attacked and persecuted through history. Have you asked why that is? Are you familiar with histories that document the circumstances leading to the attacks and persecution. The truth may surprise you but it seems your fear will reject the truth.

As far as prejudice, this is the debate stopping accusation I was referring to. The problem is that while I am not prejudiced there are many who are - and the truth will give them ammunition. You rightly fear that, and it is a problem for me. I am choosing my words very carefully and feel I am walking in an emotional and intellectual minefield. I used to try to refer to Jews by avoiding the word Jew thinking it was offensive. I used references such as Jewish person, Jewish people and so on. A Jewish site pointed out that it is actually offensive to do that.

So how does one criticize the Jewish religion constructively? Most people get upset if this is done to them on a personal basis. "I would not wear that dress dear. It does not become you." Uh oh. Dog box time. Have a look at the insults you heap upon Christians and Muslims - why can you do that with impunity? There is little doubt you despise religion yet you treat any criticism of the Jewish people as a tribal criticism and antisemitic.

Jews are proud of some traits they regard as distinctly Jewish - but do not want others to critique whether such traits are helpful to them in the long run or to society. I did go to the Catskills - the Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps - and listen to the Jewish comedians telling Jewish jokes which were not really complimentary. A Jew would be highly offended if the same joke were told by a Christian let alone a Muslim.

Let me give you an example of personal experience leading to knowledge when I researched the reasons. I went to a Christian dinner and I heard two German women disagreeing about the Americans. One hated them and the younger one loved them. Their post war stories were so different. My research showed that after the war the Morganthau Plan was implemented. Named after Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jnr. It aimed to turn Germany into a potato patch. He wanted them sterilized. Possibly two million Germans starved to death although many were in trouble anyway as a result of the war. But then the US saw that in East Germany there were soup kitchens and construction and feared the Communists. So the Marshall Plan was implemented. One woman told of the starvation and moldy food and one told of candy and plenty. It was a matter of a few years difference in age.

The Morganthau plan was known in Germany before the end of the war and was used to get Germans to fight to the bitter end. Other prominent voices did not help such as this publication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_Must_Perish!

Of course, historians disagree as to extent and intent. And there are discussions of antisemitism. Yes, the antisemites use it and distort it. But it was not a proud moment. It was worse than the Treaty of Versailles, and luckily people saw the folly of such a plan.

There are many other issues about the proof of God so I do not want to spend much time on this topic. It will get too emotional on the part of both readers and posters.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/02/2020 18:03:09
Or once more God wants me to respond
Conceited; much.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/02/2020 18:09:49
Perversion is not good.
So, for example, voyeurism...?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 16/02/2020 00:09:49
you treat any criticism of the Jewish people as a tribal criticism and antisemitic.
Obviously, if you criticise "the Jewish people" you are indeed criticising a tribe. The odd thing is that "semitic" includes a whole raft of tribes, most of whom speak Arabic and very few of whom are Jews.

The Morgenthau Plan was about deindustrialisation of the Ruhr, not sterilisation of people - that was Nazi policy. But don't let the facts get in the way of whatever it is that you are arguing about.

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I casually admired her from a distance but my mind was in "idle mode".
Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So that's one more passenger for the hellfire train, eh? Voyeurism, adultery, blasphemy.....this thread is turning into a confessional.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 16/02/2020 05:22:07
Perversion is not good.
So, for example, voyeurism...?

Depends. You realize that God, Satan and many spirits might be watching every sexual act that takes place? Ooohh the thought of it makes me shudder. Maybe God and the good guys turn their eyes away. I wonder how they deal with the other horrors that humankind visit upon each other and the planet.

A man stands by a window and exposes himself to a woman passing by. He gets arrested for exposing himself.
A woman stands by a window and exposes herself to a man passing by. He gets arrested as a Peeping Tom.

We are sexual beings and the desire to see others naked is in most of us. I am surprised at the number of ordinary folk who will take part in some skinny dipping as plain old fun. No funny business.

I visited Sandy Bay at its heyday when it was an exclusive nudist beach in Cape Town. I went because it was clean and beautiful. Nature at its best. Most of the nudists were bronzed and attractive. Models came there to get an overall tan. I did not see it as much different to going to an ordinary beach. Boats would come to the bay for a thrill. I am a strong swimmer and once I swam toward the boats. The people took fright and prepared to leave. The stories of a bunch strong naked men boarding the craft and throwing people and their cameras into the sea was well known.

I often went early before anyone got there. It was amazing. I swam in the surf with seals coming in the rolling waves, with one jumping over my shoulder. The long walk through the brush and the dunes made it magical.

But the perverts were there. They were generally young and dirty and perched on the rocks like vultures. They had dirty minds. Mostly they were ignored but sometimes a group of guys would approach them and chase them away.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 16/02/2020 09:14:04
You realize that God, Satan and many spirits might be watching every sexual act that takes place?
No, of course not, I'm an atheist.
I don't imagine that Satan is watching and more than I imagine the Wizard of Oz is looking in on us.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 16/02/2020 10:12:06
(snip)
The Morgenthau Plan was about deindustrialisation of the Ruhr, not sterilisation of people - that was Nazi policy. But don't let the facts get in the way of whatever it is that you are arguing about.
(snip)

Morganthau may have personally wanted sterilisation (as I stated) but it was not part his official policy. Regrettably starvation was the clear outcome of his plan. That and slave labor. The US eugenics industry exported the sterilization philosophy to Germany.

Morganthau was very vindictive and vengeful. I say this from a position of fact and also because I wish to make the point that the Old Testament is about a vengeful and vindictive God who plays favorites - namely Jews and Israelites. I am criticising a religion that does not preach universal values of brotherly love and forgiveness. The religion needs a serious overhaul and update. It cannot be done from without but from within - by Jews who recognize that change is needed.

Here is a historical reference but I drew facts from many source to write my own summary.

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v09/v09p287_Kubek.html
...At a luncheon with Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson, Morgenthau brought up the Quebec agreement. Patterson said jokingly: "To degrade Europe by making Germany an agricultural country, isn't that offensive to you?" Morgenthau replied: "Not in the case of Germany.

...When Harold Gaston, the Treasury public relations officer, interrupted to ask whether this meant "driving the population out," Morgenthau replied: "I don't care what happens to the population... I would take every mine, every mill and factory and wreck it." "Of every kind?" inquired Gaston. "Steel, coal, everything. Just close it down," Morgenthau said. "You wouldn't close the mines, would you?" inquired Daniel Bell, one of the Secretary's assistants. "Sure," replied Morgenthau, and he reiterated that the only economic activity which should remain intact was agriculture -- and that could be placed under some type of international control. He was for destroying Germany's economic power first, he said, and then "we will worry about the population second."



Here is my summary of the FACTS. Your "deindustrialisation" is dismissive and sanitizes an ugly plan of vengeance. which was opposed by people as the war footing would down.

In the first half of 1944, the US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drafted a plan to reduce post-war Germany to only agriculture stating “all industrial plants and equipment not destroyed by military action shall either be completely dismantled and removed from the area or completely destroyed. All equipment shall be removed from the mines and the mines shall be thoroughly wrecked.”

Reparations included “(d) by forced German labor outside Germany; and (e) by confiscation of all German assets of any character whatsoever outside of Germany."

The Morgenthau plan was reluctantly agreed to by Churchill in September 1944.

US Secretary of War Stimson said of the Morgenthau plan to punish German “It is Semitism gone wild for vengeance and will lay the seeds of another war in the next generation."

Goebbels said that Morgenthau wanted to make Germany into a giant potato patch. A news headline stated, “Roosevelt and Churchill agree to Jewish murder plan.”

The plan was not formalized, but it formed the basis for policy. Four million Germans were in forced labor which sometimes meant clearing mines fields.

Germany couldn't produce goods to export to buy food and millions had starvation rations with 1947 being the worst year. The situation lasted from 1945 to 1947 with death and disease before the Allies feared that Germany might 'go Communist'.

President Herbert Hoover remarked in a report dated 18 March 1947: "There is the illusion that the New Germany left after the annexations can be reduced to a 'pastoral state'. It cannot be done unless we exterminate or move 25,000,000 people out of it."

In July 1947, the Marshall Plan was implemented.

It seemed that Morgenthau had been influenced by a book self-published in 1941 entitled ‘Germany Must Perish’. The author was a Manhattan Jewish businessman named Theodore Kaufman. In it, he proposed sterilizing the entire population of Germany. Eugenics was all the rage in the US and they had been sterilizing people considered to be a burden to society. US scientists were training Germans in eugenics prior to the war.

The book was read by Joseph Goebbels. Kaufman uses the words ‘final solution’ which was only used by Himmler in 1942, but this phrase had been used by a number of people, Jewish and non-Jewish, with regard to finding solutions to problems that Jewish populations were experiencing.

The Holocaust was horrific and an abomination. This example simply shows the hatred and desire for vengeance on both sides that belongs in the past.

Raising young Jewish children in fear of others and telling them they are innocent victims whose only crime is being Jewish is not a positive strategy for the Jewish people and not for the world. One should learn the lessons of the past and move on. The lessons of history should not be forgotten, but incorporating distorted elements into religious dogma only worsen tensions.

An elite class, such as intelligent Jewish citizens, should use their status for the benefit of mankind. It would reduce antisemitism dramatically. At present, it is seen as a group motivated by narrow selfish interests that aggravate conflict around the world.



Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 16/02/2020 10:25:37
I am criticising a religion that does not preach universal values of brotherly love and forgiveness.
So, that's all of them then, isn't it?
Did you somehow accidentally miss Christianity off that list?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 16/02/2020 11:21:37
I am criticising a religion that does not preach universal values of brotherly love and forgiveness.
So, that's all of them then, isn't it?
Did you somehow accidentally miss Christianity off that list?

You need to appreciate the difference between the basic tenets of religion and the practice of how well those are followed.

If one had to do a side by side comparison of the basic teachings you will see a massive comparative difference.

So if a Christian fails in brotherly love, he may still be somewhat aware of it and be somewhat tolerant.
If a Jew practices no love for anyone but a fellow Jew he is not really breaking any religious doctrine because the strict interpretation of "brother or fellow" is another Jew (reformists try to argue otherwise). Once more - an update to true and unequivocal universalism is needed. No need to dismiss Judaism, reform it to be in line with other religious teachings.

Hillel was being seriously disingenuous about the Golden Rule when explaining the teachings of Judaism - it was (and still is) propaganda to deflect criticism from non-Jews. The Zoroastrians were among the first to teach the Golden Rule. The concept of the Rule is codified in the Code of Hammurabi and the founding fathers were aware of this Code with at least one having a copy for reference. The Jews probably learned much from them while in captivity there.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 16/02/2020 12:21:17
Morganthau may have personally wanted sterilisation (as I stated) but it was not part his official policy.
You may be a Martian invader bent on establishing the Fourth Reich under a Trump puppet (as I have just stated) but that's not part of your official policy. Farewell. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 16/02/2020 13:49:55
You need to appreciate the difference between the basic tenets of religion
OK, You should have guessed I'd do this but...
It's the gospel truth. Here's what John says to the Jews.
John 8:44
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 16/02/2020 17:45:16
Morganthau may have personally wanted sterilisation (as I stated) but it was not part his official policy.
You may be a Martian invader bent on establishing the Fourth Reich under a Trump puppet (as I have just stated) but that's not part of your official policy. Farewell.

Strange sentence. I do not follow at all.

You seem to have an issue with personal views that were unworkable and unacceptable as policy as opposed to written and stated policy. Why get hung up on a minor detail that means little in the whole context?

I hope you are not thinking of leaving the debate.

The thread is about proof but also about the hints and messages that God, if he exists, seems to be leaving for us. Today, while working in the garage I thought about the justification the Israelis give for the establishment of the State of Israel. It is simple "God gave it to them".

Ben-Gurion was quoted in Nahum Goldmann’s book as saying:
“Sure God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs."

And I thought about how proof of Santa was presented in a movie. The US Post Office with letters addressed to the man saying he was Santa. You guys know the one.

So if a country can use God as legal binding proof then surely God exists? (My tongue is somewhat in cheek but I am interested in the answers to this.) Note the reference to different Gods - and God not being the same.

I know I am stirring a bit. I am examining my motives and wondering if some demon is prodding me to be controversial. So I ask God to help out.

Let me point out something that is not debated and should be. There are good Jews and bad Jews and those in between. The same can be said about all groups. There were good Jews like Einstein and many others in Germany before the war. Many were at peace with society and made wonderful contributions to Germany and the world. But it seems that Germany had a large immigration of Jews who were not integrated and they changed the society for the worse. Why is it that the bad Jews cannot be taken to task? And why can one not point to religion as a possible problem in the emergence of some who give Jews a bad name? Defending all Jews out of fear of stoking antisemitism does not help society in general and Jews in particular.

Once more, let me state that I want improvement in religion and improvement in society because I am concerned about instability, war and inter-group fighting resulting from a variety of pandemics. The lesson of the Marshall Plan should be that constructive behavior is far better than destructive behavior. Good intentions got good results for all.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 16/02/2020 17:50:54
You need to appreciate the difference between the basic tenets of religion
OK, You should have guessed I'd do this but...
It's the gospel truth. Here's what John says to the Jews.
John 8:44
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

Another strange one. Where is the relevance? Are you questioning whether I am being truthful? Also good at heart and want good things for all people? The answer is "I am not perfect. I do my best to do right and to be moral and ethical."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 16/02/2020 17:58:13
Where is the relevance?
It's what Christ said of the Jews.
It's part of
the basic tenets of religion
Did you not know that the Bible preaches hate?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/02/2020 05:24:54
Where is the relevance?
It's what Christ said of the Jews.
It's part of
the basic tenets of religion
Did you not know that the Bible preaches hate?

Having now read the passage carefully it seem to be a reference to Jews who reject him and are planning to have him eliminated. It is not hate. It is a statement that they are being influenced by evil. There is little doubt that there is evil in this world. Lots of it at the moment, despite our great scientific achievements.

Evil has to faced and fought. There are various ways to fight evil. Jesus taught that one fights with love. While I agree with that, I have a hard time doing so. I confront it and try to expose it and get people to realize they are the losers when evil is allowed to go unchecked. The early Christians took a pacifist approach to early Roman oppression.

The Jew went to the other extreme and fought bitterly. They were among the world's first terrorists because they were fighting an asymmetrical war.

https://historycollection.co/assassination-bureau-8-groups-assassins-history/2/
...The Hashshashin were not the first covert group in history. The Jewish Sicarii predate them and were most active in the ‘60s AD. Like the Hashshashin, the Sicarii were driven by religion and politics. In the Sicarii’s case, the aim was to drive out all Romans and Jewish collaborators from Judea.

...The name Sicarii is the plural of the Latin sicarius or ‘dagger man.’ Because of the Jewish assassins, the term also later became synonymous with an assassin or murderer. The group became most notably active under the leadership of Menahem, the grandson of Judah, a former Jewish dissident when it began a reign of terror in Jerusalem. Josephus in his ‘War of the Jews’ describes how the Sicarii would mingle with crowds at festivals, stalking their targets, then discretely stabbing them with their eponymous daggers which they hid under cloaks before melting away into the crowd.

...Meanwhile, the remaining Sicarii held Masada, and there they stayed until the Romans retook the fortress in 73AD. However, when the Romans entered the fort, they found only dead bodies. Defiant to the last, the Sicarii had chosen suicide to crucifixion or enslavement.


This revolt led the Romans to destroy the Second Temple and much of Jerusalem and expel the Jews (a diaspora). Jews were forced to re-evaluate their tactics and identity. They began cooperating but still maintained a tight-knit community wherever they went. Often they gathered together in areas. The ghettos usually were not some slum but often quite well-off and the Jews preferred being out of sight and having not to mix.

They used their talents to assist the royalty and the governing elites. Many times this resulted in desirable advances for such communities. The problems arose when the Jews got too powerful and became a negative influence. This cycle is not recognized by the Jewish historians or the Jewish intellectuals. Hence it has been repeated over and over again. This is what I mean by my motives of wanting to make Jewish society better.

I have a daughter who is an enthusiastic Christian but looks Jewish (from her Jewish Grandfather) and a Jewish son in New York. I do not wish to see them suffer from yet another cycle of violence. I also want the many Jewish academics put their talents to better use in correcting the path of Judaism. I would like to see the huge amounts in Jewish donations sent from the US to Israel to be put to better use in the USA and the world rather than military spending in a war-torn region.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/02/2020 07:20:47
Having now read the passage carefully it seem to be a reference to Jews who reject him
The Jews who didn't reject him are called Christians so...

They were among the world's first terrorists because they were fighting an asymmetrical war.
LOL
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/02/2020 09:17:49
Having now read the passage carefully it seem to be a reference to Jews who reject him
The Jews who didn't reject him are called Christians so...

They were among the world's first terrorists because they were fighting an asymmetrical war.
LOL


You are quoting me out of context. I said "Jews who reject him and are planning to have him eliminated".

Note the use of the present tense. In other words, the Jewish plotters who succeeded in having Jesus crucified.

Priests and the higher clergy in all religions are somewhat like politicians. They plan to stay in power, and are often prepared to distort the message to do so. The extremists in all religions are extreme examples. They do not represent the original teachings.

The history of the Catholic Church is well-known and well-documented. Not too much censorship there. Prior to the Black Death the Church was abusing its power and selling indulgences. The pandemic seriously weakened the power of the Church who had no divine remedy. It also weakened the royalty and the landowners who were effectively enslaving the population. The inequality had become unsustainable. Currently the wealth inequality is getting out of hand. A pandemic will fix that pretty quickly. "Fix your toilet while I am avoiding the virus - no way, fix it yourself."

https://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/theogloss/refor-body.html
One particularly well-known Catholic method of exploitation in the Middle Ages was the practice of selling indulgences, a monetary payment of penalty which, supposedly, absolved one of past sins and/or released one from purgatory after death. It was the selling of indulgences that led the Reformer Martin Luther to post his famous 95 Theses - a document challenging Roman Catholic authority in theological matters, including indulgences and many others. Luther's opposition to the selling of indulgences was not new, however. In most of the Reformation movements stress lay not upon new understandings or doctrines, but on a return to the more authentic and original excellence of tradition.

Luther, one of the main Protestant Reformers, eventually arrived at the conclusion that divine relationship and salvation come by grace through faith, not by good works, belief in dogma, or economic propitiation. One's relationship to the divine is initiated by God, and one can only participate in this relationship by remaining open to it. Therefore, Luther's theology placed him in square opposition to the Roman Catholic practice of selling indulgenc
es.

That was an example of what I mean by updating religion. It has worked well.

The Catholic Church is too much of a business. They probably employ Jewish accountants, who as we all know are the best. I know of one Church here who does. They are trying to hide child abuse and pretend it does not happen. They have damaged the Church by the inaction and the silence. We are all human and the rotten ones should be exposed. Let God do any forgiving if he is so inclined. And marriage should be the solution to the child abuse.

When I was at the Methodist Church in Sunday School as a young boy there was a man who treated the kids to chocolate and candy afterwards. One girl referred to him as "creepy". In the light of experience, I now suspect he was a pedophile but I doubt he actioned any impulses. Fathers would have beaten him to a pulp.

The Catholic Church is afraid of the Mafia. They should be excommunicated, not given confession so they can go out and kill some more.

The Dali Lama is a serious example of a spiritual leader who is motivated by politics and power and self-aggrandizement. I never liked him even in the early days. My suspicions were well founded when I read the book by Stephen Batchelor titled "Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist". The book was on sale at a Buddhist retreat not too far from Joburg. My trip there was part of my exploration of religion and spirit. Nice but not practical. The chapter on how the Dali Lama dealt with the sexual abuses and excesses of Western "gurus" showed this only too well.

A number of Jewish people have made businesses out of New Age beliefs and Eastern mysticism. They are intelligent and know how to make money.

One is James Swartz. I attended a lecture given by this self-appointed Vedanta guru. He was raised in the Jewish faith, and after initially living the life of a hippie taking drugs, he found a way to make money and make a living as a guru. He presents a confusing array of clichés such as enlightenment, spiritual freedom, non-duality, purifying the mind, self-inquiry and karma. The references to sages with long names, and concepts with foreign Sanskrit terminology add to the mystique. There is too much vague mystical imagery that defies definition. As James said, when I asked him to define God, he replied: “God is what you want him to be.” Oh, please!

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was an Indian guru. He had attracted Americans in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and a crashing world economy to his Indian lectures. He criticized Gandhi and the Hindu religion. He was known as the ‘sex guru’ because of his views about open sex. He tried to set up a spiritual encampment in Oregon in the 1980s. The ‘Orange People’, as they were known, worked without pay while the guru had about 93 Rolls-Royce cars. His chief of staff Sheela Patel was rotten to the core and tough as nails.

She organized the largest biological terror attack on US soil where over 700 people were poisoned with Salmonella to prevent them from voting. They intimidated local officials and tried bribery. They bused in homeless people and lied about what they were doing and how many people would live there. Murder plots involving bomb-laden planes and attempted murders were part of the power struggles.

These Hindu and Buddhist Western gurus took advantage of the ignorance of the West about these two religions. Indeed, the principles are hard to grasp. However, many people are searching for meaning and charismatic men (and women) can raise a following using any of the religions combined with strange, mystical and titillating beliefs and habits.

It is likely that Satan is behind these cults, which have sprung up at all time in all places and true religion needs to guard against them. Sure signs of such cults are those that have no morals, worship free sex, have no hard and fast principles, that talk in riddles and mystery; and where the leaders live lives of luxury.

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I am not sure of the motivation of your LOL. The irony of it, or scorn and disbelief.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/02/2020 09:26:55
I left this site to read some internet news and what do I find:

Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130; £98). Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak. Knife wielding men robbed a delivery man outside a supermarket in the Mong Kok district, police said.

My comment about fixing toilets was accurate. Societal breakdown is no joke.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/02/2020 14:57:50
Some may be interested in reading some detail about two key psychic experiences I had.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZVj_GTKmA2qS7sxyO5el8w0C08de3XeR

If I am allowed to do more and if there is interest then I will.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/02/2020 19:07:26
Some may be interested in reading some detail about two key psychic experiences I had.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZVj_GTKmA2qS7sxyO5el8w0C08de3XeR

If I am allowed to do more and if there is interest then I will.
Do you really not recognise that this is irrelevant?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/02/2020 19:09:05
. In other words, the Jewish plotters who succeeded in having Jesus crucified.
Through many a dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ was
Betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/02/2020 04:47:24
Some may be interested in reading some detail about two key psychic experiences I had.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZVj_GTKmA2qS7sxyO5el8w0C08de3XeR

If I am allowed to do more and if there is interest then I will.
Do you really not recognise that this is irrelevant?

It may be irrelevant to you because you have your mind firmly made up. Perhaps someone who is more agnostic than hard atheist might find it of interest. I am an engineer and not inclined to make up stuff. As a high performing person (not so much lately) there is not much brain dysfunction going on. The events are lessons that are logical.

This is a just chat section. If people are not interested, they do not have to be here. But as you may have seen, I have researched religion and psychic stuff and sorted out what might be true and what is probably not.

These are the chapters.
Chapter 1 - Does God Talk to Us?
Chapter 2 - Confirmations
Chapter 3 - A Vision of Fire
Chapter 4 — Doomsday or New Age
Chapter 5 — Early Beliefs
Chapter 6 — Going Agnostic
Chapter 7 — Luck and Coincidence
Chapter 8 — Special Treatment
Chapter 9 - Increasing Spirituality
Chapter 10 — Intuitive Knowing
Chapter 11 — Psychic Connection
Chapter 12 — Spirit Help
Chapter 13 — Exploring spirit
Chapter 14 — Rituals
Chapter 15 — More Ghosts & souls
Chapter 16 — Some Hard Lessons
Chapter 17 — Frauds & Fakes
Chapter 18 — Spiritual Lessons
Chapter 19 — Suffering and Science
Chapter 20 — Predictions
Chapter 21 — The Ultimate Reality
Chapter 22 — Updating Religion
Chapter 23 — Conclusion
Chapter 24 - - - Addendum - Remarks & Facts
Chapter 25 - Christianity
Chapter 26 - Judaism
Chapter 27 - Atheists
Chapter 28 - Israel
Chapter 29 - Islam
Chapter 30 - The Rest
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/02/2020 05:11:20
. In other words, the Jewish plotters who succeeded in having Jesus crucified.
Through many a dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ was
Betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
And to end the song of Bob Dylan:

So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
That if God's on our side
He'll stop the next war
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
With God On Our Side lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Audiam, Inc

Dylan makes some very good points. We all think we have God on our side - those that believe in God that is.

Even those that do not believe in God are still prepared to invoke him as an authority. Earlier I wrote:

Ben-Gurion was quoted in Nahum Goldmann’s book as saying:
“Sure God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs."


Ben-Gurion was a Zionist but was an atheist. About 65% of Israelis are atheist but there is little doubt they will say God gave them the land of Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Israel
A Gallup survey in 2015 determined that 65 percent of Israelis say they are either "not religious" or "convinced atheists", while 30 percent say they are "religious".


Many see the contradictions in an old religion that has not been updated. Jews for Jesus is one way some Jews update.

God did stop WW1 by allowing the Spanish Flu. And many more wars were ended by disease. Did God allow it? Life on Earth is not a Garden of Eden. It is a struggle with lots of suffering. Humankind has made great technical advancements because war forces innovation. The Space Race was a cold war that did the same. Regrettably many atrocities have been done in God's name. The Inquisition was probably the worst. Demons infest people who have too much power in any arena of life, although some have resisted.

There are stories of tribes of monkeys that fight other tribes. It is horrific. They tear babies apart and eat them. No God or religion there.

The question is where are we going? Can humankind eventually achieve a balance and harmony? I believe that spirit will play a part in getting there. Recognizing the good spirits and shunning the bad ones is a good start.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/02/2020 05:34:12
The pandemic threat is not only direct. It can affect our food supply. Here is one. Even vegetables can be wiped out by a fungus. The great potato blight. Maybe God is stopping pathogens from going too far and in fact wiping us out.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/swine-fever-double-punch-countries-facing-covid-19-threat-200217050557166.html
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious disease that affects domestic and wild pigs, causing high fever, respiratory problems, internal bleeding and skin haemorrhages. While it rarely infects humans, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), it kills 80 percent of the pigs it infects.

The disease is resistant to freezing, thawing and most commercial disinfectants, and there is no vaccine for it. It can spread through non-biological objects like shoes and clothing.

Last year, ASF wiped out 60 percent of domestic pigs in China and a quarter of all domestic pigs in the world, according to estimates by contagious disease experts, running into billions of dollars worldwide.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/02/2020 07:14:54
It may be irrelevant to you because you have your mind firmly made up.
No, it is irrelevant to everyone because it's an anecdote, not evidence.
So the answer to my question was yes. You really don't understand what evidence is.
No wonder you make so many mistakes.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/02/2020 07:31:06
It may be irrelevant to you because you have your mind firmly made up.
No, it is irrelevant to everyone because it's an anecdote, not evidence.
So the answer to my question was yes. You really don't understand what evidence is.
No wonder you make so many mistakes.

You choose to exclude the evidence of the mind and the conscious despite knowing that it is poorly understood. You choose to exclude the one pathway that the spirit world uses to communicate.

Suppose I rejected everything unless the Pope told me in person that it was true. I would have to reject everything. Is there not the science of mind? Do they only believe graphs on a machine? Do not a group of anecdotes form the basis for science to start an inquiry into something they suspect but do not fully understand?

You can live your life on peer-reviewed evidence or you can use a bit of common-sense. Remember when most people rejected global warming and climate change? The mechanism, an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, seemed to be too small to have an effect. So it is with spirit communication but even more so. It does not make it false which is what you are arguing.

And you have no substitute hypothesis for the Prime Cause, nor any substitute for the good that religion does, despite the abuses of the clergy and the fraudsters who get rich.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/02/2020 21:21:37
You choose to exclude the evidence of the mind and the conscious despite knowing that it is poorly understood.
It's not just me.
Science rejects anecdotes as evidence.
This is a science web page.
nor any substitute for the good that religion does
I am still waiting for evidence of good done by religion that couldn't be done without religion (and thus without the risk of the fraudsters you mention).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/02/2020 21:25:30
Remember when most people rejected global warming and climate change?
No, but that's beside the point
But do you recognise that what changed their minds was evidence, rather than gossip?
People came to recognise that this was unavoidably true.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fjtSAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=%22Circumstances+Affecting+the+Heat+of+the+Sun%E2%80%99s+Rays%22+foote&source=bl&ots=j5MLp3r_i4&sig=pfHXWv44uTHzjMyCAx_vjOnxlyU&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Circumstances%20Affecting%20the%20Heat%20of%20the%20Sun%E2%80%99s%20Rays%22%20foote&f=false
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/02/2020 21:26:39
you can use a bit of common-sense.
From the man who is trying to tell me I should take his ghost stories as scientific evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 19/02/2020 04:02:36
The thread is about proof but also about the hints and messages that God, if he exists, seems to be leaving for us. Today, while working in the garage I thought about the justification the Israelis give for the establishment of the State of Israel. It is simple "God gave it to them".
What makes you think that God is a male? What is the defining characteristics that makes him male instead of female of gender neutral? Can he change his own gender at will? Does he got female partners?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/02/2020 05:35:39
The thread is about proof but also about the hints and messages that God, if he exists, seems to be leaving for us. Today, while working in the garage I thought about the justification the Israelis give for the establishment of the State of Israel. It is simple "God gave it to them".
What makes you think that God is a male? What is the defining characteristics that makes him male instead of female of gender neutral? Can he change his own gender at will? Does he got female partners?

It is logical that when souls are in the afterlife that they have no gender. My experience of being with my late wife for a short time was that there were no forms. The closest I could describe it was it was like swirling colors of smoke. So male can reincarnate in female and vice versa. Makes sense since I have a feminine side to me - despite being a straight alpha male.

This would apply to God also. I use "he" because it is commonly used. God and Satan are neither male nor female and have no form.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/02/2020 05:45:17
you can use a bit of common-sense.
From the man who is trying to tell me I should take his ghost stories as scientific evidence.

I think this thread has run it's course. It took 45 years of experience to change me from an atheist to a de facto theist. Listing my experiences is only being meet with scoffing. Presenting a plausible hypothesis for the Prime Cause, and for the mystic experiences of many, and for religion has no traction. So far, no one following this thread has indicated any interest in my experiences. What will force change is an apocalyptic scenario where science has no answers. It is coming soon, and not just to a theater near you.

I will answer any questions if anyone has an interest.

At the moment, I am praying that the corona virus does not affect South Africa until we have our house sold. The market is already depressed and we cannot afford to hold on to the property.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/02/2020 07:17:34
I think this thread has run it's course.
It ran its course the first time you decided that evidence didn't matter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/02/2020 10:53:53
I think this thread has run it's course.
It ran its course the first time you decided that evidence didn't matter.

I was okay with you having the last word, but it seems God wanted me to reply to you.

He says you are a denialist  :) 8)

From Wiki:
In the psychology of human behavior, denialism is a person's choice to deny reality as a way to avoid a psychologically uncomfortable truth. Denialism is an essentially irrational action that withholds the validation of a historical experience or event, when a person refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality.

The motivations and causes of denialism include religion, self-interest (economic, political, or financial), and defence mechanisms meant to protect the psyche of the denialist against mentally disturbing facts and ideas.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/02/2020 19:37:21
Denialism is an essentially irrational action that withholds the validation of a historical experience or event, when a person refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality.
Your dreams are not empirically verifiable reality.
I have been pointing this out all along.
You are in denial about it.
The motivations and causes of denialism include religion, self-interest (economic, political, or financial), and defence mechanisms meant to protect the psyche of the denialist against mentally disturbing facts and ideas.
Perhaps God wanted you to post that so I could tell you to get a mirror, in order that you may see your own failing.

You pretend to yourself that your dreams are empirically verifiable in order to protect yourself from the disturbing reality that you are just making stuff up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/02/2020 05:53:22
Denialism is an essentially irrational action that withholds the validation of a historical experience or event, when a person refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality.
Your dreams are not empirically verifiable reality.
I have been pointing this out all along.
You are in denial about it.
The motivations and causes of denialism include religion, self-interest (economic, political, or financial), and defence mechanisms meant to protect the psyche of the denialist against mentally disturbing facts and ideas.
Perhaps God wanted you to post that so I could tell you to get a mirror, in order that you may see your own failing.

You pretend to yourself that your dreams are empirically verifiable in order to protect yourself from the disturbing reality that you are just making stuff up.

See what I mean about being in denial. There were about three experiences that could be classified as dreams. Even so the information gained in those dreams is a form of communication. How many people wake up at 2 am and have a eureka moment of clarity?

Now what about the rest? The mental telepathy, the Tarot cards, the seeing a future events, communicating with a ghost, getting prayers answered? Your avoidance of these strong experiences (and also the experiences of prophets such as Jesus and Muhammad) is a feature of denialism. You even deny that although you have no answer to the Prime Cause, my hypothesis has a lot of merit.

When a debater resorts to scorn and insults, as you often do, it is usually an indication they are losing the debate.

Do you still deny that you are a denialist?  ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/02/2020 20:00:38
See what I mean about being in denial.
See what I mean about a mirror?
Now what about the rest? The mental telepathy, the Tarot cards, the seeing a future events, communicating with a ghost, getting prayers answered? Your avoidance of these strong experiences
I didn't "avoid" them, did I?
I pointed out that they can be explained - often by confirmation bias.

But you don't see that because it conflicts with what you want to believe.

The difference is that I have evidence.
You can simply look back through the thread and see that I didn't "avoid" them, I addressed them at the time.


Do you realise that anyone else reading this will recognise that you are the one in denial?

You deny obvious things like the fact that I addressed those points.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/02/2020 05:40:37
Did!
Did not!
Did too!
Did not, did not!
Did, did, did...

So let us move on. Let me try something else.

Pascal's Wager. The odds of belief are better than the odds of disbelief. Plus side benefits that believers are less stressed and more able to deal with trying times.

You cannot prove me wrong. Admit it. You cannot deny this simple truth.

Do I take comfort in the hope that there is an afterlife? I have not up to now because my faith that it truly exists is just not there. Lately my health is getting very bad, and there are times that death would be a welcome relief. Now that death may be very close, I am finding that the possibility of an afterlife is comforting.

The comfort is in a sense of meaning - not of fear. I have never feared death even as a strong atheist. If life is mechanical then any of my achievements are no different to the formation of a stalactite caused by the dripping of water from a cave. Nice as it may be, it is meaningless. If, on the other hand, I have made the world a better place for generations of souls to come - that is much more meaningful. It is part of a grand scheme of an intelligence.

And compare the difference between you and I in the afterlife. You say - I wasted all that time criticizing the existence of an afterlife and here I am. I say - aah, just as I had experienced it.

Any contrived answer from you is just more denial.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/02/2020 09:49:44
You cannot prove me wrong.
Now what about the rest? The mental telepathy, the Tarot cards, the seeing a future events, communicating with a ghost, getting prayers answered? Your avoidance of these strong experiences

I did not avoid them.

What I have said is things like you are looking at the placebo effect, but not recognising it or you are a victim of confirmation bias.


So it'snot a matter of "Did!
Did not!
Did too!
Did not, did not!
Did, did, did..."
It's a matter of "I did.Here is the quote that proves it."

So, let's not "move on" , let's just stop and wait for you to accept reality.
I did address those things, didn'tI?


Pascal's Wager. The odds of belief are better than the odds of disbelief.
The odds are that you pick the wrong religion and are held to account for worshipping a false idol (like Christ, or Mary).
Pascal's wager only works if there is only one religion.
You cannot prove me wrong. Admit it. You cannot deny this simple truth.
I just did.
I predict that you will deny it.
And then you will call me a denialist.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/02/2020 05:23:17
You cannot prove me wrong.
Now what about the rest? The mental telepathy, the Tarot cards, the seeing a future events, communicating with a ghost, getting prayers answered? Your avoidance of these strong experiences

I did not avoid them.

What I have said is things like you are looking at the placebo effect, but not recognising it or you are a victim of confirmation bias.


So it'snot a matter of "Did!
Did not!
Did too!
Did not, did not!
Did, did, did..."
It's a matter of "I did.Here is the quote that proves it."

So, let's not "move on" , let's just stop and wait for you to accept reality.
I did address those things, didn'tI?


Pascal's Wager. The odds of belief are better than the odds of disbelief.
The odds are that you pick the wrong religion and are held to account for worshipping a false idol (like Christ, or Mary).
Pascal's wager only works if there is only one religion.
You cannot prove me wrong. Admit it. You cannot deny this simple truth.
I just did.
I predict that you will deny it.
And then you will call me a denialist.

So let me see what we have here.

I say you cannot prove me wrong that God exists. You have not said you can prove me wrong.

I have said that God exists because I experience the supernatural and God. You say I am a) making things up b) dreaming c) guilty of confirmation bias d) having brain malfunctions such as hallucinations e) personal experience does not count.
To which I respond a) I am not a liar b) dreams can have meaning c) confirmation bias did not apply d) most events were clear and distinct and there was no substance abuse and I am a high performing individual e) the events happened and none of the usual explanations fit despite your round-pegging-in-a-square-hole.

Now I have given you a number of examples of my "reality". Your reality only differs from mine in that you do not experience mystic or psychic events. Have you ever thought that only some of us do - the real ones and not the many fakes?

Pascal's Wager. What an imaginative twist to a simple choice? Luckily you have me to guide you. I understand the way it works. It also shows you have not been paying attention to what I have been saying. Let me spell it out.

There is one God. So no matter what God you choose you get it right. God is not defined by religion and most religions that have survived recognize that there is one God. The key aspect to God is that he/she is good and if you pray for a good outcome you have a chance it will happen. You can direct your prayer through a representative such as Jesus or Saint Mary, although I think God will frown upon prayers to the Mother of God.

You can choose a ritual which is pleasant. A service with hymn and joint prayer and fellowship. Most will do. I have said most religions have some truth in them and that they all need updating. You could do some good work by assisting the various religions to update. Some ritual such as fastings and chanting and dancing as the Shamans do is one way to open oneself up to information.

You also have to realize that Evil exists and that you need to avoid religions that tend towards the dark side. The cults and the gurus. And there are religions that pray to Evil (Satan, Devil whatever). Choosing one of these might be worse than no choice at all. You do not need the ritual of a particular religion. Recognize what the spirit world can do and stay grounded.

You might say to yourself that if you stay an atheist it does not matter because you would get to the afterlife and find that you have an eternal soul. Sorry but this is where religions need an update. Souls can be terminated, and souls that have not evolved and have not achieved (either good or bad) are not needed. If there is a huge die-off, you can be sure there is an over-supply of souls.

So what have you got to lose. You simply say "Gee. God does not want scientific absolute proof of his existence, but is he is prepared to tell people how the spirit world works, and to give hints about a philosophical hypothesis that is as good (better actually) than any one relying on interpretation of mathematical symbols and formulae." And you might just get some benefit to "good luck" in the form of answered prayers. Even if you say it is all placebo, placebo works.

But no. Thinking you know it all (as I did when I was young) is a better ego trip for you. Pity.

I would add an addendum. The God of the Zoroastrians became the God of the Israelites which became the God of the Christians which became the God of the Muslims. The God of the Israelites was and is a vengeful God. Jesus updated the religion to one of unconditional love. Then it got a slight update to a God of mercy with Muhammad. The Jews do not believe in an afterlife so I would not chose Judaism as a model to go on. One could go with Hinduism or Buddhism (which is based on Hinduism). Tao and Confucianism are ways of living right and do not deal too much with the soul and God. Shamanism and tribal religions mostly believe in One God. The mythical religions are now seen as myths - stories of families living in a place not too different from Earth.

You now have a binary choice. Atheism or theism. With atheism, you risk the chance of getting what you expect - no soul in the afterlife.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/02/2020 05:51:41
Just saw these two articles. I am okay with atheism. I am not okay with the bigotry that is as bad if not worse than what some religious bigots espouse. In my opinion these four "horsemen" are ignorant of the religions they denigrate. Money is their God especially in the case of Sam Harris.

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/atheists-case-devolving-bigotry-200220114842749.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/resurrection-atheism-190503132921871.html
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/02/2020 10:03:41
So let me see what we have here.

I say you cannot prove me wrong that God exists. You have not said you can prove me wrong.

No
You made a false statement
Your avoidance of these strong experiences (and also the experiences of prophets such as Jesus and Muhammad) is a feature of denialism.
I pointed out that it was wrong.
You wasted time and bandwidth by saying
Did!
Did not!
Did too!
Did not, did not!
Did, did, did...

And I showed that you were, in fact wrong, because I hadn't "avoided" those issues, I had addressed them.

I never said anything about proving God one way or another.
You tried to prove it using an argument that was shown to be wrong shortly after Pascal put it forward.

It really would be better if you stopped saying things that were not true, particularly stop lying about what I have said or done- don't "bear false witness" as the book puts it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/02/2020 13:21:20
The Jews do not believe in an afterlife
All of us? Really? It's mentioned in the Talmud. Get your facts straight, if you want to be taken seriously..
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/02/2020 14:08:23
You simply say "Gee. God does not want scientific absolute proof of his existence, but is he is prepared to tell people how the spirit world works,
God is part of the "spirit world".
 If the "spirit world" worked then it would prove His existence.
So, you have contradicted yourself there.
I suggest you stop trying.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/02/2020 15:32:37
The Jews do not believe in an afterlife
All of us? Really? It's mentioned in the Talmud. Get your facts straight, if you want to be taken seriously..

I am glad you posted.

The problem I have is trying to get the basics of Judaism straight. There were and are many sects and the beliefs are wide-ranging. One does not hear of the rewards of heaven for those Jews who have lived a good life according to the Biblical laws. Not only that, my limited experience when a couple of older Jews died was that they clung fiercely to life because there was nothing after death for them. In one case, an old man lay like a skeleton for six months with the doctors saying he had only a few days left. I said he was afraid to die. Then one day I said to others "He has given up. He will die soon." They said they saw no difference but the next day he died.

I went to a Jewish site on basics: (Lost the reference) Contrary to popular belief, Judaism does believe in an afterlife, but it is not the primary focus of our religion and there is a lot of room for personal opinion about the nature of the afterlife.

Which I think sums it up.

Other sites show the variety of views but I stick to my statement that in general Jews fear death because they do not believe they will have an afterlife. The resurrection of the dead is not an afterlife as most people know it.
So I looked it up:
http://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm
Traditional Judaism firmly believes that death is not the end of human existence. However, because Judaism is primarily focused on life here and now rather than on the afterlife, Judaism does not have much dogma about the afterlife, and leaves a great deal of room for personal opinion. It is possible for an Orthodox Jew to believe that the souls of the righteous dead go to a place similar to the Christian heaven, or that they are reincarnated through many lifetimes, or that they simply wait until the coming of the messiah, when they will be resurrected. Likewise, Orthodox Jews can believe that the souls of the wicked are tormented by demons of their own creation, or that wicked souls are simply destroyed at death, ceasing to exist.


I think this is a fudge for public consumption and so are the following on Wiki

Here are some issues indicating that Judaism has a wide ranging set of beliefs and one can cherry pick to suit almost any viewpoint. Here is extinction of the soul and reincarnation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Judaism
...Although there is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition.

...According to the Talmud, extinction of the soul is reserved for a far smaller group of malicious and evil leaders, either whose very evil deeds go way beyond norms, or who lead large groups of people to utmost evil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_eschatology
...In the late Second Temple period, beliefs about the ultimate fate of the individual were diverse. The Essenes believed in the immortality of the soul, but the Pharisees and Sadducees, apparently, did not.

...Conservative Judaism both affirms belief in the world beyond (as referenced in the Amidah and Maimonides' Thirteen Precepts of Faith) while recognizing that human understanding is limited and we cannot know exactly what the world beyond consists of. Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism affirm belief in the afterlife, though they downplay the theological implications in favor of emphasizing the importance of the "here and now," as opposed to reward and punishment.


Well, there you go. Once more, I see that people will put aside religious teachings (all religions and sects mostly) if it gets in the way of getting ahead in life.

We have a sect called the Zionist Christian Church. They do not drink or smoke and do not eat pork. They are in high demand as domestic workers because they do not steal. It is well-known. Some bad ones try to say they are ZCC because they know it will get them work. They practice their religion daily and believe in Heaven.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/02/2020 15:53:32
You simply say "Gee. God does not want scientific absolute proof of his existence, but is he is prepared to tell people how the spirit world works,
God is part of the "spirit world".
 If the "spirit world" worked then it would prove His existence.
So, you have contradicted yourself there.
I suggest you stop trying.

God controls the spirit world. He does not want absolute proof of its existence. So everything is decided by an intelligence as to whether it will be allowed or not. Proof = not allowed. Hints = we can allow those. I think the contradiction is in your reasoning and not what I have been stating over and over again.

It is logical - if God wanted humankind to be certain of his existence his face would appear to all in the sky and he would demonstrate his powers by making us all float a few feet above the ground and then brand us and produce videos so that we would not argue about what happened.

On the other hand, if God did not exist, then there are a few logical problems. Humankind's propensity for mystic events, and a need to explain the emergence of intelligence as well as the emergence of the laws of physics that are truly remarkable in their beauty and simplicity. Do you not see that your best explanation for some of the events I have experienced is that you do not believe me in the slightest? That is weak.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/02/2020 18:02:24
I was sitting on our porch overlooking our pool while the sun went down. A spotted eagle owl has taken to sitting in the tree there. My wife's daughter-in-law said that it was an omen of death. I like it and it hangs about and goes from tree to roof to stump and so on.

I am worried that my wife has not sold the house next to the tower. We had a sale dependent on a mortgage but they pulled out. This corona virus has some nasty characteristics. Cases are spreading outside China and the death rate outside China is higher. The incubation is longer and is not easy to trace. Countries are beginning to close their borders. Even our local China mall is bare of customers. Now Bernie is surging.

The USA could get hit badly by not having a manufacturing base. The time could very well be right for socialism in the USA. The elite could take a beating and society could become more fair. That is what God wants anyway. People are mildly scared but I do not think they realize just how bad it could get in this age of globalization.

In SA we might not get spare parts for our electrical grid which is failing badly. We are having load shedding nearly every day for 4 hours and we are told it will stay that way for a year. The smelters have already shut down permanently. The effects of over-population are quite apparent to any student with any knowledge. Strife, poverty, societal breakdown as people compete for resources - and the rich get richer to compensate and pretend they can stay above the fray.

I need oxygen at night and that is when they are shutting off the power. 8pm to 12midnight, or 12 midnight to 4 am, or 4 am to 8am. And we have unplanned frequent breakdowns nearly all at night. I cannot run the generator at night (too noisy) and it draws too much power for my battery backups. So I am not in a good place - hence the pessimism.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/02/2020 18:36:04
Do you not see that your best explanation for some of the events I have experienced is that you do not believe me in the slightest?
No
It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I believe you are mistaken.
So, what you write off as a weak explanation is just a straw man you made up.

Stop doing that. It makes you look silly.

if God did not exist, then there are a few logical problems. Humankind's propensity for mystic events, and a need to explain the emergence of intelligence as well as the emergence of the laws of physics that are truly remarkable in their beauty and simplicity.
OK, lets have another look at those.
Taking the third point last
It's much easier to get a few simple  laws to arise spontaneously than to have anything as complicated as a God.

The emergence of intelligence is entirely consistent with evolution.
We even have an indication of what the intermediate steps are like. Man is brighter than the other apes.
They are generally brighter than, for example, dogs and they, in turn, are brighter than worms. The worms are cleverer than plants, and so on.

So there's no mystery there- just you refusing to understand.

And it's true that people experience mystical things.
We can reproduce that in the lab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet

And our research shows that it is more common in people with a known brain malfunction.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/temporal-lobe-epilepsy-religious-experiences.html

So, the actual evidence suggests that "mysticism"  is just another of those interesting features we have found in the brain like confirmation bias and the placebo effect.

So, there are no actual problems there; once again, it's just you not accepting the evidence.

God controls the spirit world. He does not want absolute proof of its existence. So everything is decided by an intelligence as to whether it will be allowed or not. Proof = not allowed. Hints = we can allow those. I think the contradiction is in your reasoning and not what I have been stating over and over again
And enough hints would (at any given level of significance) be interpreted as proof. So, if there was really proof of spirits it would be proof of God which you say is forbidden.
What you state " over and over again" misses this.
If you are right about proving that there are spirits then you have proved there's a God.

But you can't.
And, of course, you haven't.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 23/02/2020 23:18:09
The problem I have is trying to get the basics of Judaism straight.
It's none of your business, unless you were born into it. We don't evangelise or accept converts easily, so why bother?
The strength of the family is a "pick and mix" tradition. Two Jews = three opinions, but still two Jews. Belief is stultifying - argument is stimulating.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/02/2020 05:25:29
Do you not see that your best explanation for some of the events I have experienced is that you do not believe me in the slightest?
No
It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I believe you are mistaken.
So, what you write off as a weak explanation is just a straw man you made up.

Stop doing that. It makes you look silly.

if God did not exist, then there are a few logical problems. Humankind's propensity for mystic events, and a need to explain the emergence of intelligence as well as the emergence of the laws of physics that are truly remarkable in their beauty and simplicity.
OK, lets have another look at those.
Taking the third point last
It's much easier to get a few simple  laws to arise spontaneously than to have anything as complicated as a God.

The emergence of intelligence is entirely consistent with evolution.
We even have an indication of what the intermediate steps are like. Man is brighter than the other apes.
They are generally brighter than, for example, dogs and they, in turn, are brighter than worms. The worms are cleverer than plants, and so on.

So there's no mystery there- just you refusing to understand.

And it's true that people experience mystical things.
We can reproduce that in the lab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet

And our research shows that it is more common in people with a known brain malfunction.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/temporal-lobe-epilepsy-religious-experiences.html

So, the actual evidence suggests that "mysticism"  is just another of those interesting features we have found in the brain like confirmation bias and the placebo effect.

So, there are no actual problems there; once again, it's just you not accepting the evidence.

God controls the spirit world. He does not want absolute proof of its existence. So everything is decided by an intelligence as to whether it will be allowed or not. Proof = not allowed. Hints = we can allow those. I think the contradiction is in your reasoning and not what I have been stating over and over again
And enough hints would (at any given level of significance) be interpreted as proof. So, if there was really proof of spirits it would be proof of God which you say is forbidden.
What you state " over and over again" misses this.
If you are right about proving that there are spirits then you have proved there's a God.

But you can't.
And, of course, you haven't.

Mistaken? I get a shock, not a "feeling" that the biker going past me in an ordinary way on an ordinary day will die just ahead. I slow down so as to not ride over him. He dies, and not because of an accident. How on earth can I be mistaken?
The exhibitionist who got upset with me. How on earth (or in hell) did that happen?
The "check the time" experiment, and the hypnosis experiments. How were they mistakes?

Spontaneous arising of simple laws? From what? The laws are simple but are extremely powerful. With regard to emergence and evolution, you need to go back to your first moment of "spontaneous emergence" . Why would they have the fine tuned properties that would cause dumb molecules to order themselves? Do a bit of reading to check how a cell manufactures a protein using proteins and enzymes and then assembles all those proteins. It is not just amazing it is mind-boggling. One can reduce any mind-blowing process or event to a simple "It happened, there is nothing mystical about it." Sure!

God Helmet: The foundations of his theory have been criticized in the scientific press. Anecdotal reports by journalists, academics and documentarists have been mixed and several effects reported by Persinger have not yet been independently replicated. It seems to me that you are reading and believe woo-science or fake-science. I can assure you that I never "felt a presence" or "felt mystical" at times I had events. They were not "flashes". There is no comparison what-so-ever. But you want to believe it and deny what I am telling you.

Of course if one messes with the brain function by external stimulation one is going to get all sorts of brain malfunctions. The key is how "intelligent" and "informative" are those malfunctions. I would say that a person could get memories stimulated, voices or music, or even see people. I have been saying that God and spirit do the same by subtly stimulating the brain and thereby causing communication. What is the difference between random radio signals from space and communication by alien life? Seems you would not know the answer so I will tell you. It is the "intelligence" contained in the information.

I fully accept confirmation bias and placebo effects in people. But because I am aware of them, I know when to discount them. I am one of those people who does not experience pareidolia. People tell me they see various patterns and I say I see a random collection of clouds, or sand or tree or whatever. If they point out the eyes, ears and nose and mouth I can say I see how the features can be interpreted. I have a superb memory down to details, so I remember events properly. I am amazed at how other people nearly always get a shared memory wrong, so I can understand that "ordinary" people can misinterpret some things. I am not in that ordinary percentile - not bragging, just a statement of fact.

You are right about the hints and proof. Fine tuning, the emergence of intelligence, the ability of some people to communicate with spirit and tell the future, mental telepathy, and a logical hypothesis where science has none. Jesus and Muhammad were prophets with amazing gifts and explanations and communications with God. Jesus foretold his own death and Muhammad foretold a key event (the camel bet) and Joan of Arc was inspired and foretold the outcome of a battle. Those events were not just once off either - these people made a huge impact.

But you deny the conclusion that the spirit world exists and hence God. Your choice - but you cannot disprove that I am experiencing the spirit world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/02/2020 05:37:38
The problem I have is trying to get the basics of Judaism straight.
It's none of your business, unless you were born into it. We don't evangelise or accept converts easily, so why bother?
The strength of the family is a "pick and mix" tradition. Two Jews = three opinions, but still two Jews. Belief is stultifying - argument is stimulating.

It is my business. The power and influence of the Jewish communities in the world is undeniable. Their motivations and behavior are critical to the world survival. Reading the history it is easy to see that there was no central leadership and that there were many interpretations of the scriptures and many interpretations of the early writings.

Added to that was a need for secrecy because of antisemitism (and we all know the standard definition). In some cases there have been active disinformation to put a PR spin on the religion, but most Jews knew what was spin and how the religion operates.

But there is a price to pay - paranoia. While some people ARE actually out to harm Jews in general and some in particular, the worry is a mental burden and causes psychological problems. Not for nothing is psychiatry a Jewish specialty with many Jewish patients - but even super-intelligent people can have a distortion and bias that avoids a proper fix of certain problems.

Instead of taking offense at what I say, you should look at it as well-meaning advice for Jews in general and not an antisemitic criticism.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/02/2020 09:49:15
Mistaken? I get a shock, not a "feeling" that the biker going past me in an ordinary way on an ordinary day will die just ahead. I slow down so as to not ride over him. He dies, and not because of an accident. How on earth can I be mistaken?
You are mistaken in thinking that it is anything but coincidence.

The exhibitionist who got upset with me. How on earth (or in hell) did that happen?
I already answered that.
Have you forgotten?

and so on.


I fully accept confirmation bias and placebo effects in people. But because I am aware of them, I know when to discount them.
You plainly do not.
Jesus foretold his own death
It's a miracle!
A man who protested against the Romans and their rules foretold his own death (alongside presumably all the others who protested).

And yet you think that's some sort of proof of divinity when it's just a statement of the obvious.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/02/2020 09:52:05
What is the difference between random radio signals from space and communication by alien life? Seems you would not know the answer so I will tell you. It is the "intelligence" contained in the information.
How can you possibly think I don't know that?

On the other hand, without the mechanism to decode it, it may (like spread signal communication) be indistinguishable from noise.
That's the point.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/02/2020 15:26:50
Mistaken? I get a shock, not a "feeling" that the biker going past me in an ordinary way on an ordinary day will die just ahead. I slow down so as to not ride over him. He dies, and not because of an accident. How on earth can I be mistaken?
You are mistaken in thinking that it is anything but coincidence.

The exhibitionist who got upset with me. How on earth (or in hell) did that happen?
I already answered that.
Have you forgotten?

and so on.


I fully accept confirmation bias and placebo effects in people. But because I am aware of them, I know when to discount them.
You plainly do not.
Jesus foretold his own death
It's a miracle!
A man who protested against the Romans and their rules foretold his own death (alongside presumably all the others who protested).

And yet you think that's some sort of proof of divinity when it's just a statement of the obvious.

The atheist's guide to refuting examples of psychic events
1) Coincidence
2) Law of large numbers
3) Pareidolia
4) Confirmation bias
5) Placebo
6) Mistake
7) Hallucination
8 ) Brain malfunction
9) Other (for good measure)

and lastly a combination of all of the above just to be sure.

As a high performing individual who can evaluate his own (yes) possible non-psychic explanations I can tell that none of the above applied in many cases. The ones that may apply such as dreams or hallucinations gave information that fit like the pieces of a puzzle. It was as if I was being given each piece to work out with accompanying hints such as the coincidences (which God uses to remain hidden) of relevant texts and messages from various media, and the serendipity of a string of events.

The information gained was clear and understandable, although it took some years to know how it fit the other pieces. God did not sit me down and give me an iPhone with an App on it containing instructions. On the one occasion that I felt God spoke with me (no voices, but almost as if I was having a conversation with myself except different) it was clear English without an accent. And coincidentally there was not a person or animal in sight and no cars, buses or boats moving for about 20 minutes in a normally busy tourist town while I sat in front of the tourist information center.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/02/2020 15:39:13
What is the difference between random radio signals from space and communication by alien life? Seems you would not know the answer so I will tell you. It is the "intelligence" contained in the information.
How can you possibly think I don't know that?

On the other hand, without the mechanism to decode it, it may (like spread signal communication) be indistinguishable from noise.
That's the point.

Sometimes I feel when debating you that I am speaking to someone whose first and second languages are not English (tongue in cheek). This happens when instructing workers from tribal areas.

The mechanism to decode the psychic signals are part of the structure of our brains. Let me maybe rephrase that - some of us have a part of the structure of our brains as the mechanism. I was blessed with a fully functional high performing brain, although it took a while to learn to be able to use it properly. The social functions and figuring out the deviousness of some people (like some of my first wives) took quite a while. Sometimes I was like a child trying to drive a racing car. I did not understand sarcasm or envy until later in life.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/02/2020 15:52:43
I was blessed with a fully functional high performing brain, although it took a while to learn to be able to use it properly.
Or you are deluded.
And your problem is that, from everyone else's point of view, it looks like the latter.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/02/2020 16:59:17
Added to that was a need for secrecy
Secrecy? There are plenty of books on Judaism, about half written by people who knew what they were talking about.

Quote
[But there is a price to pay - paranoia.
We do indeed suffer from the paranoia that demagogues induce in others, but the most balanced and rational people I have met were survivors of Nazi and Communist antisemitism.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/02/2020 09:08:46
I was blessed with a fully functional high performing brain, although it took a while to learn to be able to use it properly.
Or you are deluded.
And your problem is that, from everyone else's point of view, it looks like the latter.

What are we talking about. Here is a definition.
https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/delusional-disorder#1
Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a psychotic disorder. People who have it can’t tell what’s real from what is imagined.


Interesting. You are putting the cart before the horse again. And you do not realize how often you do it. You assume the non-existence of God in order to do proofs of non-existence - just done in a vague and roundabout way. Here you first define my experiences as imaginary and then you apply the definition.

My experiences are as real as anything you have experienced. They are also rational in that they offer personal proof of a Prime Cause. The rationality goes further because all the experiences explain not only our existence and consciousness but also the many experiences of other people who have psychic or mystical experiences. The rationality explains how to differentiate the frauds and fakes from the real deal.

You could be called delusional for imagining that you can explain away any possible supernatural experience. You cannot. You simply apply a variety of labels in the hope that like-minded people cheer you on. You denialism borders on being delusional.

Just look at the current US situation regarding the elections. Probably 80% of the population could be labelled delusional by professionals for beliefs not based on reality.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/02/2020 19:36:39
Here is a definition.
https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/delusional-disorder#1
Yes, but it's not a definition of the right word.
This is
deluded
/dɪˈluːdɪd/

adjective
believing something that is not true.
"the poor deluded creature"


And yet, you thought it was.
So you believed something that isn't true.

You poor deluded creature.


They are also rational in that they offer personal proof of a Prime Cause.
That's not even true in the context of your beliefs.
How can you be sure that it's the same "God"?
The one that made the Universe might have died a million years ago and we are now under the supervision of His dimwitted Son.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 04:51:33
Here is a definition.
https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/delusional-disorder#1
Yes, but it's not a definition of the right word.
This is
deluded
/dɪˈluːdɪd/

adjective
believing something that is not true.
"the poor deluded creature"


And yet, you thought it was.
So you believed something that isn't true.

You poor deluded creature.

Your assumption is that I believe something that is not true. Imagined is assumed to be false although it could be unknown but true.

Either definition requires that you start with the assumption that my hypothesis is "not true" ie "falsely imagined".

So now I challenge you to prove me wrong. You can use inconsistency as one method but not lack of evidence on your part. Just because you have never seen a black swan does not mean they do not exist. You can also use a scientific proof of the Prime Cause to show that your Prime Cause is correct therefore mine must be false.

I am going to post a few examples of my logic and analytic ability to illustrate that I am capable of
1) creative thought
2) analytic ability
3) clear memory and
4) seem to have a "sixth sense."

"Poor deluded creature" is a poor description of what you think I am based on your false rationale and false imagery. You are engaging in mud-slinging, so I will counter that.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 04:55:39
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 09:08:46

    They are also rational in that they offer personal proof of a Prime Cause.

That's not even true in the context of your beliefs.
How can you be sure that it's the same "God"?
The one that made the Universe might have died a million years ago and we are now under the supervision of His dimwitted Son.

You are engaging in anthropomorphic imagery and an illogical train of thought. Equating your imaginings to my solid experiences is not even vaguely equivalent. To have a son, the God would have to have a wife and be capable of procreation, not to mention dying thereafter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 05:05:08
Here is one example of a possible "sixth sense". You could say I am unusually observant - which would also boost my credentials. Note that I accept that I could somehow have seen the hidden watch.

On a hike our group were camped by a field. I noticed a group of about ten hikers searching in the field as a distressed woman guided them. After about 45 minutes, they gave up one by one. The woman was left crying with her husband. I walked up and said I have a talent for finding missing things and have done so a number of times. I asked her what she lost and where she thinks she lost it. It was the center of the search area. I walked around for a couple of minutes and then bent down and moved a clump of grass to the side. There was the missing watch - an expensive heirloom. She ran at me and jumped onto me to hug me. I thought I was being grabbed by an octopus she held so tight.

So when I claim to be able to do something I can often deliver.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 05:25:37
Another example of a "sixth sense". Although you could claim I am unusually analytical and remarkably stubborn.

I was about 25 years old and had the position of commissioning engineer. After construction of large electrical installations I would do a thorough check of everything and then power up and run tests. Distribution substations, power line series capacitor banks, power shunt capacitor banks, large mine hoist motors, smelting transformers, all the control circuits and so on. I never missed a fault because I was so thorough.

I tested a large smelting transformer and told them that the meggar test failed. They told me the capacitance of long cables to the distribution yard were stopping the meter from building up the voltage. I did not agree and would not sign off. They called my boss who called me and said if they wanted to go ahead it was their problem but I had to sign off which I would not do. The next week there was a meeting of eleven top engineers and my manager. They were seriously annoyed because they had lost a week of production. They had arranged to take off the cables (not so easy with one square inch of copper and insulation for 11,000 volts). The transformer tested fine. The cables did not. The cable test people were there and said they wold not retest because they had done so two weeks ago despite my meggar on the cable showing zero.

I was the one who had to power up. We drove the distance to the distribution yard. I told them my gut feeling was very bad and I did not recommend powering up. The resulting explosion in the yard caused flame and smoke and the fault caused a large portion of South Africa to black out. I had tested the yard six months earlier. The cable were connected to the equipment there. Six months without the warming of flowing electrical current had caused the equipment to absorb moisture and cause a short circuit. Our sales manager was very happy because they had bought the cheaper competitors current transformers.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 05:51:03
An example of serendipity and an ability to visualize processes on an atomic scale. Is a machine (if we are such) capable of such creativity?

Plastic films and parts are treated with a flame to convert the surface to get a polar radical (an OH) so that they can be painted with a logo or a label glued on. It can be done with high voltage corona discharge, but that is not only dangerous to workers, it can punch through a tiny inclusion of dirt.

The problem was that the flame had to have just the right mixture of gas and air. Not too rich and not too lean. When tons of milk carton stock is being produced at a time it was costly and a disaster to find it had not worked. Flow meters were tried but failed because the natural gas composition varied and the air varied according to how much humidity there was. I was at a convention of some sort and they were demonstrating the emission of a car using a high temperature oxygen sensor. I got a sample and then had to find a way to use it and get a signal to drive a control motor connected to the gas mixing. It worked. We did not patent it because we said the competitors would not understand the concept (I was an electrical/electronics engineer working in the field of gas burners) and we would not have it copied. It was called a plasma analyzer. It was highly successful and made a lot of money for the company. I gave a conference paper to the paper making industry.

Not delusional and definitely not poor at that time. I was paid more than the top engineering manager at GM. My management skills were also good. I built a team by hiring and firing. I recommended and supervised the installation of a network of PCs where at a time that IBM had just brought out their first PC. The network and the custom Foxpro accounting program replaced the IBM main frame. This was despite another CEO telling the owner of the company (while I was there) that my ideas were rubbish and I would sink the company with my wild schemes. Delusional?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 06:36:04
Here is one that you could say I know business and people and I was just plain lucky. However, it does not explain that once more I correctly interpreted Tarot cards.

I emigrated to the US and worked under two Italian salesmen who were intelligent, hard-working and knew how to sell. I backed them by doing quotes and technical support at first and then sub-contracting the more complex orders. Our sales sky-rocketed as we skimmed the cream of the market. Based on this success, the main Swedish company opened a factory in the US. I could see the egos and personalities involved. I got side-lined. Our sales were dismal for two years and money was pumped into a huge factory with 75 workers. Moral was low so one of the ltalians (then Director of Sales) got the main office American Corporate CEO to visit us and tell us they would persist for at least another 3 years. My personal opinion, which I only shared with an outside consultant, was that he was a hatchet man brought in to trim the main office and could not be trusted. Personally I thought they would stop the bleeding soon.

The Director of Sales invited me to his home soon after and said his wife wanted a demonstration of the Tarot cards I had spoken about. I did the a layout for them and focused on explaining how they worked and how I interpreted them. A week later I got an offer of employment via the consultant and took it. A month later the Sales Director resigned, and a week after he resigned the company fired everyone and closed. When I visited the family of the Sales Director, the wife asked me how the Tarot cards knew the company would close. The hatchet man was replaced by a Swede shortly after all the cuts had been made.

I had not paid much attention, and obviously had my own suspicions but the card layout was clear. I had told them the factory would close shortly. They trusted the cards and not my personal opinion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 07:01:10
Added to that was a need for secrecy
Secrecy? There are plenty of books on Judaism, about half written by people who knew what they were talking about.

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[But there is a price to pay - paranoia.
We do indeed suffer from the paranoia that demagogues induce in others, but the most balanced and rational people I have met were survivors of Nazi and Communist antisemitism.

The secrecy was in place until very recently. Judaism used a "secret language," namely Hebrew, for its texts and writings and they were not available to others. Likewise with the ceremonies. When I visited a synagogue in NY there was a group of men talking business on the side. As I approached to walk past they all stopped and evaluated me. Despite my dark wavy hair I was seen as a goyim (non-Jew) and the talk stopped until I passed by. Now that there is wide-spread publication, the new tactic is disinformation and attacking any disseminators of the truth.

It stands to reason that the least paranoid were actual victims. They had survived and there was little chance of a repeat. The imaginings are worse than the actual experience - hard as that might be to believe. That is why the participation of little children in ceremonies that "celebrate" survival of a horrible event are terribly disturbing to a growing mind. Add "Jewish guilt" to that to compound it.

Which is why I think Judaism should update. For its own sake.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/02/2020 08:06:05
To have a son, the God would have to have a wife and be capable of procreation, not to mention dying thereafter.
And, for all you actually   know, He does.

So, what was your point there?
Here is one example of a possible "sixth sense". You could say I am unusually observant - which would also boost my credentials. Note that I accept that I could somehow have seen the hidden watch.

On a hike our group were camped by a field. I noticed a group of about ten hikers searching in the field as a distressed woman guided them. After about 45 minutes, they gave up one by one. The woman was left crying with her husband. I walked up and said I have a talent for finding missing things and have done so a number of times. I asked her what she lost and where she thinks she lost it. It was the center of the search area. I walked around for a couple of minutes and then bent down and moved a clump of grass to the side. There was the missing watch - an expensive heirloom. She ran at me and jumped onto me to hug me. I thought I was being grabbed by an octopus she held so tight.

So when I claim to be able to do something I can often deliver.
Luck.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/02/2020 08:09:23
The secrecy was in place until very recently.
No, not for a thousand years or so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_ibn_Abitur
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/02/2020 08:15:15
Another example of a "sixth sense".
Or the ability to use (but not to spell) a Megger.

I tested a large smelting transformer and told them that the meggar test failed.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 10:55:47
Another example of a "sixth sense".
Or the ability to use (but not to spell) a Megger.

I tested a large smelting transformer and told them that the meggar test failed.

I have been telling you my spelling is atrocious because of brain shrinkage and deterioration in my language center. I was not sure of the spelling and did not want to check it as I typically do.

Gold star for correcting my error. Not a spot the deliberate mistake.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 11:01:12
The secrecy was in place until very recently.
No, not for a thousand years or so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_ibn_Abitur

Not exactly a wide publication. Perhaps to a sympathetic eye?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah
This so-called Baghdad Manifesto was read out in Friday mosques throughout the 'Abbasid domains accusing the Fatimids of Jewish ancestry. In addition, because of Al-Hakim's alleged Christian mother, he was accused of being over-sympathetic to non-Muslims, giving them more privileges than they should have been given under Islamic rule.


Do you think it disqualifies my statement about secrecy? Once more I refer to extensive historical reading on my part.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 11:25:37
This morning I saw a news piece about the fungus destroying the tomato crops in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania because of record rains. The locust swarms in Ethiopia and Somalia are also due to heavy rainfalls. The Chinese pork industry has been hit hard by a pig virus.

I have said for a while that the world went through very calm centuries (about 10,000 years) where humankind had a chance to thrive and expand. God may have permitted that by limiting natural disasters (and allowing the one that wiped out the dinosaurs). Now he is sitting back and not intervening. Gods planned fix for global warming - do nothing. Except for an enlightened few.

The point of this. I have claimed that the world will experience a die-off due to a variety of causes. In 2009 I thought it would be a viral pandemic, then I thought it would be a fungal-virus combination that would weaken immune systems, but now I think that it will be cell towers weakening immune systems and causing mutations.

How about this scenario. The corona virus is fairly dormant until the host experiences cellular disruption due to being near higher and longer than usual cell microwaves. These cause the cells to have unbalanced VGCCs (voltage gated calcium channels) and these produce excess ROS (reactive oxygen species) which in turn make the cell vulnerable to attack by pathogens, and cause more mutations.

Support for my theory. No viral outbreak (yet) in poor regions. Outbreaks in hi-tech (hi-cell coverage) areas. High outbreak in a ship with lots of Wifi. Older people with compromised immune systems which are the people made worse by cell microwave. The virus seems to "hide" until activated - perhaps by cell microwave.

Why do I think this? Because I believe God wanted to teach me lessons. Why else make me suffer so much? I learned a lot, believe me. I think he allowed the cell tower next door to us with unusually high radiation and had me experience how the microwaves degrade the human system. We now have a great home - a blessing I believe.

Just some musings to make people think. Going to the country and leaving your cell devices at home might be a refuge. Of course Bored Chemist and the cell industry will be working hard to persuade you otherwise. Time will tell for those of us let alive.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/02/2020 13:52:48
Do you think it disqualifies my statement about secrecy?
The definition of the word disqualifies your statement.
It's not as if that 1000 year old version is the only translation.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/02/2020 13:53:40
How about this scenario.
It's bad sci fi.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 14:31:41
Do you think it disqualifies my statement about secrecy?
The definition of the word disqualifies your statement.
It's not as if that 1000 year old version is the only translation.

So you think the general populace and the rulers of countries up until 1900 were aware of what the Jewish teachings were and what the rituals were all about? No way. Give me proof of what you say.

I say there were rabbinical edicts that Jews could put out false writings and false information if it served as self-protection. I do not blame them - it was a clever tactic, but did not resolve the suspicion of the religion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/02/2020 14:52:02
How about this scenario.
It's bad sci fi.

Keep disputing it. My wife needs to sell the house next to the cell tower before any such theory gains traction.

As far as the impact on the economy you should not forget that the crash of 2008 (which I saw coming when my late wife asked my to check the Tarot cards) did not result in the correction that it should have. The toxic debt is still on the balance sheets of many banks. Not at market value but at whatever the banks think it is worth. A lot was bought by central banks. The current economy is smoke and mirrors - a giant Ponzi scheme and the government has no options left. The true correction will be a blood bath. Bad sci-fi? Some economists think it is inevitable. The internet may collapse and I will not be able to say "I told you so."

In 2008 she cashed in her provident fund at maximum value and sold her house which turned out to be a blessing.

I remember looking at the financials of Bear Sterns or Lehman that they put out just before the crash. I looked for the debt and could not find it. I realized that they classed debt as an "asset" but saying that these collateralized debt options were somehow income assets because they could be sold on at a higher value. And I am an engineer although I can read a financial statement.

I had some property investments with one of these companies just before the 1987 Black Monday crash (which I also saw) and tried to sell them. My third wife's brother who we bought them from kept stalling. I wanted solid post office investments. After the crash I wanted to sell them and was told they were worth twice what I paid. I said sell them. They said no-one will buy them. True value equals zero. We only just sold our Manhattan apartment in time - the same week as the crash.

Yes. Those God hints have a practical side.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/02/2020 16:22:21
So you think the general populace and the rulers of countries up until 1900

The secrecy was in place until very recently.


Nice attempt there, but put the goalpost back where it was.

However, the answer to your question is demonstrably yes
"The unofficial visit of Prince George and his brothers to Jerusalem, including their participation at the Passover Seder held at the home of the the Chief Rabbi Raphael Meir Panigel, is also documented in the Hebrew booklet “The Visit of the Princes of England in Jerusalem” written by the famous writer and researcher Pinchas Graiewski (1873-1941) together with Baruch Priver."

from
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/king_george_v_pessach_1882/

And before that too
http://strangeside.com/adler-rabbi-nathan-and-queen-victoria/
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/02/2020 05:01:33
So you think the general populace and the rulers of countries up until 1900

The secrecy was in place until very recently.


Nice attempt there, but put the goalpost back where it was.

However, the answer to your question is demonstrably yes
"The unofficial visit of Prince George and his brothers to Jerusalem, including their participation at the Passover Seder held at the home of the the Chief Rabbi Raphael Meir Panigel, is also documented in the Hebrew booklet “The Visit of the Princes of England in Jerusalem” written by the famous writer and researcher Pinchas Graiewski (1873-1941) together with Baruch Priver."

from
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/king_george_v_pessach_1882/

And before that too
http://strangeside.com/adler-rabbi-nathan-and-queen-victoria/

One word answer - propaganda.

How many people (kings and queens included know this about the basics of Judaism). Practiced by Jews of many denominations.

All three Abrahamic religions stress charity. Giving to those less fortunate is mandated.
There are two charities I trust to use the contributions to the best of those who need them. One is the Salvation Army (Christian) and one is the Gift of the Givers (Muslim). There are two international aid organizations. One is the Red Cross (Christian) and one is the Red Crescent (Muslim).
There is no Jewish equivalent, despite massive philanthropic contributions by wealthy Jews. From what I can make out, most of their contributions go to Jewish charities for Jewish people, or they build universities and hospitals that benefit the Jewish community.
Jewish law has a priority of giving to the poor and needy.
1. Poor relatives (familial proximity)
2. Jewish people/Jewish community (religio-ethnic proximity)
3. People in local town or Israeli towns (geographic proximity)
4. People who live in another town
5. Non-poverty Jewish causes (religio-ethnic proximity)
6. Non-poverty local causes/Israeli causes (geographic proximity)
7. Non-poverty, non-local organizations e.g. Cancer, Greenpeace.
Gentiles come last and only if not giving would cause antagonism to Jews. This priority with regard to Jewishness is watered down the further one goes from Orthodox sites. Jewish people know that Jewish causes come first.

While charity begins at home and most people do so within their community there is a massive amount of Christian money that goes to the poorer Jews in Israel.

In 1940, British historian Arthur Bryant wrote a book entitled 'Unfinished Victory' about the German history between 1919 and 1939. It was well received at first. Then he was forced to withdraw it and buy back all 5,000 copies because it was seen as proposing a compromise. It was also seen as antisemitic. There are two viewpoints - one is that he self-censors because of the mood of the nation, the other is that he was pressured because it was seen as antisemitic. It does provide a very different perspective compared to the history of today.

https://www.unz.com/book/arthur_bryant__unfinished-victory/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0031322032000185569

My late wife told me she spoke with an older German who lived through the war. His comment about the German Jews before the war was "You should have seen how they treated us."

Once more I say that people should properly learn the lessons of history lest they be repeated. There are often two sides to any story.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/02/2020 08:49:09
One is the Red Cross (Christian)
The Red Cross isn't Christian.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/02/2020 08:50:07
One word answer - propaganda.
And that which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed the same way.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/02/2020 16:09:39
One is the Red Cross (Christian)
The Red Cross isn't Christian.

Oh! Really!
https://christianheritagefellowship.com/the-christian-origin-of-the-red-cross
Like so many institutions, organizations, and benevolent agencies, the Red Cross had its origin in the Christian Faith. As noted below in the brief thumbnail sketch, the Christian faith of banker and businessman, Henry Dunant, was the impetus behind the compassion that has been and continues to be extended to millions around the world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/02/2020 16:11:03
One word answer - propaganda.
And that which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed the same way.

Not worth further debate, even to respond to this.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/02/2020 16:18:35
One is the Red Cross (Christian)
The Red Cross isn't Christian.

Oh! Really!
https://christianheritagefellowship.com/the-christian-origin-of-the-red-cross
Like so many institutions, organizations, and benevolent agencies, the Red Cross had its origin in the Christian Faith. As noted below in the brief thumbnail sketch, the Christian faith of banker and businessman, Henry Dunant, was the impetus behind the compassion that has been and continues to be extended to millions around the world.

LOL
One word answer - propaganda.


Did you really think that presenting christianheritagefellowship as an independent source was going to fly on a science page?

However, if you look at what the Red Cross actually say they stand for here
https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-stand-for
You get this
Impartiality
The Movement makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.

It endeavours to relieve the suffering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress.

The fact that the bloke who founded it went to church on Sunday, rather than Saturday does not make it a Christian movement.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/02/2020 16:19:04
One word answer - propaganda.
And that which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed the same way.

Not worth further debate, even to respond to this.
So, you accept tat I'm right and there's no reason to suppose that it is proaganda?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/02/2020 16:25:39
Note a couple of cases that recovered have again tested positive. Uh oh.

I doubt it is a mutation this early in the game but with the mutant enhancing properties of cell microwave it just might be.

And the virus spreading in people without symptoms, and then something triggers the sudden growth in person.

How about if the virus is resident and spread without symptoms and then is triggered by exposure to cell phone radiation. Is my sci-fi so irrational and unbelievable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(film)
Meanwhile, the team realizes that the alien microbe would thrive on the energy of a nuclear explosion and would consequently be transformed into a supercolony that could destroy all life on Earth.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/02/2020 17:00:12
And the virus spreading in people without symptoms
Do you think  that's unusual, or are you aware that some people don't get every cold that does the rounds?
mutant enhancing properties of cell microwave
Is that the plot of some sci fi film?
Viruses don't need help to mutate.

Is my sci-fi so irrational and unbelievable?
Yes, because it lacks a plausible mechanism
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/02/2020 17:02:29
Meanwhile, the team realizes that the alien microbe would thrive on the energy of a nuclear explosion and would consequently be transformed into a supercolony that could destroy all life on Earth.
You have mistaken a nuclear bomb for a mobile phone.

Is there a grown-up who helps you with this sort of thing?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/02/2020 19:12:56
God may have permitted that by limiting natural disasters
Of course! The Ice Age, the Black Death, and the destruction of Pompeii, were all due to Man's disobedience in erecting microwave towers, not by God's faulty construction of the universe.

The idea that homo sapiens "flourished" for 10,000 years doesn't quite gel with the population statistics.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/02/2020 05:32:56
And the virus spreading in people without symptoms
Do you think  that's unusual, or are you aware that some people don't get every cold that does the rounds?
mutant enhancing properties of cell microwave
Is that the plot of some sci fi film?
Viruses don't need help to mutate.

Is my sci-fi so irrational and unbelievable?
Yes, because it lacks a plausible mechanism

Viruses can have animal reservoirs that carry the virus in a symptom-less manner. This means that the virus has an equilibrium state where it replicates and lives without excessive damage to the host. When the virus mutates in order to jump species, the new host (humankind) typically has no defense and often the effects are quite damaging and have a high mortality. But killing off too fast is self-limiting to the aggressive versions (except when carried by Spanish invaders who can keep spreading the bad stuff) and hence a balance is established. One can read this in the book I recommended "Pandemics Progress".

The worst virus is one that is slow so can spread but is also deadly. AIDS is one such virus. SA has huge number of people who are infected. They are probably at risk for this new COVID-19. We are also saturated in cell towers, if that is a needed factor.

With flu, people have immunity once they get it, and may have partial immunity to a different strain (mutation). The flu virus is mutating a lot in the last few years (the same years of massive increases in cell phones and other environmental toxins). H1N1 now has a variety of digits.

The corona virus has proteins that attach to the membrane of a cell. They need to penetrate the cell, and their surface protein is the key. If the cell is not fully functional then penetration is made easier. This is where the cell-phone microwave does its part. The voltage gated proteins that control calcium, sodium and potassium are affected by pulsed microwave and are not fully functional. They are the cells that are attacked by the corona virus. They are all cells - nerves, muscles, tissue, marrow and so on.

Now how do I know that cell microwave causes problems in people who have an underlying condition? Because of first hand experience over the last 18 months. Headaches, stomach upsets, knee pain - all were made worse by exposure to high levels (by natural standards and not legal standards) of cell radiation.

So the corona virus could be in equilibrium in people in undetectable amounts, but enough to pass on. If exposed to excessive radiation for a little while, which is happening in hi-tech centers, the cells are weakened and then the corona virus can multiply and damage the host. If the host recovers the situation goes back to equilibrium and waits for the next burst of high radiation to reactivate.

And all the time the cell-radiation is assisting in causing mutations in the virus. This virus may be such that a vaccine is problematic.

I am writing from memory so I stand to be corrected on some details but the basic scenario should be the same.

In direct answer. Mutations happen all the time. The rate of mutation depends on stressors. Cell-phone radiation is scientifically proven to be a powerful one. I have given you the scientific reasoning for the mechanism. You can reject it but it is very plausible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/02/2020 05:44:33
God may have permitted that by limiting natural disasters
Of course! The Ice Age, the Black Death, and the destruction of Pompeii, were all due to Man's disobedience in erecting microwave towers, not by God's faulty construction of the universe.

The idea that homo sapiens "flourished" for 10,000 years doesn't quite gel with the population statistics.

None of those disasters resulted in the extinction of humankind. God may have limited anything that would. Why is the presence of evil and suffering an imperfect universe? You have your idea of perfection but I can tell you humankind would be lazy and get nowhere. The current "game" has permitted the evolution of a fantastic creature with both intelligence and athletic prowess. A Japanese sword is made by bending and folding and hammering over and over to get a perfect grain. The stressors on human evolution do something similar.

Your "less than perfect" argument is a straw man. We are entertaining an Ultimate Intelligence and God is in the game as a force for good. The religions know this and know the rules. They benefit. Atheism as an evolutionary advantage has yet to prove itself. I predict it will not serve its adherents well in the coming crisis and will be relegated to history.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/02/2020 18:23:19
Now how do I know that cell microwave causes problems in people who have an underlying condition? Because of first hand experience over the last 18 months. Headaches, stomach upsets, knee pain - all were made worse by exposure to high levels (by natural standards and not legal standards) of cell radiation.

Is there a name for this specific  mental health problem?

The one where you can function as a normal human being, read, write, hold down a job etc.

But still not be able to understand that an anecdote is not the same as proof.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/02/2020 18:25:03
I am writing from memory so I stand to be corrected on some details
And all the time the cell-radiation is assisting in causing mutations in the virus.
Viruses don't need help to mutate.

Your memory is frighteningly poor.
I suggest you seek urgent medical help.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/02/2020 19:21:39
I am writing from memory so I stand to be corrected on some details
And all the time the cell-radiation is assisting in causing mutations in the virus.
Viruses don't need help to mutate.

Your memory is frighteningly poor.
I suggest you seek urgent medical help.

This bit of strange logic makes me wonder about your state of mind. A real non-sequitur.

Remember what I said about a poster using insults instead of debating the issues?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/02/2020 19:29:33
Now how do I know that cell microwave causes problems in people who have an underlying condition? Because of first hand experience over the last 18 months. Headaches, stomach upsets, knee pain - all were made worse by exposure to high levels (by natural standards and not legal standards) of cell radiation.

Is there a name for this specific  mental health problem?

The one where you can function as a normal human being, read, write, hold down a job etc.

But still not be able to understand that an anecdote is not the same as proof.

The name of this thread is can science prove God exists. Since God (and the Ultimate Intelligence) does not want scientific proof then it will not happen. But the hints can get quite convincing. Let us say that I am right about the corona virus and microwaves. I am possibly already right about predicting a coming die-off. Would that seem like I got divine inspiration (a message)?

When the scientists scramble for answers and people are dying and the world goes into panic mode, an anecdote that might have some answers seems better than none. Especially when so many people do believe that God works in such ways.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/02/2020 20:19:55
Here is how to check on the mechanism. Do a google search for "corona virus mechanism of action"

Note two points in the first. Calcium and pH. The cell microwave interferes with both. Your turn BC.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397359/ (2012)

...Coronaviruses are able to exploit many cell surface molecules—proteins and carbohydrates alike—in order to gain entry into target cells. Host calcium dependent (C-type) lectins have been recognized to play a role in infection by SARS-CoV, IBV, and FCoV.

...Over time, coronaviruses have modified their spike proteins, leading to the diversity of triggers used to activate their fusion. These conformational changes can be initiated by receptor binding but may need additional triggers such as pH acidification or proteolytic activation. The mechanisms of coronavirus entry are complex and differ between coronavirus species and strains.

...The large size and replication strategy of the coronavirus genome also allows for frequent homologous recombination, a process that enables exchange of genetic material during co-infection. Persistent infection leads to the accumulation of adaptive mutations. The consequences of coronavirus species barrier jumping can be devastating and result in severe disease and mortality, as exemplified by the SARS outbreak. The spike protein is the major determinant of coronaviruses tropism. Modification of the spike can alter cell and tissue tropism and, in some cases, in association with other viral and host factors, may lead to change of virus pathogenicity. Zoonoses constitute a real risk for human health. In the past, coronaviruses have often demonstrated their propensity to infect new hosts, highlighting the capacity for viral evolution and the need for surveillance. Great progress has been made in the understanding of spike protein functions, however it remains impossible to predict the effect of mutations that a virus might acquire.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369385/ is more recent (2015)

...Owing to the lack of effective therapeutics or vaccines, the best measures to control human coronaviruses remain a strong public health surveillance system coupled with rapid diagnostic testing and quarantine when necessary. For international outbreaks, cooperation of governmental entities, public health authorities and health care providers is critical. During veterinary outbreaks that are readily transmitted, such as PEDV, more drastic measures such as destruction of entire herds of pigs may be necessary to prevent transmission of these deadly viruses.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/02/2020 11:22:07
Remember what I said about a poster using insults instead of debating the issues?
Pointing out that you had forgotten what I told you about 12 hours earlier is not an insult, it's advice; go and seek medical help.
Note two points in the first. Calcium and pH. The cell microwave interferes with both. Your turn BC.
No
It's not my turn unless  you can actually show that what you said is true.
So where's the proof of this claim?
The cell microwave interferes with both.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/02/2020 15:17:03
The stressors on human evolution do something similar.
An omniscient, omnipotent being would not  mess about with evolution - he would go straight to the ultimate product. Thus your god is either not omnipotent and omniscient, in which case he is not worth inventing, let alone worshipping, or he is reprehensible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/02/2020 15:23:15
So you think the general populace and the rulers of countries up until 1900 were aware of what the Jewish teachings were and what the rituals were all about?
Your ignorance is not evidence of my secrecy. My neighbour is a Hindu. I can't read his sacred texts nor do I know what he does about them, and it's none of my damn business anyway. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/02/2020 18:47:09
The stressors on human evolution do something similar.
An omniscient, omnipotent being would not  mess about with evolution - he would go straight to the ultimate product. Thus your god is either not omnipotent and omniscient, in which case he is not worth inventing, let alone worshipping, or he is reprehensible.

If you were given the choice of doing a painting/sculpture/work of art or just snapping your fingers and getting instant results - which choice would you make if you were an artist? If you went to a movie theater to see a murder mystery and they screened "The butler did it with the knife in the kitchen", would you feel you missed out on experiencing the movie?

Let us say that your imagined omniscient, omnipotent God could just jump to the finished perfect product - what then? Boredom! Lumps of tissue without feeling or emotion or history.

You miss the point about God being a part of the dream of the Ultimate Intelligence. Almost omniscient and omnipotent, but not quite. Enough not to disturb the worship of the major religions, but having to follow the rules set by the Ultimate Intelligence. Do good, hint about your presence, but do not give absolute proof. Let the laws of physics have precedence. Fight Satan and evil.

The story of the Universe, God, Satan and Humankind is incredibly entertaining. That is what it is. An illusion as "real" as any movie. You can knock religion as much as you want but it will not change the Ultimate Truth - which is something I think (for good reason) I have had an insight into. The problem is that you have to assess my hypothesis on the basis of my credibility and how well my hypothesis fits not only science facts but religious and spiritual facts - namely the entire package of human experience and not a narrow artificial definition designed to support the anti-theism of a group of people.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/02/2020 19:05:39
If you were given the choice of doing a painting/sculpture/work of art or just snapping your fingers and getting instant results - which choice would you make if you were an artist?
Who cares what choice I would make?
I'm not an all powerful, everlasting God.

Things like boredom only apply to mortals.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/02/2020 19:11:10
So you think the general populace and the rulers of countries up until 1900 were aware of what the Jewish teachings were and what the rituals were all about?
Your ignorance is not evidence of my secrecy. My neighbour is a Hindu. I can't read his sacred texts nor do I know what he does about them, and it's none of my damn business anyway.

Judaism is the only religion that I know that is reluctant to tell people what they believe and how their religion guides their daily lives. Ask your Hindu neighbour. No doubt he will take pride in explaining in detail why his beliefs are and what his rituals are and why they are. Same with other religions. They are happy to have converts because they believe their beliefs are universal.

The hidden side of Judaism is that the Jewish beliefs see the world as Jew and non-Jew. Here is an extreme example but one few know about. Can you imagine the public outrage if it was anyone else?

The Times of Israel reported on problematic quotes from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who died at 93, and was a revered halachic scholar. He was also the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983 and the founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party. His funeral in Jerusalem was the largest in Israel's history, with an estimated attendance of 850,000. Yet he was recorded as saying in sermons:

Year 2000 (the Holocaust): “The six million Holocaust victims were reincarnations of the souls of sinners, people who transgressed and did all sorts of things which should not be done. They had been reincarnated in order to atone.”

Year 2010 (Gentiles): “Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel.”

Year 2000 (regarding peace with Arabs): “How can you make peace with a snake?...Those evildoers, the Arabs — it says in the Gemara (Talmud) that God is sorry he ever created those sons of Ishmael.”

Year 2009 (regarding Muslims): “They’re stupid. Their religion is as ugly as they are.”

Is Orthodox Judaism an errant sect or does it represent the true values of Judaism? Are these values only for the Jewish faithful and are kept out of sight of non-Jews? Are his quotes representative of the basic religious values? Or are they seen as the personal musings of an old man?

Once more, I think that the biggest update required of Judaism is universality. Put aside the "us and them". I cannot see it happening except in a time of extreme crisis. Perhaps it is one of the outcomes God wants to see with a global die-off.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/02/2020 19:13:30
If you were given the choice of doing a painting/sculpture/work of art or just snapping your fingers and getting instant results - which choice would you make if you were an artist?
Who cares what choice I would make?
I'm not an all powerful, everlasting God.

Things like boredom only apply to mortals.

For a mortal you seem to know a lot about God and gods and vastly superior beings. How?

I was in the mind of the Ultimate Intelligence and that is how I know it was bored.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/02/2020 19:15:15
(snip)
So where's the proof of this claim?
The cell microwave interferes with both.

Tomorrow. It is late and past my bedtime.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/02/2020 19:45:20
The hidden side of Judaism is that the Jewish beliefs see the world as Jew and non-Jew.
Nonstandard meaning of "hidden", I think. It's as overt as Christian and heathen, or muslim and infidel. Or Arsenal (red shirts) and  visitors.

The outstanding aspect of Judaism is that it does not seek to convert or exterminate people of other faiths. "By their deeds shall ye know them" was said by the most famous Jew of all time.

You can probably trace your family back a few generations. Whilst many of the paper records have been destroyed, my maternal DNA irrevocably links me with (almost*) every other Jew that ever lived, regardless of his belief or none, so scientifically speaking you are either in or out of the tribe.

*The few genuine converts include Sammy Davis Jr and Nelson Mandela, neither of whom was under any pressure to join but both were welcomed.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 05:48:07
The hidden side of Judaism is that the Jewish beliefs see the world as Jew and non-Jew.
Nonstandard meaning of "hidden", I think. It's as overt as Christian and heathen, or muslim and infidel. Or Arsenal (red shirts) and  visitors.

The outstanding aspect of Judaism is that it does not seek to convert or exterminate people of other faiths. "By their deeds shall ye know them" was said by the most famous Jew of all time.

You can probably trace your family back a few generations. Whilst many of the paper records have been destroyed, my maternal DNA irrevocably links me with (almost*) every other Jew that ever lived, regardless of his belief or none, so scientifically speaking you are either in or out of the tribe.

*The few genuine converts include Sammy Davis Jr and Nelson Mandela, neither of whom was under any pressure to join but both were welcomed.

Hidden as in not open or not seen. In Germany the opulence and wealth of the Jewish population was on open display contrary to earlier times when it was more discreet. The Rothschilds had more palaces than all of Europes royalty. One of these was the Palais Rothschild, built in Vienna in 1872 and was a showcase of their wealth. Waddesdon Manor was the Buckinghamshire English showpiece. However, their banking was completely secretive relying on 5 brothers in 5 capital cities and then intermarrying with cousins and then later with royalty. It seems that their fortunes were made on funding war, often both sides. The holocaust changed that and the Rothschilds now maintain a very low profile.

In most of the professions - such as medicine, science, engineering, law, art, politics, and media - there are many Jews who have made significant contributions. There are many Jewish websites proudly listing the achievements of Jews. It is an undeniable fact. When one looks at history, many of these achievers were born into the elite of society with professional parents who could send their children to good schools.

Two examples are Albert Einstein and John von Neumann. They were truly amazing people and likable characters. They share the background of having being taught in Christian schools. Fine with me. Society needs gifted talented people and talented people need nurturing. This did not occur in backstreet poverty-stricken ghettos, as many would have the world believe.

A group of super-achievers  was the example of the group of German scientists forced to flee Germany - fourteen Nobel laureates and 26 of the 60 professors of theoretical physics in the country. Contributions to the atomic bomb came from Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Leo Slizard, Edward Teller, Klaus Fuchs, Hans Bethe, John von Neumann, Lise Meitner, Victor Weisskopf – all either Jewish or with a Jewish parent.

Von Neumann was born to a wealthy, assimilated and non-observant Jewish family, and was taught by governesses. He learned English, French, German and Italian. At age 8,  von Neumann was familiar with differential and integral calculus. The school he went to in Budapest was one of the best, part of a  brilliant system designed for the elite. It was run by the Lutheran Church, but the school was predominately Jewish students. The school system produced a generation of scholars known for intellectual achievement.”

But we have the really bad. Murder Incorporated, which was co-founded by Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel in the USA, was as evil as anything could get. They turned murder into a profit making business, doing contract killings for mobsters. Other Jews had to know it was happening and did nothing.

Bugsy Siegel took over a project and built the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, the first luxury hotel on the strip. He was welcome in Hollywood. The Hollywood movie 'Bugsy' has Warren Beatty portray Siegel as a likable romantic semi-hero. The Mafia was organized into a business by Jewish gangsters who got out once they made their money.

My point is that the Jews have fantastic skills of intellect and financial ability that mostly benefit society except when it becomes very unbalanced. But the religion still instills moral values, and those moral values permit or even encourage "us versus them". Usury is forbidden in Judaism contrary to popular belief. But the exception is when the other party is non-Jewish.

How can you justify and defend Jewish religion when it causes inequality and discrimination? Especially among the High Priests of the Religion. To retreat to the tribal excuse is a rationalization. Speak up and reform the religion.

Who are the 1% who own much of the worlds assets? It is likely there are a number of Jewish names in that, but that will not matter to the mob when they want retribution and redistribution. The mob wants a target they can identify. Hence I fear another pogrom on a massive scale if a mass die-off occurs.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/03/2020 08:45:24
I was in the mind of the Ultimate Intelligence
And that's the point where common sense stops.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/03/2020 10:31:28
Secretive banking! How dare they?

The first question I ask any prospective banker is "Please make sure that my financial affairs are public knowledge", so I can be assured that my businesses will fail in the true spirit of Christian humility.

Your anti-Semitic advisors (and you seem to be extensively, if not well, informed) will probably have pointed out the extreme bias of the Nobel committees in favour of British Jews from Trinity College, Cambridge. Obvious conspiracy, and so secretive that it makes the headlines every year. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 11:42:48
Secretive banking! How dare they?

The first question I ask any prospective banker is "Please make sure that my financial affairs are public knowledge", so I can be assured that my businesses will fail in the true spirit of Christian humility.

Your anti-Semitic advisors (and you seem to be extensively, if not well, informed) will probably have pointed out the extreme bias of the Nobel committees in favour of British Jews from Trinity College, Cambridge. Obvious conspiracy, and so secretive that it makes the headlines every year.

No advisors or even confidants. It is all my own personal experience or serendipitous articles and my buying of many books on not just Judaism but any other religious or spiritual topic. I would say that almost all my information on Judaism came for Jewish authors and sources. There are a few Jews who do fight the religion and the way of life and are prepared to do the research and to write about it. One has to be selective and apply common sense. Some of these are called self-hating Jews and are pilloried.

One author (or group of authors) chose to remain anonymous and publish a vast amount of fully referenced material. The site was clearly hacked with Swastikas and hate speech although it was clear it was meant to have just the one publication. The tone of the document was quite antisemitic despite the attempt to remain factual. Yes, that Jew was not a happy person because they felt that history was being re-written and sanitized to portray the Jewish people as long suffering victims when they were actually often aligned with the various rulers of the day in various countries.

"Business is business" is a saying I have heard from Jews when they are asked about religion being applied to business ethics. Shrug. You can choose to believe my interpretation or you can reject it as antisemitic. With the accompanying sarcasm.

Issac Shahak's book "Jewish History Jewish Religion" is one of the books I saw and read.

Another is by a psychiatrist named Theodore Isaac Rubin who wrote a book entitled 'Antisemitism – A disease of the Mind'. I was astounded at the lack of understanding. How can a supposedly intelligent man publish such a book?

I was in Brooklyn NY when the anti-Jewish riots broke out by blacks protesting Hasidim block-busting tactics and pressure. I lived close by and understood the dynamics. The characterization of a pogrom was so false I was stunned. The statement was made for political gain.

I take issue with other religions - I do not discriminate except to say that some might have better concepts that others. It is my opinion that it is God who wanted me to learn and guided the path.

If God exists and sent prophets in the past to inform people, why would he stop 2,000 years ago? Why could he not give some people some updated information, and help it spread? I may be wrong but my experience is too strange to think it is all coincidence.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 12:20:44
Manipulation of the news and control of the media is currently a hot topic. The stocks took a beating last week and on Friday the SARS-CoV-2 (the official name for the pathogen with Covid-19 as the name of the disease it causes) was headlines on many of the news outlets I read or watched.

On Saturday and now Sunday the coverage dropped and was a lot calmer. In my opinion there is a global recognition that fear and panic could become out of control. The economic panic is not helpful.

It is a SARS variant, and it could become very nasty. The slow spread is interesting. I wondered since 2009 whether the die-off would be fast and hard or slow and long-lasting. I think it is the latter. God seems to want to give humankind a chance to adjust. That adjustment will need global cooperation and a reduction of bellicose talk and action. But it will be painful and a big change to life as we know it.

My wife got an offer to purchase the house we moved out of. The offer that fell through has somehow managed to get a mortgage. I hope it happens. I was seriously worried in case of an economic collapse. So I got two prayers answered. Slow spread and a drop in panic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 12:34:08
(snip)
So where's the proof of this claim?
The cell microwave interferes with both.

Tomorrow. It is late and past my bedtime.

You can reread my posts in the topic about cell towers and health problems in the "That CAN'T be true" section. I gave references to the science. You can once more reject it but those interested can look up Dr Martin Pall and the VGCC and cell biology where the pH changes when ion channels open or the ion pumps operate. Pulsed cell microwave studies show the effects on ROS and mutations as well as calcium involvement which mediates the enzyme and cell regulation. There is clearly an effect on MW on cells and it is not good. It logically has to be harmful.

Bottom line is "time will tell".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/03/2020 12:54:00
You can reread my posts in the topic about cell towers and health problems in the "That CAN'T be true" section.
What would be the point?
They still can't be true.
Bottom line is "time will tell".
It already did.
And the outcome is simple.
Science works.
Magic doesn't.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/03/2020 13:00:33
I wondered since 2009 whether the die-off would be fast and hard or slow and long-lasting. I think it is the latter. God seems to want to give humankind a chance to adjust.
If God created a virus that leaves well over 90% of the population alive, and which essentially only kills significant numbers among people who are well over reproductive age then, whatever His plan may be, it's not population control.
If, as you claim, you know the mind of God, you should probably better stop portraying Him as an idiot.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/03/2020 14:24:04
I was seriously worried in case of an economic collapse. So I got two prayers answered.
So you could sell the house before the price collapses. I wonder what the buyer is praying for?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/03/2020 14:40:00
I was seriously worried in case of an economic collapse. So I got two prayers answered.
So you could sell the house before the price collapses. I wonder what the buyer is praying for?
He's presumably praying that he gets a cheap house.
But as Clive has pointed out, "spirit" doesn't work that way.

So the moral of the story is that you shouldn't pray for things you actually want.
That seems consistent.
The world is full of people praying for things like coronavirus dying out.
The virus is doing well.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/03/2020 14:40:28
religion being applied to business ethics.
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's" - a famous saying by the most famous rabbi of all.

Like your man said, business is business, that is, it has nothing to do with religion.

My secretary came into the office one Monday morning and announced that she had just agreed her church wedding date. The vicar had been very diffident, pointing out that she was not a regular attender and her fiancé wasn't even a confirmed Christian.
"How did you get round that?"
"I took a leaf from your book. I said 'Second Saturday in November, 2 pm, seventy-five quid. Do you want the gig or not?' "
Star pupil.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 16:21:02
My wife asked me to read the Tarot cards to see if she take the current offer for her house which is the same one she accepted before. I said that my gut feeling was move ahead as quickly as possible before an economic crash.

This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer. I said that the cards do not want people using them to make all their decisions and that there are times to think hard about what to do.

This afternoon I took a break from tidying up in the garage and did some random clicking on sites for anything mildly interesting. I came across this site and got a good laugh. I asked my wife to come and also have some comic relief.


At the end, I told my wife that she had just seen a spirit message regarding the house. Sell before the crunch hits. Can anyone see how relevant the message is to the question we want answered? This is sometimes how I get information from the spirit world - a serendipitous interaction from a news piece, a movie, a conversation, a book, or hearing two people discussing something.

So have a laugh and let us see how accurate the information is. It seems SA will have a market crash, and selling the house will be difficult if we wait.

I should ask for donations - visitors to this site are getting a free fortune telling appointment. But making money would be not be the reason spirit would help. The reason in this case is a demonstration of omens and portents - albeit with more direct information.

So far these events have worked for me. In New Zealand, I watched a Indian movie about a man having to deal with the death of his father who appears as a ghost. There had been a long breakup between them. I clearly took it as a sign to make peace with my father and apologize for my actions despite the breakup of a number of years having been engineered by the wife of my younger brother. The timing was right and so was my having to take my father's anger about a bad situation. So much went right after that. If I did not take the advice of the movie to be humble and bear the anger it would not have worked.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/03/2020 16:33:11
This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer.
My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 18:23:25
religion being applied to business ethics.
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's" - a famous saying by the most famous rabbi of all.

Like your man said, business is business, that is, it has nothing to do with religion.

My secretary came into the office one Monday morning and announced that she had just agreed her church wedding date. The vicar had been very diffident, pointing out that she was not a regular attender and her fiancé wasn't even a confirmed Christian.
"How did you get round that?"
"I took a leaf from your book. I said 'Second Saturday in November, 2 pm, seventy-five quid. Do you want the gig or not?' "
Star pupil.

Strange phrasing " the most famous rabbi of all." Jesus, was my first reaction but I did some searches and once more I had a serendipitous strike. Here is a book I will try to buy or read on-line. Two excerpts. So far I like what I read.

The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning
By Jonathan Sacks

...Science is about explanation. Religion is about  meaning. Science analyses, religion integrates. Science breaks things down to their component parts. Religion binds people together in relationships of trust. Science tells us what is. Religion tells us what ought to be. Science describes. Religion beckons, summons, calls. Science sees objects. Religion speaks to us as subjects. Science practises detachment. Religion is the art of attachment, self to self, soul to soul. Science sees the underlying order of the physical world. Religion hears the music beneath the noise. Science is the conquest of ignorance. Religion is the redemption of solitude.

...The final chapter of the book sets out my personal credo, my answer to the question, ‘Why do I believe?’ It was prompted by the advertisement, paid for by the British Humanist Association, that for a while in 2009 decorated the sides of London buses: ‘There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’ I hope the British Humanists will not take it amiss if I confess that this is not the most profound utterance yet devised by the wit of man. It reminds me of the remark I once heard from an Oxford don about one of his colleagues: ‘On the surface, he’s profound, but deep down, he’s superficial.’ Of course you cannot prove the existence of God. This entire book is an attempt to show why the attempt to do so is misconceived, the result of an accident in the cultural history of the West. But to take probability as a guide to truth, and ‘stop worrying’ as a route to happiness, is to dumb down beyond the point of acceptability two of the most serious questions ever framed by reflective minds. So, if you want to know why it makes sense to believe in God, turn to chapter 14.


There are many people who are Christians and Muslims who believe that ethics and principles should guide their behavior in business. It seems you do not, and your example shows that some clerics also have money as their God and can be "bought." If I had business dealings with you I would be careful about trust issues.

In my opinion, trust is a cornerstone of society. Despite laws and rules, people need to trust others in their everyday dealings. When a group does not integrate and remains separate there is suspicion. This can be seen all over the world in many societies with groups that do not integrate. The European Muslim is under pressure to integrate. I saw a cartoon by Jim Carey. He depicted Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 saying “People just submitted it. I don’t know why. They trust me. Dumb f**ks.” Zuckerberg’s deception of the Winklevoss twins is a movie. Of course, the twins should have considered that Zuckerberg had a website called 'Facemash' which breached privacy, security and violated copyright. It was not a very trusting resume. Zuckerberg had the business savvy and intelligence and the twins had not tied him down with a solid agreement. Nevertheless, it was pure arrogance, greed and deceit to steal the idea while sabotaging the project he was hired to work on. Facebook is currently under scrutiny for privacy ethics. Zuckerberg is not a good role model.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 18:25:19
This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer.
My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times.

Explain please. Or am I supposed to be a mind reader to your convoluted mental processes?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/03/2020 18:28:41
I was seriously worried in case of an economic collapse. So I got two prayers answered.
So you could sell the house before the price collapses. I wonder what the buyer is praying for?

The buyer wants the house because of the prime location to good schools. They pray they get it. It may still be right for them. It is on the low end of the valuations we got and we could maybe do better but...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/03/2020 18:30:14
This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer.
My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times.

Explain please. Or am I supposed to be a mind reader to your convoluted mental processes?
It really isn't convoluted.
You say it always works.
And you say it doesn't always work.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/03/2020 05:30:27
This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer.
My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times.

Explain please. Or am I supposed to be a mind reader to your convoluted mental processes?
It really isn't convoluted.
You say it always works.
And you say it doesn't always work.

Yes it works. I said that there are times the answer is "No Answer". It is not a wrong answer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/03/2020 07:15:05
This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer.
My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times.

Explain please. Or am I supposed to be a mind reader to your convoluted mental processes?
It really isn't convoluted.
You say it always works.
And you say it doesn't always work.

Yes it works. I said that there are times the answer is "No Answer". It is not a wrong answer.
Giving no answer is not working.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/03/2020 08:25:47
This morning I did two layouts of the cards and told my wife that although there was some relation to home and money there was definitely no answer.
My wife said to me "You cannot always rely on your luck". Not luck I said. It is reliable and predictable. Many many times.

Explain please. Or am I supposed to be a mind reader to your convoluted mental processes?
It really isn't convoluted.
You say it always works.
And you say it doesn't always work.

Yes it works. I said that there are times the answer is "No Answer". It is not a wrong answer.
Giving no answer is not working.

You make up definitions to suit your agenda. Sigh!

Contact is made with the spirit world. You do not have to like the response. The reason there was no Tarot card answer was that the spirits had decided to use an omen to do a better communication. If you set the confidence factor in any experiment to be a perfect score the bar would be so high that nothing would be proved. Have I effectively communicated to you? Even if I got answers 80% of the time, would that prove to you that spirit communication happens? If spirit communication happens then God exists.

BTW - The realtor was quite worried about the effect of the corona virus on house sales. He hoped it would be short-lived - 3 months or less.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 02/03/2020 09:46:30
BTW - The realtor was quite worried about the effect of the corona virus on house sales. He hoped it would be short-lived - 3 months or less.
Really? Or was he worried about the effect of falling rates of house sale, or falling prices, on his commission?

In almost every survey of public trust in professionals, realtors score just above politicians and below journalists.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/03/2020 15:52:34
BTW - The realtor was quite worried about the effect of the corona virus on house sales. He hoped it would be short-lived - 3 months or less.
Really? Or was he worried about the effect of falling rates of house sale, or falling prices, on his commission?

In almost every survey of public trust in professionals, realtors score just above politicians and below journalists.

The housing market here is very bad. We know of two realtors who have not made a sale in a year. In our area one of the major reasons for selling is that the owners are emigrating. We have already knocked the realtors commission down. They must also take some of the hit.

The Tarot cards tell me that the agents are pressuring both parties in order to get the sale. Yes, no revelation there but it does confirm that we have to put up with the "maneuvering".

I have tried twice to buy surgical masks. They are sold out everywhere. My wife today started buying long-lasting food items such as baked beans and pasta. When the rush hits, it is too late.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/03/2020 18:34:44
If spirit communication happens then God exists.
And, because God refuses to prove that He exists, or to allow any such proof- it follows that spirit communication doesn't happen.
I already pointed that out.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 02/03/2020 22:29:04
If spirit communication happens then God exists.
Non sequitur.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/03/2020 12:06:23
If spirit communication happens then God exists.
And, because God refuses to prove that He exists, or to allow any such proof- it follows that spirit communication doesn't happen.
I already pointed that out.

Finally. You agree that God refuses to prove that he exists. We are making progress.

But with spirit communication being mostly anecdotal then the rule is not broken because you say it is not proof.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/03/2020 12:08:36
If spirit communication happens then God exists.
Non sequitur.

Sort of a non-sequitur, yes. I thought that when I wrote it. But spirit communication appears to be guided by a central intelligence to prevent certainty (proof). The central intelligence is God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/03/2020 12:46:58
So where to from here? Just wait to see how corona virus progresses?

I would add that in December when working at the house next to the cell phone tower I started to get a burning pain in my right upper thigh muscle. It started after about a half-hour there, and ended a few hours after leaving the house. I thought it would be a good indicator of the presence of cell tower microwaves, but in January the pain became persistent. I looked up burning sensation and found it was associated with nerve damage or excessive stimulation.

Eventually I figure out that something was affecting the nerve. My hypothesis was that the elastic band on my underwear was pressing on a soft piece of leg tissue. I changed things and the burning has disappeared except when I visit the house. So here we have two pieces of information.

The MW affect nerves most of all. That is why low intensity urban background radiation gives me pain all over, mostly in the muscle tissue. The neuroma (a spot of damaged nerve tissue without myelin sheath) in my side gave me direct sharp pain from high intensity MW after 5 minutes.

The other bit of information is confirmation of what I said last year about July which is MW affects cells that are damaged or have depressed functionality. The healing is retarded, or an existing condition is made worse. This is why I say that cell phone radiation can predispose cells to being attacked by the corona virus.

I have met with a number of people who claim to be EHS. The problem I have with most of them is that they are not consistent - and also decline to participate in tests. This reduces my credibility because others can use them to show that people are not feeling what they claim to be feeling. I do think they are genuine in their claim to have pain and illness. Some MW is involved, but there are other factors.

I suppose God will allow hints that MW can make illnesses worse and maybe stimulate COVID-19 but will let others dispute it to the point that my claim has no credibility for a while. Got to let the die-off continue to grow and expand.

I am just musing at the moment. I have had nearly 2 to 3 weeks of headaches and illness and yet have not had much cell tower exposure. My wife said she is getting headaches in the morning also. Two nights ago at 2 am I had an insight or revelation. The house we moved into has pink glass fiber insulation in the ceiling. It is very old and dirty and I said from the first sight that I needed to remove it and then vacuum out all the dust.

I knocked together two home-made filters that I put before a wet-dry vacuum. One is a cyclone filter (made with an upside-down traffic cone) and one is a water-filter with various sizes of bent pvc pipe to get good water to air interaction. Plus boric powder to decrease the water tension. Both with large plastic drums. Glue, pvc pipe, and duct tape. No dirt or dust gets to the final vacuum. I use 50 mm PVC piping running from the roof to the outside to ensure that no dirty air is inside. Just pushed together. I also seal all the ceiling to wall joints tight with silicone especially at the cornices. Opened up windows at night. Must just knock together some mosquito screens. So far so good. I did our other house and now must do this one.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 03/03/2020 14:11:46
The Tarot cards tell me that the agents are pressuring both parties in order to get the sale.
Since that is their job, the cards are only telling you what everyone knows. Or did you hire an agent for some other purpose?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/03/2020 15:18:32
The Tarot cards tell me that the agents are pressuring both parties in order to get the sale.
Since that is their job, the cards are only telling you what everyone knows. Or did you hire an agent for some other purpose?

If you came to me for a reading and I told you that the cards are saying that we can trust the realtors to tell you the truth, and then said you should accept the offer, would you feel you were getting correct advice? No, because a portion of the advice is clearly incorrect. So when the cards say the realtor cannot be trusted to give you the correct advice but that the bottom line is that you should nevertheless accept the advice then you have more confidence that the unknown part of accept or reject, which is the answer you are looking for, is correct.

One could flip a coin and get a simple yes (heads say) or no (tails). One could do two out of three, with 3 heads being a much stronger "yes". The way I ask for a yes or no is to lay out three packs of no more than 13 cards and those with an Ace-up are yes and those with an Ace-down are no. The type of Ace (Cups, Wands, Pentacles or Swords) gives more meaning. Where the aces are gives even additional information meaning, and same with other cards that are not aces.

If the "story" is not consistent, then one has to wonder if the advice is accurate, or whether there are some kind of agenda that needs further investigation. When there appears to be randomness (which is actually easy to spot) then the cards do not want to give an answer. It does not happen often with me. I do not try to "craft" an answer to make it fit.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/03/2020 15:31:08
Corona virus. Well, I was right about a market Monday bounce. Sometimes seeing the direction is as easy as seeing the trends.

When I saw it was time to sell the Manhattan apartment it was because of the huge number of signs advertising real estate. It was a veritable explosion - a sign (not very psychic) that the market was overheated. It was easy to do some research to confirm my unease. But doing the Tarot cards is always one way to be sure.

My question is. Some people are saying the market is bouncing because of fear. They are quite right. If some powerful behind-the-scenes people decide (or if the mob mentality shifts) then a lot of media can jump on the bandwagon and move sentiment.

I saw this with the first Iraq war when I was in New York. A couple of weeks of doubt and debate and then a rapid swing so hard that the nay-sayers were silenced. Censored. That is when I realized just how powerful a propaganda machine the USA had. I had seen propaganda in South Africa in the 70s but it was crude and easy to figure out, although effective for the target audience.

What I want to know is - what is it about the corona virus that is scaring people? My feeling is that it is similar to SARS and MERS and has the POTENTIAL to kill vast numbers, and that it may do so without being stopped.

How about some input here? Or must I go to the Tarot cards.  ::)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/03/2020 18:33:57
Finally. You agree that God refuses to prove that he exists. We are making progress.
Finally you notice that I already said that.
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=77240.msg591363#msg591363

You are making slow progress.

But with spirit communication being mostly anecdotal then the rule is not broken
Either it is or it isn't.
Which of your statements was wrong?
"If spirit communication happens then God exists."
or
"But with spirit communication being mostly anecdotal then the rule is not broken because you say it is not proof."?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/03/2020 18:47:15
Eventually I figure out that something was affecting the nerve. My hypothesis was that the elastic band on my underwear was pressing on a soft piece of leg tissue. I changed things and the burning has disappeared except when I visit the house. So here we have two pieces of information.
How would you distinguish that from a psychosomatic effect?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/03/2020 04:53:15
Eventually I figure out that something was affecting the nerve. My hypothesis was that the elastic band on my underwear was pressing on a soft piece of leg tissue. I changed things and the burning has disappeared except when I visit the house. So here we have two pieces of information.
How would you distinguish that from a psychosomatic effect?

A psychosomatic effect is usually accompanied by an expectation. "Here take this pill. We expect you may feel better." Some who take placebos feel better. Some who are extremely susceptible to suggestion may have quite marked physiological effects. I had no expectation of a burning sensation. I am not susceptible to suggestion. The chances of a psychosomatic effect are very low.

On the other hand pulsed cell microwave has been shown in numerous studies to affect cells and even disrupt them. And both myself and three other people have experienced numerous ill effects from the tower. The higher the radiation the worse the effects, and also the longer the duration, the worse the effects.

What are the chances that a psychosomatic effect is the phenomenon causing a burning sensation? I would say that the odds are extremely low and you just want to have an excuse to deny the effect I am proposing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/03/2020 10:43:03
Just a reminder of the effects of living next to a tower. Here is a list of the symptoms I experienced.
1. Tinnitus in after a couple of weeks.
2. Drop in hearing shortly afterward. (having to ask people to repeat themselves)
3. Disturbed sleep (waking up tired and dreams were hazy and erratic - stopped immediately when I started wearing aluminium headgear.
4. Memory loss and problems spelling.
5. Mental confusion.
6. Clumsiness and dyslexia
7. 4 episodes of brief full body convulsions
8. Nausea
9. Headaches (that occur at the back of the top of the head).
10. Anxiety and irritability.
11. Irregular heatbeat at times.
12. Higher than usual blood pressure.
13. Peripheral neuropathy in feet and toes.
14. A 3 week episode of diarrhea.
15. Skin growths on my forehead.
16. Severe and sharp pain in my right eye socket near my nose
17. 3 metal tooth fillings fractured and broke
18. My knee replacement took a serious turn for the worst until I put foil over and then moved out of the house.

My wife experienced similar problems and also
1. Facial basal cell carcinoma
2. Hand tremors.

The neighbors on the other side got similar problems. They moved out of their home 3 months ago. We moved out of our home 2 months ago. I had moved out to an apartment 6 months prior to that.

Many of the symptoms have either gone or have abated now that we are away from the tower. But our dogs are partially deaf and my wife's hearing is quite bad now.

I do not think that psychosomatic explains the problems and the illnesses. Go to
https://bioinitiative.org/rf-color-charts/
for a list of scientific studies and the level of exposure.
Also
https://bioinitiative.org/table-of-contents/
Try

Perhaps better is



Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/03/2020 15:33:19
Hey BC. I see you also post comments on Fox News. Or are there more like you?

https://www.foxnews.com/science/air-pollution-causing-pandemic-shaving-nearly-three-years-from-peoples-lives

Comment:
Air pollution causing 'pandemic,' shaving 'nearly three years' from people's lives
It's a psychosomatic condition suffered by the believers of the myth.

I was at the house with the tower. A phone call came in and I stopped to take it. Ten minutes later my upper thigh is burning quite severely. Moved out of the high radiation area and it lessened considerably. Almost not noticeable an hour later after leaving.

Imagine I told you that I was blindfolded and someone held my hand over a hot stove plate. Ow - it burns. Psychosomatic se foot. (An Afrikaans way of saying Yeah right).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/03/2020 19:19:55
A psychosomatic effect is usually accompanied by an expectation.
Well, yes, obviously and once again, it's time for you to look in the mirror.

An expectation like, maybe expecting to feel bad in a particular place, and then actually feeling bad when you get there.

except when I visit the house.

A psychosomatic effect is usually accompanied by an expectation. "Here take this pill. We expect you may feel better."
Or "wear this tinfoil hat; we expect you to feel better"

Disturbed sleep (waking up tired and dreams were hazy and erratic - stopped immediately when I started wearing aluminium headgear.
Oh look! it worked.

Then there's confirmation bias, and the attribution of normal changes (like tinnitus which is noted for coming and going) to some imagined "cause"
You can go through your list and remove the ones where those might explain your observations.
Come back if there's anything left.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/03/2020 19:21:18
Hey BC. I see you also post comments on Fox News. Or are there more like you?

https://www.foxnews.com/science/air-pollution-causing-pandemic-shaving-nearly-three-years-from-peoples-lives
That's got nothing to do with me or with psychosomatic illness.
Did you think you had some sort of point?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/03/2020 05:54:23
My wife was the one who suggested I wear foil on my head when I took an afternoon nap. I felt it was as silly as most of us think it is, but I did know that foil is an excellent reflector. What surprised me was how effective it was. I was not expecting the really good sleep I had, with clear dreams that at least held a theme for a while before changing to a new theme. And after two hours I woke refreshed. It is hard to overstate just how different it was. And it was repeatable. You would argue that psychosomatic placebo effects are also repeatable. You would be repeating yourself - convincing yourself even more at the same time.

No doubt you want me to have an EEG test under both conditions. I would be more than happy to be tested. The problem is finding researchers who would do such tests. Perhaps Naked Scientist would do so - but maybe they would get pressured not to. Regrettably my health is quite bad and my wife wants me to get on with projects that are urgent - and not try to convince a bunch of unconvincibles of something.

Upon checking the spelling of unconvincibles I came across this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=7uVcgtQTSb4&feature=emb_logo
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 05/03/2020 07:28:17
OK,
Given that, in fact (it has been measured) tin foil hats increase the microwave dose in your head, do you accept that it must be the placebo effect?

https://www.howtogeek.com/114037/researchers-prove-tin-foil-hats-boost-receptivity-to-government-signals/
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/03/2020 13:46:14
OK,
Given that, in fact (it has been measured) tin foil hats increase the microwave dose in your head, do you accept that it must be the placebo effect?

https://www.howtogeek.com/114037/researchers-prove-tin-foil-hats-boost-receptivity-to-government-signals/

False fact. A real porker of a misleading article. There is so little information and it is so garbled that it was definitely put out as a "prank". And you believe such garbage as opposed to what I tell you?

Note: They include signals emanating FROM the cranium. I do not have any electronics in my head. Do you?

The bottom line is that signals do not get through the foil hat - at all. The exposed face, if facing the source of the signals, will of course be exposed. But the "tower headache" that my wife and I get is top and back - at the position of maximum reflection of signal away from the head.

Must be paid cell industry trolls - aiming to discredit any credible evidence. And, of course, you do your bit to spread it some more. I should try this experiment with my meter. Take half a water melon with the inner stuff removed. Put my meter into it with the small non-directional aerial. Put a foil cap on. How much are you willing to bet that there is significant attenuation?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/03/2020 13:54:29
Humankind is paying the price of greed and capitalism. Most scientists have been very afraid of a major pandemic and have been saying it is just a matter of time. Yet what has been done? As soon as SARS and MERS died out, so did the research and the funding. Yet these corona viruses were the most obvious threat.

As previous stated, God has to just watch as humankind facilitates its own die-off. Will humankind learn the lessons? Does not seem likely. After all, here I am, giving you some information and people do not change or think about the implications. I hope I am around to see if some change does occur. I would prefer to observe it here on Earth rather than in the afterlife.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 05/03/2020 20:26:58
They include signals emanating FROM the cranium. I do not have any electronics in my head. Do you?
Yes (assuming that you consider anything which produces a signal as "electronics")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography
And, if you are not dead, so do you.



Thanks for clarifying your level of ignorance.
And you believe such garbage as opposed to what I tell you?
Are you sure you really want to ask that?
Do I believe the outcome of a study  by researchers at MIT or a man who believes in tarot cards?
The bottom line is that signals do not get through the foil hat
Nobody said they did. Nobody said they needed to
The real bottom line is a higher exposure (in some cases) with than without.

I suspect you don't understand how resonance  affects this sort of thing.

Must be paid cell industry trolls - aiming to discredit any credible evidence.
You are claiming that your unsupported observation and guesswork are more credible than MIT's PHD researchers.
Do you have any idea how funny that is?
I should try this experiment with my meter. Take half a water melon with the inner stuff removed. Put my meter into it with the small non-directional aerial. Put a foil cap on. How much are you willing to bet that there is significant attenuation?
Well, obviously it depends on a whole lot of things.
But you are making the tacit claim that it can never be amplified.
Are you sure about that?


Yet these corona viruses were the most obvious threat.
Not really.
Until last December coronavirus was pretty much restricted to some (about 17%) common colds and SARS and MERS- which are betacoronoviridae and had died out.
On the other hand, influenza- which is not a coronavirus but a orthomyxovirus- kills thousands every year (in spite of mass vaccination).

What you are saying is that it was obvious that we should focus our limited resources on the viruses that had died out, rather than the one that was killing people.

Were you expecting to be taken seriously?
After all, here I am, giving you some information and people do not change or think about the implications.
That's because your "information" is wrong, and this is a science site.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/03/2020 06:00:39
Are you sure you really want to ask that?
Do I believe the outcome of a study  by researchers at MIT or a man who believes in tarot cards?

I am an electrical engineer who has experience with radio. I worked in a company that had its own testing room for radio emissions to check that the devices we produced (such as the first LED truck brake lights) met the emissions standards. I understand resonance, reflection and absorption. I was one who did the testing, and worked with outside labs for qualification testing.

Your criteria for acceptance of evidence and facts is woefully lacking in this example. Where are the peer-reviewed publications?

I notice you are not prepared to donate a large sum of money to charity should my test prove me right. One of your tactics is avoidance of facts you do not like. Avoidance is the cousin of denial (not deniece of denephew).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/03/2020 06:16:18
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 13:46:14

    Must be paid cell industry trolls - aiming to discredit any credible evidence.

You are claiming that your unsupported observation and guesswork are more credible than MIT's PHD researchers.
Do you have any idea how funny that is?
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 13:46:14

    I should try this experiment with my meter. Take half a water melon with the inner stuff removed. Put my meter into it with the small non-directional aerial. Put a foil cap on. How much are you willing to bet that there is significant attenuation?

Well, obviously it depends on a whole lot of things.
But you are making the tacit claim that it can never be amplified.
Are you sure about that?

To be amplified the signal must either be actively strengthened by input from an amplifier or there must be resonance or combination of signals. Resonance does not take place if there is a lossy medium absorbing the signal - in this case a head and brain. Combination can take place if the signal is directed upward toward the chin and what will happen is that the inner curve of the helmet will focus (combine or concentrate) the photons toward the center. But once more we have to deal with the case with a helmet that has a lossy head in it. The signal will be absorbed before it gets to be reflected. Besides, in our home the signal came from above. I also had my face turned away from the tower.

Just because it is possible (and I accept that it is) to get resonance and concentration under some very specific circumstance does not mean you can apply the principle to a simple head shield which does the work of severely attenuating the microwaves in one's head. It is possible that a ball bounced against a wall may just pass through it, given the principles of quantum physics, but would you apply that everyday common sense tennis?

Why not accept you are wrong and admit it?

The article you cited talks about various frequencies, and this is one of the criteria which they do not specify. There is not description of what they did. Do you have a link that details that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/03/2020 06:32:06
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 13:54:29

    After all, here I am, giving you some information and people do not change or think about the implications.

That's because your "information" is wrong, and this is a science site.

I am forced to repeat myself because you are so stubborn about what you believe and why. Science is about observations of how our universe works and how it evolved. You choose to limit yourself to common everyday provable areas of science and ignore anything that is still not fully understood.

You make a blunt statement that I am wrong - an absolute based on what? You will not admit that there is a possibility that I am right.

You cannot point out contradictions in anything I say. And I am a grounded engineer who makes no money from psychic events or reading Tarot cards. I started reading Tarot cards to explore whether they work or not. With me reading them, they give results that are better than making an uniformed decision where the choices look equally good or equally bad.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/03/2020 07:17:35
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 13:54:29

    Yet these corona viruses were the most obvious threat.

Not really.
Until last December coronavirus was pretty much restricted to some (about 17%) common colds and SARS and MERS- which are betacoronoviridae and had died out.
On the other hand, influenza- which is not a coronavirus but a orthomyxovirus- kills thousands every year (in spite of mass vaccination).

What you are saying is that it was obvious that we should focus our limited resources on the viruses that had died out, rather than the one that was killing people.

Do you accept that in the last decade the scientific community was saying that a pandemic was overdue and was not a case of "if" but "when".

Look at the impact. Not just of lives but of economic disruption. One needs to read about the towns in the USA impacted by the Spanish Flu. Only one third of people in some cases died of the disease. Others died of lack of food and a collapse of infrastructure like fire and ambulance services.

You say it was not economic at the time. No-one wants to make hard decisions to save the planet. It will be a matter of waiting for the inevitable. Part of the information I am giving is why God is not preventing it. It is not because he does not exist. It is because humankind must learn a lesson. The analogy of God being like a father is appropriate - a father lets his children make mistakes - but tries to prevent the mistakes from being fatal.

Over-population is the main cause of many problems. Climate change and pollution are a direct result. Destruction of the environment is another. The old systems of natural crop rotation is preferable but the population demands volume rather than quality. Paul Erlich was right about the population bomb but wrong in the predicting that limited food would cause the die-off. Science found ways to increase food yields - but it was profitable and hence succeeded.

How does humankind limit its own population? The expected improvement in living standards has not come about and the population is growing exponentially. Even the one-child policy that China had did not work although it could be said it was a key driver to growth. Instead of feeding 8 children, the parents gave the one child the best.

One needs a family of about five to ten couples to share in the raising of five to ten children. That would ease the desire to breed. It would help the children to grow in communal caring. But it would need special skills to avoid conflict. Religion would help but must adapt without becoming cults.

My information removes the barriers between religions. They can still practice but be less ritualistist and less rigid. It would allow skeptics to see some rationale and to deal with some of the so-called anomalies. Humankind MUST cooperate if it is to survive.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/03/2020 07:20:39
Where are the peer-reviewed publications?
What, the ones about tarot cards?
Or have you forgotten what we are comparing here.

Do you realise that there are frequencies where a brain isn't a good absorber?

In those cases your claim
Resonance does not take place if there is a lossy medium absorbing the signal - in this case a head and brain
is irrelevant.



I notice you are not prepared to donate a large sum of money to charity should my test prove me right.
I don't recall being asked.
One of your tactics is avoidance of facts you do not like.
Like what?

Cite examples please.

Avoidance is the cousin of denial (not deniece of denephew).
When push comes to shove; they measured a real effect.
You are seeking to deny it.
You are not in a position to lecture me about denial.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/03/2020 07:22:38
Do you accept that in the last decade the scientific community was saying that a pandemic was overdue and was not a case of "if" but "when".
Yes.
But people were, understandably focussing on the bugs that were actually killing people (and mutating rapidly- as they do).

Yet you tried to claim this.


Yet these corona viruses were the most obvious threat.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/03/2020 07:29:03
Look at the impact. Not just of lives but of economic disruption. One needs to read about the towns in the USA impacted by the Spanish Flu. Only one third of people in some cases died of the disease. Others died of lack of food and a collapse of infrastructure like fire and ambulance services.
At the time of the Spanish flu epidemic, nobody even knew what a virus was.
Nobody is denying that this outbreak will cause major problems.
It will not kill all the people. And it's essentially killing grandparents and great-grandparents.

So it's sod all use as population control.

Yes we need to curb our population.
But choosing (as the Pope and others do) to rely on plague and famine to achieve it, while opposing contraception tells you all you need to know about their "God".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/03/2020 11:44:24
At the time of the Spanish flu epidemic, nobody even knew what a virus was.
But they knew what it did! And wasn't it a corona virus? Nasty little buggers, created by a just and merciful god to punish the innocent.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/03/2020 18:52:53
And wasn't it a corona virus?
No.
I think it was an orthomyxovirus, also "created by a just and merciful god to punish the innocent."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 04:57:07
Do you accept that in the last decade the scientific community was saying that a pandemic was overdue and was not a case of "if" but "when".
Yes.
But people were, understandably focussing on the bugs that were actually killing people (and mutating rapidly- as they do).

Yet you tried to claim this.


Yet these corona viruses were the most obvious threat.

I made the claim based on plain logic - pure and simple. No Tarot cards needed.

Here is the proof that I am right.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/07/coronavirus-epidemic-prediction-policy-advice-121172
...The news of a highly contagious new virus jumping from China to the U.S. has caught many Americans by surprise. For us, the outbreak was more like déj  vu: Last October, we convened a group of experts to work through what would happen if a global pandemic suddenly hit the world’s population. The disease at the heart of our scenario was a novel and highly transmissible coronavirus.

...We chose a new strain of coronavirus for our scenario because scientists agreed that this was a likely pathogen for a future epidemic; recent outbreaks such as SARS and MERS were also caused by the coronavirus family. The future we described was based on the research of deep subject matter experts who have studied recent epidemics, including our colleagues in the Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Health Security program and researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

...In our scenario, the virus was highly transmissible and had a 3.125 percent lethality rate. So far, the true rate of the new virus is unknown, but according to the World Health Organization about 3.4 percent of reported COVID-19 cases have died.

...Our experts also projected that travel bans could have the unintended effect of worsening international cooperation and disrupting trade.

...We also assumed that nations would begin turning to fiscal and monetary stimulus to calm markets and prop up growth—a response we’re already seeing in the real world
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 05:25:01
As with most disasters, governments and various agencies try to manipulate facts and present distortions while telling people not to accept fake news. Here is one that is once more plain logic.

Myth - Face masks are not effective.

This propaganda has a clear purpose. To stop panic buying of masks. There are news articles that reveal the truth - namely that masks are needed for the professionals.

When I first heard this two day ago I thought of why professionals wear masks. In the operating room the purpose IS to cut down on any pathogens breathed out. And yes, it helps dramatically to stop those who are infected from spreading droplets.

But when professionals go into an area suspected of infections they wear masks. It is logical that a mask will reduce the chance that droplets will go into one's lungs. This will reduce the "viral loading". It does not have to be perfect and it is not but it is effective.

So last night they said that the difference between professional and ordinary person is that the ordinary person does not know how to use the mask. Yeah right!

Six months ago our gardener was wearing a face mask because he was sick. And this went on for weeks. Eventually I figured out that the mask was capturing droplets which then built up and the germs multiplied in the moist material. I told him the masks were for one-time use.

I will not wear a face mask except in a really crowded area that may have problem other than corona virus. One reason is that I will eventually get the virus so delaying it does not seem meaningful. If one member of a household does delay it then they can look after others.

If I need a face mask I will wear a handkerchief with rubber bands. I will spray colloidal silver onto it. The silver is an excellent anti-pathogen. The pathogens have not been able to build resistance to it. Silver salts were the original antibiotics. The term "born with a silver spoon in the mouth" came from the rich putting silver spoons into the mouths of babies as a antibiotic. I can wash and reuse.

Have I got colloidal silver on hand? Of course. I prepared for what I knew was coming. But I will get more this morning for other family members.

Colloidal silver gel would probably be an excellent hand sanitizer - lasting while the silver stayed on.

To stop the rush on what I think is this product:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-televangelist-jim-bakker-silver-solution-coronavirus
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 05:37:03
At the time of the Spanish flu epidemic, nobody even knew what a virus was.
But they knew what it did! And wasn't it a corona virus? Nasty little buggers, created by a just and merciful god to punish the innocent.

No created by God but humans in time of war. In Kansas. And spread by crowded troop trains and aided by war-time censorship.

God watched as he let man's freedom to kill himself do just that. Plus it aided in stopping WW1. AND was a message to humankind - here is a lesson about crowding and pathogens and fixes. Those who ignore the lessons of history, especially the God given ones, are bound to repeat them. Here we go again.

It is not just the corona virus. It is also about climate change and over-population and rape of the planet. How many scientists were, and still are, paid money by industry to put out fake science for people like Bored Chemist to use to reject and deny?

God help is in limiting these disasters. Spanish Flu died out so effectively that it ceased to exist - not even as a seasonal flu.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 05:43:11
A family member my age said that if the corona virus killed him he was okay with that. He had lived a great and eventful life. I agreed.

In my thread about cell towers I talked about various strategies I have to beat infections - particularly viruses. Bored Chemist may remember how he scoffed. So I am not too worried for myself. The younger members will not take my advice, and I worry about them. I am on oxygen anyway so if things get tough I do not need to go to hospital.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 09:42:24
Colloidal silver supposedly a myth:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51735367

I have no problem with people thinking so. Survival of the fittest is the mechanism. The stubborn rejectionists go first. The side effects only apply to people who drink gallons a week for years. Silver is used in the expensive dressings as a germicide.

I have lots of anecdotal evidence (including my own stories) that it works. One guy said that his dogs were always getting wounds for various reasons. When he used colloidal silver gel they healed up fast compared to the veterinary interventions. I just bought a 2.5 liter bottle to supplement the stock I have.

When I have a chest infection I use a nasal spray bottle and inhale the spray deeply. I also make sure I keep my temperature up and breathe warm air while keeping hydrated. I get rid of the occasional attack of flu in 24 hours.

A fever is part of the bodies mechanism for the immune system. There is an enzyme that is only activated at elevated body temperatures. Staying warm reduces the need for the body to produce fuel to maintain the temperature above ambient. Just stay out of hot cars parked in the baking sun and the body will be able to self-regulate.

How many of the readers here are going to take my advice? Not too many. So many people have been sensitized to avoid any alternative cure that could be labelled as "woo". I have found many cures for various issues, and it is my belief that God is helping me. When they said avoid red meat, eggs and salt I said "Farmers needed their breakfasts and soldiers were not paid their "salarium" in salt without good reason". The animal parks and farms put out salt licks.

I have other "cures" that "science" pooh-poohs. Why? Too simple and no profit is a basic motivation - and just because many "woos" use this against Big Pharma does not mean that there is no truth whatsoever in the statement. I have seen a lot of "science" that is clearly scare tactics against simple cures that have traditionally worked quite well.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 09:47:16
God watched as he let man's freedom to kill himself do just that.
And then God decided to kill even more.
Nice guy, isn't He?
I am on oxygen anyway so if things get tough I do not need to go to hospital.
True.
I'm in reasonably good heath- luck me.
If I'm taken ill in such a way that my lungs are unable to extract enough oxygen from air then (with luck) I will get taken to hospital and supplied with pure oxygen.
That gives me roughly 5 fold more "leeway" on oxygen capacity.

If you are already on oxygen and you get the same level of lung damage, you will die.
So, yes, you will need to go to hospital- specifically the morgue.

Being on oxygen already is not a benefit in this case.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 09:49:51
Silver is used in the expensive dressings as a germicide.
And the important distinction is that the dressings go OUTSIDE the patient.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:03:59
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body/
...After the SARS outbreak, the World Health Organization reported that the disease typically attacked the lungs in three phases: viral replication, immune hyper-reactivity, and pulmonary destruction.
...These holes are likely created by the immune system’s hyperactive response, which creates scars that both protect and stiffen the lungs.

I have lung scarring from both childhood pneumonia and from histoplasmosis. So my lungs will not be so affected with liquid. Plus the oxygen I am on already. So it seems God may be protecting me - and here I am complaining about the pain and problems I have.

It is interesting that Spanish Flu killed mainly people in their prime. 20 to 40 years olds. The immune system over-reacted with a cytokine storm flooding the lungs and drowning people. It seems that SARS-CoVid-2 (the corona virus) works in a similar fashion. But that does not explain the older people dying. Their immune systems are supposed to be weaker. There is a lack of information about how the virus kills. Science is battling to find answers.

Could it be that the young babies do not use cell phones yet to activate the virus? (Tongue in cheek on this one)  :o
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:13:16
Silver is used in the expensive dressings as a germicide.
And the important distinction is that the dressings go OUTSIDE the patient.

Yes. I agree. I would not recommend eating the dressings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_uses_of_silver

...Though toxicity of silver is low, the human body has no biological use for silver and when inhaled, ingested, injected, or applied topically

...Hippocrates in his writings discussed the use of silver in wound care. At the beginning of the twentieth century surgeons routinely used silver sutures to reduce the risk of infection. In the early 20th century, physicians used silver-containing eyedrops to treat ophthalmic problems, for various infections, and sometimes internally for diseases such as tropical sprue, epilepsy, gonorrhea, and the common cold. During World War I, soldiers used silver leaf to treat infected wounds.

...Prior to the introduction of modern antibiotics, colloidal silver was used as a germicide and disinfectant. With the development of modern antibiotics in the 1940s, the use of silver as an antimicrobial agent diminished.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:20:47
The demographic of the victims of spanish flu, on one hand and corvid 19 , on the other is instructive.

One killed mainly the "fit  young adults" the other mainly the elderly.
Which shows that they are rather different conditions (albeit with some similarity).
That's supported by the fact that they are different families of viruses.

So why do you keep trying to conflate them?

With the development of modern antibiotics in the 1940s, the use of silver as an antimicrobial agent diminished.
There's a reason for that; it's not as good.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:22:04
sometimes internally for diseases such as tropical sprue, epilepsy,
Their use for epilepsy (which is not an infection) shows that they didn't really know what they were doing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:22:46
God watched as he let man's freedom to kill himself do just that.
And then God decided to kill even more.
Nice guy, isn't He?
I am on oxygen anyway so if things get tough I do not need to go to hospital.
True.
I'm in reasonably good heath- luck me.
If I'm taken ill in such a way that my lungs are unable to extract enough oxygen from air then (with luck) I will get taken to hospital and supplied with pure oxygen.
That gives me roughly 5 fold more "leeway" on oxygen capacity.

If you are already on oxygen and you get the same level of lung damage, you will die.
So, yes, you will need to go to hospital- specifically the morgue.

Being on oxygen already is not a benefit in this case.

Have you considered that without God the world could be far worse off?

God is a force for good. Humankind has a propensity for evil - just look at our history. We can blame Satan, but greed and destruction of enemies is a rather strong evolutionary trait.

Rather than try to find contradiction and tear down institutions whose overall impact has been beneficial, why not be more tolerant and accept the benefits?

The oxygen concentrator gives nearly pure oxygen. I use the same nose-piece as in the hospital. I have an oximeter to check my oxygen levels and can adjust from low (2 liters per minute) to a higher (6 liters per minute) amount if needed.

Perhaps my biggest defense is that I have really great genes and have been able to survive some things that kill others.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:23:59
sometimes internally for diseases such as tropical sprue, epilepsy,
Their use for epilepsy (which is not an infection) shows that they didn't really know what they were doing.

You may be right. It was hit and miss. Perhaps it had a small effect by altering the ionic balance in the neurons slightly
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:29:28
The demographic of the victims of spanish flu, on one hand and corvid 19 , on the other is instructive.

One killed mainly the "fit  young adults" the other mainly the elderly.
Which shows that they are rather different conditions (albeit with some similarity).
That's supported by the fact that they are different families of viruses.

So why do you keep trying to conflate them?

With the development of modern antibiotics in the 1940s, the use of silver as an antimicrobial agent diminished.
There's a reason for that; it's not as good.

One - Learn from history using the parts that give comparative analysis.
Two - As antibiotics become less effective and silver has not lost any effectiveness there may come a point that silver has an advantage over antibiotics.

You do know that the immune system is reduced when treating a virus with an antibiotic - although this may indirectly help by lessening the cytokine response. I do not take antibiotics unless I have to, and then I only take the least amount needed to allow my immune system to do the rest. Have done so for ages.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:31:38
Have you considered that without God the world could be far worse off?
Have you considered that , if He cared about us it would, necessarily be be better off, but  it isn't.


We can blame Satan,
But, as in the crusades or ISIS or the Nazi persecution of Jews, it's generally more sensible to either blame God, or leave Him out of it.
Rather than try to find contradiction and tear down institutions whose overall impact has been beneficial, why not be more tolerant and accept the benefits?
And... once again...  get yourself a mirror and stop trying to undermine science.

Then have a look at which side of history  religion has been on.
By telling Christians that they are in God's image, it promoted racism.
By  publicising Leviticus, it encouraged encourages homophobia.
And by telling people  where to get their slaves it set back the anti slavery  movement.
And  by proclaiming stupid nonsense about witches (among other things) it set back the sex equality movement.

So, yes, sure; look to "institutions whose overall impact has been beneficial,".

You will not find the churches there.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:32:09
As antibiotics become less effective and silver has not lost any effectiveness
Got evidence?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:33:12
You do know that the immune system is reduced when treating a virus with an antibiotic
Nobody with appropriate education treats viral infections with antibiotics.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:34:29
You may be right. It was hit and miss. Perhaps it had a small effect by altering the ionic balance in the neurons slightly
Or, like yout silver hat, it was a really good placebo (placebos work better if they are something exotic)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:39:35
The same point I made about masks. Choose your source and use common sense.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/is-coronavirus-mutating-into-a-more-deadly-strain-face-masks-covid-19-myths-busted
Claim: ‘Face masks don’t work’
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness).

If you are likely to be in close contact with someone infected, a mask cuts the chance of the disease being passed on. If you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, or have been diagnosed, wearing a mask can also protect others. So masks are crucial for health and social care workers looking after patients and are also recommended for family members who need to care for someone who is ill – ideally both the patient and carer should have a mask.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:41:52
You do know that the immune system is reduced when treating a virus with an antibiotic
Nobody with appropriate education treats viral infections with antibiotics.

Go to your local GP and complain about a chest infection and see if you first get tested before you get your antibiotic. Does the doctor even ask the questions to differentiate the bacterial from viral?
However, the bottom line is that you agree.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:45:00
You do know that the immune system is reduced when treating a virus with an antibiotic
Nobody with appropriate education treats viral infections with antibiotics.

Go to your local GP and complain about a chest infection and see if you first get tested before you get your antibiotic. Does the doctor even ask the questions to differentiate the bacterial from viral?
However, the bottom line is that you agree.
I did not say that I agreed.
I pointed out that, since there are no good clinical settings in which the process would happen, there can be no evidence of what the consequence would be.

I don't agree, and I think you (or others)  have made it up
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:46:46
Go to your local GP and complain about a chest infection and see if you first get tested before you get your antibiotic.
I get told it's probably viral.
I might get offered antibiotics to prevent secondary (bacterial) infection.

Did you not understand why antibiotics are sometimes prescribed in those circumstances?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:47:11
Have you considered that without God the world could be far worse off?
Have you considered that , if He cared about us it would, necessarily be be better off, but  it isn't.


We can blame Satan,
But, as in the crusades or ISIS or the Nazi persecution of Jews, it's generally more sensible to either blame God, or leave Him out of it.
Rather than try to find contradiction and tear down institutions whose overall impact has been beneficial, why not be more tolerant and accept the benefits?
And... once again...  get yourself a mirror and stop trying to undermine science.

Then have a look at which side of history  religion has been on.
By telling Christians that they are in God's image, it promoted racism.
By  publicising Leviticus, it encouraged encourages homophobia.
And by telling people  where to get their slaves it set back the anti slavery  movement.
And  by proclaiming stupid nonsense about witches (among other things) it set back the sex equality movement.

So, yes, sure; look to "institutions whose overall impact has been beneficial,".

You will not find the churches there.

The current popular history of the Churches emphasizes the faults and diminishes the benefits. The global rise of anti-Christians in the media adds greatly to the distortions.

And a biased emotive mind just makes the overall picture worse. Either you educate yourself in a objective way, or you keep spouting the same anti-religious (mostly anti-Christian) rhetoric.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 10:51:33
Go to your local GP and complain about a chest infection and see if you first get tested before you get your antibiotic.
I get told it's probably viral.
I might get offered antibiotics to prevent secondary (bacterial) infection.

Did you not understand why antibiotics are sometimes prescribed in those circumstances?

I educate myself to tell the difference now. When I need antibiotics I know it. Usually because I cannot get a room hot enough to get rid of it by myself, or am on holiday. I do not take antibiotics as a prophylactic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:53:02
The same point I made about masks. Choose your source and use common sense.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/is-coronavirus-mutating-into-a-more-deadly-strain-face-masks-covid-19-myths-busted
Claim: ‘Face masks don’t work’
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness).

If you are likely to be in close contact with someone infected, a mask cuts the chance of the disease being passed on. If you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, or have been diagnosed, wearing a mask can also protect others. So masks are crucial for health and social care workers looking after patients and are also recommended for family members who need to care for someone who is ill – ideally both the patient and carer should have a mask.

That rather misses the point.
Yes, a mask is a good idea if you are with someone who is infected.
But virtually nobody is actually infected.
South Africa currently has 3 reported cases (if I read the news correctly) in a population of 60 million.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:53:39
I educate myself ....
Badly, judging by what you have posted.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 10:55:38
The current popular history of the Churches emphasizes the faults and diminishes the benefits. The global rise of anti-Christians in the media adds greatly to the distortions.

And a biased emotive mind just makes the overall picture worse. Either you educate yourself in a objective way, or you keep spouting the same anti-religious (mostly anti-Christian) rhetoric.
And, when you have finished wittering meaninglessly, it will still be the case that the churches encouraged or supported racism, sexism, homophobia, slavery and so on.

There is no evidence that the churches per se did much good.
There is plenty that they did harm.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 12:55:50
The current popular history of the Churches emphasizes the faults and diminishes the benefits. The global rise of anti-Christians in the media adds greatly to the distortions.

And a biased emotive mind just makes the overall picture worse. Either you educate yourself in a objective way, or you keep spouting the same anti-religious (mostly anti-Christian) rhetoric.
And, when you have finished wittering meaninglessly, it will still be the case that the churches encouraged or supported racism, sexism, homophobia, slavery and so on.

There is no evidence that the churches per se did much good.
There is plenty that they did harm.

Is it just possible that the whole of society around the world supported racism, sexism, homophobia, slavery and other norms now considered immoral? And not very long ago either. Do you not see the need for historical context? Was secular and atheist society any better? Their only saving grace is that they essentially have no history - good or bad.

I can tell you that in my research on various religions I also took another look at Christianity. And found that a number of stories that paint the Church in a bad light are often distorted.

Once more you set up a straw-man of expecting perfection and then tarring everything with the same jaundiced brush. You do it with God and you do it with the Christian and Muslim religions. The others you give a pass for various reasons.

What are your solutions to get humankind to work cooperatively? Or are you an anarchist destructionist who sees no meaning to life and therefore destruction is not problematic?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 13:03:35
The same point I made about masks. Choose your source and use common sense.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/is-coronavirus-mutating-into-a-more-deadly-strain-face-masks-covid-19-myths-busted
Claim: ‘Face masks don’t work’
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness).

If you are likely to be in close contact with someone infected, a mask cuts the chance of the disease being passed on. If you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, or have been diagnosed, wearing a mask can also protect others. So masks are crucial for health and social care workers looking after patients and are also recommended for family members who need to care for someone who is ill – ideally both the patient and carer should have a mask.

That rather misses the point.
Yes, a mask is a good idea if you are with someone who is infected.
But virtually nobody is actually infected.
South Africa currently has 3 reported cases (if I read the news correctly) in a population of 60 million.

The point was that there is media distortion to say masks offer no protection and are a waste of time. They then backtrack a bit to say the reason is that they are not used correctly. If that is the case, the solution is to educate people to use a mask properly. Once more - the motivation is to prevent an excessive demand on masks. Do what China did and set up a factory to churn them out. The media make themselves untrustworthy at a time trust is needed.

We have 3 confirmed cases. Who knows how many more? And when it takes hold, the huge numbers with AIDS are at extreme risk I would think.

Because no-one has immunity there is no reason that every person on the planet will get one or both of the current strains (L and S). And if (perhaps when) it mutates, it will go around one more time, or perhaps more. I fully expect to get it. And that everyone I know will get it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/03/2020 13:08:11
I said that my personal feeling (not backed by Tarot) was that Amy Klobuchar might have a shot at the presidency. When she failed so badly I thought that was the end of that thought. But if she becomes Biden's running mate and he gets ill at a critical stage then she might just end up as the Democratic contender. Is it possible? Life is strange. I like her as a good middle of the road contender.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 13:30:38
Once more - the motivation is to prevent an excessive demand on masks. Do what China did and set up a factory to churn them out.
The media created the excessive demand for masks (and other goods that are now in short supply).
We have plenty of masks, it's just that they were bought by people who had been conned into thinking that they needed one.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 13:36:01
Once more you set up a straw-man of expecting perfection
"Perfection" is an interesting description for having the basic human decency to not actively support slavery, sexism, homophobia and racism.


You do it with God and you do it with the Christian and Muslim religions.
The Jews are pretty much in the same boat. The Old Testament is essentially the same in all 3  major Abrahamic religions.
But, given your previous displays of ignorance, it doesn't shock me that you missed that.
Is it just possible that the whole of society around the world supported racism, sexism, homophobia, slavery and other norms now considered immoral?
Yes, and when the rest of the world tried to shake off those abhorrent traits, the Churches told them that they needed  to continue them- because the scriptures say so.

Religions retard progress.

Look at your history books.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 13:38:23
Was secular and atheist society any better?
The people (in the West) saying " We should not keep slaves" did so in direct contradiction of the scriptures.
So, yes, those people were atheists or secular.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 13:43:59
What are your solutions to get humankind to work cooperatively?
If the book doesn't agree with the observation one of two things happens.
Religion rejects the observations and keeps the book.
Science keeps the observations and updates the book.

Don't you understand how, even if there was a God, the people would be better off following facts than old myths?

If you want people to cooperate the thing you need to avoid doing is splitting them into groups by race, sex, religion sexuality or anything else.
So, do you see how ditching a book that divides them on all those categories would be a good thing?


I can tell you that in my research on various religions
Given that your research didn't even let you know that Judaism and Islam also rely on the Old Testament, your research is pretty poor, isn't it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/03/2020 13:45:54
I said that my personal feeling (not backed by Tarot) was that Amy Klobuchar might have a shot at the presidency. When she failed so badly I thought that was the end of that thought. But if she becomes Biden's running mate and he gets ill at a critical stage then she might just end up as the Democratic contender. Is it possible? Life is strange. I like her as a good middle of the road contender.
That may be many things, but it is not scientific proof of the existence of God.
Why did you post it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 09/03/2020 05:13:39
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 12:55:50

    What are your solutions to get humankind to work cooperatively?

If the book doesn't agree with the observation one of two things happens.
Religion rejects the observations and keeps the book.
Science keeps the observations and updates the book.

Don't you understand how, even if there was a God, the people would be better off following facts than old myths?

If you want people to cooperate the thing you need to avoid doing is splitting them into groups by race, sex, religion sexuality or anything else.
So, do you see how ditching a book that divides them on all those categories would be a good thing?


Your only comment worth responding to. The others are fake facts which can be show to be fake by reading my various posts.

Finally you get it. Update the religions. But why ditch the book(s) when there is so much good stuff in them? And when 90% of people get benefits from religion despite the bad guys misusing religion for their own purposes.

Let's get specific. Are the ten commandments good? Should we keep them? If you want to modify them, which ones and why?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 09/03/2020 05:19:08
I said that my personal feeling (not backed by Tarot) was that Amy Klobuchar might have a shot at the presidency. When she failed so badly I thought that was the end of that thought. But if she becomes Biden's running mate and he gets ill at a critical stage then she might just end up as the Democratic contender. Is it possible? Life is strange. I like her as a good middle of the road contender.
That may be many things, but it is not scientific proof of the existence of God.
Why did you post it?

They say God works in mysterious ways. Getting Klobuchar elected as the first woman president in a very round-about way might be one of those ways. Biden has serious flaws. So get him a good running mate who will take over when he fails.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 09/03/2020 06:28:21
Let's get specific. Are the ten commandments good? Should we keep them? If you want to modify them, which ones and why?
Let's get more specific. What makes something considered as good? What is the most reliable method/criteria to determine that something is good?
Why the number is limited to ten? Are they listed in the correct order based on priority? Is there something more important than those ten which are not included in the list?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Numbering
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The Ten Commandments
T   R   LXX   P   L   S   A   C   Main article   Exodus 20:1-17   Deuteronomy 5:4-21
1   (1)   —   —   —   —   —   1   I am the Lord thy God   2[28]   6[28]
2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   Thou shalt have no other gods before me   3[29]   7[29]
2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image   4–6[30]   8–10[30]
3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain   7[31]   11[31]
4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy   8–11[32]   12–15[33]
5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   Honour thy father and thy mother   12[34]   16[35]
6   6   6   7   5   5   5   5   Thou shalt not murder   13[36]   17[36]
7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   Thou shalt not commit adultery   14[37]   18[38]
8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   Thou shalt not steal   15[39]   19[40]
9   9   9   9   8   8   8   8   Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour   16[41]   20[42]
10   10   10   10   9   9   10   10   Thou shalt not covet (neighbour's house)   17a[43]   21b[44]
10   10   10   10   10   9   9   9   Thou shalt not covet (neighbour's wife)   17b[45]   21a[46]
10   10   10   10   10   9   10   10   Thou shalt not covet (neighbour's slaves, animals, or anything else)   17c[47]   21c[48]
—   —   —   —   —   10   —   —   You shall set up these stones, which I command you today, on Mount Gerizim.   14c[49][50]   18c[49][51]
All scripture quotes above are from the King James Version unless otherwise stated.

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I am the Lord thy God.
Is this a command at all?
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
  Many societies have/had different gods without much problems. This one is dispensable.
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
This one is dispensable for the same reason.
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
This one is dispensable for the same reason.
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
This one is dispensable for the same reason. To apply this commandment to firefighters and other public servants is detrimental to the society.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 09/03/2020 10:09:45
The old church was not necessarily a pass at true Christian practice.

The revised, enlightened and new churches are different.

WW1 and 2 were secular.

William Wilberforce wrote True Christianity supporting that true Christians don't want slavery. With correct exegesis. Lots of false debates can use Bible quotes, or other writers quotes.

The Bible is not a science book. It is about revealing the supernatural is with us for relationship. It is a summary.

The ancients loved the idea that, the love between the gods, "agape" was something they could have with each other, and a real God that loved them with interest was new. If they had seen the demise of Christianity, either they would ready to avoid the cold church or they would not turn to it.

Faith in Christ rests on power, not rationality.

Other beliefs systems are different.

How can people go wrong worshipping love? Somehow they did, there were challenges. Nero then Constantine, later Islam, then schism... But if God was war, things would be worse. Ireland may not exist, she could have become an English colony... A lot of evil would have happened. Maybe an enlightenment with weapons at the forefront. Instead of expression, science, good character, dualism...

People can go more wrong worshipping Mars...

I think God wanted us independent to some extent for free will. He really wanted interdependence. With free choice the jealous adversary damaged things. The Garden of Eden means the Garden of pleasure. We lost it. There are rewards for faith amidst the darkness of our times. If Christ were to appear now to fix the injustice and darkness in the world, He would also have to judge us, that before most have a chance to repent. As it was in Noah's day.

There is purpose in life for slow learning. Instead of things being spelled out for us. But it could have been in pleasures instead of suffering, however suffering enables us to better appreciate the pleasures of the afterlife.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 09/03/2020 18:12:49
Let's get specific. Are the ten commandments good? Should we keep them? If you want to modify them, which ones and why?
There are many more than ten, but these are considered by most faiths to be the most important.

About half of them make  good sense: honouring parents, not committing murder, theft, adultery, or dishonesty, are the basis for almost any form of cohesive society, though a few pay less attention to adultery or consider property to be communal.

The other stuff  defines a monotheistic religion and thus sets its adherents apart from other groups. This can be the excuse for eternal conflict between groups who have nothing of value to fight about, and the social dominance of old perverts.

If you take the sky fairy out of Leviticus, you end up with some pretty good rules for maintaining health and social order.

Keeping the sabbath makes sense in employment law, provided everyone can have his own sabbath - it's a worker's right, not a universal duty to all down tools on the same day. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 09/03/2020 19:25:01
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    Let's get specific. Are the ten commandments good? Should we keep them? If you want to modify them, which ones and why?

Let's get more specific. What makes something considered as good? What is the most reliable method/criteria to determine that something is good?

This is where science fails. Goodness is hard to define using a set of rules. The rules for goodness flow from a human understanding of what is good. Trying to debate it often fails because of the complexity.

Here is how one defines good. Take a group of older wise people and ask them to give examples of what is good. Their experience of the human condition and their common sense and an innate sense of right and wrong.

This will allow a set of rules such as the ten commandments.

When these wise people are restricted to priests and clerics their human failings (such as ego and a desire for power) color their judgment and some rules serve the religion and not the people.

Clearly some rules are common sense such as murder. Lies and distrust cause communities to fail. The reason for the commandment to have one God without earthly characteristics that are seen in idols is the unity and the threat (a real threat if God exists which most religions claim) of punishment. Some people say "It is not illegal if there is no consequence". God sees all and God gives judgment to all. Hence respect for God is a very necessary component to a moral society. The Old Testament was God fearing. The New Testament was God loving. The Quran incorporated both but stressed mercy. Mercy for those who failed and mercy for those who were conquered.

Jesus used parables to teach how to live a good life. The Quran and the Old Testament incorporated a set of laws for a just society. Muhammad taught that a house cannot have two captains and the default was man. But the man had responsibilities with regard to the woman, even in divorce.

Today there is no reason a woman cannot be the captain. I told my sixth wife that she was the captain and I was the advisor. She had been abused by men her whole life and could not believe that a strong leader such as myself would be a follower. But it made sense - and it worked so well. We had a marvelous marriage. Unfortunately she died. My current wife is also the captain. This is an example of an update. Do not throw out the one captain rule but instead modify it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/03/2020 08:07:37
One simple rules for good would be "Do no harm" which is similar to the Golden Rule of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Many of the religious laws were dietary and sanitary - intended to prevent death and disease. A number of those are outdated. A well-known one is the prohibition on pork.

Muhammad said that alcohol in moderation could be beneficial but was too often abused so he decided a blanket prohibition was in the best overall interest.

A big problem is how to treat enemies. Killing in battle is accepted by secular and religious morality. Killing civilians is frowned upon. The fire bombing of Dresden was an obvious war-crime even at the time, and the guy in charge was quietly side-lined. The Islamic extremists  do not follow the Quran in treating their prisoners with mercy. Not do some ultra-Orthodox Israeli soldiers who consider some of their enemies to be Amalekites who have to be killed - even unarmed women and children.

Combat teaches a nation to treat an enemy as vermin - cockroaches to be killed and destroyed without conscience. The rules of war were intended to stop outright crimes, but it happens in all nations.

There is a modern problem with strict rules of morality. "Consenting adults" eats away at some rules. "There was no harm" is another. This last one is extended to financial fraud where it is argued that the insurance money pays, or that the investors were greedy and should have known the rule of "high return means high risk".

Once more, there is a tendency to label all rules as inapplicable because others are brought into question.

BTW - To label all clergy as "old perverts" shows an intolerance that borders on bigotry. Change religion - do not attempt wholesale destruction.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/03/2020 15:47:46
Here is how one defines good. Take a group of older wise people and ask them to give examples of what is good. Their experience of the human condition and their common sense and an innate sense of right and wrong.
Hence pogroms, the Inquisition, the Crusades, forcible "conversion" by the Conquistadores, prohibition of contraception, covering up child sex abuse, and every fatwah and jihad ordained by other old perverts.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/03/2020 22:21:28
Combat teaches a nation to treat an enemy as vermin
So does religion; that's the problem.
And it explicitly requires the murder of some groups
whether that's stoning homosexuals or not "suffering witches to live"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/03/2020 22:39:45
He really wanted interdependence.
It is nonsense to say "God wanted X". The omniscient, omnipotent creator of everything, creates exactly what he wants.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 05:10:08
Combat teaches a nation to treat an enemy as vermin
So does religion; that's the problem.
And it explicitly requires the murder of some groups
whether that's stoning homosexuals or not "suffering witches to live"

Be specific. Which religions and which parts of the religious texts? The only one I am aware of is the interpretation of the Old Testament to slay the Amalekites.

And what do you mean by murder? The death penalty has been used until very recently for many crimes. Society decides on the crimes and the punishments. With the exception of the Inquisition which was a distinct aberration the Church has not been at the forefront of "murdering" groups.

You often conflate societal norms with religious norms. Do some reading about the punishments meted out by judges in London in the middle ages. They were horrific. They were designed to deter crime - partly because crime was so rife because of desperation.

Why are you so determined to dump all of societies crimes on religion? Religion was often a force for good, yet you want to ascribe the bad to religion and thus do away with religion.

There have been many hospitals run by nuns. They have been fantastic. Hospitals today are businesses - and are poorer for it in terms of caring. Look at the history of hospitals in New York where nuns made such a difference in caring for the victims of various disasters that come into the city by sea.

One often sees the statement that more wars are started by religion than other reasons. That is outright rubbish and nonsense. There are simple reasons for war. Among these are territorial conquest; to control borders; secure trade routes; or respond to an internal challenge to political authority. In recent decades there is a new one, namely ‘national self-interest’.

Religion was always secondary and was a requirement to justify the war and to ensure solidarity of the nation. The encyclopedia of war states that only 7% of the 1763 wars listed had religion as their primary cause and caused only 2% of all war deaths. 3,000 died in the Inquisition, 3 million died in the Crusades and 35 million died in World War 1. The Mongol Asian rampage killed 30 million and had no religious component whatsoever. According to Steven Pinker, religion accounts for only 13 out of 100 of the world's worst atrocities in the history of the world.

The Iraq war is blamed on Bush being a ‘born-again Christian’. Give me a break! Oil was the key reason.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 05:53:22
Here is how one defines good. Take a group of older wise people and ask them to give examples of what is good. Their experience of the human condition and their common sense and an innate sense of right and wrong.
Hence pogroms, the Inquisition, the Crusades, forcible "conversion" by the Conquistadores, prohibition of contraception, covering up child sex abuse, and every fatwah and jihad ordained by other old perverts.

Strange answer to my statement about wise men. I never inferred that the wise men were religious - in fact I inferred the opposite.

There are many wrongs in history. Many are due to men in power who, by the way, were mostly kings and emperors. Religion actually modified the actions of some of these rulers to be less harsh. Religion is not perfect but there are only two clear examples of wrongs by clerics - the Inquisition and the sex abuse. Yet you tar every religion and every cleric with the same brush.

A fatwah is a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar. So why say "every fatwah... ordained by old perverts". One or two have condemned someone to death. A bit extreme, but so are some of the "Dead or Alive" US bounties. The extrajudicial assassinations of the Israeli secret service are even more deadly and abhorrent. Even then I would not ascribe them to religion. State terrorism it the standard term which applies to all nations.

Jihad is an Arabic word for "struggle". There are two struggles according to the Quran. One is the struggle for inner purity and the other is a struggle against the enemies of Islam. The latter is only invoked for enemies actively seeking the downfall of Islam. Even then, there are rules for this "defensive" struggle - with mercy to the defeated.

Your use of "older perverts" is bigotry. "The definition of bigotry is prejudice and the state of being intolerant. An example of bigotry is disliking people because of their culture." The term is similar to "dirty old man", and is meant in your context to evoke a similar reaction. It is an example of what is "bad". It is bad because it fosters conflict and wars.

You use pogrom as your first example. Most, if not all, pogroms were had little to do with religion, and were in effect part of revolutions where the ruling class were targeted along with their financial advisors and the wealthy bankers/tax collectors/land owners. Check your history carefully and drill down into older existing documents such as Estate Duties levied to confirm "facts". In some cases, the rulers avoided being deposed by giving in to societal pressure to get rid of the Jewish elite. Even during the Black Plague, the pogroms were a matter of using a convenient excuse to target a hated group who did the tax collecting. When I was in Brooklyn NY, the latest Crown Heights "pogrom" was a result of the block busting tactic of the Hassidim in displacing blacks. The blacks were suffering the effects. The Hassidim made their distain for the blacks quite clear. No doubt you will dispute my interpretation but please state what it is about the religion (and not the tribe) that made the Jews targets? I have said that the religion treated non-Jews differently but rioters did not know that as a religious concept but a social fact.

The conversion of Spanish Jews was in lieu of a pogrom - and it worked. A number of Jews were assimilated and many kept their fortunes and were still able to contribute. It may even have been a relief to them to not be associated with the hardliners.

The Crusades had societal pressures and origins. Apparently many knights had taken to collecting "taxes" and were giving the locals a hard time. Send them away on a mission. Once more religion was used as a pretext and took the blame.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 11/03/2020 06:06:57
He really wanted interdependence.
It is nonsense to say "God wanted X". The omniscient, omnipotent creator of everything, creates exactly what he wants.
With free will at work, and Satan deceiving, God does not get what he wants every time. God has to use what he did not choose.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/03/2020 09:38:54
The death penalty has been used until very recently for many crimes. Society decides on the crimes and the punishments.

And they make that decision which says the Bible is wrong.

Humanity does a better job of being good then the Book does.

why can't you accept that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 15:08:54
The death penalty has been used until very recently for many crimes. Society decides on the crimes and the punishments.

And they make that decision which says the Bible is wrong.

Humanity does a better job of being good then the Book does.

why can't you accept that?

Why can't you accept that there are exceptions to every rule. Principles are basic - common sense is needed to decide when the rule does not apply but exceptions require exceptional circumstances.

Why can't you also accept that religion needs updating - not trashing. The texts are not inerrant, although changes need to be very carefully thought out. Some times a simple addendum to put the teachings in context is sufficient. The New Testament updated the Old Testament to move from a violent vengeful God to a loving forgiving God. The Quran balanced that to say that one could fight to preserve a just and merciful God as long as there was balance. One could live in peace with other faiths as long as they did not pose a threat. Muhammad put this into practice very successfully.

Lying and deceit is forbidden. Yet there are times it is justified. If a man holds a gun to your head and demands to know where your wife has hidden then you lie your head off.

I notice that once more you assail the Bible and not the Torah or the Quran. What is it about Christians that you are so bitter about? Your lack of tolerance does not help your case that an atheist can be just as moral as a Christian.

Is there some unethical behavior that you indulge in, or want to indulge in, that makes you attack religions that preach morality? Morality changes with the times and with needs. God guides wise men to revise the teachings, but not to toss out all the basics. Common sense and logic should prevail.

The Catholic Church should let priests marry, and allow contraception. They are man-made rules that have served their purpose. They should concentrate on communication with God and take issue with those who sin. No blanket forgiveness - unrepentant repeaters should be told they will be judged and suffer in the afterlife - or even have their souls terminated.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 15:27:15
Well, so far my prayers are being answered. The corona virus is not yet collapsing the SA market and we have a buyer for the house we left. The problem my wife faces is how to invest the money. In what? So far she has a balanced portfolio in anticipation - unlike some who promote one strategy or the other.

I tried to buy some surgical face masks. I had to reserve 3 in an incoming shipment. The price was exorbitant. I was told that they had sold out before the hit the shelves. The Muslims wash themselves and are cleaner than if they used toilet paper. But the ordinary person finds that gross. My wife said people will turn to newspapers. I had a little devil whisper in my ear and have me ask what source of paper an atheist would use. :P

One family told me that they would ask their domestic not to come in to work and put her on half pay and do the work themselves. Wow, that is serious!

So far the death rate seems to be between 3 and 4 percent in many places. What I find surprising is that there are small outbreaks in various places. Dots on the map. Often 1 or 2 which then may become an epicenter. I would have thought that there would be a spread from a cluster although this has happened in Italy and Korea.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 11/03/2020 17:38:59
The conversion of Spanish Jews was in lieu of a pogrom - and it worked. A number of Jews were assimilated
….and a greater number were tortured to death and/or had their assets seized. Interesting definition of "worked", worthy of Goebbels himself.

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I notice that once more you assail the Bible and not the Torah
anyone who knew anything about the Bible would know that the Torah constitutes the first five books thereof.

Jesus died about 600 years before toilet paper was invented, and about 1800 years before it became commercially available in the West. I guess his followers did pretty much whatever atheists did. The muslim tradition derives from Matthew 6:3 "Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth" and is still sensibly observed in desert conditions. In times of national crisis I take comfort from my father's sergeant major, who announced at one morning parade "The hobservant among you will 'ave noticed that we 'ave run aht of toilet paper. Don't panic, gentlemen. I 'ave horganised a workin' party wiv scissors, tailorin'  the Daily Mirror to fit your dainty little arse'oles."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 17:44:12
It is official. We have a pandemic. And eventually everyone will get it.

Here are two really informative videos. Must watch.

The Differences Between the Coronavirus and the Spanish Flu w:Michael Osterholm | Joe Rogan

How Serious is the Coronavirus? Infectious Disease Expert Michael Osterholm Explains | Joe Rogan

Bored Chemist made the point that God could simply reduce the fertility of people to reduce the population explosion. It is an option and guess what - it is already happening. Cell phones and cell towers.

So why a nasty pandemic? To get humankind to wake up and change.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 17:54:34
The conversion of Spanish Jews was in lieu of a pogrom - and it worked. A number of Jews were assimilated
….and a greater number were tortured to death and/or had their assets seized. Interesting definition of "worked", worthy of Goebbels himself.

Give me your references to support your claim? I was talking from memory of the vast amount of material I have read on the internet. Amazing place. One can drill down to scans of public records to perform a check on facts put out. Here is a summary of part of the book I spoke about earlier where I gave a few chapters. While it is a reference to the history of Israel, it is generally applicable to the whole of Jewish history.

Finding Truth - When dealing with Jewish history, the media and activists make it hard to establish how much is factual, how much is an exaggeration and how much is an outright falsehood. The fuzziness favors Israel, who says that adverse interpretations are antisemitic.

Many unpleasant facts or unflattering versions of history are side-lined while the official version that instills pride is widely repeated and disseminated. The accepted version of the history of the establishment of Israel is that it was a wondrous feat of almost superhuman struggle against the adversity of the land and the surrounding Arabs. It is well-publicized – and so is some of the criticism.

The average person is aware of the versions of the ‘Old Israeli Historians’ who were not only biased for but had a censored version of the documentation. The ‘New Israeli Historians’ accept that there are new facts. They, however, fall into two categories, biased for or biased against. Benny Morris is pro-Israel and will not use any Arab documents. Ilan Pappe is sympathetic to the Arabs.

I chose to focus on the basics and some key statements that show the truth of what and why some events occurred. They should be a concern for the future. It was a real struggle to look past the emotional statements of all side. It required a lot of cross-referencing to eliminate ‘false facts’ or ‘alternative facts’.


And please stop the antisemitic smears. A few posts ago you mentioned that I should have some humility and behave like a gentleman. How about you take some of your own advice? If God wants all religions to update and improve then Judaism is not an exception.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 11/03/2020 18:00:45
If God wants all religions to update and improve then Judaism is not an exception.
Please get this straight. There is no evidence for a god that wants anything, or even exists. Religion is an excuse for doing things that would otherwise be considered pointless or positively evil.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 18:02:49
Best explanation so far. Makes sense.

Hand Sanitizer & Face Masks, Will They Help Against the Coronavirus? w:Michael Osterholm
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 18:07:32
If God wants all religions to update and improve then Judaism is not an exception.
Please get this straight. There is no evidence for a god that wants anything, or even exists. Religion is an excuse for doing things that would otherwise be considered pointless or positively evil.

I have personal evidence. You reject that. Okay, but why is wrong for me to want religions to improve? I am being constructive and looking for truth. I am trying to help ALL people irrespective of faith or race or ethnicity. I do not think it coincidental that I have a very diverse grouping of these (faith and race and ethnicity) in my family in order to give me personal interaction with different groups.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: pensador on 11/03/2020 18:19:50
He really wanted interdependence.
It is nonsense to say "God wanted X". The omniscient, omnipotent creator of everything, creates exactly what he wants.

Are you sure ? :)

I would have to take the Pantheist view of god, a god which is an automaton. The universe is the way it is because that is how it responds. Any other definition of a god is a fraction of the universe, ie a demi god, or an attempt to explain aspects of the universe in terms a peasant can understand. Hinduisms supreme deity if you read up about it, is pantheist. All the little gods like shiva etc are attempts to explain to peasants different aspects of the supreme deity.

I would also raise the question of where do people think their consciousness/soul resides. ?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 11/03/2020 19:19:01
I only have about 4 old movie channels on TV. TNT was showing the 1995 movie "Outbreak" with Dustin Hoffman.

Then I switch to the news. Felt just like being in the movie. Quarantine, fear and the army.

BTW - History repeats. No science cure, so people rush to alternative cures. Iran had 26 people die from methanol poisoning thinking it might cure them. If there is civil unrest, who will the people target for scapegoats?

Hmm. My browser just popped up an advert for GermTex N95 facemask - listed as an Anti-virus facemask. My wife's company just bought a few boxes for her factory.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 11/03/2020 22:36:16
The Muslims wash themselves and are cleaner than if they used toilet paper.
I am always impressed by the breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in this forum. Comparative theoproctological hygeine! Whatever next?
But seriously. My muslim friends buy toilet paper. Are they building some fiendish weapon with it, or just destabilising western society by causing panic?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/03/2020 05:18:02
The Muslims wash themselves and are cleaner than if they used toilet paper.
I am always impressed by the breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in this forum. Comparative theoproctological hygeine! Whatever next?
But seriously. My muslim friends buy toilet paper. Are they building some fiendish weapon with it, or just destabilising western society by causing panic?

No specialist knowledge here. It is no secret that water (ie washing) is required. But alternatives are not forbidden. Even if toilet paper is available and used, water should be the final cleansing. The amount of toilet paper can be reduced. Crisis requires people to examine even the most basic of daily routines. I was told that in the SA army in the bush war troops were given 1 sheet of toilet paper a day.

As for panic, the thought of being without toilet paper can send some people into serious dread. I am old and my body has been subjected to all sorts of "indignities" in hospital and in illness. One adapts. I have learned alternatives to modern cures from nursing sisters that are unmentionable but thoroughly practical. I can hear it now from some - "I would rather die".

I think the US has had a sudden shift away from denial. I used to work in the suburb of New Rochelle.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 12/03/2020 05:20:34
Well, so far my prayers are being answered. The corona virus is not yet collapsing the SA market and we have a buyer for the house we left. The problem my wife faces is how to invest the money. In what? So far she has a balanced portfolio in anticipation - unlike some who promote one strategy or the other.
Have you prayed for the virus to be eradicated altogether? Or at least, the vaccine to be successfully developed and tested?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 12/03/2020 06:05:47
He really wanted interdependence.
It is nonsense to say "God wanted X". The omniscient, omnipotent creator of everything, creates exactly what he wants.

Are you sure ? :)

I would have to take the Pantheist view of god, a god which is an automaton. The universe is the way it is because that is how it responds. Any other definition of a god is a fraction of the universe, ie a demi god, or an attempt to explain aspects of the universe in terms a peasant can understand. Hinduisms supreme deity if you read up about it, is pantheist. All the little gods like shiva etc are attempts to explain to peasants different aspects of the supreme deity.

I would also raise the question of where do people think their consciousness/soul resides. ?


The Hindu's first god still worshiped by 20,000,000 people is Purusha, the Cosmic man. A lot like Elohim. But it is taught there that other gods came out of him. With truths for Christians like the feminine principle and threeness. It is not pantheism.

I would say consciousness resides in the head and belly. Mind and heart consecutively.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/03/2020 09:59:46
Well, so far my prayers are being answered. The corona virus is not yet collapsing the SA market and we have a buyer for the house we left. The problem my wife faces is how to invest the money. In what? So far she has a balanced portfolio in anticipation - unlike some who promote one strategy or the other.
Have you prayed for the virus to be eradicated altogether? Or at least, the vaccine to be successfully developed and tested?

Interesting question. Since God told me there would be a pandemic or disasters that would cause a huge die-off and solve not only the climate change crisis but other issues as well. Those other issues include greater spirituality, greater cooperation between religions and nations, and a recognition of the limitations of science. Science just cannot know the inner deeper workings even if God did not exist. Since we are all just an illusion the realization that God controls everything will help mankind in the next phase of the adventure.

So when the "boss" tells you what the grand plan is, then I am not going to put in a request to do otherwise. What I have done is ask that my family and friends are spared. He might decide I have done what he has asked (spread the information about him and the universe) and so grant me a special favor. I do not expect any favors but will be grateful if this one is granted.

What I can tell you is that there are probably many people who welcome a die-off (meaning no vaccine) because they also see that there is no other solution. Some are atheists and some are theists. I have no problem with death because I think we reincarnate. I accept that suffering is part of life, and humankind will never be free of suffering. Some wanting the die-off hope that they will be spared and that some of their enemies (including disliked politicians or a ruling class or an under-class) takes the biggest hit.

People will reassess their beliefs and values - that is for sure.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/03/2020 16:34:59
So my wife has to baby-sit the granddaughter, and I have to feed the dogs - and myself. A power-outage began so no TV. Our Ethernet is not yet connected to our TV so I am left with the internet. I have deep-cycle batteries, a battery charger and solar panels so I can get through an evening on the computer. The power cut happened as I started watching a movie called "The East". I though it might be on Netflix and so logged in for the first time in quite a few months. Skipping through, I found a dcoumentary called "Pandemic". How serendipitous is that? See how God guides me to information.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/05/pandemic-netflixs-new-series-about-global-outbreaks-is-eerily-
timed-and-moved-me-to-tears
While coronavirus dominates news headlines, Netflix is streaming its six-part series on how prepared (or not) the world is to deal with a new pandemic.
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak starts with a theory: that we’re due for a new, fast-moving deadly virus. It’s been 100 years since a deadly influenza virus killed 50 to 100 million people, at a time when the global population was just two billion (cue black and white footage of people in old timey face masks, with loads of mass graves being dug).
Now there are nearly eight billion people in the world, as expert Dr. Dennis Carroll, director of USAID’s Emerging Threats Unit, warns in Pandemic: “When we talk about another flu pandemic happening, it’s not a matter of if, but when.”
Could the “when” that haunts this scary series be now?


Just started watching. I see they have episode 5 called "Prayers Might Work".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/03/2020 16:57:13
Skipping and jumping. So so.

Episode 2 at 14 min. Muslim lady doctor praying. "Do no harm and help others." Do not drink. Seems good to me.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/03/2020 17:23:09
Netflix. Jumps around a lot and so do I. But some good stuff.

Episode 3 at 22 min. How trials test faith and build maturity.

Episode 2 at 16 min. Special pathogen. 1) High mortality 2) Causes panic 3) Hard to treat 4) Very contagious
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/03/2020 17:59:53
Putin is a patient man. And patient men make dangerous enemies. They will wait for their chance.

The US deep state has pushed Trump into a conflict with Russia. Sanctions hurt Russia. Oil is Russia's biggest non-nuke weapon - and they are now using it. They will push US shale producers into bankruptcy. They have the ability to do it. Do you think it is coincidence that they are making US stock markets even worse?

Logic applied to facts can sometimes be simple.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/03/2020 06:03:19
This articles illustrates some of the issues I have been talking about regarding scientific disinformation to discredit faith based methodologies. While atheists have a part to play in keeping religion "honest", it often goes too far and tries to destroy anything connected to faith.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/11/alcoholics-anonymous-aa-helps-people-stay-sober-longer-study-finds/5008835002/
The well-known program that seeks to help people with alcohol use disorder, Alcoholics Anonymous, has long been criticized for not having the medical research to back up its efficacy. Until now.

A new study published by the medical journal Cochrane Database of Systematic Review found the peer-led program not only helps people get sober, but it also has higher rates of continuous sobriety compared with professional mental health therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy.

The study is important because it dispels misinformation about the program, said lead author Dr. John Kelly, a professor of psychiatry and addiction medicine at Harvard Medical School.

“In the popular press, there’s been reports of AA not working or being even harmful for people,” he said. “So, we wanted to clarify the scientific picture to the highest scientific standard.”

The study had the opposite findings of a similar study published by Cochrane in 2006 that found “no experimental studies unequivocally demonstrated the effectiveness of AA or TSF (twelve-step facilitation) approaches for reducing alcohol dependence of problems." The 2006 review included eight trials with about 3,400 people, while the new review included 27 studies of more than 10,500 people.

Psychologist Keith Humphreys, co-author of the study and a Stanford University psychiatry professor, said mental health professionals – including him early in his career – are frequently skeptical of AA's effectiveness. Psychologists and psychiatrists are often trained to provide cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy to treat patients with alcohol-use disorder.  He recalled thinking, “How dare these people do things that I have all these degrees to do?”

It is the spiritual aspect of AA that turns people off and sends them to alternatives, said Smart Recovery executive director Mark Ruth. AA and other 12-step programs recommend the use of a higher power to help members recognize something, even if it isn't God or any religious deity, has a power greater than they are.

"We believe in faith as part of a person’s personal choice, not as part of a program or a tool," he said.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/03/2020 08:16:46
Just started watching. I see they have episode 5 called "Prayers Might Work".
We already have studies which show that placebo effect does work. We also know that people are susceptible to confirmation bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
 
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Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or strengthens one's prior personal beliefs or hypotheses.[1] It is a type of cognitive bias. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply-entrenched beliefs.

People also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position. Biased search, interpretation and memory have been invoked to explain attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence), belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false), the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series) and illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations).

A series of psychological experiments in the 1960s suggested that people are biased toward confirming their existing beliefs. Later work re-interpreted these results as a tendency to test ideas in a one-sided way, focusing on one possibility and ignoring alternatives. In certain situations, this tendency can bias people's conclusions. Explanations for the observed biases include wishful thinking and the limited human capacity to process information. Another explanation is that people show confirmation bias because they are weighing up the costs of being wrong, rather than investigating in a neutral, scientific way. However, even scientists and intelligent people can be prone to confirmation bias.[2]

Confirmation biases contribute to overconfidence in personal beliefs and can maintain or strengthen beliefs in the face of contrary evidence. Poor decisions due to these biases have been found in political, organizational and scientific contexts.[3][4]. For example, confirmation bias produces systematic errors in research based on inductive reasoning.
When prayer doesn't work, they tend to forget it. But when it does work, they strengthen their believe to the power of their prayer. Hence, no matter how low the probability of their prayer to work, they tend to strengthen their believe to the power of their prayer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 13/03/2020 11:11:11
a recognition of the limitations of science.
So far, science has been the only thing working in our favour. A medic diagnosed the disease and was promptly silenced by a government more interested in conformity than common sense - just like the Pope in former times.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/03/2020 15:59:49
Crisis requires people to examine even the most basic of daily routines. I was told that in the SA army in the bush war troops were given 1 sheet of toilet paper a day.
They were not the only ones.
Fortunately the daily written orders came to the rescue.
In doing so, they coined a new word for useless information.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+bumph&oq=define++bumph&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.5229j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Just started watching. I see they have episode 5 called "Prayers Might Work".

Well, if that's true, the Bible's wrong.
Have a nice day.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/03/2020 17:15:34
When prayer doesn't work, they tend to forget it. But when it does work, they strengthen their believe to the power of their prayer. Hence, no matter how low the probability of their prayer to work, they tend to strengthen their believe to the power of their prayer.

There are times I pray hard for certain little favors and I get them. I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.

Just because confirmation bias exists and can be used to explain a number of beliefs does not negate the fact that something works - irrespective of the bias in memory.

My late wife ran therapy courses for ex-combatants which changed hardened criminals into productive integrated citizens. She also used a belief in a higher power. Day one was when everyone spoke of their expectations. Many skeptical and with low expectations. Day two was the 24 hour solo bush immersion. Day 3 was speaking of the experiences. When one heard of the amazing things that happened and saw the changes in people, one did not need confirmation bias. She achieved about 85 per cent success.

One woman would not go into the bush because she was scared of snakes. They let her sit in front of the fence on the property in sight of assistants. Darned if a cobra did not come and lie in front of her. She was frozen, then turned slowly, only to find a second one behind her. They stayed the whole day. She came to accept that her ancestors had visited her in that form to protect her and she used the time to meditate about what she wanted in life.

You can use all the scientific theories you like and apply them to all sorts of situations. It does not make you right. You have to first assume the experiences are false and that makes your assumptions correct.

If you had even one-tenth the experiences I have had you would be arguing that you did not have confirmation bias.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/03/2020 17:18:28
Have a nice day.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Very nice of you to think of me.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/03/2020 17:40:24
I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.
Post a diary.
That will unequivocally show which side is right.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/03/2020 07:52:53
I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.
Post a diary.
That will unequivocally show which side is right.

I had to double check who the poster was. Such a logical common sense post.

Interestingly, I have been doing that for about 9 years in an informal way. I am terrible at routine so it ebbs and flows. The results are very good. At the moment with my health I am even worse at disciplined routine and very disinclined to present a proof which will not be accepted anyway because of a lack of controls. I will be accused of making the diary up.

It struck me that the Alcoholics Anonymous requirement for faith in a Higher Power is one example of the statistical method to prove God exists. The latest result is also an example of where I say the results of polls and statistical analysis depends on the framing of the questions and also the filtering that is done. It is interesting to note the change of heart of the people doing the tests. It seemed that they were possibly influenced by seeing how faith is a force for good.

Let us assume for the sake of argument that God does not exist and the results are some kind of placebo effect. A placebo effect that is far more powerful than the placebo effect of going to a scientific clinic where they impress people with their knowledge. That is a force for good. Why try to destroy religion by emphasizing the negatives? The Pascal Wager applies. One is better off making a bet on the unprovable by taking it on faith that God exists and that prayer can help. One has the double assurance of the teachings of the great prophets. People here have the assurance of a ordinary (but intelligent and grounded) person affirming what works and what does not, and how it all works as a whole.

Will even one person change as a result of my postings? Doubt it. But once the world goes into social breakdown on a material basis, then a lot of people here will have time to sit at home and reassess their beliefs. And if they see people dying slowing around them and that science is helpless then a further reassessment may take place.

However, my message about cooperation and the need for religious updates is going to go nowhere on this forum. All I am doing is refining the message. If God exists and if indeed I am supposed to spread a message then it will happen somehow. I accept I could be wrong. I am not a very good example of a believer in that I have not been totally convinced. My health is really preventing me from doing much and seems to be getting worse. But I retain hope.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/03/2020 08:08:14
Humans having a innate sense of good and bad is illustrated in the latest Dilbert cartoon.

Dogbert:  Now that I am managing the cloud it is time to make some social changes. I will transfer any remaining money from the low-income people to the rich.
Dilbert: That feels wrong.
Dogbert: I am just adding efficiency to the inevitable.

Dogbert is right. Without the social upheavals of the past, the rich get richer for a number of reasons. One is that they influence the government to do things to benefit them. I used to be a conservative Republican who was a committed capitalist. I now see that while there are benefits to capitalism, governments need to regulate to remove the inequities. They also need to limit pollution, climate change and over-population. They cannot do this in good times. Hopefully they have the leadership to do it in bad times.

One simple regulation. Do away with computer trading. It is the mechanism that does indeed do wealth transfer and nothing else. There should be a rule that one has to hold stock for at least a week, and give a weeks notice of intention to sell. Or something similar. It would decimate the financial sector but it would provide stability. How many times do the experts say "Take a long term view. Do not panic sell". The rich are informed and make tactical decisions. They sell ahead of the curve and then wait for the bottom to buy. They may even control the public sentiment to choose their moment. The rich have the assets to do so and some get very rich with market collapses.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/03/2020 08:29:10
While on the topic of what is the best type of government, my research into religion also took me into research on types of government.

Interestingly, one really good one is Fascism. The concept comes from the Italian for "bundle". The reasoning is that a bundle of sticks is far stronger than a individual sticks. The initial Italian concept of Fascism was that there were two classes in society. The workers and the bureaucrats. The workers produced goods and services and the bureaucrats ensured that systems were balanced and worked in harmony. It achieved a great economic result. The problem was that military pressure by Germany moved Italy away from the basic concepts, and Fascism got a bad name.

The USA (and other supposedly democratic countries) are not really democratic. The rich influence the elections and one cannot become a candidate if one has certain views. AIPAC is one organization with so  much financial and political clout that they must be "wooed" in order that they do not destroy a candidate. The African countries get a president and ruling party and they just rig the elections. A benevolent dictatorship would be the best, but the problem is where to get a good one and how to support it.

A Great Die-Off may solve some of these problems IF leadership is forced to act cooperatively and key people can do what is good and right. This is what I mean about "a group of wise men/women" who know what is just and equitable. They will have no authority unless they invoke the backing of God (and major religions). And I presume that God will indeed back them. The snake oil salesmen and frauds may spring up like weeds but will wither and die.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/03/2020 12:22:42
It struck me that the Alcoholics Anonymous requirement for faith in a Higher Power is one example of the statistical method to prove God exists.
Then you need to re-read the stuff about confirmation bias.

Dogbert is right. Without the social upheavals of the past, the rich get richer for a number of reasons.
One such social upheaval is is the reduction of the influence of the churches.
If their scriptures still held sway, we would still have slaves and witch burning.

They also need to limit pollution, climate change and over-population. They cannot do this in good times. Hopefully they have the leadership to do it in bad times.
You have that the wrong way round.

You seem to be suggesting that we need to wait until it is raining before we fix the roof.

Even the bible recognised the importance of storing goods during the 7 fat years to tide them over in the 7 lean years.

While on the topic of what is the best type of government, my research into religion also took me into research on types of government.

Interestingly, one really good one is Fascism.
And there goes any remaining credibility you may have had.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/03/2020 14:49:35
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from: CliveG on Today at 07:52:53

    It struck me that the Alcoholics Anonymous requirement for faith in a Higher Power is one example of the statistical method to prove God exists.

Then you need to re-read the stuff about confirmation bias.

You need to re-read my post. You are saying that any statistically proven evidence of God HAS to be confirmation bias (or another brain malfunction) BECAUSE science has proven that there is no God. Am I correct that you are saying that science has proven there is no God? You keep using that in your logic.

You are so convinced that there is no God that you put all your faith in logical fallacies such as confirmation bias, faulty memories, pareidolia, hallucination and plain human imagination. What do you call your absolute faith in these explanations that leave not the slightest possibility for God or spirit as a possible explanation?

Could I claim that your logic and objectives (destroy religion) are proof that Satan exists - ergo God? (Once more - tongue in cheek  ::))

Maybe some-one could reduce your argument to a series of logical statements and see if I am correct that you incorporate the non-existence of God into your logic to arrive at the conclusions you do?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/03/2020 15:19:01
I am saying that the effect of confirmation bias is so large (and impossible to measure independently) that it would mask any effect from God's intervention.
ou are saying that any statistically proven evidence of God HAS to be confirmation bias (or another brain malfunction) BECAUSE science has proven that there is no God
No.
I never said that.
Am I correct that you are saying that science has proven there is no God?
No you are , as usual, wrong..

You keep using that in your logic.
No
I have never used it.
You are so convinced that there is no God that you put all your faith in logical fallacies such as confirmation bias, faulty memories, pareidolia, hallucination and plain human imagination. What do you call your absolute faith in these explanations that leave not the slightest possibility for God or spirit as a possible explanation?
No.
I'm using Occam's razor.
Given that we can explain the observed data without invoking God's existence, it makes no sense to claim that he exists (on the basis of the data).

You seem to forget that (at least on a science web page) the burden of proof is on you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/03/2020 15:20:28
Maybe some-one could reduce your argument to a series of logical statements and see if I am correct that you incorporate the non-existence of God into your logic to arrive at the conclusions you do?
No, they could not.
Because I'm not starting from God's non existence.
I'm starting from the position that there are other explanations for the observations and thus no need to assume some God's existence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/03/2020 15:45:59
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 08:08:14

    Dogbert is right. Without the social upheavals of the past, the rich get richer for a number of reasons.

One such social upheaval is is the reduction of the influence of the churches.
If their scriptures still held sway, we would still have slaves and witch burning.

People have believed in evil forces and people who do evil long before organized religion. In Zimbabawe, only a few decades ago the tribes would put a group of people (men, woman and children) into a hut and burn it down in order to remove the evil that was causing their crops to fail.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?s=bibles&q=witch
The worship and seeking of supernatural powers other than God has been around since the beginning. Satan has used witchcraft to prevent people from finding holy spirituality in God alone. He uses witchcraft such as mediums, horoscopes, and games to entice people away from God and toward a power that gives self enlightenment. The Bible speaks often of the consequences of following false idols and falsehood. Read the Scripture verses below to better understand the importance of seeking God alone.


I ask God to guide me when I engage in contact with the spirit world using various methodologies including Tarot cards. So I pass the test of not using witchcraft. The key is also truth versus falsehoods. I connect to truth, and I speak the truth.

Exodus {22:18} Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

This is one of the Commandments handed out by Moses. These commandments are part of the Five Books of the Torah and not the New Testament. Many of these "laws" are acknowledged as out dated. How many times do I have to say that the religions need updating  - and that many laws followed by religions are indeed in need of updating - and that society has some of the practices as part of their cultural beliefs irrespective of any direction from religion. The term witch applies to some-one using the supernatural for evil. The punishment in those days was death. We have done away (mostly) with death penalty but why would you want an evil person to live next to you when they put evil curses upon people?

Deutoronomy {18:9}  When  thou  art  come  into  the  land  which  the LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee,  thou  shalt  not  learn  to  do  afterthe  abominations  of  those  nations.  {18:10}  There  shall  not be  found  among  you  [any  one]  that  maketh  his  son  or  his daughter  to  pass  through  the  fire,  or  that  useth  divination,[or]  an  observer  of  times,  or  an  enchanter,  or  a  witch,{18:11} Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, ora  wizard,  or  a  necromancer.
... {18:15}  The  LORD  thy  God  will  raise  up  unto  thee  a Prophet  from  the  midst  of  thee,  of  thy  brethren,  like  unto me;  unto  him  ye  shall  hearken;
...{18:21} And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  How  shall we  know  the  word  which  the  LORD  hath  not  spoken?{18:22}   When   a   prophet   speaketh   in   the   name   of   the LORD,  if  the  thing  follow  not,  nor  come  to  pass,  that  [is]the  thing  which  the  LORD  hath  not  spoken,  [but]  the prophet  hath  spoken  it  presumptuously:  thou  shalt  not  be afraid of him.


This part deals with false prophets as well as contact with the spirit world. Note that miracles and messages from God ARE allowed as long as the prophet can demonstrate credentials. Moses was trying to move a group of people away from superstition and the from the influence of people who may have been contacting evil spirits.

I already said that when I asked a clairvoyant if she knew whether she was connecting with good or bad spirits she said she had no idea, nor did she limit her contact with only good. I know the rules and the rules are that contact done with the help of God is good and allowed. Once more - some update to the Old Testament and also to the teachings of the Christian church. I do not deny that the priesthood has egos that sometimes get in the way. They want the Bible to be the only inerrant word of God so as not to be challenged. But the time has come to challenge and for the Churches (and other religions) to take notice).

In SA, there are good witchdoctors (Sangomas) and bad witchdoctors. The bad ones kill people for body parts and they get paid to cast evil spells on others. There is a very definite need to separate the good from the bad. But why throw the baby out with the bathwater and stop good ones from practicing? Even if you do away with religion you will not do away with the need for people to seek supernatural help. Unfortunately the area is ripe for frauds and they are as numerous as the internet scam artists.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/03/2020 15:51:40
You seem to forget that (at least on a science web page) the burden of proof is on you.

And I gave you a statistical scientific study that appears to prove that faith in God works. Is it not statistically possible that God does exist?

The burden of proof is now on you to prove that the study is in someway flawed - and the faith element is NOT due to the existence of God. All you have done is suggest another mechanism. Prove it is the only mechanism - and not God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/03/2020 17:01:38
And I gave you a statistical scientific study that appears to prove that faith in God works.
remind me- where did you think you had done that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/03/2020 17:11:48
Many of these "laws" are acknowledged as out dated.
Christ didn't.
He said they were here until the end of time.
https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-18.htm

People have believed in evil forces and people who do evil long before organized religion. In Zimbabwe, only a few decades ago the tribes would put a group of people (men, woman and children) into a hut and burn it down in order to remove the evil that was causing their crops to fail.
You seem not to realise that those beliefs- that burning the people in the hut will help - are religion.
It's especially ironic given this
You do it with God and you do it with the Christian and Muslim religions. The others you give a pass for various reasons.

Well that's exactly my point.
I treat all the religions the same.
You pretend that some are "good" and others aren't " organized religion".


The burden of proof is now on you to prove that the study is in someway flawed - and the faith element is NOT due to the existence of God. All you have done is suggest another mechanism. Prove it is the only mechanism - and not God.
That's absurd.
If I said " Pixies did it - prove I'm wrong" you would recognise that it's not your job to explain away my fantastic idea.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 06:30:18
Many of these "laws" are acknowledged as out dated.
Christ didn't.
He said they were here until the end of time.
https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-18.htm

First let me confirm my statement that some of the "Laws" are acknowledged as outdated.

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/541686/jewish/How-Many-of-the-Torahs-Commandments-Still-Apply.htm
While many of us know that there are 613 mitzvot, (248 do's, and 365 don'ts) it is less widely known just how many mitzvot we can actively apply in our time, outside of Israel, when the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) no longer stands. For example, all the various sacrificial offerings are no longer able to be brought.

Of the 248 positive commands, only 126 are currently applicable. And of the 365 negative commands, only 243 are still applicable. So in total, nowadays, 369 mitzvot are still operative.


I never said that the Bible and therefore sayings attributed to Christ were inerrant. Christ was only raised to the status of God by the Nicaean bishops. When you look at the entirety of the Matthew verse you quote I note that Jesus goes on to be explicit about the interpretation of the laws and does not detail the minor ones. I see no problem with his interpretation of the various laws. He does not speak kindly of false prophets. Rather than nit-pick one should look at the whole of what he said.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed
The Nicene Creed of 325 explicitly affirms the co-essential divinity of the Son, applying to him the term "consubstantial". ... The earlier Apostles' Creed does not explicitly affirm the divinity of the Son and the Holy Spirit, but in the view of many who use it, this doctrine is implicit in it.


By the way, I never studied the Bible, having been a confirmed atheist from age 12 to 17 and then a confirmed agnostic from 18 to about 50 or 60. The way I learned about the Nicaea was that we had an electrical cable explode and I went to a person two houses away. We got to talking and he told he had written a book about Jesus not being God. He gave me a copy of his book. He used to teach Christianity. Once more God created an event to teach me something very important. That Jesus is not God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 06:55:39

People have believed in evil forces and people who do evil long before organized religion. In Zimbabwe, only a few decades ago the tribes would put a group of people (men, woman and children) into a hut and burn it down in order to remove the evil that was causing their crops to fail.
You seem not to realise that those beliefs- that burning the people in the hut will help - are religion.
It's especially ironic given this
You do it with God and you do it with the Christian and Muslim religions. The others you give a pass for various reasons.

Well that's exactly my point.
I treat all the religions the same.
You pretend that some are "good" and others aren't " organized religion".

You treat all religions (and the supernatural) the same as in "they are all bad". A blanket dismissal for the sake of your atheistic beliefs.

I do not think that a belief in the supernatural is a religion.

While one cannot have religion without a belief in the supernatural I do think one can have a belief in the supernatural without a belief in religion or God. Although I was a confirmed atheist I took it as "natural" that ghosts, mental telepathy, clairvoyance and the like existed. They were part of the world I was brought up in.

Many African tribes believed in ancestor worship. The tribes is South Africa and Zimbabwe had no Gods that I am aware of. The witchdoctor was all-powerful and feared. He communicated with the spirits and knew which ones were good and which ones were evil. Evil spirits could infect and inhabit people and the cure was death (same as the Old Testament).

I have experienced demons in others, and heard them try to compel me to do something evil. Not quite a voice in my head but certainly an outside thought intruding in commanding an action. Only about 4 distinct occasions. I suspect that many people who commit suicide or do something really strange may have been commanded to do so by demons.

When Christianity came to Southern Africa, they accepted Jesus and God, but kept their ancestor and spirit beliefs. They did learn that one can cast out demons, and I know a person (named John) who does just that. So there was no need to kill the "witches". An update of their religion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 07:12:41
The burden of proof is now on you to prove that the study is in someway flawed - and the faith element is NOT due to the existence of God. All you have done is suggest another mechanism. Prove it is the only mechanism - and not God.
That's absurd.
If I said " Pixies did it - prove I'm wrong" you would recognise that it's not your job to explain away my fantastic idea.

Break it down to the basics. There are two methodologies to "cure" alcoholics. One insists on a belief in a Higher Power (God for all intents and purposes), and the secular scientific way. Both have a placebo effect.

But the first has a very clear statistical success rate. The second studies the first and tries to emulate them and their methods but does away with the faith requirement.

It is clear that faith and prayer are the differential. The question you are faced with is "Is a belief in a non-existent God just as powerful as a belief in an existent God?"

Now you have to first explain why belief alone is so powerful, especially when a belief in science does not give the same result. Then you have to show that your explanation applies to the AA.

Scoffing and dismissal are not very scientific.

Your straw-man of Pixies is another atheist tactic. Just why do you keep equating God to a mythical creature clearly invented to entertain children? Oh, maybe you think God is a mythical creature invented to control the masses. Just because both religion and science had various "myths" and both have improved their understanding does not mean that religion is totally wrong and science is totally right.

If you told me a Pixie had created the universe I would certainly scoff because we all know Pixies are an imaginary creature. If you told me that the universe and its laws arose from nothing I would also scoff because we all know nothing comes from nothing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 09:38:48
Just why do you keep equating God to a mythical creature
Because He is.
The evidence in support of Him  could equally well be used to support the existence of pixies.

It's not an "atheist tactic".
It's a logical equivalence that you can't seem to grasp.
a mythical creature clearly invented to entertain children
The Pixies were not invented to entertain children.
They were part of an established religion.
So, once again we find ourselves wondering how bad your research must have been.

I can tell you that in my research on various religions I also took another look at Christianity.


The tribes is South Africa and Zimbabwe had no Gods that I am aware of. The witchdoctor was all-powerful
All powerful- so... a God then?

Did they have a creation myth?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 09:40:15
I suspect that many people who commit suicide or do something really strange may have been commanded to do so by demons.
I'm now trying to work out if that's  a bigger confession than
my research into religion also took me into research on types of government.
Interestingly, one really good one is Fascism.

Do you advocate drilling holes in the head to let the demons out?
Are demons somehow allergic to antipsychotic drugs or something?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 09:43:32
And I gave you a statistical scientific study that appears to prove that faith in God works.
remind me- where did you think you had done that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 13:52:37
An article about the power of prayer in fighting covid19. The rest of the article is not noteworthy.

As a  person of faith and a journalist I have been confronted many times by skeptics who do not believe in the power of prayer, who see it as just the antiquated thinking of an uneducated mind.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 14:06:20
Just why do you keep equating God to a mythical creature
Because He is.
The evidence in support of Him  could equally well be used to support the existence of pixies.

It's not an "atheist tactic".
It's a logical equivalence that you can't seem to grasp.
a mythical creature clearly invented to entertain children
The Pixies were not invented to entertain children.
They were part of an established religion.
So, once again we find ourselves wondering how bad your research must have been.

I can tell you that in my research on various religions I also took another look at Christianity.


The tribes is South Africa and Zimbabwe had no Gods that I am aware of. The witchdoctor was all-powerful
All powerful- so... a God then?

Did they have a creation myth?

Pixies part of a religion! Which one would that be then?
How many people experience or believe in God - including famous scientists? How does that number compare to the Pixie believers?
"Because He is". Thus spake Bored Chemist - the All-Knowing. (Yes - sarcasm)
Logical equivalence. If I said that Bored Chemist is a viral artificial internet demon would that be considered a valid logical equivalence?
All-powerful witchdoctor. As humanly all-powerful as one can get. He decides who lives and who dies. Don't mess with him (or her). Is this another attempt at a logical equivalence?

Must be a boring news day for you. Just corona virus and more corona virus, eh?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 14:21:01
I suspect that many people who commit suicide or do something really strange may have been commanded to do so by demons.
I'm now trying to work out if that's  a bigger confession than
my research into religion also took me into research on types of government.
Interestingly, one really good one is Fascism.

Do you advocate drilling holes in the head to let the demons out?
Are demons somehow allergic to antipsychotic drugs or something?

So you have never experienced a compelling thought that does not seem to be your own, commanding you to do something that you would not even consider? Like a blind man telling me I have no idea of what color is like.

Drilling holes. Well at least they got the right organ - the brain. How do you think surgery advanced? Trial and much error. Apparently the medical knowledge gained from Nazi concentration camps is considered valuable research although so unethical that doctors find it hard to use the results as references.

But to answer your question. Mess with the brain and demons and spirits have a hard time trying to influence thoughts. They do not "take over" like some zombie virus. They operate by quietly whispered suggestions, and the occasional forceful command. It fits right in with the rest of my hypothesis as to how the brain communicates with spirit. So blind man, why do you scoff at something others experience? It seems you operate on the basis of "If I have not experienced such things then they do not exist." Ever seen a ghost? Heard a ghost? Had an vivid hallucination (with and without drugs)?

Some people seem to communicate with spirit when the conscious is somehow damaged or impaired. Others require quiet time and letting the conscious brain go idle.

Perhaps you should calm down and try to absorb some of what I am writing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 15/03/2020 14:29:04
Some behavior that seems to be demon-inspired is simply the result of a weak mind and smoking too much pot. See the link below. Most insanity is simply insanity. One cannot always blame the demons. Harvey Weinstein certainly has only himself and his ego to blame. Too much unchecked power.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-african-king-ax-rampage

The nephew of the late Nelson Mandela – who happens to be a South African king – was arrested after allegedly going on an ax rampage in the palace, reports claim.
Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo reportedly broke into the Thembu royal palace early Friday morning searching for his son, the regent, the BBC reported.
Dalindyebo’s son, Azensthi Zanelizwe Dalindyebo, had been acting as king while his father was serving a 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping, assault, and arson.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 15:01:48
If I said that Bored Chemist is a viral artificial internet demon would that be considered a valid logical equivalence?
No.
Because, of course, it doesn't depend on someone saying it (that's how religion "works") it depends on whether there is evidence for it (that's how science works).

Now, rather than ranting about kings, why not try explaining the fundamental difference between a God (or a demon) and a Pixie?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 15:14:48
Pixies part of a religion! Which one would that be then?
Celtic paganism.
Presumably you knew that because of your "research".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 15:17:25
It seems you operate on the basis of "If I have not experienced such things then they do not exist."
It seems that way to you.
To everyone else it seems that I believe in things for which there is sound evidence.
The disparity is due to you not recognising the difference between an anecdote, and evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 15/03/2020 16:35:42
Apparently the medical knowledge gained from Nazi concentration camps is considered valuable research
Apparent to whom? Can you cite one such fact that was previously unknown, published between 1936 and 1945, verified, and of future value to medical practice? Or does this just consist with your earlier assertion that fascism is a good form of government?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 16:55:29
Apparent to whom? Can you cite one such fact that was previously unknown, published between 1936 and 1945, verified, and of future value to medical practice? Or does this just consist with your earlier assertion that fascism is a good form of government?
There might be some such data.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/06/do-doctors-use-nazi-data-in-their-research.html

But it's totally irrelevant.
It was just a dead cat that Clive threw on the table because he didn't want to answer a question.
So, here's the question again.

Do you advocate drilling holes in the head to let the demons out?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 15/03/2020 20:36:05
I knew about the hypothermia studies, but as the article states, that was probably the only remotely interesting finding and quite irrelevant to the problem of survival of well fed, fit young men. Plenty of seafarers and arctic explorers had fallen into freezing seawater before 1936, and the ambient temperature at 30,000 ft is well below that of the North Sea. They also studied decompression and hypoxia, but again did not add to the common knowledge that people need oxygen - there were plenty of more relevant volunteer studies on insidious and sudden loss of control, which determines the survival of aircrew and passengers.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/03/2020 06:57:02
Finally, the world is coming to realize what a pandemic might do. The morgues and hospitals in Italy have trouble coping with the number of patients and the dead.

Humankind may beat this round of corona virus but if the message I got is correct, the die-off has started. The world needs a die-off in the billions to stop global warming and not just a few thousand. I do not know if it will take a few years or a few decades. I am quite convinced it will happen.

So what one should be asking is how credible my message is. I got it two days before I got news of the Swine Flu. A week later, and despite the dire predictions about Swine Flu, I said that it was not the big one. The big one would wait until I finished my book and would occur soon after. The timing is just about right. When one looks at my history of psychic events, and the rest of my life, there is a tale of learning.

So how many want to read my book? You got two chapters of the second half. I am not out to make money. The only reason I put a price on it is that people do not value something that is given away. The whole point is to get the message out. God seems to be controlling the distribution, and I am assuming it will go viral when it is supposed to. Let us see if staying at home gives some people time to read.



Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/03/2020 07:28:09
Finally, the world is coming to realize what a pandemic might do.
The world knew.

I am quite convinced it will happen.
The current death rate is about 1%
I doubt there will be a single day where more people die than are born.
(Typically 360,000 are born each day.)

You being "convinced" does not trump the actual evidence.

So what one should be asking is how credible my message is.
It is laughable.

One reason you lack credibility (in addition to thinking a disease with a goss lethality less than 1% is going to control our population) is that you are unable to defend your position on anything.
When challenged you just write some irrelevant dross.
So, for the third time of asking

Do you advocate drilling holes in the head to let the demons out?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/03/2020 07:47:00
So, for the third time of asking

Quote from: Bored chemist on 15/03/2020 09:40:15

    Do you advocate drilling holes in the head to let the demons out?

No. Do you think it is an option since you seem so desperate for an answer?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/03/2020 07:56:28
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 06:57:02

    So what one should be asking is how credible my message is.

It is laughable.


Still in denial. I take it you are not in a "hot" zone.

So we need to give it some more time. Okay. Fox News had nothing but corona stories.

1%. Can you back that with statistics? A link perhaps. Why is the medical profession the most worried?

How about the collapse of economies? Not just in the USA but around the world. And the deaths that will result from malnutrition? And local diseases such as cholera and the like.

How about a major war which gets out of hand? Started by a nation desperate to divert attention, or thinking that their survival is at stake. Take Iran. They do not want a war under normal circumstance but if the country is desperate for goods and needs to break sanctions? And then a nuclear war follows? I had an image of Iran catapulting bodies into Israel.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/03/2020 11:38:32
There is no vaccine for stupidity. However, this does provide some comic relief. (PS - Corn Cob? Ouch)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/17/coronavirus-oregon-police-says-stop-calling-911-toilet-paper/5065874002/
An Oregon police department is dealing with an odd emergency of its own during the coronavirus outbreak: Too many people calling 911 because they’ve run out of toilet paper. The Newport Police Department reminded local residents that there are more urgent issues than being short on toilet paper.
“It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this,” the department wrote on its Facebook page early Sunday morning. “Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance.”
Toilet paper shortages are rampant, both in big-box stores such as Walmart and Costco, and on Amazon, which is working "around the clock" to restock the necessity.
The police department listed some toilet paper alternatives out of history, citing the fact that both Mayans and colonial-era Americans used corn cobs.
For what it’s worth bidets — the bathroom appliance that sprays water in its user’s rear — are also gaining in popularity.
In any case, the Newport Police Department advises residents to be “resourceful” and “patient” during these tough times. “There is a TP shortage,” they write. “This too shall pass. Just don’t call 9-1-1. We cannot bring you toilet paper.”
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/03/2020 12:04:54
Max Keiser did an interview of John Rubino (DollarCollapes.com).
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/483230-vaccine-covid-19-pandemic/
at 22 minutes:
John says that there are two scenarios to fix a broken financial system. The 1930s deflationary depression where all the debt gets wiped off through default, or a Wiemar Germany hyperinflation where one attempts to wipe out the debt by inflating it away. Both are extremely painful. No other way to normality. But BC will come to the rescue - we hope.

Before 2008, the Fed said it knew how to break the cycle of boom and bust. Alan Greenspan was revered as such a guru and financial expert, but he was trying to flout the basics of economics - as if the second law of thermodynamics could be ignored and entropy reversed. They are still trying to keep a zombie economy afloat.

My wife and I do not know how or where to invest at a time like this. We have just not put all our eggs in one basket, and are hoping that diversification will help. The long lines at the supermarkets are quite clear in Joburg. Traffic in the streets is down. How does one quarantine a squatter camp? How do people who live from day to day stay in a 2 x 2 meter tin shack for 30 to 60 days?

But why are such people not among the explosion of cases as they normally are? They are the drivers, the porters, the cleaners and so on.

While I agree with Max on many things, cryptocurrency is not one of them. It is interesting that gold is not rising. For two reasons - those who have bought in 2008 and are holding on, and those who need to sell to pay their margin calls.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/03/2020 14:54:43
The current death rate is about 1%

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/health/us-coronavirus-updates-tuesday/index.html
"scenario similar to the one facing Italy. The European country went on total lockdown last week and has been hit harder than any other country in the region, with at least 24,747 cases of coronavirus and 1,809 deaths."


This is 7.3%. Is your math as bad as your logic?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/03/2020 20:00:04
Fox News had nothing but corona stories.
Citing faux news does not improve your credibility.
1%. Can you back that with statistics? A link perhaps. Why is the medical profession the most worried?
It's an order of magnitude estimate. Yes I have stats.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/20-0320_article


Abstract
We estimated the case-fatality risk for 2019 novel coronavirus disease cases in China (3.5%); China, excluding Hubei Province (0.8%); 82 countries, territories, and areas (4.2%); and on a cruise ship (0.6%). Lower estimates might be closest to the true value, but a broad range of 0.25%–3.0% probably should be considered.


Why is the medical profession the most worried?
Because 1% of people dying is a bad thing.
Of course they are worried. What a silly question.

But it isn't what you are talking about.
It is not some biblical plague that will reset the world's population.
if the message I got is correct, the die-off has started. The world needs a die-off in the billions to stop global warming and not just a few thousand.
has been hit harder than any other country
So, you deliberately pick the hardest hit case and resent it as if it's some sort of "typical" figure.

Nice try, but the grown ups here will spot it. It won't impress anyone.



Still in denial. I take it you are not in a "hot" zone.
So, remind me, what have I "denied"?
It's not clear how "hot" this zone (The UK) is. I have been sent home from work.
It is interesting that gold is not rising.
Err. yes... if you like...
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Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 17/03/2020 20:01:48
Max Keiser did an interview of John Rubino (DollarCollapes.com).
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/483230-vaccine-covid-19-pandemic/
at 22 minutes:
John says that there are two scenarios to fix a broken financial system. The 1930s deflationary depression where all the debt gets wiped off through default, or a Wiemar Germany hyperinflation where one attempts to wipe out the debt by inflating it away. Both are extremely painful. No other way to normality. But BC will come to the rescue - we hope.

Before 2008, the Fed said it knew how to break the cycle of boom and bust. Alan Greenspan was revered as such a guru and financial expert, but he was trying to flout the basics of economics - as if the second law of thermodynamics could be ignored and entropy reversed. They are still trying to keep a zombie economy afloat.

My wife and I do not know how or where to invest at a time like this. We have just not put all our eggs in one basket, and are hoping that diversification will help. The long lines at the supermarkets are quite clear in Joburg. Traffic in the streets is down. How does one quarantine a squatter camp? How do people who live from day to day stay in a 2 x 2 meter tin shack for 30 to 60 days?

But why are such people not among the explosion of cases as they normally are? They are the drivers, the porters, the cleaners and so on.

While I agree with Max on many things, cryptocurrency is not one of them. It is interesting that gold is not rising. For two reasons - those who have bought in 2008 and are holding on, and those who need to sell to pay their margin calls.
It's a bit like worship; you can post about God or Mammon, but not both.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 17/03/2020 23:10:30
Why is the medical profession the most worried?
Professionally, because an epidemic is reputationally harmful.
Personally, because the best way to get infected is to get up close and personal to someone with a disease. Kinda goes with the job.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 06:26:56
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 12:04:54

    It is interesting that gold is not rising.

Err. yes... if you like...

I follow gold. It was steady for a number of years, and then started to rise with the corona virus fears. But, instead of a sharp rise the last week because of a flight to safety, gold bounced around. People are selling to pay for their stock losses. Do some reading and check the general consensus.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 06:33:07
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 07:56:28

    Fox News had nothing but corona stories.

Citing faux news does not improve your credibility.

Fox News had the most corona stories compared to other networks who paid no attention. In one week, all news outlets are solid corona related. In one week, the enormity of what we face has hit home. Yet I still hear people saying it will be no worse than the ordinary flu. Yeah right.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 06:42:21
It's a bit like worship; you can post about God or Mammon, but not both.

Huh? God does not like the worship of money. I am pointing that out.

At the same time, I am pointing out that even if God does not exist, the laws of economics apply. But common sense and a look at the overall situation is the best guide.

I often imagine countries to be like a family in a house. A large family moves into a large house with expensive fittings and they start stripping the house to live well. It cannot last. This was seen many times as wealthy areas declined.

In South Africa we had a country full of assets and potential. The politicians are busy stripping it bare. Same as Zimbabwe. In the USA, they live on debt. And one cannot cure a debt problem with more debt. Just as the afterlife judgement will surely come to pass, so will an economic correction will also surely come to pass. So sayeth Clive (using the spirit of common sense)   ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 06:53:54
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 07:56:28

    Still in denial. I take it you are not in a "hot" zone.

So, remind me, what have I "denied"?
It's not clear how "hot" this zone (The UK) is. I have been sent home from work.

My wife's son has decided to start stocking. He had talked to colleagues in Europe who had been quarantined at home who said they wished they had stocked up. My wife is now asking me whether we have enough. The spare room has to first bulge at the seams I said. But I need to fast for a while so it may be a blessing in disguise. Fasting is good but not when one is ill.

I have some unusual aches and pains, including a headache. Both my wife and I have had tight chests with a bit of difficulty breathing. Highly unlikely to be corona but it indicates we must be vigilant. I told my wife not to take me to the hospital if I collapse and cannot talk. Put me to bed. We are looking after our grandchild because her school is closed. Her chest is a bit congested.

This morning I go to hand out a notice to all workers that my wife's factory will close. I have said for a couple of years she should close. Finally she has agreed. 4 weeks notice and 6 weeks severance pay for each worker. Plus they get their provident fund and unemployment insurance. The trouble is selling the equipment and renting the building is tough in there times. Praying that God helps.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/03/2020 11:44:19
Huh? God does not like the worship of money. I am pointing that out.
So, nothing to do with the topic then.
Why did you preach it at us?
Don't bother to answer that, just try to stick to the point in future. This thread's long enough.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/03/2020 11:45:30
Just as the afterlife judgement will surely come to pass
No it won't.
Stop begging the question
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/03/2020 11:49:46
In one week, all news outlets are solid corona related. In one week, the enormity of what we face has hit home.
It has been on the news here for months.

However, if you look at the video here, you can see that Fox started off by belittling the threat, and only recently caught up with the rest of the world.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/media/fox-news-coronavirus-reliable-sources/index.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/media/fox-news-coronavirus-reliable-sources/index.html
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 18/03/2020 14:28:17
Praying that God helps.
Come off it, Clive. God created COVID inter alia to put your wife's employees on the breadline (not that there's any bread). An omniscient being has no defence of "unintended consequences" - this is deliberate impoverishment and murder on a global scale. Why on earth should he change his mind in response to your petty grumbling?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 15:29:01
Huh? God does not like the worship of money. I am pointing that out.
So, nothing to do with the topic then.
Why did you preach it at us?
Don't bother to answer that, just try to stick to the point in future. This thread's long enough.

If you know the qualities of God - you should if there is a possibility that science can prove he exists - then you know that greed and the love of money above one's fellow human is abominable to God. A correction is in order. I said that one way for science to prove God exists is to look at certain predictions and I mentioned Joan of Arc and Muhammad. Now I am claiming that God has given me information that there will be a Great Die-Off to correct the lack of spiritual behavior and the growing greed and hedonism.

So science knows that one looks at a prediction and how closely events follow the prediction and then decides whether the prediction could have possibly had input from God. One can scientifically test this in a laboratory experiment to predict a sequence of cards from a random deck against the statistical odds of random guessing.

But science should recognize that an intelligent entity does not have to agree to comply with the test. People do not have "powers". The "gift" is a connection to spirit who decides to play the game a different way. He gives people a message and information and then lets the science world and the religious world decide whether it is an indication (a hint) that God exists and that there are benefits to a belief.

I have challenged this forum to "test" me by examining my claims and my anecdotes and decide how many are explainable by "ordinary" human mental performance and how many are "unusual" and can only be answered by assuming that my hypothesis has truth in it. Take each anecdote, break it down and analyze it objectively and then fit explanations. The problem is objectivity. Most, if not all, people are biased one way or the other.

Travel is now restricted. A bit late at the moment. But my prediction is that it will seem we have beaten the virus only to have another wave.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 15:32:22
Just as the afterlife judgement will surely come to pass
No it won't.
Stop begging the question

Says the one who has not the slightest experience in such matters. Are you going to be one of those souls that are judged to be terminated? No problem while you live on Earth, and no problem if you find yourself being judged. You will get what you expect - no afterlife.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 16:17:36
In one week, all news outlets are solid corona related. In one week, the enormity of what we face has hit home.
It has been on the news here for months.

However, if you look at the video here, you can see that Fox started off by belittling the threat, and only recently caught up with the rest of the world.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/media/fox-news-coronavirus-reliable-sources/index.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/media/fox-news-coronavirus-reliable-sources/index.html

Can you get anything right? There are times I wonder about people's brains. You are supposedly one of the top percentile yet you display a lot of the brain malfunctions you attribute to me. Sigh. I read somewhere that having a good memory and being above average intelligence has its burdens - like dealing with others who do not. I am good with the average person because most know their limitations and are pleasant about it, but it is the ones who have a strange agenda that are an issue. But at least you challenge me so that I can keep posting. Some people are following this thread it seems. I would love to know the cross-section of views.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/18/tucker-carlson-americas-new-moral-leader/
Whatever the explanation for the coverage, Carlson has been right about the threat of the coronavirus. He hopped on the story and stayed on it, while others on TV news dipped in and out — including his prime-time Fox News cohort Sean Hannity. Here’s Carlson’s explanation to Vanity Fair about the origins of the focus: “January is when we first started covering it on the show. And you know, there have been a number of epidemics to come out of China — the 1957 flu epidemic, which killed 100,000 people in this country. And so when these reports began to emerge, we covered it.”


Tucker Carlson did a show in which he assailed the other news networks for covering the elections and the impeachment and ignoring the corona virus threat. He is right. I check the following internet news almost daily. Fox, USA Today, CNN, Politico, BBC, Al Jazeera, and occasionally CCTV and RTTV. Carlson was the only one saying to people the virus should be taken more seriously. There were times when there was not one piece in any of the US outlets. I am not going to do an analysis of each day - my memory is sufficient. You can drag up any fake news you like. I know what I saw from the beginning of the year.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/03/2020 16:32:00
Praying that God helps.
Come off it, Clive. God created COVID inter alia to put your wife's employees on the breadline (not that there's any bread). An omniscient being has no defence of "unintended consequences" - this is deliberate impoverishment and murder on a global scale. Why on earth should he change his mind in response to your petty grumbling?

God created COVID! Now there is an admission that God exists.

But I know you are being sarcastic - why would a loving God create a nasty virus. You are quite right that God is aware of all consequences. But why does he have to create COVID when humankind created ideal conditions for both viral mutation and viral spread. Science knew this not only could happen but would happen. They did not, and do not know, the whens, the hows and the trajectory. And society just worried about expansion and profit.

The message I got was that God knew what was coming - and has chosen to let it play out so that humankind can learn from its mistakes. Control population and pollution. Be more democratic and take care of the poor. Be more spiritual. I can already hear people saying they need to work together. Neighbors are getting to know each other and some are working for their communities.

The people my wife employed were lucky to have a person who did not just shut down her factory years ago despite all her business friends (and me) telling her it should be done. Those people benefited. When I did the compulsory consultations they accept they have been well treated, unlike others who do not pay them even their last salaries before tossing them out. A few employees see the opportunity to start their own small businesses and have asked if we can sell them some of the smaller equipment such as welding machines.

My wife has earned her place in heaven, but I can see how blessed she is on this earth. Just another bit of evidence that there is a good probability that God exists.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/03/2020 17:29:19
Just checking.
Is this the Fox news who you say were leading the world in warning people about Corvid?
https://god.dailydot.com/fox-news-coronavirus-reversal/?fbclid=IwAR3FXoLaquyjKh3iMyy7AVf2Il1XYDHp9lc3cR_DwzcthkeS5sPvLRWGKGs
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 18/03/2020 21:34:05
So Clive's god doesn't actually create or ordain anything, but is a spectator. Hardly worth a mention, let alone a crusade.

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humankind can learn from its mistakes.
Garbage. Eating bats may well be a mistake, but visiting Singapore on business and going skiing with friends without knowing you are infected, isn't. The mistake that "humankind" is making seems to be trying to treat people with infectious disease and thereby getting infected. I don't recall a majority vote of all humans to silence the doctor who first identified the disease. Humankind is suffering from the mistakes and dogmatic idiocy of a few, not the entire species.

Anyway it's good to know that other gods are just as useless. Just seen a TV clip of an Iranian cleric last week explaining why he was immune to COVID because he had drunk holy water. He is now dead, having never tasted whisky or champagne.

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My wife has earned her place in heaven, but I can see how blessed she is on this earth. Just another bit of evidence that there is a good probability that God exists.
Non sequitur. Evidence of a benign human capitalist, yes. And clearly one fighting against the disaster your god has wrought upon the innocent.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/03/2020 23:08:37
So Clive's god doesn't actually create or ordain anything, but is a spectator. Hardly worth a mention, let alone a crusade.
Worse than that, Clive's God put the serpent in the garden of Eden (knowing  full well what the consequences would be), then blamed humanity for the consequences of His own act.
To top it off, he then convinced the people that it was their fault.

Nasty piece of work.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 19/03/2020 09:35:18
So Clive's god doesn't actually create or ordain anything, but is a spectator. Hardly worth a mention, let alone a crusade.
Worse than that, Clive's God put the serpent in the garden of Eden (knowing  full well what the consequences would be), then blamed humanity for the consequences of His own act.
To top it off, he then convinced the people that it was their fault.

Nasty piece of work.

You seem to hold to finding much fault with the Father of Jesus Bored Chemist, what is the root of your disagreement and why do you hold fast?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/03/2020 12:29:06
So Clive's god doesn't actually create or ordain anything, but is a spectator. Hardly worth a mention, let alone a crusade.
Worse than that, Clive's God put the serpent in the garden of Eden (knowing  full well what the consequences would be), then blamed humanity for the consequences of His own act.
To top it off, he then convinced the people that it was their fault.

Nasty piece of work.

There are some issues.

The biggest issue is that BC and Alan do not grasp the concept of either the God of my hypothesis (the CG God) and the God of the Old Testament (the OT God) and the God of the New Testament (the NT God), other mythical Gods, and the God of the Atheists (the AT God).

These are all concepts that describe the attributes of the God that exists or does not exist. The AT God is a caricature whose key attributes are tailored to be the subject of ridicule. It is the most anthropomorphic God of all - whose human failings are so extreme that one wonders how atheists came to construct such an image. The AT God does not even meet the standards of the mythical Gods whose human emotions wreaked havoc with ordinary humans.

The OT God was a vengeful God who picked favorites and whose faults (according to the OT) were problematic. The influence of priests and rabbis was quite clear. The NT God has the problem of being all-loving and all-forgiving (up to a point) which conflicts with an all powerful creator. The CG God is a player in the dream of the Ultimate Intelligence and has limits which explain why he observes at times and intervenes at times.

Alan and BC are conflating all these Gods in order to discredit the CG God. It may very well be the Ultimate Intelligence first made a perfect world in his dream and then decided it was boring. Hence evil was introduced. The manner in which it was introduced gave rise to two concepts. Free will and Satan.

The free will is what happens when God simply observes. Satan takes the evil introduced by into humans by knowledge and power and tempts people thus making their innate evil even worse. God interferes at times so humankind does not annihilate itself but also gives humankind hope and inspiration to strive for a better place. The Biblical story may be mythical but may also have an underpinning of truth.

A huge mistake is that Alan and BC do not grasp the incredible extent of the Ultimate Intelligence and of the God that is part of this almost infinite mind. God can listen to every prayer and grant even some small ones. The ultimate in multi-tasking. He can cause the moon to be "just right" by the angle, speed and size of the chuck of rock that hit the early Earth. Same with the dinosaur meteor hit.

The Ultimate Intelligence can stop the dream and rewind and even focus on individual players because it is all part of an almost infinite mind. I say almost infinite because there is no time or space.

Getting angry about mass murder and global suffering misses the point. Yes, the trajectory is known by God who chooses to let a mass Die-Off happen. He helps some and not others. In most cases, it does not affect the grand plan but if there is someone who is destined to be a great leader they will be protected.

People ask why the Black Death and the Holocaust were allowed to happen. They were not creations of God. Either they were creations of Satan with his limited powers, or the laws of physics and nature were allowed to take their course. There are lessons to be learned and a change of direction in society. Some lessons are not being learned. Both of those two lessons are only partly recognized.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/03/2020 13:12:26
Alan and BC are conflating all these Gods in order to discredit the CG God.
It is implausible that the OP and the first 90 replies in this thread referred to your own personal guess about God.
Your preaching about your own personal sky fairy is off topic.

Don't blame us for not focussing on a figment of your imagination.
God can listen to every prayer and grant even some small ones.
He knew what prayer would be spoken, and He knew what answer He would give. The concept of an all knowing  God is inconsistent with prayer actually working.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/03/2020 13:14:46
what is the root of your disagreement
Well, I thought it was obvious but, for the hard of thinking.

God put the serpent in the garden of Eden (knowing  full well what the consequences would be), then blamed humanity for the consequences of His own act.
To top it off, he then convinced the people that it was their fault.

How is that anything but a shi**y way to behave?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/03/2020 13:20:31
Quote from: Bored chemist on 13/03/2020 17:40:24
Quote from: CliveG on 13/03/2020 17:15:34
I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.
Post a diary.
That will unequivocally show which side is right.

I had to double check who the poster was. Such a logical common sense post.

Such logical common sense... that you haven't done it.

You daren't.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 19/03/2020 13:53:15
Getting angry about mass murder and global suffering misses the point.
In a rational world, this would go down as the most ridiculous statement ever made. It encapsulates everything that is morally, intellectually and practically disgraceful about religion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 09:35:40
There is nothing to indicate that I may be wrong that cell phone radiation either 1) stimulates corona virus, 2) decreases immune systems or 3) aggravates existing conditions - or all of the above. Since time will tell, I am looking at any indication to show that I might be correct. Here is one. Remember how I complain about stomach pains and diarrhea when exposed to to radiation next to the tower for more than a few hours?

https://www.foxnews.com/health/early-symptom-coronavirus-might-be-digestive-issues-study
Could diarrhea and other gastrointestinal issues be the first signs of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19? Yes, at least according to one study published Thursday in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

The study, conducted by Chinese researchers, looked at data from 204 coronavirus patients in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak. Of the 204 patients, 99 of them -- about 48.5 percent -- presented to the hospital with “with one or more digestive symptoms as their chief complaint,” namely diarrhea, vomiting or abdominal pain, per the study.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 20/03/2020 10:03:54
Personally, I blame the internet, digital television, electric cars, and salted caramel. All the work of Satan. When I was a lad, we had to make do with diphtheria, scarlet fever, and two postal deliveries a day. Five Woodbines and a pint of jellied eels at Christmas. None of your fancy electrosmog - we had the real thing, powered by coal and inducing proper British bronchitis, not your mass-produced Chinese stuff. We were poor but we were happy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 10:06:15
Getting angry about mass murder and global suffering misses the point.
In a rational world, this would go down as the most ridiculous statement ever made. It encapsulates everything that is morally, intellectually and practically disgraceful about religion.

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You said:
An omniscient being has no defence of "unintended consequences" - this is deliberate impoverishment and murder on a global scale. Why on earth should he change his mind in response to your petty grumbling?
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I responded:
Getting angry about mass murder and global suffering misses the point. Yes, the trajectory is known by God who chooses to let a mass Die-Off happen. He helps some and not others. In most cases, it does not affect the grand plan but if there is someone who is destined to be a great leader they will be protected.

I am saying you are missing the point that God is NOT guilty of mass murder and suffering. You are very angry about YOUR imaginary AT God who DOES murder and injure people on a global scale. Your anger towards an AT God is misplaced precisely because your AT God is highly improbable - a straw-man (more like a straw-God). The CG God allows free will and accepts suffering as part of the plan of the Ultimate Intelligence. You can get angry at this ultimate entity, but what would it achieve? Buddha recognized that life is suffering, but taught that one rises above it. He did not deal with the issue of God or no God or why it was that way.

So I will repeat. Your obvious anger blinds you to rational thought. Why not simply change your thinking to a more scientific analysis. Like this:
1) Science does not know what the Prime Cause is.
2) Science can entertain various proposals as to what the Prime Cause might be.
3) Science gave give an opinion (which they often do) as to what the most probable Prime Cause might be.
4) Science can continue to do research to learn more and to maybe refine various proposals.

My proposal is that the Prime Cause is an Ultimate Intelligence that simply exists and has always existed. Even it may not know why or how it exists. The Universe is a dream and an illusion and God is part of the dream. One can put together a set of attributes for this God. One should recognize that these attributes ( and indeed the laws of physics) may change at any time because of the whim of the Ultimate Intelligence but we would not know it unless we see chaos where experiments work and then do not work.

I say that there is more evidence for a spirit world and for a God than a world without either. I say that science must account for the lack of answers for questions about events that are extremely unlikely and stop assigning answers in order to protect a belief that there is no God.

Go through all the evidence I have put forward. How can science dismiss these by first assuming God does not exist and say "There logical fallacies A, B and C have to apply"?

Getting on a moral high horse is misdirecting tactic. You are the one whose logic (directed by emotion based on an incorrect world/God view) is preventing you from making a break-though to a better mind-set and a better world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 10:22:30
Personally, I blame the internet, digital television, electric cars, and salted caramel. All the work of Satan. When I was a lad, we had to make do with diphtheria, scarlet fever, and two postal deliveries a day. Five Woodbines and a pint of jellied eels at Christmas. None of your fancy electrosmog - we had the real thing, powered by coal and inducing proper British bronchitis, not your mass-produced Chinese stuff. We were poor but we were happy.

Ah, there we go. A grumpy old man. I feel you are partly correct, but never before has there been so many unknowns and on a global scale. Many of the older generation in past years looked at the world and bemoaned the progress. All that changes is that there are new threats - and always threats that are understood as possible (pandemics) but humankind chooses to be hopeful and think the other person will suffer or die.

Only a true disaster changes the social fabric. I see too much lack of caring for the poor and enemy nations. I see an escalation in fraud in business and in dealings with people. Lack of societal cohesion. We are overdue to a correction and God is letting it happen. How can you blame him? Would you be okay with it, if your family and friends and nation and community were spared? Tell the truth, now.

I am reminded of working alone next to townships while rioting was taking place in SA in the 1970s. I had a loaded gun with a round in the chamber and the safety off. On the table or walking to my car I had a 17 round magazine and another 17 round magazine. People said you will not stop a rampaging mob. I replied that I understood that, but would take many with me. The principle in all mass charges is that when the others next to  a person dies, each person simply takes it as affirmation that they will not die and can continue the charge. Until the mob is down to just a couple.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 10:41:41
There is nothing to indicate that I may be wrong that cell phone radiation either 1) stimulates corona virus, 2) decreases immune systems or 3) aggravates existing conditions - or all of the above.
... apart from science.
Remember how I complain about stomach pains and diarrhea when exposed to to radiation next to the tower for more than a few hours?

https://www.foxnews.com/health/early-symptom-coronavirus-might-be-digestive-issues-study
Could diarrhea and other gastrointestinal issues be the first signs of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19? Yes, at least according to one study published Thursday in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
So, are you now saying you were wrong; it wasn't the cell phone mast, but coronavirus or something?

Well, norovirus or something is a more likely candidate, but it's good to see you accept that the cause is probably an infection.
The CG God allows free will and accepts suffering as part of the plan of the Ultimate Intelligence.
You are saying that your so called God, does what this "Ultimate Intelligence" tells it to.
That's a piss poor God.
My proposal is that the Prime Cause is an Ultimate Intelligence that simply exists and has always existed.
So, by any conventional definition that Prime Cause, is God.
And you have set up some bit part actor in between.
The CG God is looking more like a Pixie every time you describe Him.
(Come to think of it, does the CG God even deserve  Capital Pronouns?)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 20/03/2020 13:01:52
The CG God allows free will and accepts suffering as part of the plan of the Ultimate Intelligence.
So the hallmark of ultimate intelligence is to do bugger-all. That's morally bankrupt.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 13:23:13
I am reminded of working alone next to townships while rioting was taking place in SA in the 1970s. I had a loaded gun with a round in the chamber and the safety off. On the table or walking to my car I had a 17 round magazine and another 17 round magazine. People said you will not stop a rampaging mob. I replied that I understood that, but would take many with me. The principle in all mass charges is that when the others next to  a person dies, each person simply takes it as affirmation that they will not die and can continue the charge. Until the mob is down to just a couple.
Forgive me if I'm mistaken. I assume you are white skinned.

How did it all work out for you?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 16:35:46
I am reminded of working alone next to townships while rioting was taking place in SA in the 1970s. I had a loaded gun with a round in the chamber and the safety off. On the table or walking to my car I had a 17 round magazine and another 17 round magazine. People said you will not stop a rampaging mob. I replied that I understood that, but would take many with me. The principle in all mass charges is that when the others next to  a person dies, each person simply takes it as affirmation that they will not die and can continue the charge. Until the mob is down to just a couple.
Forgive me if I'm mistaken. I assume you are white skinned.

How did it all work out for you?

Fine. God kept the rioters away. They did not notice this white man in his brand new station wagon with all the test gear working in a substation just outside the township.

This has happened many times in my life. While I do not "tempt fate" or do anything stupid I have always know when I will be safe. Once, I took a black worker home in 1976 - the height of the riots in Soweto. I thought he was guiding me to a place safely outside the area until I saw the burnt-out buildings, the burnt-out cars, the rubble and boulders in the streets, and the startled looks of the locals. They did not know how to react to a white man casually driving into the area. I told the worker I would drop him off and decided to drive right through to the other side because if I turned around the locals would be waiting for me. I was not scared - I keep telling everyone that I know things that I have a way of knowing and it is so. It has happened very frequently.

The name of the worker was "Happy". It suited him. He had a hollow in the middle of his forehead that one could fit half a baseball into. It was a tribal weekend sport to fight with "knobkerries" until one man was knocked unconscious. A knobkerrie is a light slim war club with a baseball sized knob on the end. "Happy" had a frontal lobotomy of sorts. I told you my life has been interesting, and those were interesting times.

Another time I got help from God was in 1977 when I was in the SA Army as a "commando". This was a home guard unit that did 2 months basic training and then 16 years to 3 week camps and monthly parades instead of the usual 1 year conscription. In 1977 the Angolan war was in full swing and the commandos were told that they would do 6 months in the front lines. But I was doing field service and got exemption from the monthly parades so I did not know this, although I had some hints. I also changed addresses a few times since I intended to emigrate to the USA via Sweden. My last address was with my parents for a few weeks. I informed the army via letter each times. My address changes were not intended to evade the army.

A month after I left, my brother was at a company where two army guys were talking. They told of how this guy avoided Angola by changing his address and every time the army sent the military police to his last known address he had just moved. The army decided to make an example of him by arriving at his place of work on a Monday morning with an armed escort (them) who were going to take the guy straight to the military base and onto a plane to Angola. The receptionist told them that the guy had left on Saturday for Sweden and was not coming back. My brother asked them the name of the chap. It was of course me.

This round about way of getting information has also happened before. God arranges it (I think). It is too serendipitous to have all these events with such long odds of happening happen to one person.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 16:53:21
While I do not "tempt fate" or do anything stupid
Once, I took a black worker home in 1976 - the height of the riots in Soweto.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 17:57:49
While I do not "tempt fate" or do anything stupid
Once, I took a black worker home in 1976 - the height of the riots in Soweto.

Out of context. I did not intend to travel into the township. Just drop him outside. But... God arranges for interesting events and learning. Even journalists probably did not see what I saw first hand.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 18:08:20
Out of context.
OK.
Here it is in context
While I do not "tempt fate" or do anything stupid I have always know when I will be safe. Once, I took a black worker home in 1976 - the height of the riots in Soweto.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 18:32:55
The CG God allows free will and accepts suffering as part of the plan of the Ultimate Intelligence.
So the hallmark of ultimate intelligence is to do bugger-all. That's morally bankrupt.

I am puzzled about your lack of comprehension about everything I have been relating.

I experienced the Ultimate Intelligence. I thought perhaps it was God since it was clearly the only entity that existed, and I saw how each person was a "memory" in the various sections of the almost infinite mind.

What had me wondering was that the entity was amoral. There was no goodness and none of the qualities of a "loving God". So you are quite right that the Ultimate Intelligence has no morals at all. But why do you insist that it must? And why are you so angry and disappointed that it does not?

This amoral entity decided to have good and evil. God and Satan. Along with a fascinating plot. If you want a chance of getting help from a "good" God you need to recognize and accept his existence. But you may get it anyway if God has a plan for you. I got lots of help and lots of physical and emotional suffering in order to learn. I accept that.

You are angry that your formal religion has sold you a less than truthful story of God, and that no other religion has the full truth. So here I am giving you God's message from all my learning and you keep relapsing into anger.

No doubt you have heard the yarn about a man trapped by rising waters who asks God to save him. A truck comes by and he sends them away saying God will save him. Same with a boat when he is surrounded by water and same with the helicopter when he is on the roof. He drowns. He meets God and asks why he was not saved. God said to him that he refused the truck, the boat and the helicopter that was sent.

I give a message and information and no-one wants to believe.  They want me to do a miracle to first provide proof. I am giving my credentials by way of a logical hypothesis and a long list of personal experiences. Of course, believers are not open to new ideas. They do not want to change. They fear that Satan might be influencing me. They too want a miracle - a big one.

Strangely, I feel a little like the Ultimate Intelligence in terms of emotion and morality. It is your choice - take it or leave it. God wants people to believe me and I think he may succeed. If he does not exist I probably will not succeed. Even if he does I may not succeed. The Ultimate Intelligence may just be enjoying my roller-coaster of emotions as I struggle to battle against life, illness and corruption.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 18:44:20
So here I am giving you God's message from all my learning
Except, as I have pointed out, your learning is rather thin, and biassed.

I experienced the Ultimate Intelligence
None of us did.
Possibly nobody else did.
And yet you refuse to consider the most likely reason; it's not real, justa  dream.



They want me to do a miracle to first provide proof.
I asked you to posta diary. That's hardly the same thing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 18:46:41
Out of context.
OK.
Here it is in context
While I do not "tempt fate" or do anything stupid I have always know when I will be safe. Once, I took a black worker home in 1976 - the height of the riots in Soweto.

Strange response from you. I live my life without fear. I did not tell the worker I would drive him into Soweto. I ended up there by mistake. Once there I knew I would be okay.

There was a riot in lower Manhattan when the courts freed two undercover police who shot and killed a black man who had pulled a gun on them in a Brooklyn Park. The man was serial armed mugger stealing bicycles. The radio said for people to avoid the area. I "knew" I could drive through and not have a problem. It was deserted because of the warnings. But the area was also empty of people. Was this taking a stupid risk or tempting fate? No. I was certain I would be okay. And I mean certain. When I am certain I am right, I am right.

I did the same when rioters went on the rampage in Cape Town. I was going on a free holiday and had to drive through the area. I had my window down with my gun in hand, and so did my passenger. But not the tiniest threat and deserted roads as I broke the speed limits.

Why tell me that works until it does not (the usual response I get)? It has not failed - many times. I should take it as proof of a charmed life but I do not. I remain skeptical.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/03/2020 18:53:08
So here I am giving you God's message from all my learning
Except, as I have pointed out, your learning is rather thin, and biassed.

I experienced the Ultimate Intelligence
None of us did.
Possibly nobody else did.
And yet you refuse to consider the most likely reason; it's not real, justa  dream.



They want me to do a miracle to first provide proof.
I asked you to posta diary. That's hardly the same thing.

And why do you refuse to consider the possibility I might be the real deal? I must say I find it strange - it is not something I want to do. I have to keep reminding myself of all the events and how they happened.

Let us say that I am imagining it all. Does that make negate my claim that it is a better explanation to the Prime Cause, God and the Universe than any other currently accepted explanation?

I told you that I consider your challenge to be somewhat of a fools errand and why.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 18:54:01
I "knew" I could drive through and not have a problem. It was deserted because of the warnings. But the area was also empty of people. Was this taking a stupid risk or tempting fate?
No, it's making a deduction, based on evidence.
It's certainly not evidence of any meaningful God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/03/2020 18:55:59
And why do you refuse to consider the possibility I might be the real deal?
I told you that already.
Occam's razor.

Why don't you
 listen?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 20/03/2020 19:19:38
Please God, can you rid the world of coronavirus today. We would be forever grateful. Amen. Let's see what happens, shall we?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 21/03/2020 00:47:12
Are you suggesting that the Almighty should change his mind? Or that the laws of physics, which underpins chemistry, which determines biology, should be suspended for the convenience of one species over another?

Chutzpah! Homo sapiens is being punished for eating God's chosen species. We should have learned our place in Creation when the Lord protected gorillas  by infecting them with ebola, but apparently He needed to protect bats too.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/03/2020 07:42:15
And why do you refuse to consider the possibility I might be the real deal?
I told you that already.
Occam's razor.

Why don't you
 listen?

And I told you that you are reflexively trotting out one standard response and logical fallacy after the other instead of using your brain to analyze what I am telling you. If I had only one or two strange events then you are justified in being skeptical. I certainly would be - and they are happening to me.

I say up - you say down.
I say white - you say black.
I say right - you say either wrong or left.

You are a nay-sayer - a contrarian. Try debating my hypothesis as a possible scenario to the existence of our universe, the emergence of intelligence from "dumb matter", the problem of consciousness, the need for a Prime Cause, as well as an explanation for the mystic happenings and religion.

Take each of my events and apply your "natural" physical explanations. Firstly most of them really have to be stretched in order to be relevant because the odds are very against them happening. Then add up the odds that all of these would happen to one person. I have many more for you to analyze.

Surely science has got to say that the only "simple" explanation is the existence of God. Occam's Razor would say that my hypothesis is simpler than an eleven dimensional multi-universe explanation which is unprovable as well as not providing explanations for mystic events. It is also simpler than a "we do not know" explanation.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/03/2020 07:48:26
Are you suggesting that the Almighty should change his mind? Or that the laws of physics, which underpins chemistry, which determines biology, should be suspended for the convenience of one species over another?

Chutzpah! Homo sapiens is being punished for eating God's chosen species. We should have learned our place in Creation when the Lord protected gorillas  by infecting them with ebola, but apparently He needed to protect bats too.

Instead of denialistic sarcasm, why do you not tell me what is your problem with my hypothesis? An amoral intelligent Prime Cause dreaming up the Universe. And included in the dream is a good God that has limitations and has to obey the rules and let physics operate most of the time but has the power to prevent extinction and to prevent Satan from creating a dystopia.

This explanation should be acceptable to scientists and to atheists who have to then tend to agnosticism and also to the many religions who can have a common basis of belief.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/03/2020 09:09:56
Yesterday my wife spoke to an older German lady. She that the governments are talking about being at war. She said it is an awfully quiet conflict. She remembers the sound of planes roaring overhead in Germany and the terrifying sound of bombs dropping.

She said she feels that this is a result of humans disrespecting the Earth and nature. She hopes it will cause people to "wake up". "Woke" is now not only relevant to racial and social justice but to respect for our one and only Planet.

The infection rates are soaring and so are some death tolls. When one hears of doctors and nurses dying the virulence strikes home. Four people in one family in one week dying and other family members hospitalized. The USA has been slow to respond, especially with test kits. Check the news media for January and February. The lack of concern amazed me (BC - give me percentage coverage for each outlet for each week if you wish to be contrary). There was little or no preparation.

Is there anyone who now doubts this is serious - and not equivalent to the flu?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 21/03/2020 09:51:58
The infection rates are soaring and so are some death tolls.
Pedant speaking. Why do journalists tell us that "the death toll has increased"? It cannot decrease!!! The only credible and newsworthy headline would be "no further deaths".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 21/03/2020 09:55:50
Is there anyone who now doubts this is serious - and not equivalent to the flu?
The President of the United States, and all True Believers therein. It is a communist plot, from which America will rise all the greater, as long as folk continue to buy coal, guns and toilet paper. Socialised medicine and public health laboratories are the tools of Satan. Heil to the Fuhrer.   
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 21/03/2020 09:57:58
what is your problem with my hypothesis?
It lacks evidence, explains nothing, and is not predictive.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/03/2020 11:35:59
I say up - you say down.
I say white - you say black.
I say right - you say either wrong or left.
No
Here's the corrected version
I say up - you "where's the evidence?".
I say white - you say "where's the evidence?".
I say right - you say "where's the evidence?".

And until you recognise that evidence doesn't mean one person's experience, you're not going to understand why we are not making progress here.

Please try to give the idea some thought.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/03/2020 11:37:39
Are you suggesting that the Almighty should change his mind?
They call that prayer.
Silly, isn't it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/03/2020 11:39:22
he only "simple" explanation is the existence of God.
That's just wrong on the facts.
Why do you say it?

Do you really not understand that a big bang (whatever caused it) is less complicated than a  powerful sentient entity?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/03/2020 11:44:08
Yesterday my wife spoke to an older German lady. She that the governments are talking about being at war. She said it is an awfully quiet conflict. She remembers the sound of planes roaring overhead in Germany and the terrifying sound of bombs dropping.

She said she feels that this is a result of humans disrespecting the Earth and nature. She hopes it will cause people to "wake up". "Woke" is now not only relevant to racial and social justice but to respect for our one and only Planet.

The infection rates are soaring and so are some death tolls. When one hears of doctors and nurses dying the virulence strikes home. Four people in one family in one week dying and other family members hospitalized. The USA has been slow to respond, especially with test kits. Check the news media for January and February. The lack of concern amazed me (BC - give me percentage coverage for each outlet for each week if you wish to be contrary). There was little or no preparation.

Is there anyone who now doubts this is serious - and not equivalent to the flu?

Bloody hell!
I had to check who had written this.
It is essentially correct in all regards.

Pity it has nothing to do with the topic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 06:12:13
The infection rates are soaring and so are some death tolls.
Pedant speaking. Why do journalists tell us that "the death toll has increased"? It cannot decrease!!! The only credible and newsworthy headline would be "no further deaths".

For some reason our TV subscription activated CNN a couple of days ago. It is Sunday morning, and we saw the graphs of Italy and Spain and the USA. All exponential, with the USA tracking the first two. The fear is also increasing exponentially, as is the realization that this pandemic is SERIOUS.

And CNN says did the President do nothing in January and February. Why? Because the US media (Tuck Carlson excepted) did nothing. A little as a week ago I was hearing about how this pandemic is just a bad flu.

And when did I say such a pandemic was imminent?

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Re: Can science prove God exists?
« Reply #102 on: 30/09/2019 11:13:36 »

It comes down to your motivation. If you are trying to test the existence of God, that is not allowed. If you want to get fame and recognition, that again is a selfish act. God wants people to strive to do good - not fill out an application form. God only intervenes for small personal requests that are easy to do and difficult to prove his/her existence, or the intervention is to guide the destiny of humankind.

These last interventions can different forms. One is that he can do nothing to prevent a pandemic like the Black Plague. Another is that he can stop a pandemic from spreading at a time it would direct humankind in the wrong direction. He is going to do nothing to stop the pending die-off which has already started but people are ignoring it and will ignore it until too late.

My post was pretty much the time the first case (patient zero) happened. One has to extrapolate backwards from early December when the disease was first noticed.

And the reaction of people? Disbelief. Want proof of God? How about a messenger (albeit reluctant) telling the world that God said a Great Die-off would happen and then refined it to say it was imminent? Reaction - scoffing and more scoffing? The book was written foretelling this, together with why God was going to do nothing to stop it, only protect those who deserve to live or he has a plan for. Reaction - no interest (probably because I had no Jewish publicist promoting the book - not sarcasm, just acknowledgement of how good they are).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 06:14:39
I say up - you say down.
I say white - you say black.
I say right - you say either wrong or left.
No
Here's the corrected version
I say up - you "where's the evidence?".
I say white - you say "where's the evidence?".
I say right - you say "where's the evidence?".

And until you recognise that evidence doesn't mean one person's experience, you're not going to understand why we are not making progress here.

Please try to give the idea some thought.

Evidence? See my last post. Or is my prediction of an imminent pandemic not Good enough for you? Lucky guess? Yeah right.

Please try to give the concept some thought.  ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 06:30:19
I give a message and information and no-one wants to believe.  They want me to do a miracle to first provide proof. I am giving my credentials by way of a logical hypothesis and a long list of personal experiences. Of course, believers are not open to new ideas. They do not want to change. They fear that Satan might be influencing me. They too want a miracle - a big one.


I posted this mostly out of ignorance because I had not really debated with any believers. God corrected me as last night we had a couple over who are committed Christians. All my wife's friends are committed Christians but I do not talk to them because of the taboo about false prophets and Tarot cards. Corona was a big topic and I brought up my prediction.

Surprise "I did not know you can do Tarot cards". With a hint of judgement. But I went on and described my hypothesis. It was basically well received. The woman said my beliefs were not far from her own. She wants to hear more.

I asked her who created the corona virus. Satan she said.
Who created Satan? He was a fallen angel she said.
Who created angels? She saw why I was promoting the idea of an amoral Infinite Intelligence.

She asked if I believed in guardian angels. Yes, I said. I think I have always had two because they had to work so hard to keep me out of trouble. Where do they come from she asked. I think they are souls of the departed - good souls assigned to protect. Who assigns them? I think God assigns guardian angels and I think Satan assigns demons - bad souls that infect people.

She asked intelligent questions and was interested in the answers. She had no idea of that side of me. The man asked me how my beliefs correlate to me as an engineer and person of practical science. I said the events happened to me that I had to have an answer to. Science does not have the answers. Big Bang caused by something unknown is not an answer. I said my hypothesis had the answers for all faiths, including skeptics.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 06:41:06
My wife wanted to visit her son and his wife before they went on a holiday to the Kruger park. They will be camping and doing barbecues The daughter-in-law asked when my wife had been in contact with people from overseas. She was relieved when my wife said she would not visit.

My wife has asked me to take precautions so I do not bring the virus home and jeopardize her and others. Unfortunately she got the news on Friday that the growth removed from her chest has melanoma cells and required a bigger area to be removed. I blame the cell tower once more for starting it.

She asked if we can still have people over for a later afternoon meal. I said as long as we all take precautions. But it may soon come down to stay at home. I have plenty of projects that I can do. I am hearing more every abut how people cheat and rip off others. Are there no limits? Even a "Christian" group renting space for their Sunday service defaults and makes no plan to pay.

I hear people talking about and actioning buying of stock that is "good value". When will the bounce (recovery) happen? The UK says this many last a year or more. My wife say her mother said you only lose when you sell. I say a stock of zero value has no value.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 09:03:01
I blame the cell tower once more for starting it.
You live in South Africa.
It's Sunny.
Evidence? See my last post. Or is my prediction of an imminent pandemic not Good enough for you? Lucky guess? Yeah right.

Please try to give the concept some thought.
OK,  a few other people not only preempted a pandemic, but wrote films about it.


CONTAGION
OUTBREAK
I AM LEGEND
28 DAYS LATER
CARGO
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
WARM BODIES
TWELVE MONKEYS
THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD
BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR
(shamelessly stolen from here)
https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/arts-entertainment/pandemics-contagions-films-stream

Are you saying all these people are psychic, or just that a pandemic is inevitable.
People have been writing about  (and predicting) plagues since biblical times at least.

Why do you think you are special, just because you predicted something inevitable?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 10:12:24
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 06:41:06

    I blame the cell tower once more for starting it.

You live in South Africa.
It's Sunny.

Timing, dear BC, timing. I said that the tower was causing cancers in all the towers around us, and that I feared it in my wife. The first 6 months saw her get a facial cancer. Then after 9 months in the house after they turned the tower back on she now has an growth on her chest. I had warned her to get any growths removed or burnt out but she said she was working with a skin specialist and that I was over-reacting. The neighbors on the other side of the tower had a similar problem, and the husband got prostate cancer back again a few months ago. I moved out the last six months because the tower made me ill. I now have to pray she will be okay.

So once more you use a logical fallacy to deny a truth. Coincidence plus other factors.

Reminds me of the joke about the German officer who rapes a French prostitute as she tries to say he should not because of her health and the bad timing. The officer thinks the prostitute is talking being at her most fertile in her menstrual cycle. Afterwards he says "In 9 months, you will have a bouncing baby boy, and if you like, you may call him Adolf". The woman replies "In 3 months, you will have a red rash all over and if you like you can call it German measles". I hope this joke is not too much in bad taste but I think it illustrates how you can get the cause wrong by attributing a problem to something else. You may be right, but you might also be wrong.

You can call the current pandemic a bad flu and say we will get over it and back to business, but I say it is just the start of a society changing process. Which one of us will be around in a few years to argue who was right? And remember that I have said this is just the start of a number of disasters.

You seem to like quoting from the Bible. What about the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Pestilence is but one, famine is another, war is another, with bloodshed and death.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 10:23:56
Timing, dear BC, timing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

The joke's pushing it but ... it illustrates a point.
For years, people have known out that  exposure to german measles causes a red rash all over and that exposure to the Sun causes melanoma.

You seem to be taking the view that the German officer should blame his walkie talkie for the rash.

Do you not see why that's absurd?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 10:28:09
Are you saying all these people are psychic, or just that a pandemic is inevitable.
People have been writing about  (and predicting) plagues since biblical times at least.

Why do you think you are special, just because you predicted something inevitable?

Timing, dear BC, timing. NOW people are saying - we DID know it would happen and we SHOULD have prepared. But did they? My predictions (such as those in Tarot card readings) are all accurate, and not vague. How many of those story tellers really thought the pandemic was imminent? The 2012 Mayan prophecy was all the rage and so disaster movies followed.

In 2009 God spoke to me about a really bad pandemic and a day or so later I learned about Swine Flu. God confirmed I had not got the message wrong with two confirmations (like Gideon). But a week later I said it was not the big one. Did I say that the 2012 MERS was the big one - no.

Did I predict the Middle East "Spring Uprising". Yes. In a vision. And with two Gideon like confirmations. A week or so before the Tunisian man set himself on fire which was the start. I have recorded some of this but one could accuse me of falsifying my records. Some are verifiable.

But I have no egotistical motivation in trying to prove my story is correct. People have to see the logic and reason and make up their own minds. Once more - take it or leave it. I am not starting a religion. Only adding confirming some facts that some people have thought about and discussed but without proof as to the validity of those musings.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 10:37:22
Timing, dear BC, timing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

The joke's pushing it but ... it illustrates a point.
For years, people have known out that  exposure to german measles causes a red rash all over and that exposure to the Sun causes melanoma.

You seem to be taking the view that the German officer should blame his walkie talkie for the rash.

Do you not see why that's absurd?

My wife has fair skin and a predisposition to melanoma. And the sun has made her predisposition to skin cancer worse. The question is "Was there a trigger?". If so, what could it be? When one looks at all the scientific studies about cell tower radiation there is a very high probability that the cell tower was the trigger.

If you have a predisposition to a car accident because you are a bad driver with nervous passengers and then a car goes through a red light and hits you in the rear as you are making your turn, how much is the other driver's fault and how much is yours?

You look for the tiniest of excuses to avoid the obvious. You may just be right because there are often multiple factors but what are the chances? Mostly slim to none.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 10:42:29
The question is "Was there a trigger?". If so, what could it be? When one looks at all the scientific studies about cell tower radiation there is a very high probability that the cell tower was the trigger.
No, for two reasons.
The first is that the evidence of cell towers causing cancer is- to be polite- sketchy.
And the evidence for sunlight triggering melanomas in fair skinned people is unequivocal.
You look for the tiniest of excuses to avoid the obvious.
And again; get yourself a mirror.

You are looking for tiny excuses to avoid the obvious. Sunlight is carcinogenic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 10:44:05
Wiki, for example, is utterly clear on the issue.
"Melanomas are usually caused by DNA damage resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#Cause
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 11:06:46
Wiki, for example, is utterly clear on the issue.
"Melanomas are usually caused by DNA damage resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#Cause

Note the qualification ("usually") in your statement We have been through this. Cancers are usually not a one time event but a series of events with multiple mutations until the type of mutation and the surrounding cells facilitate the unbounded growth the cancerous cell.

We have also been though the argument that while UV can indeed do direct double strand breaks, such damage only accounts for maybe 20 percent of the mutations, while Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) resulting from other damage the UV does is responsible for the rest.

ROS is increased by cell microwaves that are pulsed as in cell towers, and the usual radiation formulae also apply - greater duration and greater strength both increase the probability. A cell tower such as the one next to us gave high intensity (I measured it) and 24/7 exposure.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 11:12:41
The first is that the evidence of cell towers causing cancer is- to be polite- sketchy.

Cell company propaganda. Which you are happy to spread and subscribe to.

Do you still use your radium dial watch, and tell people that the small amount of radiation actually promotes well-being?  It does kill cancer cells does it not?

And do you still drive your leaded gasoline car because for eleven years the industry scientists were saying that the environmental lead being found had always been there?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 12:06:46
Cell company propaganda.
Show us the evidence.

(have you noticed that you get asked that a lot?)

Do you still use your radium dial watch,
No, but I'd not worry if I did.
It's an alpha emitter in an enclosed space. The external dose is pretty small.
And do you still drive your leaded gasoline car because for eleven years the industry scientists were saying that the environmental lead being found had always been there?
No
I actually looked at the evidence. The isotope ratios made it quite clear that the lead was from teh petrol.

That's the difference; I actually know enough stuff that I can assess evidence for myself.

While you simply ignore it.

All the evidence shows that sunlight causes cancer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/03/2020 14:23:09
Quote from: Bored chemist on Today at 10:44:05Wiki, for example, is utterly clear on the issue."Melanomas are usually caused by DNA damage resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#CauseNote the qualification ("usually") in your statement We have been through this.
And as with any cancer, there's strong genetic element in the statistics, with red-haired "Celtic" ancestry very significant, whilst "Scandinavian" blondes (who tend to bronze rather than burn in the sun) are less prone to melanoma. Check your wife's family tree!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/03/2020 14:29:38
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 11:12:41Do you still use your radium dial watch,No, but I'd not worry if I did.It's an alpha emitter in an enclosed space. The external dose is pretty small.

Though enough to reliably print the numbers on a nurse's film badge (she was wearing her mother's watch over the badge) and scare the willies out of a chiropractic client who kept his grandad's old aviator watch in the same drawer as his TLD badge.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 14:53:36
CNN. 300,000 cases globally. 13,045 deaths. Ratio is 4.35 percent. And this is while ICU and ventilators are available. BC, what evidence are you using to get less that 1%. 4.35 % is bad!

I said to my wife that the virus is targeting the older people, and this possibly a good reduction of the population. This might mean that God had a hand in not allowing worse viruses to mutate. Her response was "But then you lose a lot of the wise people". Hmm. No fool like an old fool, so there is some benefit. The corrupt SA politicians are old struggle veterans who live high on the hog and are not healthy.

Perhaps the test of the wise people is those who practice common sense measures like gargling with salt water, inhaling and sniffing colloidal silver spray, drinking colloidal silver, inhaling heated air, not using fever reducing drugs and staying warm, breathing deeply (restricted breathing brings on pneumonia which is why one does not bandage broken ribs), and praying (it reduces stress which helps immunity). They may not be cures which meet scientific study standards but I am sure they are helpful enough to perhaps survive.

Take an Excel spreadsheet and do the following.

Day 1  26,000 cases
Day 4 twice the day 1 number
Day 8 twice the day 4 number
and so on.
It takes 52 days to reach 110 million which may be where "herd immunity" kicks in.

So if left unchecked a third of the USA will be infected.  5 million will die.

If the curve is flattened so that it takes 8 days for doubling then it take twice as long to get 110 million. 104 days.

If 16 days for doubling then we have 208 days.

Flattening the curve simply stretches out the time. Hence the USA could be looking at a year or longer.

Socialism. Is that where the government takes over and issues money to "undeserving people too lazy to find a job and work"? One that ensures the "poor" are looked after? Universal health care and spreading the wealth? Is that what this pandemic is doing? Forcing social welfare and reducing inequity where the rich get richer and to heck with the rest?

God forbid some would say. But I say it is part of God's plan.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 14:56:25
Quote from: Bored chemist on Today at 10:44:05Wiki, for example, is utterly clear on the issue."Melanomas are usually caused by DNA damage resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#CauseNote the qualification ("usually") in your statement We have been through this.
And as with any cancer, there's strong genetic element in the statistics, with red-haired "Celtic" ancestry very significant, whilst "Scandinavian" blondes (who tend to bronze rather than burn in the sun) are less prone to melanoma. Check your wife's family tree!

You are quite right. She is genetically predisposed. But does that mean one can ignore environmental triggers (like sun radiation). I say there is sufficient evidence to include cell tower radiation.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/03/2020 15:01:35
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 11:12:41Do you still use your radium dial watch,No, but I'd not worry if I did.It's an alpha emitter in an enclosed space. The external dose is pretty small.

Though enough to reliably print the numbers on a nurse's film badge (she was wearing her mother's watch over the badge) and scare the willies out of a chiropractic client who kept his grandad's old aviator watch in the same drawer as his TLD badge.

Nice anecdotes. The increase in cancers may be small but if you are the one who gets an avoidable cancer by not wearing a radium watch, you would be happy. It is all in the numbers.

Same with asbestos. My father got exposed to all sorts of carcinogens including asbestos and the sun (he was also fair), and yet he died at 95 because he refused to eat.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 16:42:25
Though enough to reliably print the numbers on a nurse's film badge (she was wearing her mother's watch over the badge)
That's hardly credible.
Scattering and distance would mean they were blurred out of existence..
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 17:05:48
And as with any cancer, there's strong genetic element
Yes; she's white, and fair.
OK so sunlight is carcinogenic in fair skinned people.
We know that.
BC, what evidence are you using to get less that 1%.
Wrong tense, but here's the data I was using
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/
For anyone under 50 (and that's most people) it's below 1%
https://www.statista.com/statistics/281174/uk-population-by-age/
Happy?
"So if left unchecked a third of the USA will be infected.  5 million will die."
So that's 5 million dead out of about 300 million people. About 1.7%.

It's not as if our estimates are that different.
I said to my wife that the virus is targeting the older people,
Like practically every other virus, and indeed, illness known.

Don't you see why it's absurd to pretend that this is some "magical" god- given plague?
I am sure they are helpful enough to perhaps survive.

I say there is sufficient evidence to include cell tower radiation.

Then show it to us.
We keep asking.
You keep failing
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/03/2020 19:43:33
That's hardly credible.Scattering and distance would mean they were blurred out of existence..
I saw the film. A ring of black blobs around two faint grey circles. There's very little scatter of radium gamma radiation (100 - 600 keV) in glass, or  even metals - it's been used for industrial radiography in the past. Sadly, I've lost the old pocket watch I used to use for assessing lead protection in x-ray rooms, and now have to lug a veterinary x-ray machine around. Had an interesting callout a year ago when a couple of ex-US Navy aviation sextants set off the alarms at Heathrow, and I remember some years back when we cleared out a cupboard at the National Physical Laboratory to discover the source of anomalous readings was a textbook that had been the personal property of Marie Curie, now in a lead box in the museum!     
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/03/2020 20:54:31
reliably print the numbers
A ring of black blobs

Catch hold of the goal posts there.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 06:20:08
That's hardly credible.Scattering and distance would mean they were blurred out of existence..
I saw the film. A ring of black blobs around two faint grey circles. There's very little scatter of radium gamma radiation (100 - 600 keV) in glass, or  even metals - it's been used for industrial radiography in the past. Sadly, I've lost the old pocket watch I used to use for assessing lead protection in x-ray rooms, and now have to lug a veterinary x-ray machine around. Had an interesting callout a year ago when a couple of ex-US Navy aviation sextants set off the alarms at Heathrow, and I remember some years back when we cleared out a cupboard at the National Physical Laboratory to discover the source of anomalous readings was a textbook that had been the personal property of Marie Curie, now in a lead box in the museum!     

I accepted what you stated, and had an image in my mind of what you are describing. I did not expect the numbers to be distinct but a ring of blobs seems reasonable.

I have very little to post today. A 45 year old neighbor died of throat cancer yesterday. The purchasers of our house have had their bond application approved but it will take a few weeks for the paperwork. I still pray that the corona does not shut down the process by shutting offices. They are so inefficient as it is. I am trying to wind up my uncle's wife's estate but the probate is taking forever due to incompetence and nit-picking.

I have to do some serious work at the sale home to get an electrical certificate of compliance. I was dreading doing that work because of the cell tower but the quote we got from an electrician was way too high. I will be wearing a mesh helmet and a mesh jacket to reduce my exposure. I feel like a worker being sent into Chernobyl.

Sorry - but the world is in a very chaotic state at the moment. My baby boom generation had the ideal time to grow up in. It was idyllic. The 60s and 70s - amazing music. There was work and home ownership. Everything was rosy.

The elite today just care about more profit and only pay lip-service to philanthropy. Corporations spread "green lies". If one want to truly see how badly off our planet is then watch some RT documentaries about deforestation, poverty, war, drug lords, corruption and the like. Some are on Al Jazeera and some on BBC. A very few on CNBC - but they are almost apologetic in taking away blame.

The US population takes the attitude that it is not their problem while the US made bombs fall in other countries. Some would claim that the corona virus is the pay-back. War in the homeland of the USA with an enemy that tanks and bombs cannot defeat. No wonder Trump wants to blame another country like China. Cuba and Russia and China sent supplies and doctors to Italy. SA had the Cuban doctors here. That was a great benefit to a socialist system - teachers and doctors were seen as valuable. Lessons to be learnt.

Capitalism is great - but the corporations have their begging bowls out for grants - not loans. "Just in time" manufacture and distribution is great but it cannot tolerate even small disruptions. Corporations claim to act in their shareholder interests by not having a cash reserve - so there is no fat for the lean years. Contrast Boeing and Airbus. They could learn from the Bible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 06:28:33
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 14:53:36

    BC, what evidence are you using to get less that 1%.

Wrong tense, but here's the data I was using
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/
For anyone under 50 (and that's most people) it's below 1%
https://www.statista.com/statistics/281174/uk-population-by-age/
Happy?
"So if left unchecked a third of the USA will be infected.  5 million will die."
So that's 5 million dead out of about 300 million people. About 1.7%.

It's not as if our estimates are that different.

I keep saying your reading comprehension and your math needs some work.

My figure of 5 million deaths was based on 110 million infections (one third of 327 million). About 4.6%. The mortality rate is the number of deaths per infections, not total population.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 06:45:38
From an email I got from EHT.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-03-16/commentary-pollution-in-italy-china-and-iran-worsens-the-coronavirus-impact?utm_source=eht&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=covidpollution

Here are a some additional details that to add further context to the op-ed:

1) Tobacco smoking rates in Iran and Hebei, China are among the worst in the world. Numbers are telling: According to The Lancet, in 2015 while one in 10 men globally are Chinese, they smoke a third of all cigarettes in the world. If smoking patterns do not change — Professors Zhengming Chen and Richard Peto warn — China is on target to have more than 2 million lung cancer deaths within the next decade.

2) Air Pollution in Hebei: Real-Time Air Quality Index Visual Map shows that even with the reduced rate of production now, the center of steel-making Hebei regularly produces stifling levels of air pollution. It is notable that Chinese standards for declaring levels unhealthy or dangerous are much higher than standards in other nations.

3) Not only is factory production in China taking place under conditions that would never be accepted in most nations, especially in wintertime, air in both these areas regularly can contain levels of ultrafine particulate air pollution from straw and garbage burning, coal-burning, and diesel engine byproducts of incomplete combustion that would be illegal in most developed regions.

These citations do not at all mean that we are off the hook in the United States, but the lethality of COVID-19 could be lessened, especially if this nation comes together and takes very seriously the need for social distancing. If anything, the correlations strengthen the case for the U.S. keeping up its relatively effective environmental protections. 

As economists would note, there are major co-benefits from policies that reduce pollution. Among the co-benefits of the shutdowns necessitated by coronavirus restrictions will turn out to be major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Wireless radiation is one of the many types of environmental pollution that can damage the immune system. The rollout of 5G is increasing our daily exposure to wireless microwave radiation from the new 5G/4G network antennas. Wireless microwave radiation increases the chances that cells will lose their capacity to repair damage that occurs everyday as a result of the normal processes of oxidation by increasing oxidative stress. Research has found continued oxidative stress can lead to chronic inflammation.

Scientist Nesrin Seyhan and her colleagues from Gazi University have shown that wireless radiation can damage tissues in the lung, heart, and liver. People with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer) are more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with any virus, including COVID-19. A large body of research indicates the 5G/4G network could contribute to a myriad of health problems.

Thus, it is more important than ever to halt 5G and to reduce our daily wireless exposure. 

https://ehtrust.org/?s=devra+davis
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 07:05:10
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-michael-baden-coronavirus-lasting-damage-ventilators-lung-scar-tissue

"The deaths will occur largely because of the severe lung infection that coronavirus can cause. But, remember, 99 percent of people... from the statistics of deaths so far, will recover. Those who will die will largely die from lung infection," Baden told "America's News HQ."

"We don't know how many people will have scarring from the lungs that will be present five, 10, 15 years from now and cause shortness of breath and illness then. We only have about a month of experience here," he added.


The doctor has a point. My right lung is badly scarred by childhood pneumonia (which I never knew I had until New Zealand wanted to refuse me permanent resident status because they thought it was TB) and by the bat fungus. The world population MUST reduce to be sustainable. The book "Pandemics Progress" tells the story of humankind encroaching on animal habitats. The South American deforestation gave a number of clear examples of epidemics arsing from ecological changes.

In South Africa the story is told of the tribe that killed off the crocodiles because one ate a child - the village then suffered a malaria outbreak.

https://www.sabisabi.com/news/newsupdates/predators-at-play/
Predators can and should be considered the ultimate habitat managers. Take, for instance, the role that crocodiles play in aquatic environmental management. They may not be the most wanted viewing animal, but they are at the top of the pile in freshwater habitats. Mosquitos breed in water and in a natural ecosystem mosquito larvae are preyed on by fish such as barbs and tilapia. In turn the barbs and tilapia are eaten by catfish thus keeping their numbers in check. The staple diet of small to medium sized crocodiles is catfish. Thus, through an ‘eat and be eaten’ chain, populations of mosquito larvae, barbs, tilapia and catfish are kept in equilibrium. You may wonder what is keeping the crocodile population under control. Nature’s management skills of course! In the wild the mortality rate of young crocodiles is extremely high as storks, ground hornbills, monitor lizards and even fish eagles consume the eggs and young crocodiles – so, the population is kept in check.

If however we were to remove the apex predator, i.e the crocodile, from this fresh water ecosystem what would happen? In short, a ripple effect of considerable magnitude. Without crocodiles the catfish population would explode, which in turn would decimate the tilapia and barb populations. Due to the subsequent dearth of mosquito larvae predators a massive rise in the numbers of mosquitoes would ensue. If it were a malaria area this could potentially cause a rampant increase in the number of cases of malaria. So, although not immediately apparent, crocodiles help control malaria!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/03/2020 08:42:12
I keep saying your reading comprehension and your math needs some work.
The mortality rate is the number of deaths per infections, not total population.

The thing that matters is how many people die, not how many get infected.
The death rate will be about 1 or 2%.

However, you seem to be grasping very tightly to the straw that 1% isn't the same as 2 or even 4, while ignoring the actual point.
(You can tell it's the point, because it's actually on topic)
Even a 5% death rate does not reduce reduce the population much, of for long.
So, if it's God's solution to overpopulation, it's incompetent.
Why do you praise such a rubbishy God?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/03/2020 08:46:04
Wireless radiation is one of the many types of environmental pollution that can damage the immune system.

Just to remind you. We will dismiss that claim without evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 15:34:25
I keep saying your reading comprehension and your math needs some work.
The mortality rate is the number of deaths per infections, not total population.

The thing that matters is how many people die, not how many get infected.
The death rate will be about 1 or 2%.

However, you seem to be grasping very tightly to the straw that 1% isn't the same as 2 or even 4, while ignoring the actual point.
(You can tell it's the point, because it's actually on topic)
Even a 5% death rate does not reduce reduce the population much, of for long.
So, if it's God's solution to overpopulation, it's incompetent.
Why do you praise such a rubbishy God?

When one compares pathogens one looks at how many people who are infected will die. By how many in the world die, Ebola and MERS are not worth worrying about according to you.

Nonetheless your point is taken. How many people globally will die in the next year or so? And the next 5 to 10 years? A Great Die-Off will only happen if a great number of people, say about 50%, die.

The Die-Off is not an end to itself. The goal is a drastic change in human behavior to stop destroying the planet. If this change occurs very quickly then a rapid decline may not be necessary. However, even we all stopped consuming and lived very modestly it seems we would still be over-populated. A slow attrition with population control may then work.

Here is a message entitled Corona has its Advantages
- It has brought back humanity
- Brought people back to their Creator and their morals
- It has closed down bars, night clubs, brothel and casinos
- It has brought down interest rates
- Brought families together
- Stopped people eating dead and forbidden animals
- Moved one third of military expenditure to health care
- Arab countries have banned shisha
- It is pushing people to prayers
- It undermines dictators and their powers
- Humans are now worshiping God rather than progress and technology
- It is forcing authorities to look at their prisons and prisoners
- It has taught humans how to sneeze, yawn and cough
- It is making us stay at home and live simple lives

It is from an ex_MP in Egypt and ends:
We thank God for waking us up to reality and giving us an opportunity to ask Him for his Forgiveness and His help.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 15:38:05
Wireless radiation is one of the many types of environmental pollution that can damage the immune system.

Just to remind you. We will dismiss that claim without evidence.

Time will tell. Just as with radium, lead, tobacco, DDT, and so many other toxins.

It is not that there is no evidence, it is that you are blind to the evidence. Just as with radium... etc.

 I am a patient man.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/03/2020 16:54:23
Ebola and MERS are not worth worrying about according to you.
Nonsense.
But they are lower down my list of things to worry about than malaria or Covid19.

The Die-Off is not an end to itself.
No need for God to invoke one then (because He could do much better) and, thus, no need for further discussion of it in this thread.




It is not that there is no evidence,
Looking through this thread, there has been no evidence.
And, until you provide some you are just wasting everyone's time.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/03/2020 17:00:50
Here is a message entitled Corona has its Advantages
- It has brought back humanity
In the form of people fighting in a supermarket over a few rolls of toilet paper- in a world where many people have no toilet.

- Brought people back to their Creator and their morals
No, it just hasn't. Unless yo  think  that fighting over bog roll is what the Creator wants.

- It has closed down bars, night clubs, brothel and casinos
And recreated speakeasys  where crime can thrive becaus eteh whole enterprise id illegal.
Remember what prohibition did for gangs?
It was such a shitshow they had to ditch it.

And so on.

All the benefits you cite are illusory.
That MP should know better
" We thank God for waking us up to reality and giving us an opportunity to ask Him for his Forgiveness and His help."
Religion as stockholm syndrome.
We thank Him for not doing the evil things He had said He would do.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 23/03/2020 18:20:32
- It has brought back humanity-
in the form of panic buying and violence in supermarkets, and black market prices for essentials.
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Brought people back to their Creator and their morals-=
evidence of a sudden upsurge in morality> Not seen. 
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It has closed down bars, night clubs, brothel and casinos-
so regulated, social eating and drinking has been replaced by solitary home consumption of (cheaper) alcohol, and musicians are out of work. Not sure about brothels.
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   It has brought down interest rates
from 0.5% to 0.25% is hardly a big deal for borrowers (if the factory is shut, there's no point in buying stock or plant) , and a death blow for investors.
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Brought families together
crammed, not brought, for the vast majority. And separated the elderly from their grandchildren.
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Stopped people eating dead and forbidden animals
AFAIK the only animals regularly eaten live are oysters, and much of that trade has been stopped by an outbreak of norovirus in France. Pork and bacon are still flying off the shelves - the ultimate comfort food. 
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Moved one third of military expenditure to health care
except in war zones.
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Arab countries have banned shisha
just catching up with the civilised world, which would happen eventually anyway
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It is pushing people to prayers
an activity within Einstein's definition of insanity, or worse - defiance of the expressed wish of the Almighty!
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It undermines dictators and their powers
Trump, Putin, Al-Assad, Ali Khamenei, all seem to be running their offensive domains much as before
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Humans are now worshiping God rather than progress and technology -
So we are praying for ventilation, not making ventilators, eh?
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It is forcing authorities to look at their prisons and prisoners
indeed, with the police in many countries now arresting people for shopping, not shoplifiting.
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It has taught humans how to sneeze, yawn and cough
all of which are classified as autonomic reflexes in all mammals.
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It is making us stay at home and live simple lives
and why is that a Good Thing? I would rather be out doing complicated things with medical x-rays.
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It is from an ex_MP
a professional purveyor of bullshit. That explains a lot.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 23/03/2020 19:13:29
- Stopped people eating dead and forbidden animals

Forbidden?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/03/2020 19:23:14
The SA government has imposed a 21 day shut-down and lock-down starting Thursday mid-night.

The army has been called out.

No domestic worker will be able to go to work. Our factory will have no workers. Not much government assistance. No compulsory 10-20% contribution from over-paid government officials toward relieving hardship for the poor. Two businessmen gave R1 billion each to the Solidarity Fund (who gets and why is not specified).

My wife and I are in shock.

The government has recognized that SA has one of the highest AID infections in the world and also highest TB rates. They know this country could implode. The ministers will no doubt still have banquets and live high on the hog. Zimbabwe is an example. But a revolution of desperate people could overthrow regimes.

Interesting times. Testing times. I could home sitting here on my computer. Hardware stores closed so projects stop.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/03/2020 19:39:20
The SA government has imposed a 21 day shut-down and lock-down starting Thursday mid-night.

The army has been called out.

No domestic worker will be able to go to work. Our factory will have no workers. Not much government assistance. No compulsory 10-20% contribution from over-paid government officials toward relieving hardship for the poor. Two businessmen gave R1 billion each to the Solidarity Fund (who gets and why is not specified).

My wife and I are in shock.

The government has recognized that SA has one of the highest AID infections in the world and also highest TB rates. They know this country could implode. The ministers will no doubt still have banquets and live high on the hog. Zimbabwe is an example. But a revolution of desperate people could overthrow regimes.

Interesting times. Testing times. I could home sitting here on my computer. Hardware stores closed so projects stop.
Perhaps they should just keep going with what they were doing, but pray a bit.
Oh, hang on, all the believers were already praying.
Doesn't seem to have helped.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/03/2020 19:40:21
- Stopped people eating dead and forbidden animals

Forbidden?

Unicorns, yetis, you know the sort of thing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/03/2020 00:25:44
But a revolution of desperate people could overthrow regimes.
It took 100 years to do so in SA, and there's no evidence that the current regime is any less able to suppress common sense and decency.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/03/2020 04:56:32
I am making a long list of things to buy and get done before the shut-down bites. There are so many "essential" services that the lock-down is unlikely to work. No one is wearing masks. People are in dense crowds. This is a recipe for disaster as our economy will collapse. My wife's factory will close without any orders going out. She will have to pay the workers the four weeks pay without them doing any work.

The "shake-out" of the world's excesses may be here with a vengeance.

For some, the end is nigh.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 24/03/2020 05:10:47
I am making a long list of things to buy and get done before the shut-down bites. There are so many "essential" services that the lock-down is unlikely to work. No one is wearing masks. People are in dense crowds. This is a recipe for disaster as our economy will collapse. My wife's factory will close without any orders going out. She will have to pay the workers the four weeks pay without them doing any work.

The "shake-out" of the world's excesses may be here with a vengeance.

For some, the end is nigh.
Don't you think that all of those are part of God's plans?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/03/2020 16:02:21
I am making a long list of things to buy and get done before the shut-down bites. There are so many "essential" services that the lock-down is unlikely to work. No one is wearing masks. People are in dense crowds. This is a recipe for disaster as our economy will collapse. My wife's factory will close without any orders going out. She will have to pay the workers the four weeks pay without them doing any work.

The "shake-out" of the world's excesses may be here with a vengeance.

For some, the end is nigh.
Don't you think that all of those are part of God's plans?

I have a problem with calling a disaster a plan by God. If there was no God (and some say there is not), then this would have probably have happened anyway because of man's inability to control the greed and the lack of compassion for others by those in power.

Most rational people and many scientists and economists could see it coming. So it was not hard for God to see the trajectory and make minor tweaks. God's plan is to see humankind evolve both physically, mentally and spiritually. This was put into place by the Ultimate Intelligence who is dreaming. As you know, dreams can morph, or can be repeated. There are lucid dreamers who decide what they want to dream about.

If the Ultimate Intelligence is also the Intelligent Designer then it could have done many revisions and iterations. It can tweak using God and Satan to refine a trajectory, or it can restart and tweak a universal constant if the system becomes unstable.

The corona virus is something that seems designed because of its currently known properties. It spreads in people with no symptoms, it is very transmissible, it kills quite a number, and it kills the elderly and the compromised. Some would say it may finish the job AIDs started. SA and Thailand have a lack of sexual restraint that is causing high infection rates.

It has been timed to come just when the world economy is shaky and the 2008 crash has not "corrected" the system.

One presumes God will help people who deserve to get through this to get through this. I paid off a temporary worker who was helping me with projects, and gave him a good severance pay even though I do not have to. A simple but nice man. Pleasant and hardworking. He lives from week to week, and has a wife and three children. He lost his 9 year job last year in September and was not paid out properly. He said to me that he just has to trust in God to help him through this. These are the personal stories that are not just on the news.

Those who think God has ultimate control and did indeed plan this, are justified in thinking God is nasty, despite my statements that adversity makes us stronger, and we should learn to use spiritual lessons to rise above the suffering and death. I adhere to the standard religious versions that God is good, and life is better with a trust in God.

My faith may be soon tested. We have a friend who is in the health department as an inspector. She said she in one who has been tasked with interviewing people with COVID to trace their contacts. She says they are supposed to provide PPE but I would be surprised if it was no more that a mask and gloves. She is a committed Christian and has faith. She told us that the areas with the highest outbreaks are the neighborhood we live in and the neighborhood my wife's factory is in.

Today I took a short nap without oxygen. I woke and was very aware I have a sinus and chest infection of some sort (which is quite rare for me) and so does my wife. It seems viral with a touch of bacteria. I have started with the preventative measures.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/03/2020 16:57:12
I have a problem with calling a disaster a plan by God. If there was no God (and some say there is not), then this would have probably have happened anyway because of man's inability to control the greed and the lack of compassion for others by those in power.
And, therefore, it happening is not evidence of the existence of God.

So it's off topic.
Most rational people and many scientists and economists could see it coming.
So, it's not evidence of some mystical power that you saw it coming (as did the people who wrote those films).

This was put into place by the Ultimate Intelligence who is dreaming.
Just how many entities are you going o invoke to make life "simple"?
SA and Thailand have a lack of sexual restraint that is causing high infection rates.
Always good to throw a bit of victim blaming into teh mix.
The corona virus is something that seems designed because of its currently known properties.
No.
While it's unhelpful to say "it's just like the flu", there is some truth to that idea. It doesn't have any property that's "new" in the sense of being unknown, or even unusual in other viruses.

One presumes God will help people who deserve to get through this to get through this.
I can pretty much guarantee that your earlier assertion was more nearly right.

The ministers will no doubt still have banquets and live high on the hog.
.

Poor people will be more likely to die; rich people will be less likely to die.


It has been timed
No it hasn't.

just when the world economy is shaky
It always is.
It seems viral with a touch of bacteria.
That's meaningless.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/03/2020 19:44:12
Okay. Nose running, slight temperature, slight sore throat & teeth, and body aches more than usual. I presume it is a cold. Guest bedroom with a heater on for me tonight. Spraying with colloidal silver. I cannot afford to get sick - too much to do. Will see how I am tomorrow.

I have another "benefit" to add to the corona list.
Finally the political cartoons have a topic other than Trump. Almost.
I saw a video of a serious interview of a worried South African man being told he had to quarantine for three weeks and was asked whether he would: a) be with his wife and child and b)... the man did not hesitate and said b). His expression the whole time was priceless.

Which, by the way, is one attribute that people overlook about God. I think he has a sense of humor and appreciates a good joke, even at his expense. Satan, on the other hand, only appreciates a joke that brings a nasty outcome to some victim.

Our inspector friend said that the police and army meant business in stopping non-essential travel. The streets at 7pm were deserted. Crime might drop because 4 men in a car cruising the hood for victims would be stopped. And the vagrants put into shelters.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/03/2020 20:04:12
I presume it is a cold. Guest bedroom with a heater on for me tonight. Spraying with colloidal silver.
It's a viral infection , so you plan to use an antibacterial.

Do you even science?
Which, by the way, is one attribute that people overlook about God. I think he has a sense of humor and appreciates a good joke
It's hard to see how you think that's not well known.


"I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/03/2020 05:58:02
I presume it is a cold. Guest bedroom with a heater on for me tonight. Spraying with colloidal silver.
It's a viral infection , so you plan to use an antibacterial.

Do you even science?
Which, by the way, is one attribute that people overlook about God. I think he has a sense of humor and appreciates a good joke
It's hard to see how you think that's not well known.


"I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing"

One night in a hot room and I am okay. I have proved this works many many times from the time of my 20's. Just some colloidal silver spray. I was too tired to gargle with warm salt water.

You should read my post once more. People often conflate Satan and God. Satan may be laughing when the guy dies. Not God. This conflation is a serious problem. A good entity is a good entity and a bad entity is a bad entity. If you start ascribing evil to God then you need to check your logic and your assumptions.

Despite the fact that I feel I accurately predicted the pandemic, I get no good feelings from being right.

I just had a case where a large air valve failed on a large guillotine at my wife's factory. The foreman did not follow my guidance and he took it to the"experts" for an overhaul. I said they would not have the expertise to deal with it, and we should have overhauled it together. I was right. I have been right on many of such situations when my "gut" feels strongly. Even though I could have overruled him, I had no way of knowing I would be right until I let it happen. I had figured it would not make much difference. He is now stripping it so I can diagnose it.

I was also correct in telling my wife to close the factory asap because the COVID would force her hand. It allowed us to be ahead of the curve. Perhaps Trump should hire me as a "psychic advisor" like many rulers had in the past. I combine common sense and logic with "gut feel". The wife is at the shops because of "elder shopping hour." She says "What should I buy?" We have prepared so there is not much.

I have a long day to tie up some loose strings before the shut-down.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/03/2020 08:50:25
If you start ascribing evil to God then you need to check your logic and your assumptions.
He created all evil on Earth by deciding to put the serpent in the garden.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/03/2020 08:51:55
Perhaps Trump should hire me as a "psychic advisor"
Srsly?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 25/03/2020 09:03:50
Given some of the recent utterances from the White House toilet, I think der Fuhrer already has the standard complement of psychic advisers, astrologers, soothsayers and snake oil merchants. He tells his acolytes that it will all be over by Easter, and like the filth on which he models himself, he has dismissed any expert who disagrees with his arselickers. 

So watch out, Jaweh/Allah/whatever. Either you fix it by 12 April or the real God will be very, very angry - and he has a majority in the Senate!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/03/2020 11:44:36
It seems likely that those who follow the Orange one's advice and crowd into the churches will be rewarded by their Lord with a fast pass to Heaven.

It is interesting to consider what that will do for Trump's electability.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/03/2020 04:42:18
If you start ascribing evil to God then you need to check your logic and your assumptions.
He created all evil on Earth by deciding to put the serpent in the garden.

Yes - according to OT God, NT God, AT God but not CG God. (see earlier post of mine).

Why do you think I keep stating that my hypothesis, borne out by personal experience, is likely correct? No contradictions!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/03/2020 04:43:47
Perhaps Trump should hire me as a "psychic advisor"
Srsly?

No. Did I need to put a (tongue in cheek) after the comment.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/03/2020 05:00:51
The SA lock-down is no joke and is severe.

The problem is lack of protection for the many workers who are still traveling via mini-bus taxi to work and interacting with each other. No planes, no trains, no buses for the next 3 weeks. No jogging or walking the dog.

Stores will sell essential items such as food and medicine. Tobacco and alcohol are prohibited as not only non-essential but causing traffic accidents and fights and the government want to keep hospitals for the infected and not be treating wounds. They say that crime will drop a lot, but are worried about domestic arguments.

I tried to buy methylated spirits at the hardware store. Sold out as people make their homemade hand sanitizer.

The UN is asking countries to cooperate. I still maintain that just as the Black Plague caused massive social benefits, this pandemic has the capacity to do so also.

Over the past year I have had the doctor prescribe two antifungals a day even though I use one a day or less. It is an item I cannot do without and may be in short supply in the coming year. I have prepared and have stock because I was forewarned.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: syhprum on 26/03/2020 10:10:36
As a frequent visitor to Germany where the word Fuhrer (leader)  is a word in common use I do not like to see it used in a wartime propaganda manner as an evil leader.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 26/03/2020 11:27:18
 Not even one whose wife said the only book she'd ever seen him read was Mein Kampf? Who holds rallies of his supporters and encourages them to beat up hecklers wherever he goes? Who sacks any expert who disagrees with his propaganda? Who transports families into separate camps if they don't have the correct documents? Who blames everyone else for his own failings? A germophobe with a very restricted diet.... oh, one could go on, but he doesn't have a moustache, and, being a draft dodger,  never rose to the rank of Corporal.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/03/2020 12:48:51
Perhaps Trump should hire me as a "psychic advisor"
Srsly?

No. Did I need to put a (tongue in cheek) after the comment.
It depends.
Are you serious about believing that you can ever predict the future better than guessing?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/03/2020 12:51:55
If you start ascribing evil to God then you need to check your logic and your assumptions.
He created all evil on Earth by deciding to put the serpent in the garden.

Yes - according to OT God, NT God, AT God but not CG God. (see earlier post of mine).

Why do you think I keep stating that my hypothesis, borne out by personal experience, is likely correct? No contradictions!
The problem s that the topic is God, and you keep going on about your personal "version" that's
1 Not The Creator.
2 Not the one people worship
and so on
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 26/03/2020 19:23:21
And God said "Let there not be coronavirus." And there was still coronavirus. "Oh sh1t!", said god, "I don't exist."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 27/03/2020 06:46:44
Just got this in my twitter feed, wich might be related to this topic.
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Please show us ANY testable evidence:

1 A god exists
2 That god is yours
3 You are correctly interpreting its rules
 
Look up definitions of testable and evidence first.
https://twitter.com/Ah_Science/status/1242134336880750593?s=03
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 07:38:29
Not even one whose wife said the only book she'd ever seen him read was Mein Kampf? Who holds rallies of his supporters and encourages them to beat up hecklers wherever he goes? Who sacks any expert who disagrees with his propaganda? Who transports families into separate camps if they don't have the correct documents? Who blames everyone else for his own failings? A germophobe with a very restricted diet.... oh, one could go on, but he doesn't have a moustache, and, being a draft dodger,  never rose to the rank of Corporal.

Syhprum has a point. You have personalized your feelings about the Holocaust and Hitler represents the most evil person ever. Using the word Fuhrer puts blame on all Germans rather than just Hitler.

There were plenty evil leaders. Shaka Zulu was one. Totally ruthless to other tribes and many of his own people. The Afrikaans side of my family would say the British who invented the first concentration camps in the world and their policy of scorched earth during the Boer war (that Churchill took part in). The Palestinians would say all Israeli leaders for engaging in racist and suppressive policies. Afghanis could point at Bush.

Trump is a outcome of the US system and various US policies. Hitler was an outcome of the Versailles Treaty and various other political forces. The Holocaust (the Final Solution) got its start in American eugenics.

A biased person is unable to see any positives in something they are opposed to. I see positives in Trump. I also see the negatives. I could say the same for Hitler (building an industrialized nation from almost nothing), but that would invite a torrent of abuse.

It is much the same with peoples view of God. I see positives and I also see how people can be upset that he is not more proactive.

I met my sixth wife after 5 failed marriages. She had two abusive marriages. My ex-wives were not 100% bad and I recognize that they had their good points, otherwise why would I have married them? When my sixth wife died from cancer after 4 amazing years with her, she said while she knew God had his reasons for her death and not saving her, she was somewhat bitter that she only had four years with me. While I was upset and grieved, I could see the plan. My wife said to me the week she died "You knew in January." I had sensed she was "moving away from me" and I was very attentive and loving. She wondered why. It was in March she was diagnosed with cancer and died in July.

I was told of a man who got divorced after 25 miserable years. He met his perfect woman also. And then 4 years later she died. He was a very religious man and he blamed God. He was very bitter and while not quite an atheist he had nothing good to say about God.

I accepted my late wife's death. I sensed it was part of God's plan for me. And I have sensed the path. I may be wrong but I live my live according to what I think the plan is.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 07:46:59
Perhaps Trump should hire me as a "psychic advisor"
Srsly?

No. Did I need to put a (tongue in cheek) after the comment.
It depends.
Are you serious about believing that you can ever predict the future better than guessing?

Absolutely positive. Have you forgotten all the examples I have given? How did I know the biker was about to die?

There are Determinists who say our future is set in stone with absolute cause and effect. See this.

whohttps://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p086tg3k/the-physics-that-suggests-our-future-is-set-in-stone

They do not say what the prime cause is. They do not accept the influence of a spirit world. When knew the biker was about to die I slowed down. That act set off a different chain of events. You could argue that my "knowing" was pre-determined, but you cannot explain the causes that had to occur to set up that thought. All you can do is say that those causes HAD to happen because the event happened. That presumes determinism.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 27/03/2020 08:22:53
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/03/2020 08:43:22
The Afrikaans side of my family would say the British who invented the first concentration camps in the world
Do the non-Afrikaans side get it wrong?
It's a matter of historical fact.

The word "Fuhrer" is just one example of many words stolen from other languages, and abused by English.
I can see it's annoying- just as  cringe when I hear the phrase "quantum leap". But it's hardly the end of the world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/03/2020 09:19:39
Using the word Fuhrer puts blame on all Germans rather than just Hitler.
He was democratically elected more than once, adopted the title Fuhrer in place of Kanzler in 1934,  and had no problem raising an army who proudly documented their butchery of noncombatants. The behavior of subsequent generations has however been admirable, and it is notable that no subsequent head of state has used the term. Fact is that as soon as I used the word in the context of Trump, everyone understood the allusion and nobody has argued with my analysis of his methods.

Today's interesting twist is that Mr T is threatening to withdraw Federal broadcasting licences from TV companies that have been broadcasting his speeches with a moving banner of contradictory facts. Add Goebbels to the comparison. 

Yes, the British did indeed invent concentration camps.
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British concentration camps refers to camps operated by the British in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War from 1900–1902. The term concentration camp grew in prominence during that period. The camps had originally been set up by the British Army as refugee camps to provide refuge for civilian families who had been forced to abandon their homes for whatever reason related to the war.
It turned into a shambles due to overcrowding and disease, but  their use for slave labor and industrialised slaughter of civilians was an entirely German innovation. So far, there is no evidence that Trump's camps have produced anything more than misery, but he has yet to be re-elected.

Which brings me back to Tarot. The Simpsons correctly predicted Trump's presidency 17 years ago. What odds do the cards give on (a) his re-election (b) a deferred election (c) a constitutional amendment allowing more than two terms or (d) a grateful Senate conferring life presidency over the smoking ruins of civilisation? 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 19:16:00
If you start ascribing evil to God then you need to check your logic and your assumptions.
He created all evil on Earth by deciding to put the serpent in the garden.

Yes - according to OT God, NT God, AT God but not CG God. (see earlier post of mine).

Why do you think I keep stating that my hypothesis, borne out by personal experience, is likely correct? No contradictions!
The problem s that the topic is God, and you keep going on about your personal "version" that's
1 Not The Creator.
2 Not the one people worship
and so on

How about my "personal" version being the most accurate? God is logical - and my version is the most logical. There is only one God, but many versions (descriptions of attributes), and a number of puzzling contradictions. You want to claim I am "off-topic" because you do not like an accurate description of who the Creator actually is? God may have been empowered by the Ultimate Intelligence to do the Creation but everything, including God is an illusion.

My credentials are pretty good to support my credibility as a "witness" to events that are possible.

My version was mentioned in the Netflix series, Norman seeks enlightenment about the meaning of life. Sandy (Michael Douglas) chips in "That the universe in a dream in the mind of God?" It is not like the concept is not known.

This joke illustrates the revisions that are possible in the intelligent design of humans.

Dear God. Could you please uninstall the year 2020, and download an improved version. The current version has a bad virus.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 19:39:34
Yes, the British did indeed invent concentration camps.
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    British concentration camps refers to camps operated by the British in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War from 1900–1902. The term concentration camp grew in prominence during that period. The camps had originally been set up by the British Army as refugee camps to provide refuge for civilian families who had been forced to abandon their homes for whatever reason related to the war.

It turned into a shambles due to overcrowding and disease, but  their use for slave labor and industrialised slaughter of civilians was an entirely German innovation. So far, there is no evidence that Trump's camps have produced anything more than misery, but he has yet to be re-elected.

I have the advantage of talking to older relatives and relatives whose parents talked about the camps. You also need to read some accurate history. The English side of my family was a grandfather who fought for the British. The English of the time has some hardened heartless men who thought that Brits were the super race and all others had to obey or be punished. The Boers would take their rifles and kill off the English by sighting along the barrel in the moonlight - then disappear back to their families and farms.

The camps were to house the women and children after their farms were destroyed. The men fled and were forced to attack the British on their terms. The supply wagons were destroyed by the Boers but that meant no supplies for the camps. The guards got mean and made life miserable for their prisoners. There was propaganda and misinformation on both sides.

The Boers hated the English and took over South Africa by infiltrating the government service, learning and gerrymandering to win in 1948 - at the end of the war. The English had already set up Apartheid with the Afrikaner as unofficial second class citizens and non-whites as third class citizens. Gandhi was booted off the first class of the train in 1983 in the British colony.

Oppenheimer worked with the Afrikaners to set up the township of Soweto. They have a monument to him there but they miss the point that he did it because he needed labor for the gold mines. Soweto had running water and sewerage and electricity. I know because as a student I was tasked with going there to count rooms in the houses. I was well received by the occupants. In the Nelson Mandela house they state that these utilities were not there. Yes - they were. But not for the illegal squatters who surrounded the formal township. Propaganda by the victors who rewrite history.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 19:47:10
And God said "Let there not be coronavirus." And there was still coronavirus. "Oh sh1t!", said god, "I don't exist."

"Even the most obstinately ignorant cannot avoid learning when in an environment that educates."

Good quote:
A pandemic - coming soon and allowed by God because it will result in an environment that educates and those who do not will be followed by a newer educated spiritual generation.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 27/03/2020 19:48:00
How far into the future can you make a prediction?
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Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 19:58:30
Which brings me back to Tarot. The Simpsons correctly predicted Trump's presidency 17 years ago. What odds do the cards give on (a) his re-election (b) a deferred election (c) a constitutional amendment allowing more than two terms or (d) a grateful Senate conferring life presidency over the smoking ruins of civilisation?

Since I have time on my hands I will give it a go and let you know the results. I do this reluctantly but it will be interesting and informative.

My wife asked me a few weeks ago to ask the cards if she should close the factory. I said that it was not necessary because I was so sure that it was the right thing to do. And it was. But I did the cards anyway. When I was framing the question I realized that I was mostly asking for Yes and getting it. This is seriously pushing the odds, and I considered re-framing to get a No but I did not. When I did get a No I knew I had to add my own bit of ritual to the cards and ask them first whether I should frame for a No or a Yes. I will cut the pack and if the card is reversed I will frame the question for a No, otherwise a Yes.
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Post by: CliveG on 27/03/2020 20:10:03
How far into the future can you make a prediction?

The biker was only a matter of 5 minutes. My first four failed marriages were about 4 years each (the cards told me they would be disasters and I ignored them). The hypnotized teenager was only a matter of a couple of hours. My predictions on stock and property markets were only a matter of a month or two. Generally when I use Tarot cards, I do not look further than 6 months when people ask me to look at their future. Trump was about 5 years.

The prediction about the pandemic was God telling me (in 2009) it would happen but that I had to refine the message because humankind had to learn the lesson of why it was happening. I have vaguely understood the time frame and the plan as it stretched out but I am not privy to the details.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/03/2020 20:12:10
"Even the most obstinately ignorant cannot avoid learning when in an environment that educates."

Does that mean you plan to stop begging t the question and presenting anecdotes as if they were evidence?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/03/2020 20:13:26
The prediction about the pandemic was God telling me (in 2009)
So you predicted a pandemic in 2009
So, like...
when..
there was...
 a pandemic...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/03/2020 20:15:33
Quote from: Bored chemist on 13/03/2020 17:40:24
Quote from: CliveG on 13/03/2020 17:15:34
I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.
Post a diary.
That will unequivocally show which side is right.

I had to double check who the poster was. Such a logical common sense post.

Such logical common sense... that you haven't done it.

You daren't.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 27/03/2020 21:11:35
The biker was only a matter of 5 minutes. My first four failed marriages were about 4 years each (the cards told me they would be disasters and I ignored them). The hypnotized teenager was only a matter of a couple of hours. My predictions on stock and property markets were only a matter of a month or two. Generally when I use Tarot cards, I do not look further than 6 months when people ask me to look at their future. Trump was about 5 years.

The prediction about the pandemic was God telling me (in 2009) it would happen but that I had to refine the message because humankind had to learn the lesson of why it was happening. I have vaguely understood the time frame and the plan as it stretched out but I am not privy to the details.

I'm rather interested in the paranormal and supernatural, so I'm trying to figure out a way to test this without breaking the rules that you have mentioned. As such, I don't expect you to give exact dates for predictions, but can you predict the year that something will happen? The decade? I'll make a few suggestions here and tell me if any of these are doable:

(1) Can you predict whether or not there is an undiscovered planet in the Solar System? Just to draw a line between what is and is not a planet (since there are no doubt plenty of Pluto-sized objects out there waiting to be discovered), I'll put a lower mass limit equal to Mars on that. I would use the current definition of a planet (orbits the Sun, is rounded by its own gravity and has cleared its orbit), but the last criterion might be tricky to satisfy for something out there in the Kuiper belt with all of those other objects floating around. If it does exist, can you predict the year it will be found? Or the decade?
(2) What about dark matter? Can you predict what it is and what year it will be detected?
(3) Can you give us a reasonably tight time frame for when the coronavirus vaccine will be developed and/or when it will be available to the public? Which country will be the one to develop it?
(4) Can you predict the year (or at least the decade) when the first humans will set foot on Mars? Or if that will happen at all?

If these are not satisfactory, I will attempt to think of others later.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/03/2020 23:07:13
Boers would take their rifles and kill off the English by sighting along the barrel
The fiends! It's utterly unBritish to point the barrel of a rifle at your intended victim. A gentleman would aim upwards and hope that the bullet might eventually fall on the target. This is surely the origin of the term "boorish behaviour." Before you know it, they will be bowling bouncers and lifting in the lineout.
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Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 07:12:07
Boers would take their rifles and kill off the English by sighting along the barrel
The fiends! It's utterly unBritish to point the barrel of a rifle at your intended victim. A gentleman would aim upwards and hope that the bullet might eventually fall on the target. This is surely the origin of the term "boorish behaviour." Before you know it, they will be bowling bouncers and lifting in the lineout.

The British were very sporting by wearing a bright red jacket and white pith helmet so that they could be clearly seen as both an enemy combatant and a target.

I was one of six to get a snipers badge in my outfit. And with my ability to estimate things like angle and wind speed and imagine the arc, just maybe I could fire in the air to drop the bullet on the target. Not.  8)   I was about to say it would be fun trying, but then killing is not a game. Perhaps if I said a prayer each time I fired? (Bad humor on my part, I know). These are trying times.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 07:19:05
The prediction about the pandemic was God telling me (in 2009)
So you predicted a pandemic in 2009
So, like...
when..
there was...
 a pandemic...

No, I did not predict. I was told. The 2009 Swine Flu was only confirmation of the message, and within a week I knew that and was correct. I had to figure out why God told me there be a massive die-off probably by pandemic. So the timing was delayed until last year when I experienced the effects of the cell tower radiation. I "intuited" that this was the last piece of information needed and that the die-off would start soon. Hence my postings.

Have you not read the chapters I posted? Too long for your short attention span? Too mind-numbing to accept?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 08:48:33
I'm rather interested in the paranormal and supernatural, so I'm trying to figure out a way to test this without breaking the rules that you have mentioned. As such, I don't expect you to give exact dates for predictions, but can you predict the year that something will happen? The decade? I'll make a few suggestions here and tell me if any of these are doable:

(1) Can you predict whether or not there is an undiscovered planet in the Solar System? Just to draw a line between what is and is not a planet (since there are no doubt plenty of Pluto-sized objects out there waiting to be discovered), I'll put a lower mass limit equal to Mars on that. I would use the current definition of a planet (orbits the Sun, is rounded by its own gravity and has cleared its orbit), but the last criterion might be tricky to satisfy for something out there in the Kuiper belt with all of those other objects floating around. If it does exist, can you predict the year it will be found? Or the decade?
(2) What about dark matter? Can you predict what it is and what year it will be detected?
(3) Can you give us a reasonably tight time frame for when the coronavirus vaccine will be developed and/or when it will be available to the public? Which country will be the one to develop it?
(4) Can you predict the year (or at least the decade) when the first humans will set foot on Mars? Or if that will happen at all?

If these are not satisfactory, I will attempt to think of others later.

I appreciate your posts. I think people should take an interest.

I have never touted myself as a psychic despite my psychic experiences. I have either experimented or have had random unexpected events. I did not take any of them seriously until I met my fifth wife in 2007. She was very in tune with spirit and used it in her work to heal people psychologically.

Since then I have done research into the supernatural. I met and interacted with many who do work connected to spirit and various religions. Many of these were "chance" meetings, such as at an airport layover, or professor who my wife was meeting. I feel I was guided at various times to read a certain book when I was trying to make sense of the rules and work out a hypothesis.

When I look back, it was the sequence of these events that seem like lessons in forming my "opinions" to explain a recent event or something that not make sense. Even my late wife's death was a learning experience. Quite a lot happened in the six months after that. I am not able to "will" something to happen or communicate with God or spirits. They decide when to interact, and it is often subtle.

I have the intellect to take vast amounts of information and analyze it all. I was able to pass my school and university exams by memorizing the text book the night before the exam. I did not have to do examples or learn examples because I had an "intuitive" understanding of the subject matter and could solve problems quickly.

One can set up all sort of experiments to test the supernatural. Mental telepathy is the easiest using Zener Cards. I have tried such an experiment and it failed. It would have been "too much proof" at the time. I can relate a number of Tarot card readings that were successful in predicting legal outcomes and other matters. They work for me and my wife because they are regarded as "personal anecdotes" by skeptics.

I can give guidance as to how to conduct personal experiments. The problem is that they may provide you with some personal assurance that there is "something" there but if you are strict enough to publish a science article it is likely to fail.

The book I wrote and published did not sell at all. In my view, God allowed me to go through the process to learn. I will now rewrite. I have 3 weeks at home to publish the second edition of the second part. You would benefit by reading part two of my current book. Part one is autobiographical so as to give people an idea of who I am with regard to credibility and also so that one sees how corrupt and broken the world has become, and why a "clean-out" is needed.

If you send me a private message I will send you a pdf copy and also give you the title and the author. It is an ebook on Smash words and Amazon and a paperback on Amazon. I priced as low as possible, but enough to get a small income and get an idea of interest.

Your questions. My feeling is that "dark matter" and "dark energy" are inventions to explain the unexplainable. I think that when God (via the Ultimate Intelligence) set up the Universe and went through many iterations to perfect humans (yes, I think we were intelligently designed) that he still has trouble resolving the extreme macro with the extreme micro. If the Universe is an illusion this lack could be seen as possible proof of God. God could do another iteration but get us where we are currently after tweaking another constant. He would then give some scientist an insight and the discovery gets made.

I am reading as much as I can about the corona virus and using the knowledge I gained by researching cell radiation on living cells. I can do the Tarot cards and ask a few questions. 1) Will there be a vaccine (with or without serious side effects)? 2) Will there be a mitigation/medicine to improve human immunity to the point it helps? 3) Will the virus die out in the next two years (as Spanish Flu did) 4) Will the first vaccine have bad side-effects 5) Will there be a successful vaccine? 6) If a successful vaccine is applied after the trials when will it be ((with or without serious side effects). You can see the difficulty of getting answers using the Tarot cards. I cannot go to sleep at night and wake up with the answer. My own feeling is that a "dead" corona virus is too damaged for the body to recognize and build immunity. It may be possible next year, but next year may be a little late. I also fear a mutation that will cause a second wave.

Putting foot on Mars. My feeling is too much money for too little payback. The volunteers will be on a short one-way mission. I will try the Tarot cards. Mission within 5 years, 10 years, 20 years. Our global society may be too crippled to want to try. The purpose of the pandemic according to God is to focus on this planet and live in harmony with it and get society to live in harmony. We already know technology is capable of enormous ventures and successes.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/03/2020 10:21:07

"Even the most obstinately ignorant cannot avoid learning when in an environment that educates."

Does that mean you plan to stop begging t the question and presenting anecdotes as if they were evidence?
I experienced the effects of the cell tower radiation.
So, that's a no

Quote from: Bored chemist on 13/03/2020 17:40:24
Quote from: CliveG on 13/03/2020 17:15:34
I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.
Post a diary.
That will unequivocally show which side is right.

I had to double check who the poster was. Such a logical common sense post.

Such logical common sense... that you haven't done it.

You daren't.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 12:28:56
Some predictions can be a matter of common sense but they also need to be "informed" common sense.

A week ago our neighbor died from cancer. His two sisters had flown from New Zealand over three weeks ago to be with him although they did not know how bad his condition was. Early Sunday morning my wife was told by the man's mother that the two had gone to the airport to delay their departure a few days. It was on speaker phone and I interrupted and said I was being presumptuous but they should not do so because the chances were high they would not get back for quite a while. They did leave that Sunday and a couple of days later the shut-down was announced with no flights at all - foreign or domestic.

Here is another prediction from "informed common sense". The US was late to take action. There was plenty of warning. China did a dramatic lock-down. Every person seen had a mask. The streets were deserted and it was a ghost town. The US still does not understand how serious this is and the need for masks and protective gear. Trump is offering false hope. The US should have made the wearing of any mask in public compulsory. People should have been ordered to cut a pillow cover and make a mask using an elastic band. I have made these years ago on the farm. The elastic band self ties onto the corners. The masks should be washed with soap everyday. One old lady my wife stood next to in a line had used the inner foam of a bra and it looked neat.

The face shield is also a must for hospital staff. Take an A4 piece of overhead projector plastic and duct tape a strip of cloth again tied with an elastic band. Wash frequently and spray with alcohol between patients.

Gloves. All people in public should be wearing plastic bags over their hands if they have no gloves. They work quite well.

But this will be too little too late. The US does not understand just how infectious this virus is. Some Arabs in the Middle East will be saying that the Great Satan has been brought down by Allah.

After 2009 my late wife and I prepared to do a "prepper" where we would buy in a country spot with some community and support but would be rather isolated. That did not happen but we got a rent free opportunity to have a 2 year extendable lease on a permaculture farm. Not only did we find out that such a lifestyle is unsustainable but it could be deadly. We both got bat fungus and that killed my fifth wife.

After that, I decided to live normally but slowly prepare. We have two generators, gasoline cans, gas cylinders, solar backup and a number of items that I felt would be useful if the normal retail shops were not open. I have bits of plumbing, plastic and copper piping, all sorts of fittings, and a lot of raw material of various sorts. All sorts of useful tools to make a range of things as well as do repairs. SA was the country of choice and not the USA.

I now have to look further and take into account societal collapse. The shut-down is unlikely to work. What it did was send workers rushing to their homes in rural areas and probably taking the virus with them. The police are corrupt and are only motivated by self-interest. The army is too small and not enthusiastic.

How do I protect our home from a mob of hungry angry squatter camp dwellers? First we need to organize the residents into protecting our block-off area at the three main entrances. Luckily (by the grace of God) we were forced to move to an area much better protected and less of a target. Next I have to think of a bunch of invaders trying to access the house. As an engineer, I have some ancient methodologies to dissuade them. I will set up the CCTV cameras I have and make them discreet so they are not "taken out". Then a bunch of "booby traps". Will it come to that? Given the lessons of history - yes. And given the lesson of US unpreparedness - yes.
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Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 12:37:36
The social media misinformation is coming thick and fast.

One was from a doctor saying how bad things were going to get in SA and how unprepared SA was. She said a 50% death rate was possible. She also said that anyone going on a ventilator was not going to live.

Then the anti-Chinese rhetoric. The virus was man-made in a Chinese military lab and then released into the wet market. The Chinese want to take over the world.

Personally I get a good laugh every few hours by the jokes and humor. One friend sent a message "Good morning, inmates!" We are playing music. Italian opera as well as Golden Oldies. My wife and I are sorting all the medical supplies and medicines I have accumulated. Boxes of it. A lot from my late wife has expired and is being thrown out.
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Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 12:51:52
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_ventilation

Doing some research. I have two CPAP masks and I have an oxygen concentrator. Plus an oximeter, a couple of thermometers, a blood pressure meter, a stethoscope (which I also use to diagnose car problems such as wheel bearings).

Why are the US government and US companies not knocking out the old-fashioned weighted cylinder machines. Use a compressor and use it to actuate the lift cylinders. Or motor car wiper motors. One way valves are easy. Crude timers can be used. I reckon I could design one in a matter of two days and get them mass produced. So could many others, so why is it not happening. They have to be matched to the patient and can cause problems if not set up properly. What is better? A less than optimal ventilator or none?

I want to do more research into how effective they are for a corona virus patient. Do people recover if in severe distress or is it more of a preventive measure for selected patients.

On our local news the field reporter was asked about equal treatment of people and areas by the authorities. His answer was a classic. "The book Animal Farm teaches that some are more equal than others."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 12:58:04
Denialism in today's modern society. It cannot happen to us. Yeah right.

Here is a graphic of one spring break beach.

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/cellphone-heat-map-coronavirus-potential-spread-from-travel
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 28/03/2020 13:03:26
People should have been ordered to cut a pillow cover and make a mask using an elastic band. I have made these years ago on the farm. The elastic band self ties onto the corners. The masks should be washed with soap everyday.

This was a predictive comment by me that was quickly given some support when I saw the article a few minutes later.

Check Fox News article: MyPillow CEO on making face masks during COVID-19 pandemic
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 28/03/2020 14:37:40
"The book Animal Farm teaches that some are more equal than others."
And recent US history shows that lots of people believe what the pigs say. I'm surprised your countrymen are as gullible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/03/2020 15:47:43
They work for me and my wife because they are regarded as "personal anecdotes" by skeptics people who understand evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 28/03/2020 16:19:55
CliveG I feel very bad for you. You have been dealt a bad hand in life by irrational beliefs. It isn't your fault that you cannot determine a rational explanation from a fictional one. However, it is on you to seek out the truth. Stop believing every thing any bad faith actor tells you. You are only deluding yourself.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: PmbPhy on 29/03/2020 00:18:37
And God said "Let there not be coronavirus." And there was still coronavirus. "Oh sh1t!", said god, "I don't exist."
Lol!!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/03/2020 07:04:48
"The book Animal Farm teaches that some are more equal than others."
And recent US history shows that lots of people believe what the pigs say. I'm surprised your countrymen are as gullible.

The story is like a long parable. Jesus used parables. They are used to inform and educate while holding a person's attention and in a clear analogy. We all know that the fable Animal Farm was a satirical social lesson about communism in the form of a story where the differences in people were exaggerated by having different farm animals and the farm owners.

I wonder what Orwell would write about if he were to satirize the USA today?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/03/2020 07:08:31
And God said "Let there not be coronavirus." And there was still coronavirus. "Oh sh1t!", said god, "I don't exist."
Lol!!

And God said "I will allow Satan to create and spread corona virus". And it was so. And it was bad. And many skeptics cease to exist, along with many other people. And God was sad because it did not have to be so. Would humans learn the lesson?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/03/2020 07:18:06
CliveG I feel very bad for you. You have been dealt a bad hand in life by irrational beliefs. It isn't your fault that you cannot determine a rational explanation from a fictional one. However, it is on you to seek out the truth. Stop believing every thing any bad faith actor tells you. You are only deluding yourself.

Wow. And here I was thinking that I have had a fantastically wonderful life and have been blessed. Am I deluding myself? I don't think so. Please point out why my explanation is not rational? Why is it that I cannot see the irrationality and yet you can? Who are the bad faith actors misleading me? I thought my views were all my own.

Are you perhaps elevating yourself to a position of an "educated intelligent arbiter and dispenser of wisdom" to minimize my hypothesis by appeal to authority and emotionalism rather than logical facts?

I am saying that the USA cannot see that its avoidance of a near nationwide total shutdown and quarantine is going to allow the virus to spread and spread? Is that irrational?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/03/2020 07:42:32
Last night just as falling asleep (a good time for a relaxed brain to receive spirit communication) I had a possible insight to the issue of dark matter and dark energy.

The song "Cherokee Nation" played on the radio. I can really break some dance moves to that song and was doing so. My wife joined me. Fun. I must do it more often for exercise.

The dance reminded me of when I used rhythm in doing Tai Chi movements. I knew of Tai Chi from a couple of events organized by spiritual people when, in early morning, a few of them would do the moves. I would join them. I found it pleasant. I joined a Tai Chi class at the gym but found it too mechanical, but I understood the balance and types of movement.

After my late wife died in 2011 I was in my garden doing some writing on the book I have spoken about. It was very surreal - great sunshine, birds chirping and singing, and a gentle breeze. I got up and began to do some Tai Chi movements of my own. I found that I was sensing a resistance to movements. It was as if the universe was filled with a spiritual energy that could be felt by one's own spirit. A month later I went to visit the lady who did the Reiki and when I was there I showed her and described what I was feeling. In her spiritual presence the effects were greatly amplified. I have not really done it since then although I should.

The point of this long story is that upon falling asleep it struck me that the dark matter and dark energy might be this spiritual energy that feels like matter. Could spirit force (energy/matter combination) be the dark matter and dark energy pervading the universe? Souls require spirit force to subtly manipulate ordinary matter and energy. I said that once formed by the souls it decays upon death. Decays into what? Perhaps the cosmic dark matter/energy?

I can be proven wrong by either a fix of the formulae which require dark matter and dark energy, or by the discovery of physical entities.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/03/2020 11:48:15
A little dark humor that is relevant:
Sunday Times cartoon:
Boris Johnson in hospital bed with chart and Covid-19 box ticked.
Trump at bedside says: "This is a hoax...One day it is like a miracle, it will disappear.
Balsonaro (Brazil) at bedside says: "Get up and go back to work...It is just a little cold."
Boris holds telephone and says: " Patch me through to Ramaphosa (South Africa)... I need to speak to a real president."

New York opposed Trumps proposed quarantine as illegal and an over-reaction.
China had a central government that gave the right orders without delay. No discussion or chit-chat. The US will look back with regret. Note this post for future reference. This prediction is based on science only.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52080119
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo responded by saying that quarantining the state of New York would be "preposterous" and "anti-American".
"If you said we were geographically restricted from leaving, that would be a lockdown."
He said New York had already implemented "quarantine" measures, such as banning major gatherings and ordering people to remain at home, but that he would oppose any "lockdown" efforts.
"Then we would be Wuhan, China, and that wouldn't make any sense," he told CNN, adding that this would cause the stock market to crash in a way that would make it impossible for the US economy to "recover for months, if not years".
"You would paralyse the financial sector," he said.
He added later: "I don't know how that can be legally enforceable. And from a medical point of view, I don't know what you would be accomplishing."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/03/2020 12:05:15
Another prediction based on what typically happens after war time situations and the effect of quarantines.
But also on my saying that the "plan" is that the population will be reduced drastically over the next few years.

Woman are going to get pregnant. There will be a pandemic of pregnancies. This is not reducing the population. Hence, something will happen. My guess is that the virus may affect pregnant woman and many will die with the unborn. The other scenario is that the virus mutates and the young are targeted.

The USA should have had military planners looking at these situations and preparing. Clearly they only looked at Hollywood movies (they took part in these) and said the Great and Mighty USA is capable of swift reaction and will shut it down at the hot-spots - as per the plot of each movie. This is not a movie.

I have designed a ventilator using thought design - all in my head. I have all the parts and tools at home and will put one together in the next couple of days. I will use an electric drill with a fixed set speed for the power. I have some other projects that need to be done first - like putting up the pool fence. The boss (my wife) can be understanding of my many projects but does keep me in check. It will be cheap and fast to assemble and should last a few months before it degrades.

They would be easy and cheap to mass produce for the SA market.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/03/2020 13:19:22
And God said "I will allow Satan to create and spread corona virus". And it was so. And it was bad. And many skeptics cease to exist, along with many other people. And God was sad because it did not have to be so. Would humans learn the lesson?
And in all His infinite wisdom, he couldn't do a better job of teaching than killing random people.
That's a really rubbish God, isn't it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 29/03/2020 14:07:06
And God said "Let there not be coronavirus." And there was still coronavirus. "Oh sh1t!", said god, "I don't exist."
Lol!!

And God said "I will allow Satan to create and spread corona virus". And it was so. And it was bad. And many skeptics cease to exist, along with many other people. And God was sad because it did not have to be so. Would humans learn the lesson?

Here we go! So your God wishes people dead. It wants another fictional character to kill them. AND YOU SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THAT! That makes you a terrible person. Just take 5 minutes to think that through. Ask yourself why you hate other people so much. You are happy for them to die. You glorify it. Aren't you just a tiny bit ashamed of yourself?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 00:01:14
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God? I was A2A on a question about turning into an atheist at 13 years of age. It bothered me deeply and I came to question my own beliefs. I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.
Your first question, "Can science prove God exists?" indicates you don't know the answer or you are open to finding out. Your second question, "Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God?", answers your first question definitively.
Why are you convinced that science has not proven that God exists? How, specifically, has science failed to present sound reasons for the reality that God is? What would serve to prove that God does or doesn't exist, ie. which set of facts, data, information, scientifically informs your opinion pro or con?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 08:59:27
Your first question, "Can science prove God exists?" indicates you don't know the answer or you are open to finding out. Your second question, "Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God?", answers your first question definitively.
As far as I can tell, the second does not answer the first.

The answer to the second question might be "because funding/ grants are not available in that field".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/03/2020 09:04:22
Duffyd: Nice to get back on topic. Please state the observables that can only be ascribed to your god. If your god is not the omnipotent, omniscient and anthropic creator of the universe (i.e. the familiar Judaeo-Christian-Islamic deity), please define its functionality.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/03/2020 09:50:03
Definitions of mortality rate. Different definitions and most are time varying.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#what-do-we-know-about-the-risk-of-dying-from-covid-19

Look at Ebola, MERS and SARS. Were these warning from God? Were they ignored by scientists on the basis that God does not give hints of the future?

One needs to know the attributes of God if we are to give a scientific probability as to his existence. Could one dedicate a branch of science to looking for and identifying "hints" so that humankind can be steered in the correct direction without needing a disaster to prod us?

Why did the political, scientific and economic communities not see this coming? IMO, part of that answer is that the ones who get attention are the ones who have selfish egotistical motives.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/03/2020 10:11:06
And God said "I will allow Satan to create and spread corona virus". And it was so. And it was bad. And many skeptics cease to exist, along with many other people. And God was sad because it did not have to be so. Would humans learn the lesson?
And in all His infinite wisdom, he couldn't do a better job of teaching than killing random people.
That's a really rubbish God, isn't it?

Do you want a boring perfect world, or do you want some degree of freedom albeit vibrant and interesting. Some of our best dramas have good and evil and powerful people who wreak havoc and destruction but ultimately lose.

God has been likened to a father, and that is not a bad analogy. I know some mothers who have smothered their kids by preventing them from getting hurt. They have grown up as dysfunctional, and often stay at home.

As a father I have watched by my kids and grand-kids play on jungle gyms and slide. I know that one slip and they could get seriously hurt, but I have to trust that the probability is low. I am there to care for them is a accident happens. I gave advice to my oldest son and he ignored it. I knew what would happen. My father did the same with me. Five minutes after meeting my second wife he took me aside and said "When you divorce this one, please try not to make it such a trauma and complication." He was right.

Why blame God who might just stop the extinction of humankind brought about by the stupidity and arrogance of humankind who know what MUST happen (pandemics due to over-population) and who do nothing about it because they do not want to put a damper on the party?

Your AT God and your anger and your blame is not very mature. Buddha could see that life was suffering. Do the Hindus blame one of their Gods? Actually yes they do - the God of destruction Shiva. They recognize that there is a duality. Why do you not blame Satan? Oh, of course, he does not exist either.  ;)

If you like, you can treat the Ultimate Intelligent as the Ultimate God. This is the entity that created good and evil and decides what happens. It is an amoral entity. I have told you that. But so what.

You reject the Ultimate Truth, the Ultimate Reality because it does not suit you? That is burying your head in the sand. Your butt will surely get kicked as a result. Why not play by the rules and get some benefit? I pray to God (the good part of the Ultimate Intelligence) and I get rewarded.

My wife's family and friends are committed Christians and they get rewarded. They have death and suffering but there are no "train smashes". I can see how my wife has been protected. She never backed up her computer until I came into her life and did it for her. She never lost data.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 10:26:05
Do you want a boring perfect world, or do you want some degree of freedom albeit vibrant and interesting.

It doesn't matter what sort of world I want.
The  question is about what sort of world I have got.
Is it one with a God or not.
Why blame God
Because it's His fault.
have you forgotten?
Here's a Hint
Serpent
Garden.

Why do you not blame Satan?
Well, if he exists, he's directly God's fault so...
Blaming Satan is like blaming the bullet when someone gets shot.
You reject the Ultimate Truth, the Ultimate Reality because it does not suit you?
No I reject it because it's a fairy tale you made up with no supporting evidence.
My wife's family and friends are committed Christians and they get rewarded. They have death
Yes...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 10:29:12
Were they ignored by scientists
No
They were not ignored by scientists.
Could one dedicate a branch of science to looking ...
No.
Because it's not science.
No real evidence (even you say that as soon as you start looking, the evidence goes away).
And no way of falsifying an assertion.

Why did the political, scientific and economic communities not see this coming?
They did.
Even the film-makers saw it coming.

Why ask questions like that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/03/2020 10:35:16
And God said "Let there not be coronavirus." And there was still coronavirus. "Oh sh1t!", said god, "I don't exist."
Lol!!

And God said "I will allow Satan to create and spread corona virus". And it was so. And it was bad. And many skeptics cease to exist, along with many other people. And God was sad because it did not have to be so. Would humans learn the lesson?

Here we go! So your God wishes people dead. It wants another fictional character to kill them. AND YOU SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THAT! That makes you a terrible person. Just take 5 minutes to think that through. Ask yourself why you hate other people so much. You are happy for them to die. You glorify it. Aren't you just a tiny bit ashamed of yourself?

How on Earth do you come to the conclusion that I am happy for people to die. I try hard not to wish that on my worst enemies. In what way do I glorify it. I give you the unvarnished truth in an unemotional way and you somehow twist that? Being human and having a sense of humor, I sometimes resort to attempts at humor and sarcasm. Who wants to read a dry manual on this subject?

What you are doing is called projecting. You are using a straw man logical fallacy by taking as fact that I am happy and I glorify death which has no basis in fact at all and then you make deductions. I told you that God was sad. I could feel it in myself.

Why would my friends and family be exempt from a possible horrible death? Or even my wife and I? The answer is that we will not. I even think I might be hacked to death with machetes by a rampaging mob as I explained in a earlier post. How does that make me happy? I see the global TV which shows the suffering and misery of the various conflicts and poverty. I see the documentaries about greed and ignorance. I see the planet being destroyed in various ways. We all want and desire a positive change. The current course is unsustainable. If you were God, how would you change things and still give us free will? BC said to drop our fertility rate. How does God do that without humankind suspecting a supernatural intervention? And how does that solve the BASIC underlying problem of human behavior which is in desperate need of improvement?

There are times that I despair when I see so many people of all persuasions who are emotionally driven and cannot see simple logic. This is particularly true in Africa when one deals with tribal workers. They are incapable of certain logic. One worker told me that in order to stop the losses the company was experiencing was to drop our prices drastically. That way people would buy more. I told him our customers buy according to market demand and we have no influence over that. All the workers were told over the past few years that we were operating at a loss. They said to the foreman that if that was true we would shut down. Something I told my wife years ago to do. Now that we have shut down they have to re-think that line of logic.

How do you get past your emotions interfering with logic and your judgement? Very difficult for most of us. I break any problem down to simple basics. Then I work from there to see if I can explain something. If it does not, then I have another look at my basic assumptions, or check my reasoning.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 11:17:46
Duffyd: Nice to get back on topic. Please state the observables that can only be ascribed to your god. If your god is not the omnipotent, omniscient and anthropic creator of the universe (i.e. the familiar Judaeo-Christian-Islamic deity), please define its functionality.

Look to the sun.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/03/2020 12:04:00
Non sequitur. The existence of the sun is not evidence of my existence, let alone that of an invisible fairy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/03/2020 12:32:15
One needs to know the attributes of God if we are to give a scientific probability as to his existence.
And there's the problem. Every time a believer lists the attributes of his deity, some skeptic (call him a scientist) points out the contradictions and contradictory evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 12:44:15
Duffyd: Nice to get back on topic. Please state the observables that can only be ascribed to your god. If your god is not the omnipotent, omniscient and anthropic creator of the universe (i.e. the familiar Judaeo-Christian-Islamic deity), please define its functionality.

Look to the sun.
I can't see it, because it's overcast.
Does that mean God ceased to be?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 12:47:37
How on Earth do you come to the conclusion that I am happy for people to die.
Well, you don't seem at all upset about it.
In what way do I glorify it.
I don't know. But my guess is that you get up on Sunday + go to church to worship the biggest mass murderer we have ever known.

At any rate, you don't say we should despise Him for His actions.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 13:46:34
Duffyd: Nice to get back on topic. Please state the observables that can only be ascribed to your god. If your god is not the omnipotent, omniscient and anthropic creator of the universe (i.e. the familiar Judaeo-Christian-Islamic deity), please define its functionality.

Look to the sun.
I can't see it, because it's overcast.
Does that mean God ceased to be?
When it is nighttime? During an eclipse? If it gets cold?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 13:52:28
How on Earth do you come to the conclusion that I am happy for people to die.
Well, you don't seem at all upset about it.
In what way do I glorify it.
I don't know. But my guess is that you get up on Sunday + go to church to worship the biggest mass murderer we have ever known.

At any rate, you don't say we should despise Him for His actions.

Can you cite examples when your god kills with malice aforethought?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 13:59:25
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God? I was A2A on a question about turning into an atheist at 13 years of age. It bothered me deeply and I came to question my own beliefs. I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.

Science proves God exists to some people. Others find Him through childlike certainty. Some find Him at the end of a long painful journey into hell. Some cannot be convinced. Some ask Him directly if He is and become believers through the response they receive.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/03/2020 14:09:41
One needs to know the attributes of God if we are to give a scientific probability as to his existence.
And there's the problem. Every time a believer lists the attributes of his deity, some skeptic (call him a scientist) points out the contradictions and contradictory evidence.

I completely agree. Which is why I have challenged people to do that with the deity and the hypothesis I have put forward. Where are the contradictions?

I also say that my hypothesis can be applied to most religions without trashing them, They can accept some of the principles and continue within the teachings. Some of the principles of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism and Shamanism have to be seen as outdated and as having served their purpose. The "inerrancy" of the texts is not really a teaching but an opinion of religious leaders as an answer to people who point out contradictions.

Religions should also distinguish between religious rituals and religious laws that conflated civil, criminal and medical "guidelines" for a healthy well-functioning society. The "stories" that seem to show God as favoring one racial over another should be abandoned. Other "stories" can be interpreted as a fable to teach people right from wrong. Most religions are based on doing "right" and doing "good", and recognizing that evil exists.

My hypothesis allows people to be more spiritual and work within spirit to achieve good - and allow good people to see those that worship evil. It allows people to know what is probable and thus know when they are being deceived - such as anyone claiming to do psychic surgery.

I have taken each religion and written about the needed changes, pointing out why they are needed.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 14:33:42
Non sequitur
The existence of the sun is not evidence of my existence, let alone that of an invisible fairy.

It is relevant. I don't believe it is accurate to say it is non sequitur.

Absolutely. Never intended to use it as evidence for an invisible fairy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/03/2020 14:36:07
Can you cite examples when your god kills with malice aforethought?
Not having a god, I can't answer directly, but it is inconceivable that any omniscient and/or omnipotent deity would kill without forethought. Malice is a human judgement, but the imposition of anything from Job's plague of boils to the slow strangulation of cystic fibrosis or motor neurone disease would count as malicious in a court of law.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/03/2020 14:39:08
Non sequitur
The existence of the sun is not evidence of my existence, let alone that of an invisible fairy.

It is relevant. I don't believe it is accurate to say it is non sequitur.

Absolutely. Never intended to use it as evidence for an invisible fairy.
Always a pleasure to cross swords with a fellow pedant! OK, the existence of the sun is not evidence for the existence of anything else.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 14:48:17
Can you cite examples when your god kills with malice aforethought?
Not having a god, I can't answer directly, but it is inconceivable that any omniscient and/or omnipotent deity would kill without forethought. Malice is a human judgement, but the imposition of anything from Job's plague of boils to the slow strangulation of cystic fibrosis or motor neurone disease would count as malicious in a court of law.
Not at all. Just the opposite. "Malice" is a legal term and God is not guilty of murder based on its definition. Whether you acknowledge God is or isn't has nothing to do with His status as your God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/03/2020 14:57:12
How on Earth do you come to the conclusion that I am happy for people to die.
Well, you don't seem at all upset about it.
In what way do I glorify it.
I don't know. But my guess is that you get up on Sunday + go to church to worship the biggest mass murderer we have ever known.

At any rate, you don't say we should despise Him for His actions.

You are quite right I do not get upset about it. Why should I? If God exists, then he is good, and not only that but he has incredible power. Getting angry is the wrong emotion.

I do not go to church on Sundays. I went to Sunday school as a child because my parents made me but I found it thoroughly enjoyable. Singing and listening to stories of wonder. It was a place of love and healing. Since then, I have attended different religious services in recent years to attend to funerals and weddings but also to get a new look at what they teach and how.

God is good. And I do not worship that or any other entity. I am of the opinion that a belief in God is good for people, and I choose to act as if he exists. Your claim that God is a mass murderer is false. There is no malice in God as Duffyd points out in his later post. Allowing people to die cannot be seen as murder when people always die. Death is inevitable, and so are some terrible deaths.

Death in itself is not evil. It is a change where the soul is released to later reincarnate. Evil is where people throughout history (the Holocaust is but one example) deliberately and with malice aforethought cause suffering and death, whether on a large scale or just one person. Suffering is also inevitable. It is evolution. Higher species consume lower species - humans would not be where we are without that.

Why is there this emotional attachment to a debate about the science of proving God? By all means point out contradictions but to use words like "mass murderer" shows some kind of internal anger which blinds one to reason and logic. Even highly intelligent people resort to emotional mantras when they get cornered by a contradiction which may be exposed on their model about the meaning of life.

You could simple say that allowing people to die is not good and yet God does it, so how can he be good? The answer is that God allows people free will and allows the laws of physics and nature to run the world - and that death is natural. If he interfered on every "bad" thing he would be interfering all the time. Nothing bad would be allowed to happen. Is a lion killing a poor deer bad or evil?

I hate people who do evil. I see it all the time. The tower placed next to us by corrupt corporations and then allowed to stay there by corrupt politicians and corrupt judges makes me very angry. They choose selfish actions over doing the right thing. We have had one of the most corrupt regimes in the world, and there have been no consequences. It just may be that the virus "cleans out" some of the corruption.

Humankind brought this virus upon the world by greed and corruption. It is time for a change. What if God does not exist, and the virus is just part of evolution? Would you be upset at nature? Do you blame people for wanting good to come out of something that is bad?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 15:39:29
Science proves God exists to some people.
Do you mean in the sense that science also documents the fact that some deluded people think they are Queen Victoria?
It's true that the belief exists, but not true that they are a dead monarch.

Or are you trying to say that, to some people, science is proof of God?
Because that's just wrong.
Or are you trying to say that there is a group of people to whom science has proved the existence of God?
That's impossible.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 15:41:52
Evil is where people throughout history (the Holocaust is but one example) deliberately and with malice aforethought cause suffering and death,
It it evil to cause that behaviour to happen?
If so, then God is evil.
If not then, (since they didn't personally get their hands dirty) Hitler, Stalin and Pol pot were not evil.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/03/2020 17:36:06
"Malice" is a legal term and God is not guilty of murder based on its definition.

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Malice is a legal term referring to a party's intention to do injury to another party.

So inflicting the plague of boils on Job, destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, The Flood, and every other recorded Act of God including the 230,000 deaths in the 2004 Sumatra tsunami were unintended? If your god isn't guilty of murder, he'd certainly be convicted of manslaughter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 17:48:26
Science proves God exists to some people.
Do you mean in the sense that science also documents the fact that some deluded people think they are Queen Victoria?
It's true that the belief exists, but not true that they are a dead monarch.

Or are you trying to say that, to some people, science is proof of God?
Because that's just wrong.
Or are you trying to say that there is a group of people to whom science has proved the existence of God?
That's impossible.

1 no
2 no
3 sure, just as you are convinced they must be deluded even though you lack substantive evidence to draw that conclusion.  Or, what scientific data do you rely upon that proves they are all deluded?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:05:03
Or, what scientific data do you rely upon that proves they are all deluded?
That's not what I said.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:06:10
"Malice" is a legal term and God is not guilty of murder based on its definition.

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Malice is a legal term referring to a party's intention to do injury to another party.

So inflicting the plague of boils on Job, destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, The Flood, and every other recorded Act of God including the 230,000 deaths in the 2004 Sumatra tsunami were unintended? If your god isn't guilty of murder, he'd certainly be convicted of manslaughter.

"Every other recorded act..." Doubtful.
"Not having a god, I can't answer directly..." Yet, direct answers were proffered.
He is sovereign. Sin is not just what is committed or omitted. It is inbred, a condition within each of us and none has escaped. Children who perish transfer from this temporary shelter to an unending untarnished kingdom. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:20:26
Sin is not just what is committed or omitted. It is inbred, a condition within each of us
It sounds like the God is a twit.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:21:30
Or, what scientific data do you rely upon that proves they are all deluded?
That's not what I said.
Well, that's good. We agree. Rational, perfectly sane, well adjusted people interpret and rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:28:53
Sin is not just what is committed or omitted. It is inbred, a condition within each of us
It sounds like the God is a twit.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,

Oh, He is pure evil to many millions. That surprises you? They hated his guts. Still do. Hate. Murderous hatred. A large, vehement crowd, including many of society's most favored, demanded his blood. And they got it. John, his cousin, got it too, for calling sin, sin.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:31:28
"Malice" is a legal term and God is not guilty of murder based on its definition.

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Malice is a legal term referring to a party's intention to do injury to another party.

So inflicting the plague of boils on Job, destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, The Flood, and every other recorded Act of God including the 230,000 deaths in the 2004 Sumatra tsunami were unintended? If your god isn't guilty of murder, he'd certainly be convicted of manslaughter.
"Not guilty by reason of insanity" is another possibility.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:31:59
rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.

Perhaps I should expand on that.
If you think there are such facts then cite them.
If you are right then, because they are (by definition) revelation  of God, then not just I, but everybody will accept them.

On the other hand, please don't waste time with hearsay etc.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:35:31
Sin is not just what is committed or omitted. It is inbred, a condition within each of us
It sounds like the God is a twit.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,

Oh, He is pure evil to many millions. That surprises you? They hated his guts. Still do. Hate. Murderous hatred. A large, vehement crowd, including many of society's most favored, demanded his blood. And they got it. John, his cousin, lost his head for calling sin, sin.
He promised they would kill him long before they did. Why? He addressed that, too. Men love darkness, he said. He told the elite of his day that they were plotting to murder him because they were the children of satan. They got pissed, to put it mildly. He communicated like no one else in history. He spoke clearly as someone who was from another world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:37:47
rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:38:13
Men love darkness, he said.
Why did He make these faulty men (in His own image)?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:38:54
rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Have a look at the updated version.
The point s that  if such proof actually existed, it would be known to all.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:43:11
No such facts exist.

Why do you make that claim? What facts prove you are right?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:44:00
He spoke clearly as someone who was from another world.

Do you want to think that simile through again a few times?

It's as clear as Martian!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:45:30
No such facts exist.

Why do you make that claim? What facts prove you are right?
No
It's your job to provide the extraordinary evidence for your extraordinary claim>
However, I did explain why it's true.
If such facts existed, everybody would know about them by now.
Just post them on facebook, and wait.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:46:35
rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Have a look at the updated version.
The point s that  if such proof actually existed, it would be known to all.

How do you know that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:49:15
Men love darkness, he said.
Why did He make these faulty men (in His own image)?
Why?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 18:54:29
He spoke clearly as someone who was from another world.

Do you want to think that simile through again a few times?

It's as clear as Martian!

You got it. He makes no sense to most of us, at least not until He comes into focus. He is the strangest bird who ever lived.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 18:55:13


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rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Have a look at the updated version.
The point s that  if such proof actually existed, it would be known to all.

How do you know that?

And again...
No
It's your job to provide the extraordinary evidence for your extraordinary claim>
However, I did explain why it's true.
If such facts existed, everybody would know about them by now.
Just post them on facebook, and wait.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 19:11:37
No such facts exist.

Why do you make that claim? What facts prove you are right?
No
It's your job to provide the extraordinary evidence for your extraordinary claim>
However, I did explain why it's true.
If such facts existed, everybody would know about them by now.
Just post them on facebook, and wait.

You have made that claim without any foundation that I can see. "No facts" is an extraordinary claim especially without positing a sound justification. You can believe whatever you wish. I can't convince you God is. Nor is it my responsibility to do so.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 19:29:17
I can't convince you God is.
You just acknowledged that you don't have proof.
You just said the same as I did.
There are no facts that reveal the existence of God.
If there were, then you would be able to convince me that God is.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 19:35:37
You have made that claim without any foundation that I can see.
There is none so blind as him who will not see.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 19:53:27
You have made that claim without any foundation that I can see.
There is none so blind as him who will not see.

For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 20:04:18
For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'
The fact is most of his contemporaries rejected him even as he lived and worked and taught and healed the sick among them day in and day out as a member of the community. He knew that would happen, too. His own rejected him. His very own chosen people could not see what was taking place before their very eyes. "Evidence" is meaningless at times. They loved darkness.
He heals someone, miraculously, and everyone else is utterly amazed, dumbfounded, stunned. His own people observe the exact same thing and instead of acknowledging the miraculous, they decide he must be die!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 20:18:27
Nope; that doesn't hold water.
I have asked you to provide the facts which you say exist.
You have failed to even try.
Perhaps I should expand on that.
If you think there are such facts then cite them.
If you are right then, because they are (by definition) revelation  of God, then not just I, but everybody will accept them.

You can't blame me for not listening, when you don't speak.


On the other hand, you say "


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rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Have a look at the updated version.
The point s that  if such proof actually existed, it would be known to all.

How do you know that?

And again...
No
It's your job to provide the extraordinary evidence for your extraordinary claim>
However, I did explain why it's true.
If such facts existed, everybody would know about them by now.
Just post them on facebook, and wait.

But you say
You have made that claim without any foundation that I can see.


And that's the difference.
I post information; you don't see it.
I ask for information; you don't post it.

And that, I contend, is because you know that you can not actually do what you claim.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 20:21:48


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rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Have a look at the updated version.
The point s that  if such proof actually existed, it would be known to all.

How do you know that?

And again...
No
It's your job to provide the extraordinary evidence for your extraordinary claim>
However, I did explain why it's true.
If such facts existed, everybody would know about them by now.
Just post them on facebook, and wait.
Phillip Zimbardo of Stanford conducted a small experiment with his students. Volunteers were chosen randomly to be fake prisoners or fake guards in a fake makeshift jail, that wasn't a jail at all. Everything was fake. It was an experiment to see how bright, ethical young men would respond as they played their roles. 

Zimbardo played the prison superintendent.

In a few days the "evidence" that they were merely playing parts vanished and the situation escalated to an abusive, out of control, dangerous feeding frenzy and they had to shut it down.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 20:31:35
Phillip Zimbardo of Stanford conducted a small experiment with his students. Volunteers were chosen randomly to be fake prisoners or fake guards in a fake makeshift jail, that wasn't a jail at all. Everything was fake. It was an experiment to see how bright, ethical young men would respond as they played their roles. 

Zimbardo played the prison superintendent.

In a few days the "evidence" that they were merely playing parts vanished and the situation escalated to an abusive, out of control, dangerous feeding frenzy and they had to shut it down.
So, nothing relevant then?

Or are you saying the priests are the counterpart to the prison guards?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 30/03/2020 20:34:30
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Sin is not just what is committed or omitted. It is inbred, a condition within each of us
It sounds like the God is a twit.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,

Jeffrey 20:33
So man created God in his own image.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 20:44:34
I admit I don't have "faith" in naturalism. Faith that you don't have faith is delusional.  What is evidence? Exactly what is considered to be evidence? Nothing, I'm afraid, to you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 20:48:02
γ
Sin is not just what is committed or omitted. It is inbred, a condition within each of us
It sounds like the God is a twit.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,

"Their" image.

Jeffrey 20:33
So man created God in his own image.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 20:53:25
Exactly what is considered to be evidence? Nothing, I'm afraid, to you.
No
https://www.google.com/search?q=evidence&oq=evidence&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j46j0l4j69i60.2726j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


And, by the way
Exodus 20:16

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 21:04:57


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rely upon scientific evidence and many other facts revealing God.
No such facts exist.
People may be mistaken about it.
Your opinion offered without substantive factual backing.
Have a look at the updated version.
The point s that  if such proof actually existed, it would be known to all.

How do you know that?

And again...
No
It's your job to provide the extraordinary evidence for your extraordinary claim>
However, I did explain why it's true.
If such facts existed, everybody would know about them by now.
Just post them on facebook, and wait.
Phillip Zimbardo of Stanford conducted a small experiment with his students. Volunteers were chosen randomly to be fake prisoners or fake guards in a fake makeshift jail, that wasn't a jail at all. Everything was fake. It was an experiment to see how bright, ethical young men would respond as they played their roles. 

Zimbardo played the prison superintendent.

In a few days the "evidence" that they were merely playing parts vanished and the situation escalated to an abusive, out of control, dangerous feeding frenzy and they had to shut it down.

The fact is, they were role playing. The fact is, they could no longer respond to the facts. The fact is, emotions, even as they faked being other people, prevented them from embracing the truth.
If you have genuine examples of the kinds of evidence that would be convincing, please share them. The truth is, there are no facts or any evidence that is acceptable to you.
Believe as you wish. It makes no difference to me personally. The fact is, I'm going with the most beautiful woman who ever lived. But, I can't prove it to anyone and that's fine.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 21:09:47
Exactly what is considered to be evidence? Nothing, I'm afraid, to you.
No
https://www.google.com/search?q=evidence&oq=evidence&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j46j0l4j69i60.2726j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


And, by the way
Exodus 20:16
Exactly what is considered to be evidence? Nothing, I'm afraid, to you.
No
https://www.google.com/search?q=evidence&oq=evidence&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j46j0l4j69i60.2726j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


And, by the way
Exodus 20:16



Say what you believe. Spell it out.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 21:14:43
Exactly what is considered to be evidence? Nothing, I'm afraid, to you.
No
https://www.google.com/search?q=evidence&oq=evidence&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j46j0l4j69i60.2726j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


And, by the way
Exodus 20:16
Exactly what is considered to be evidence? Nothing, I'm afraid, to you.
No
https://www.google.com/search?q=evidence&oq=evidence&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j46j0l4j69i60.2726j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


And, by the way
Exodus 20:16



Say what you believe. Spell it out.

You refer to the Bible when you believe it is true and when you find it to be a fairy tale. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 21:19:59
The fact is, they could no longer respond to the facts.
That's not actually a fact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Criticism_and_response

Believe as you wish
That's silly.
You don't get to choose what you believe..
The fact is, I'm going with the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
Well, it's not important, but I didn't expect that. In my experience "duffy" is a female name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy_(singer)

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/03/2020 21:26:31
You refer to the Bible when you believe it is true and when you find it to be a fairy tale. 
I think it's tosh, but I thought that you would accept it.

Do you understand the reference?
Exodus 20:16
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 30/03/2020 23:37:36
Electrons, quarks, and sodium ion channels form the basis for human thought. That's all thoughts are: billions of microscopic, biochemical/electrical pulses bursting each moment within 3 lbs of a gel-like ball that is suspended in a calcium hardened cavity.  It is fed through the blood brain barrier with an oxygen rich fluid.
With that soft, vulnerable, fleshy object, mankind designed and built and detonated a 50,000,000 ton fusion driven thermonuclear weapon and sent men and machines to the moon, landed and returned them to earth safely.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 04:05:25
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God? I was A2A on a question about turning into an atheist at 13 years of age. It bothered me deeply and I came to question my own beliefs. I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.
Read and listen to the testimonies of his disciples from across 2 millennia. They are unique yet they share wonderful truths about what God-Man has done in their lives. Old men and women, young people from every race and ethnic background, from PhDs to first graders, from the cultured, well-to-do to, rich upper crust to the drug addicted street prostitutes, all share profound gratitude for the life saving and life altering heart changes Jesus Christ, the risen Savior, made in them. Millions claim the same kinds of experiences.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 04:08:15
You refer to the Bible when you believe it is true and when you find it to be a fairy tale.
I think it's tosh, but I thought that you would accept it.

Do you understand the reference?
Exodus 20:16

What about it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 04:17:37
Phillip Zimbardo of Stanford conducted a small experiment with his students. Volunteers were chosen randomly to be fake prisoners or fake guards in a fake makeshift jail, that wasn't a jail at all. Everything was fake. It was an experiment to see how bright, ethical young men would respond as they played their roles.

Zimbardo played the prison superintendent.

In a few days the "evidence" that they were merely playing parts vanished and the situation escalated to an abusive, out of control, dangerous feeding frenzy and they had to shut it down.
So, nothing relevant then?

Or are you saying the priests are the counterpart to the prison guards?

Nope.

It takes a little exercising of your brain muscles, but you should eventually get the picture.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 04:34:43
Even a cursory review of the words He spoke is enough to convince reasonably well educated people that He is the most unique person ever to live. An early follower said of him that he spoke with authority, and he did. But, I'm not referring to that. Look at the words, packed into statements and stories and parables and his daily give and take with others and it will dawn on you that his manner of speaking was nothing like the rest of us. He spoke to us as God himself in the flesh must speak. He never wasted a word. He expressed his relatedness to God constantly. He did not try to hide what he was all about. His entire way of life communicated his oneness with God his Father. It wasn't contrived or forced in the slightest, neither was he hesitant to be who he really was. He was perfectly consistent in everything. He was one amazing guy. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 04:41:46
I understand why unbelievers refuse to identify the kinds of specific evidentiary material they would accept. It is easier to reject whatever evidence others present than to acknowledge upfront what has value. It is too bad. It is an old game and it is ineffective.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/03/2020 07:52:27
Finally the truth is coming out. And I say again - common sense logic.

The other truth is that this is part of Satan's campaign. Satan was whispering in the ears of the powerful to persuade them to tell the lies.

The enemy is not the virus, the virus is a weapon. It is a war but in this war the enemy is Satan. I will expand on this in my next post.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-blasts-feds-medical-masks-coronavirus
"The article suggested believing in masks [is] some kind of superstition like not walking under ladders or being afraid of black cats," Carlson said. "It's insulting. It's ridiculous."
In addition, Carlson said, the claim that the masks only work for health care professionals, but not for healthy civilians is baffling, since the pandemic has no regard for people's occupation.
"So look, we understand there's a shortage of masks," Carlson concluded, addressing the federal government. "We understand only certain people should get them because it's a triage moment, we get it. But stop lying to us."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/03/2020 08:41:51
Yesterday late afternoon I had a "feeling". We are fighting on two fronts which may become three or more. The obvious front is the virus, the second front is the global economy. The third front may be civil unrest (rioting and looting as in Italy South), and the fourth front may be outright war.

It struck me that one cannot win a war without knowing the enemy. One has to understand the motivations and the tactics. One wins or loses battles depending not only on the resources but on the way in which the battle is fought. Mistakes cost lives.

We have been talking about God being the enemy and creating this virus, and I have been saying Satan created the virus and God has been a neutral observer for the most part. Let us take this a bit further.

Satan used the greed and selfishness of the global elite to begin the war. His build-up started in the early 1908's with corporate raiders destroying the US manufacturing capacity. There was no mercy. Read the book "Barbarians at the Gates". Companies were bought out and stripped. People fired and equipment sold overseas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarians_at_the_Gate_(film)
Self-made multimillionaire F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, decides to take the tobacco and food conglomerate company private in 1988 after receiving advance news of the likely market failure of the company's smokeless cigarette called Premier, the development of which had been intended to finally boost the company's stock price.
The free-spending Johnson's bid for the company is opposed by two of the pioneers of the leveraged buyout, Henry Kravis and his cousin. Kravis feels betrayed when, after Johnson initially discusses doing the LBO with Kravis, he takes the potentially enormous deal to another firm, the Shearson Lehman Hutton division of American Express.
Other bidders emerge, including Ted Forstmann and his company, Forstmann Little, after Kravis and Johnson are unable to reconcile their differences. The bidding goes to unprecedented heights, and when executive Charles Hugel becomes aware of how much Johnson stands to profit in a transaction that will put thousands of Nabisco employees out of work, he quips, "Now I know what the 'F' in F. Ross Johnson stands for." The greed is so evident, Kravis's final bid is declared the winner, even though Johnson's was higher.
The title of the book and movie comes from a statement by Forstmann in which he calls that Kravis' money "phoney junk bond crap" and how he and his brother are "real people with real money," and that to stop raiders like Kravis: "We need to push the barbarians back from the city gates."


Nabisco was the biggest customer of the company I worked for at the time, and I saw it coming. I told the owner and the CEO and they did not give me credibility when I said our company should prepare for losses of orders.

Then came the Wall Street "Greed is good" and the property Ninja (no income no job or assets) mortgages that set up the 2008 crash. Once more, all part of Satans plan (not God's plan although he knew what Satan was doing). The bailout and the Ponzi build-up of Zombie economies were the next step. These fragile economies were needed by Satan to ensure that the virus spread and to make the consequences even more dire.

Chine and Asia were exempted because they were needed to be a powerhouse to produce the corona virus and spread it all over the world. The China powerhouse with limited reporting would lessen the global worry and the win over the virus would lull the big Western powers into complacency. The wins over Ebola and MERS would help in this false sense that the West could handle any threat.

Satan ensured that the virus spread slowly and silently at first so that it could take hold globally. China showed that the virus can be beaten by complete draconian isolation. No transmission means the virus will die out where-ever there is quarantine.

Satan also had politicians afraid of their economies and so they did not prepare and then were slow to act. All done by little whispers in the minds of egotistical politicians and greedy corporates.

To win the war against Satan one has to recognize his plan and how he works. One also needs the intervention of an ally such as God who, like the Americans in WW2, are not participating except for minor assistance here and there.

God wants change to avoid the extinction of the planet. The greater good. This will only happen once humankind changes for the better, becomes more spiritual and limits the power of the greedy elites.

I have also said that I often get "confirmations" as did Gideon when angels spoke to him. An hour later I was watching a Netflix movie about the Rise of the Otterman Empire. The Sultan's father told him that he must know his enemy and understand his weakness. The Sultan also says that his vision is for a huge multi-religious society living in mutual cooperation.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/03/2020 08:46:24
Electrons, quarks, and sodium ion channels form the basis for human thought. That's all thoughts are: billions of microscopic, biochemical/electrical pulses bursting each moment within 3 lbs of a gel-like ball that is suspended in a calcium hardened cavity.  It is fed through the blood brain barrier with an oxygen rich fluid.
With that soft, vulnerable, fleshy object, mankind designed and built and detonated a 50,000,000 ton fusion driven thermonuclear weapon and sent men and machines to the moon, landed and returned them to earth safely.

Well put.

Dumb Particles or Intelligent God. You know my vote (the latter of those two - for those with too many dumb particles to figure it out).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 08:50:11
Dumb Particles or Intelligent God. You know my vote (the latter of those two - for those with too many dumb particles to figure it out).
And again Clive,
Get a mirror.
It takes fewer "bright" particles to understand a fairy tale thana  physics book.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/03/2020 09:03:13
I am concerned that intubation when on a ventilator is not absolutely necessary. I think it leads to the spread of the disease to medics and increases complications. I "feel" that a CPAP month nose mask that I use is sufficient.

Amazing how God has given me lessons by personal experience. Here I was wondering why I was being made to suffer and having to use oxygen and CPAP machines. These sufferings have forced me to learn a lot of medicine right down to cellular microbiology.

https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000261
Introduction There is a continuous debate concerning the superiority of endotracheal intubation on bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation in patients with cardiac arrest. In this manikin-based observational study, we evaluate and compare the performance of manual ventilation through a facemask (BVM) and an endotracheal tube (ETT).

Methods One hundred and forty healthcare providers were instructed to manually ventilate a manikin as they would do for a 75 kg adult patient in respiratory arrest. Each one was ventilating both through a facemask and an ETT for a 5 min period in a random order. Ventilatory parameters were measured by the ASL 5000 lung simulator and ventilation performance was analysed using a sliding window method published in a previous study to assess accurately ventilation efficiency.

Results The mean ventilation rate was high whatever the technique used (24 bpm). A weak relationship between manual ventilation performance and the type of interface used was observed (p=0.0484). The overall rate of adequate ventilation was low even if we noticed a slight improvement when ventilating through an ETT (13.21% vs 7.5% of adequate ventilation). However, the rate of hyperventilation did not differ between mask and tube (79% vs 77%). A significant relationship is observed between professional category, the size of the hand squeezing the bag and manual ventilation performance (p<0.05).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/03/2020 09:08:22
Dumb Particles or Intelligent God. You know my vote (the latter of those two - for those with too many dumb particles to figure it out).
And again Clive,
Get a mirror.
It takes fewer "bright" particles to understand a fairy tale thana  physics book.

Give me your proof of how and why the emergent property of intelligence comes from particles (dumb or bright). My dumb particles do not seem to grasp how your bright particles find this so simple.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 31/03/2020 09:24:34
The way in which the virus has spread is unusual. If a humans were to design a virus for global warfare then it has been amazingly effective. It has a silent sneaky transmission that is poorly understood. People without symptoms can spread it. It has first taken hold in key manufacturing centers in key countries. People cannot grasp how insidious it is.

It was not designed by humans but by Satan. He may be evil but he is not powerless and is not stupid. Do not underestimate the enemy.

The next phase of the war may be the infection in poor countries and the poor parts of richer countries. If it spread there first, it would have warned the rich countries and they would have prepared better.

Maybe BC is right in that a dumb virus can have the emergent property of "intelligence" when fighting to establish itself and destroy the world. I will go with Satan despite the scoffing that Satan is some kind of (bad) fairy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 31/03/2020 12:45:50
I understand why unbelievers refuse to identify the kinds of specific evidentiary material they would accept.
Any. State the properties of your god, and the relevant physical evidence that uniquely derives from its existence. Your choice.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 12:57:39
Maybe BC is right in that a dumb virus can have the emergent property of "intelligence"
I never said that, did I.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 13:01:14
Results The mean ventilation rate was high whatever the technique used (24 bpm). A weak relationship between manual ventilation performance and the type of interface used was observed (p=0.0484). The overall rate of adequate ventilation was low even if we noticed a slight improvement when ventilating through an ETT (13.21% vs 7.5% of adequate ventilation). However, the rate of hyperventilation did not differ between mask and tube (79% vs 77%). A significant relationship is observed between professional category, the size of the hand squeezing the bag and manual ventilation performance (p<0.05).
You bolded the wrong bit.
Since, in this test, they didn't keep people breathing properly, it's not a test that can sensible be compared to the real world where they do keep people breathing properly.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 13:04:24
Give me your proof of how and why the emergent property of intelligence comes from particles (dumb or bright). My dumb particles do not seem to grasp how your bright particles find this so simple.
OK, to take the 2nd point first
Sorry, but I'm not responsible for your refusal to learn about evidence and science.
And the answer to the first is, for the third or fourth time is still Occam's razor.
There's no evidence of anywhere else for intelligence to come from.

BTW, please don't resort to begging the question again in reply to this. It makes you look childish.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 13:05:17
It was not designed by humans but by Satan. He may be evil but he is not powerless and is not stupid. Do not underestimate the enemy.
And God made him.
Don't misidentify your enemy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 13:06:10
Yesterday late afternoon I had a "feeling". We are fighting on two fronts which may become three or more. The obvious front is the virus, the second front is the global economy. The third front may be civil unrest (rioting and looting as in Italy South), and the fourth front may be outright war.
Those are all obvious possible outcomes.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 13:06:58
The way in which the virus has spread is unusual.
No.
It's bog standard epidemiology.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 31/03/2020 13:31:38
I understand why unbelievers refuse to identify the kinds of specific evidentiary material they would accept. It is easier to reject whatever evidence others present than to acknowledge upfront what has value. It is too bad. It is an old game and it is ineffective.

You haven't presented any evidence that supports your argument. You have presented evidence that you are gullible and the useful tool of sociopathic religious charlatans.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 14:06:52
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God. That fact of consciousness, the awareness of right and wrong, life itself all point to the handiwork of an Intelligent Source who lives behind the scenes. It isn't realistic to expect that the entire shooting match originated without the influence of God, who, by definition, always was and always will be. It is rational to believe Something, somewhere is responsible for all that is. It is common sense to assume God must be involved in this incredible thing we call life. Matter has never appeared out of nothingness in the entire span of time since the beginning of the physical universe except at the beginning. Since then, all that is and ever was, became what is now. If we produce steel, we remove iron from iron ore and mix it with other materials. We don't snap our fingers and create anything from nothing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 14:11:11
I understand why unbelievers refuse to identify the kinds of specific evidentiary material they would accept. It is easier to reject whatever evidence others present than to acknowledge upfront what has value. It is too bad. It is an old game and it is ineffective.

You haven't presented any evidence that supports your argument. You have presented evidence that you are gullible and the useful tool of sociopathic religious charlatans.
Really?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 14:23:25
I have complete sympathy for those who don't believe. I was one of them for many years.
It is not as though He makes it difficult to find him. He's not hiding, not in the sense of a cruel, cunning tyrant who likes to humiliate us by dangling hope in front of us. If and when we get to the point where we must find him, and pursue that goal wholeheartedly, he will be found and he will surprise us with the wonder that he is. This is the creed, the clarion call from the angels and shepherds and wise men.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: RD on 31/03/2020 15:48:37
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God...
... the handiwork of an Intelligent Source  ...

Nope ... https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity#How_.22Irreducibly_complex.22_structures_form
& nope ... https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-most-unfortunate-design-flaws-in-the-human-body-1518242787
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 17:11:03
I understand why unbelievers refuse to identify the kinds of specific evidentiary material they would accept. It is easier to reject whatever evidence others present than to acknowledge upfront what has value. It is too bad. It is an old game and it is ineffective.

You haven't presented any evidence that supports your argument. You have presented evidence that you are gullible and the useful tool of sociopathic religious charlatans.
Really?
Yes
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 17:12:42
It is not as though He makes it difficult to find him.
I suggest you argue that point with CliveG who thinks God definitely hides whenever you actually do and experiment that looks for Him. When you agree amongst yourselves, come back and talk to us.
Certainly the experiments on proof of prayer didn't find Him.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 17:16:15
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God.
No.
It isn't.
There is a perfectly plausible mechanism to get this complexity without needing to invoke a God.
Even if there weren't you still haven't actually moved things forward because , however complex a human might be, a God is necessarily more complex.

If you don't want to think that complicated things "just happen", then you can't say that an even more complicated God "just happened".
Your argument contradicts itself.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 31/03/2020 17:21:28
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God.
It is entirely credible (I see it every day) and no more complex than any other ape. If anything, wheat, with a much longer genome, is more complex. As, for that matter, is a gorilla with more chromosomes than homo sapiens. The human body is evidence for evolution.

 
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That fact of consciousness,
Please define consciousness and explain why, whatever your definition, it is not a consequence of evolution.

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It is rational to believe Something, somewhere is responsible
Not rational, but a consequence of human vanity and a childish intellect. In the real world, sh1t happens and you can't blame anyone or anything for it - you just have to clear up the mess.

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We don't snap our fingers and create anything from nothing.
[ so why presume that any other entitity did so?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 17:33:26
IOW, often life itself will lead us to God. As Leonard Cohen wrote, "only drowning men can see him".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 17:35:43
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God.
No.
It isn't.
There is a perfectly plausible mechanism to get this complexity without needing to invoke a God.
Even if there weren't you still haven't actually moved things forward because , however complex a human might be, a God is necessarily more complex.

If you don't want to think that complicated things "just happen", then you can't say that an even more complicated God "just happened".
Your argument contradicts itself.

He never happened.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 17:43:33
It is tough for the temporal to grasp the eternal. God never began. He was right here before the BB occurred. He will be here when humanity destroys itself. He is "at" the Exodus and the end of Revelation at this moment. He's been closer than our own thoughts while he's also trillions of light years away at the same time.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 17:53:09
Since God is interested in every aspect of our lives, I want to say to anyone who is interested, that this a great time to buy stock. The last best opportunity to buy was in 2008-09.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 17:53:19
IOW, often life itself will lead us to God.
That's not "IOW"
It's a total non sequitur.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 17:54:35
He never happened.
Quite.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 31/03/2020 19:52:18
It is tough for the temporal to grasp the eternal.
And yet you claim to. Vanity or insanity?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: RD on 31/03/2020 20:01:37
Don't tell me, let me guess, God is guiding the evolution of these bacteria (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/guided_evolution#Arguments_against_theistic_evolution) ...

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 20:25:42
Since God is interested in every aspect of our lives, I want to say to anyone who is interested, that this a great time to buy stock. The last best opportunity to buy was in 2008-09.
That's a high risk strategy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 31/03/2020 20:42:59
It is tough for the temporal to grasp the eternal.
No.
It's a perfectly simple idea.
We explain it to kids in Sunday school.

Extrapolating doppler shift of spectroscopic measurements to establish when the universe came into being is a bit more  difficult.
Not usually primary school stuff.

Your emperor must be getting cold,
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 21:44:29
It is tough for the temporal to grasp the eternal.
And yet you claim to. Vanity or insanity?
Tough, not impossible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 21:47:07
Growing in grace is like learning to golf. Everything feels wrong for a long, long time. It is similar to a righty learning to do everything lefty.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 21:51:13
It is tough for the temporal to grasp the eternal.
No.
It's a perfectly simple idea.
We explain it to kids in Sunday school.

Extrapolating doppler shift of spectroscopic measurements to establish when the universe came into being is a bit more  difficult.
Not usually primary school stuff.

Your emperor must be getting cold,
You agree. God is eternal. Matter is not. Your eternal God created matter which is temporal. It required a creator. No other scientific explanation works. The created require a creator. The creator is the only exception. God never began and he will never end, by definition. Good for you!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 21:58:14
God needs no "evidence" to prove He is. We are born with the conviction that God exists. We know we have been lacking a relationship with him and we are restless until we are united.
Some are cut off, their conscience is seared from the divine. The coming together of knowledge of the divine has been destroyed. That is a terrible, horrifying place to be.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 22:13:34
Evidence of man's separation from God is everywhere. "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation" and some are more unquiet than others.
Signs of the cataclysm that nearly destroyed our world through the fall of man are impossible to ignore. The beauty and perfection of the garden have been replaced with disease, catastrophic weather, earthquakes, wars, pollution, death, and man's inhumanity to man, which represent a mere fraction of the repercussions from that moment.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 31/03/2020 22:46:25
Aha! So all the ill that befalls the innocent today is the fault of the guilty who have gone before. Doesn't sound much like the creation of a just (Old Testament) or merciful (New Testament) god. So what sort of deity do you have in mind? And why does he punish the Japanese with a tsunami or the Chinese with COVID when they have never heard the Word? What dreadful corporate sin had the children of Aberfan committed?   

Is it the consequence of a reasonable Creation or the work of a reasonable Creator that the species least likely to survive your cataclysm are other mammals, not the species that is responsible for it?

And what sin precipitated the extinction of the dinosaurs, or the Ice Ages?

Is death really that new, and limited to humans?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 31/03/2020 23:00:54
Aha! So all the ill that befalls the innocent today is the fault of the guilty who have gone before. Doesn't sound much like the creation of a just (Old Testament) or merciful (New Testament) god. So what sort of deity do you have in mind? And why does he punish the Japanese with a tsunami or the Chinese with COVID when they have never heard the Word? What dreadful corporate sin had the children of Aberfan committed?   

Is it the consequence of a reasonable Creation or the work of a reasonable Creator that the species least likely to survive your cataclysm are other mammals, not the species that is responsible for it?

And what sin precipitated the extinction of the dinosaurs, or the Ice Ages?

Is death really that new, and limited to humans?

"Just"? Why do you believe in a just God?
"Innocent"? You believe there are people who are completely innocent, born free of the curse of Adam, including inbred sin?
"Reasonable"? Your god must be reasonable? Where did you find that idea?
Why is your god unanswered questions? What evidence do you claim proves God is unanswered questions?
Evil doesn't take a day off, does it? Crime is rampant no matter what we devise to control it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 03:23:09
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God?
One reasonable possibility is that He doesn't exist.
Also, because religion cheats.
https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/6-16.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-7.htm

It makes no sense at all to deny that God must have been involved in creating the universe. It didn't create itself.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 04:23:56
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God?
One reasonable possibility is that He doesn't exist.
Also, because religion cheats.
https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/6-16.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-7.htm

Because some refuse to see what science says
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 01/04/2020 05:48:02
Mistakes cost lives.
Don't you think that good people have to die before entering into heaven? Which makes it a good thing that they die?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 07:17:40
Mistakes cost lives.
Don't you think that good people have to die before entering into heaven? Which makes it a good thing that they die?

Heaven enters us when we ask Him to save us with all our hearts. The believer gets a dose of heaven on this side. There is nothing on earth I've experienced that compares. It is the most beautiful, most real, most intense, most exquisite, most indescribable, most personal, most healing, most tender, loving, refreshing thing I've ever known and it has lasted decades, not with the same degree of wonder every day, but it's still been beyond incredible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 08:59:34
The way in which the virus has spread is unusual.
No.
It's bog standard epidemiology.

So bog standard that the world was prepared for it? Has the response being bog standard? More like "standing in the bog".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 09:00:32
It makes no sense at all to deny that God must have been involved in creating the universe. It didn't create itself.
Proof by loud assertion is not going to work on a science site.
Try again.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 09:05:46
bog standard that the world was prepared for it?
The science was there.
The politicians were not.
Nothing to do with the virus per se.
The epidemiology of this virus is only slightly unusual in that the very young seem to not be greatly affected.
That fact, incidentally, would man it's a poorly designed population control plague.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/04/2020 09:16:12
"Innocent"? You believe there are people who are completely innocent, including inbred sin?
Your dogma is a disgusting excuse for bad behavior. Stew in it if you wish, but don't let me catch you spreading such filth.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 09:26:32
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God...
... the handiwork of an Intelligent Source  ...

Nope ... https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity#How_.22Irreducibly_complex.22_structures_form
& nope ... https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-most-unfortunate-design-flaws-in-the-human-body-1518242787

I still maintain that the flagellum is irreducibly complex. There are steps missing. Some scientists propose what sort of in between structures "could" have come about. But they are guessing. And the odds are very much against them.

I only looked briefly at the site. Not worth the waste of time. The design flaws are issues that some people are of the opinion they would like changed. The birth canal where it is allows birthing babies to get "seeded" with bacteria to give them a good start in life. Amazing. My back is unusually strong because as a kid I use to love digging holes with a pick and shovel. A number of modern "problems" result because be have moved away from a natural way of life. Foot too complex? Rubbish. When some of use lose our hands we have a backup in our feet. Our feet are give us amazing balance and ability to scramble over rocks and things.

Sorry, but any complaints about our body design is grasping for straws. Watch a ballet dancer, any dancer actually, watch any sportsman, musician, mine worker, hard laborer, swimmer, scuba diver, machine operator and so on and you can open you eyes to incredible grace, strength, speed and beauty. Even aging is beautiful. Portraits of old people who have endured life and found peace.

I design things. Software, hardware, mechanical and electrical. Life on earth has to emerge from a single cell, and all the important parts of humans (and all other animals) has to be designed in right from the start. Change anything and even a small mistake would mean that nothing will evolve past simple life.

First you assume there is no God. Then you rationalize why God could not exist. Intelligent design is one of the more powerful arguments for the existence of God. It is countered by whinging about trivial complaints. In my view, evolution played a powerful part but it could not happen without God's tweaking and guidance.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 09:29:43
It is not as though He makes it difficult to find him.
I suggest you argue that point with CliveG who thinks God definitely hides whenever you actually do and experiment that looks for Him. When you agree amongst yourselves, come back and talk to us.
Certainly the experiments on proof of prayer didn't find Him.

duffyd and I do not disagree. God hides in plain sight for those who believe and do not require scientific proof.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 09:32:11
I still maintain that the flagellum is irreducibly complex. There are steps missing.
And, as usual, we await actual evidence.
What are the steps?
Some scientists propose what sort of in between structures "could" have come about. But they are guessing.
That's all they need to do.
Oce it is shown that it could happen without "God" there is no need to invoke the existence of a God to explain how it happened.
At that point, the complexity stops being anything like evidence for God.

Did you not understand that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 09:32:51
God hides in plain sight for those who believe and do not require scientific proof.
That's no bloody use to anyone, is it?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 09:36:21
The incredible complexity of the human body is more evidence of God.
No.
It isn't.
There is a perfectly plausible mechanism to get this complexity without needing to invoke a God.
Even if there weren't you still haven't actually moved things forward because , however complex a human might be, a God is necessarily more complex.

If you don't want to think that complicated things "just happen", then you can't say that an even more complicated God "just happened".
Your argument contradicts itself.

Intelligence can be seen as quite simple really. Only the scale appears to give the Ultimate Intelligence (and God and humans) the appearance of complexity.

Plausible mechanism to get the complexity? Yes. An remarkably designed (by God/UI) system of particles in a quantum sea of energy. So remarkable that humans and life could emerge. And I do not think you fully understand the complexity of the human body and mind. I did not until recently when studying cellular microbiology.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 09:38:58

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We don't snap our fingers and create anything from nothing.
[ so why presume that any other entitity did so?

The Ultimate Intelligence has no fingers to snap. ;)

It had to use the only thing it has. A mind.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/04/2020 09:41:35
So your god did design congenital syphilis. Why? 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 09:44:50
Don't tell me, let me guess,
...God is guiding the evolution of these bacteria

Only he feels he has to for some reason. Otherwise, the laws of physics and evolution were very well designed in the beginning to allow for what you see.

If a mutant pathogen were to arise that had the capability of wiping out humans, God would stop that mutation from happening. Just as God will intervene when he needs to in the current pandemic, and other possible consequences that may happen in the next few years. But he will only intervene when humankind is on the correct spiritual track.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 01/04/2020 09:54:12
So your idea of your God is that it is a narcissistic sociopath. Much like Donald Trump then. Why not cut out the middle man and just worship the Donald. He is tangible. We have evidence that he exists. Everything he does is PERFECT!, WONDERFUL!

There you go. Your problem is solved. Just don't expect him to care what happens to you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 09:58:25
So your god did design congenital syphilis. Why?

The design allowed for all sorts of things. Good and bad. Humankind is to rise above all the challenges.

Einstein was involved in the design of the atomic bomb. He knew its first use would be to kill large numbers of people. All things can be used for good or bad. Humans use bacteria in our gut to help us process food. There are good bacteria and bad bacteria.

You still want a perfect world and a perfect God. You have no choice - it is what it is. God guides and subtly intervenes to help humans and the world. He has no desire to intentionally cause suffering or misery. You would benefit from appealing to an Good Entity even if it does not exist.

When I talk about God designing, I assume he was tasked with the design with instructions from the Ultimate Intelligence. I make this allowance of God doing the design in order to accommodate various religions who see God as the Ultimate Creator. The Ultimate Blame lies with the Ultimate Intelligence who wants to be entertained and good and bad have no real meaning.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 10:07:04
So your idea of your God is that it is a narcissistic sociopath. Much like Donald Trump then. Why not cut out the middle man and just worship the Donald. He is tangible. We have evidence that he exists. Everything he does is PERFECT!, WONDERFUL!

There you go. Your problem is solved. Just don't expect him to care what happens to you.

See my other post just done. God is good. Satan is bad. Both have to work within the rules set out by the Ultimate Intelligence.

Praying to Trump, or a gold statue, or even thinking that money and power will save me, is just wrong thinking. God is well defined as a spiritual entity who does not need praise but appreciates respect and can do a lot of good, especially on a small personal scale. I pray to that entity. God has the power to do things for me and he has. I will continue to do so.

Why so angry about God? I keep asking that question and getting no answers. I suspect it has to do with childhood disappointment where people were raised to expect God to help them through life without question. And he did not meet expectations.

Any dislike of Trump I can understand. Would anyone else have been better? I shudder to think of Hillary in charge but who can tell. That would be an alternative time line.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 10:10:54
God hides in plain sight for those who believe and do not require scientific proof.
That's no bloody use to anyone, is it?

I keep telling you he intevernes in a positive way for some people, and for all people on a grand scale. What is the problem with being hidden? Why are you so insistence on scientific proof? You have a belief about how and why the universe came into existence - why not adjust it to my hypothesis and have some happiness? Rather than boredom.  ???
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 10:12:45
Oce it is shown that it could happen without "God" there is no need to invoke the existence of a God to explain how it happened.

Show me how it could happen without God. I seem to have missed that in my research. Start at the very beginning please.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: RD on 01/04/2020 10:23:55
I design things. Software, hardware, mechanical and electrical ...

Then you should have heard of evolutionary computing (https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_computation).


... Intelligent design is one of the more powerful arguments for the existence of God...

"Intelligent design" like legs on a whale (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section2.html#atavisms_ex1), or a 14 foot detour for the laryngeal-nerve of a giraffe ...

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 10:26:16
Start at the very beginning please.
Put the goal post back.
People notice if you move them round.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 10:28:24
and for all people on a grand scale.
Current estimated death toll in the US (alone) for His recent intervention is about 150,000.
Yep, He certainly "intervenes" .
he intevernes in a positive way
That's one viewpoint...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 11:33:37
Pressing, pressing and pressing, desperately shoving wild, disconnected blobs of theories how you believe God doesn't exist, that He isn't necessary, that he's a myth loved only by deluded, right-wing, hypocritical Trump loving fools is downright funny at times. It just may be that your world will not collapse and swallow you slowly in quick sand if you are wrong. Lighten up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 11:37:47
Pressing, pressing and pressing, desperately hurling wild, disconnected blobs of theories around to prove how you believe God doesn't exist, that He isn't necessary, that he's a myth loved only by deluded, right-wing, hypocritical Trump loving fools is downright funny at times. It just may be that your world will not collapse and swallow you slowly in quick sand if you are wrong. Lighten up.

I have written to Chris to share my feedback about TNS. He seems like a very intelligent, very decent guy who has put together one amazing online resource for really cool scientific information and more.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 11:57:56
God hides in plain sight for those who believe and do not require scientific proof.
That's no bloody use to anyone, is it?

I think about Christ all day. I have for many years. I talk to him, too. I mean, I have conversations with him. I talk. He listens. He talks. I try to listen. (I'm getting better at it. It is tough for me to get sufficiently still in my being to pick up his "signals".) The thing I want to point out is just how cool it is to know Him. He is a great guy, my best buddy, my constant companion. I am still a novice, a babe in Christ in many ways. But, I love the guy. He's been unbelievable. He's done so much in me and for me and for others through me that would not have happened without him. I do not leave a path of crazed destruction behind me anymore. I don't use people like I once did as the gnarling, filthy beast I was. My child does not live in fear of me. We are great friends, actually. I don't go out of my way looking to fight anyone, or to dominate others, to force my will on anybody. (I forget how much I've changed.) I am grateful I don't hate everyone anymore. I'm grateful to have love inside my heart and soul for people. Don't get me wrong. I still hate. I still want to smash in some dude's face once in a while, but it is nothing, nothing like it was. I go to him immediately and express my feelings to him, seeking his help to be like him at those times. It's best for me to be open, upfront with him. He knows anyway and he doesn't condemn me. He's the only reason I am a better person today than once upon a time---and I didn't make these changes. He did. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 12:25:47
God hides in plain sight for those who believe and do not require scientific proof.
That's no bloody use to anyone, is it?

I think about Christ all day. I have for many years. I talk to him, too. I mean, I have conversations with him. I talk. He listens. He talks. I try to listen. (I'm getting better at it. It is tough for me to get sufficiently still in my being to pick up his "signals".) The thing I want to point out is just how cool it is to know Him. He is a great guy, my best buddy, my constant companion. I am still a novice, a babe in Christ in many ways. But, I love the guy. He's been unbelievable. He's done so much in me and for me and for others through me that would not have happened without him. I do not leave a path of crazed destruction behind me anymore. I don't use people like I once did as the gnarling, filthy beast I was. My child does not live in fear of me. We are great friends, actually. I don't go out of my way looking to fight anyone, or to dominate others, to force my will on anybody. (I forget how much I've changed.) I am grateful I don't hate everyone anymore. I'm grateful to have love inside my heart and soul for people. Don't get me wrong. I still hate. I still want to smash in some dude's face once in a while, but it is nothing, nothing like it was. I go to him immediately and express my feelings to him, seeking his help to be like him at those times. It's best for me to be open, upfront with him. He knows anyway and he doesn't condemn me. He's the only reason I am a better person today than once upon a time---and I didn't make these changes. He did. 
There are people who "talk to aliens" too.
How can you prove that your circumstances differ?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 01/04/2020 13:02:03
Ok, so now you have invented the ultimate intelligence out of thin air. Why? Was your argument crumbling? So if I have this right, god isn't all knowing, all powerful. God's just a servant of a figment of your imagination. Wow! It's a convincer. ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 13:32:48
God hides in plain sight for those who believe and do not require scientific proof.
That's no bloody use to anyone, is it?

I think about Christ all day. I have for many years. I talk to him, too. I mean, I have conversations with him. I talk. He listens. He talks. I try to listen. (I'm getting better at it. It is tough for me to get sufficiently still in my being to pick up his "signals".) The thing I want to point out is just how cool it is to know Him. He is a great guy, my best buddy, my constant companion. I am still a novice, a babe in Christ in many ways. But, I love the guy. He's been unbelievable. He's done so much in me and for me and for others through me that would not have happened without him. I do not leave a path of crazed destruction behind me anymore. I don't use people like I once did as the gnarling, filthy beast I was. My child does not live in fear of me. We are great friends, actually. I don't go out of my way looking to fight anyone, or to dominate others, to force my will on anybody. (I forget how much I've changed.) I am grateful I don't hate everyone anymore. I'm grateful to have love inside my heart and soul for people. Don't get me wrong. I still hate. I still want to smash in some dude's face once in a while, but it is nothing, nothing like it was. I go to him immediately and express my feelings to him, seeking his help to be like him at those times. It's best for me to be open, upfront with him. He knows anyway and he doesn't condemn me. He's the only reason I am a better person today than once upon a time---and I didn't make these changes. He did. 
There are people who "talk to aliens" too.
How can you prove that your circumstances differ?

Christ is an alien, too. This wasn't his home and it's not mine either, so I suppose I can't prove it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 13:51:34
It makes no sense at all to deny that God must have been involved in creating the universe. It didn't create itself.
Proof by loud assertion is not going to work on a science site.
Try again.

I didn't mean to hurt your ears! Avoid heaven at all costs.There will be perpetual boisterous singing to Him-- the sounds of which will fill the universe.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 13:57:23
Just a word of advice to everyone. If you don't have one, investing in a generator at this time is probably a smart thing to do. You can pick up a really good, new 5,000 to 7,500 watt unit for $600 to a thousand bucks. They will run a frig, a well pump, an air conditioner, your computers, t.v.s and radios.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 01/04/2020 14:35:01
See my other post just done. God is good. Satan is bad. Both have to work within the rules set out by the Ultimate Intelligence.
Looks like God and Satan are Ultimate Intelligence's children. Did Satan create anything observable?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 16:09:48
Just a word of advice to everyone. If you don't have one, investing in a generator at this time is probably a smart thing to do. You can pick up a really good, new 5,000 to 7,500 watt unit for $600 to a thousand bucks. They will run a frig, a well pump, an air conditioner, your computers, t.v.s and radios.

Good advice. I have two. One a pull-cord start but then also got an electric start. But then we have had power outs on a regular basis. However, the first one I got a while ago because I was concerned about the coming collapse. I also have solar with backup batteries. They are quiet, especially when running a CPAP machine at night. I have rain tanks, but the swimming pool is the main water source. Preppers have been scorned for a while. Not so laughable now.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 16:44:37
"Innocent"? You believe there are people who are completely innocent, including inbred sin?
Your dogma is a disgusting excuse for bad behavior. Stew in it if you wish, but don't let me catch you spreading such filth.
Hard to swallow? Truth is truth. He was born of a virgin for a reason. He was and is the unblemished Lamb of God, the once and for all perfect blood sacrifice for all mankind.
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people.
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
It is at the heart of the Gospel. Some insist Christ failed to address the evils of slavery. That is absolutely wrong. He came to set the slave free for he said, "He who keeps on sinning is the slave to sin." That's the reason he came; to break the bonds sin holds over us, enslaving us. That is the gospel. Getting rich, being healed, the power of positive thinking, the social gospel, are not the gospel. His shed blood for the forgiveness of sin and the cleansing of sin, his death and resurrection, these are the heart of the good news he brings to earth. It's an old, old story. It is offensive to the natural man.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 16:50:00
See my other post just done. God is good. Satan is bad. Both have to work within the rules set out by the Ultimate Intelligence.
Looks like God and Satan are Ultimate Intelligence's children. Did Satan create anything observable?

Finally you are getting a grasp on the concept.  :D

I suppose any illusionary character in a dream could be designated as a child. More like the main characters in a play with God having much more power.

Satan prefers to destroy what God creates but will create weapons such as a virus to do so.

I am fairly certain of the basic principles but I have to guess and use logic to try to answer your questions. I did not get a manual about the details. They really do not matter. God good - Satan evil - both plus the universe are a dream in the mind of the Ultimate Intelligence. I did learn about some rules and how the supernatural operates which is helpful to us all.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/04/2020 16:59:22
Ok, so now you have invented the ultimate intelligence out of thin air. Why? Was your argument crumbling? So if I have this right, god isn't all knowing, all powerful. God's just a servant of a figment of your imagination. Wow! It's a convincer. ;)

You really have not been following my posts. In my early twenties, I experienced the Ultimate Intelligence when the dream ended. The dream started again with me retaining my knowledge but I was told it would seem like a hallucination.

I posted a link to the two chapters of a book I wrote about God telling me there would be a pandemic which would change the world and stop humankind destroying the planet. I must check if my description of experiencing the Ultimate Intelligence is in those two.

If you think the current situation is bad, and the projections worse, take note that you are only just seeing the start of the chaos.

You are right. God is not all-powerful and all knowing. See my previous post.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 17:07:23
"I dreamt a hamburger was eating me." seinfeld
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 17:23:48
Just a word of advice to everyone. If you don't have one, investing in a generator at this time is probably a smart thing to do. You can pick up a really good, new 5,000 to 7,500 watt unit for $600 to a thousand bucks. They will run a frig, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frig_(word)

NSFW, btw.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 17:25:26
Christ is an alien, too. This wasn't his home and it's not mine either, so I suppose I can't prove it.
Deliberately missing the point does not mean you win the argument.
It just means you look silly.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 17:27:26
God is not all-powerful and all knowing.
duffyd and I do not disagree.

Seconds out. Round two.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 01/04/2020 19:36:12
Christ is an alien, too. This wasn't his home and it's not mine either, so I suppose I can't prove it.
Deliberately missing the point does not mean you win the argument.
It just means you look silly.
It is a fact! He was not from this world. He said so and so did the guys who hung out with him for years. He didn't act like he was an earthling, either, if you think about it. He was a preaching, teaching, healing machine. He never asked for a dime. He was poor, uneducated, single, not good looking, and people either hated his guts or were crazy in love with the guy. He could have stopped his execution, and he wanted to, but he died believing he was paying our debt to his old Man and he was certain he would rise again from the grave. He was not your normal dude by any stretch. He referred to events he witnessed in that other world, too. He said he watched satan get rocketed out of his home town. He knew Abe and Moe and those guys. No, he was a trip from a completely different world than the one we are from. He absolutely qualifies, he more than qualifies, as the real deal according to the standards and rules established by the World Federation of Alien Encounters and Other Unexplained Stuff, Inc.

BTW, thanks for the compliment. Looking silly is a vast improvement, if only you knew how I really look. Win? I haven't won anything in so long, I didn't even know we were gambling.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/04/2020 20:30:11
It is a fact!
It's an unevinced claim.

Don't you know the difference?
but he died believing he was paying our debt to his old Man
He died believing that He had been forsaken.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/04/2020 23:21:14
Why so angry about God?
My anger is about the stupidity of people who waste their lives in the pointless worship of something that cannot possibly exist, or if it did, could not be affected by worship. And also towards the disgusting behavior of people who use god as an excuse for their perversions. Good deeds do not need an excuse.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/04/2020 23:31:02
He was not from this world. He said so
There is no evidence for that statement. Indeed in Mark 8:31 and elsewhere he clearly stated that he was the Son of Man. So you either accept the word of Jesus Christ, or the bullshit put about by those who have cobbled together a spurious religion around his name. I always prefer the former, which, like most of what he said,  is consistent with everyday observation and common sense.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 01:09:52
in Mark 8:31 and elsewhere he clearly stated that he was the Son of Man

What did he mean?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 05:34:25
He was not from this world. He said so
There is no evidence for that statement. Indeed in Mark 8:31 and elsewhere he clearly stated that he was the Son of Man. So you either accept the word of Jesus Christ, or the bullshit put about by those who have cobbled together a spurious religion around his name. I always prefer the former, which, like most of what he said,  is consistent with everyday observation and common sense.

He didn't claim to be God, but he did state that he was the son of man. ?

IOW, for one thing, you acknowledge that indeed He lived. He was an historical figure, not just a myth. That sets you apart.
Also, we have his quoted words, too, from what you say.
That is interesting. How do you know he identified himself in one fashion and not the other? One is feasible and the other is not?

You state, quite emphatically, "you either accept the word of Jesus Christ, or the bullshit put about by those who have cobbled together a spurious religion..." The obvious question is, how do you know which is which?

Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders." How did you determine that he did not say that? Is it based on what you consider reasonable?

Why did some people attribute to Jesus Christ a bunch of religious bull, in your opinion? What were they attempting to do?

You believe, "most of what he said,  is consistent with everyday observation and common sense." Part of that is accurate. Most of it isn't. Almost everything he said and did as it's been handed down to us through the New Testament firmly establishes him as the one and only begotten, divine, Son of God, The Messiah.

Are you aware of what happened to many of his initial followers? Many of those closest to him and who were responsible for the birth of his church were punished severely, even executed, for their insistence that he was in fact God in the flesh. If they had created that story, they merely had to renounce it to save themselves.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/04/2020 06:46:11
And once more Clive is proven right in his predictions.

Face masks work - even cloth masks. Check the USA (and other countries) slowly coming to that realization.

Satan wins again - because of this ridiculous primary stance that masks do not work, and may even worsen infection.

Spoiler: show
 8)  Of course it is not a psychic prediction - just MY science and not the popular propagandist science
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/04/2020 08:29:51
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/health/sanjay-gupta-podcast-april-1/index.html
This is an unusual disease. I'm fascinated, Sanjay, by what I would call the pathogenesis. You know, you get so many people who do well and then some people who just, bingo, they're on a respirator, they're on ECMO (a life-support machine) and they're dead. I mean, the dichotomy between that, there's something there, Sanjay, that we're missing from a pathogenesis standpoint. And I don't think it's only if you're elderly or if you have underlying conditions. There's something else going on there that hopefully we'll ultimately figure out.


And I am saying that it is cell tower and cell phone radiation. Many travelers got it. People on planes and people on ships. Guess what is on those planes and ships. A high wifi radiation that is both intense and also highly pulsative. One has to have the pulsation. Steady microwaves do not have disruptive effective of a pulsing radiation.

Now how long do you think it will be before I am proved correct?

I do not know for certain that I am correct, but I am looking at my life and the path of lessons I have been subjected to. The last lesson was the health effects of cell radiation. Once more, denial. The same denial that has caused the USA and the UK to be well behind the curve. Satan plays on arrogance and ego - where people think they know it all.

Strangely my father told me as a teenager that I thought I knew it all. He said "You think you are so sharp. Wait until life knocks all the sharp edges off." And again he was correct. I am now a smooth pebble in the water of life.

BC - how long can you scoff at the fact that I am right most of the time?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 02/04/2020 10:12:21
He didn't claim to be God, but he did state that he was the son of man. ?
RTFM.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/04/2020 10:52:01
We have a gentle rain.  A good omen. It is completely silent. No traffic noise. No sounds from the neighbours. We are putting fertilizer on the grass. My wife is digging up weeds. She had been sorting out her years of paperwork and throwing away what is not needed. I am in the garage doing yet another sort of all my tools and bits and pieces. The calm before the storm.

duffyd said it was a good time to by stock. My opinion is that we have a long way to the bottom. I also think that the bottom will long and very slow climbing. Not even a dead cat bounce. In fact, the world as we know it might change substantially in the next few years.

If we do not have a vaccine, then 60% of the USA will get the virus before herd immunity kicks in. If 4% of those die as a direct result of the virus that is 350 million * 60% * 4 % = 8.4 million. Then if more die due to complications such as suicides and lack of ordinary medical care the number will be higher. Will some US people starve?

The question is how long a period is this going to spread over. Social distancing can only slow it. By limiting the deaths to 200,000 every three months then that is about 10 years of slow death. Only a full draconian lock-down can stop it but even that takes about 3 months - and then it can come back and back again unless aggressive and extensive testing can result in virus free zones on an ongoing basis. The might of the US military is powerless against such an enemy.

The US is damned if it does and damned if it does not. Some companies will emerge but many will fall or be seriously devalued. My wife inherited a small amount of stock from her mother, but I have not gotten involved. Too much else going on. She says you only lose when you sell. Some went up high over the years. Some are in the process of dying due to corruption.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/04/2020 10:56:25
He didn't claim to be God, but he did state that he was the son of man. ?
RTFM.

I am not arguing one way or the other, but what does the "manual" say? Verse and version? Any latitude in translation?

BTW, I have to look up many of these acronyms - sort of having to read the internet forum manual.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/04/2020 11:46:42
And once more Clive is proven right in his predictions.

Face masks work - even cloth masks. Check the USA (and other countries) slowly coming to that realization.

Satan wins again - because of this ridiculous primary stance that masks do not work, and may even worsen infection.

Spoiler: show
 8)  Of course it is not a psychic prediction - just MY science and not the popular propagandist science

No competent scientist (other than off the cuff) actually said masks don't work.
The only accurate answer to the question is  "it depends".


You might want to try not bearing false witness against them.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/04/2020 11:59:05
BC - how long can you scoff at the fact that I am right most of the time?
In what sense?
I dare say that when you make your toast in the morning you don't accidentally try to do so by putting bread in the washing machine.
Similarly, I imagine that you can pretty reliable walk without falling over so, yes, I accept that like most people, you are right most of the time.
We are quite a clever species.

However, you are wrong about much of what you say here.
And, if you predict that the Sun will come up tomorrow, you will be right most of the time.

In the same way; I hereby predict that there will be another pandemic.
It will be a respiratory tract infection.
It will be viral
It will take governments by surprise and they won't be prepared.
It will emerge in a large country with relatively low levels of technology and infrastructure and where great social change is taking place. (So, China is a good bet but, bits of South America or africa are on the cards too)

And I can make those predictions because they are all more or less obvious.

So, when you claim to have made similar predictions
(but resolutely fail to post a diary- the one thing that you said would be sensible)
I don't think you are doing anything impressive, and nor should any other grown-up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 16:22:01
And once more Clive is proven right in his predictions.

Face masks work - even cloth masks. Check the USA (and other countries) slowly coming to that realization.

Satan wins again - because of this ridiculous primary stance that masks do not work, and may even worsen infection.

Spoiler: show
 8)  Of course it is not a psychic prediction - just MY science and not the popular propagandist science

No competent scientist (other than off the cuff) actually said masks don't work.
The only accurate answer to the question is  "it depends".


You might want to try not bearing false witness against them.

The Quinine based drugs used to treat Lupus look promising.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 16:27:22
Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God? I was A2A on a question about turning into an atheist at 13 years of age. It bothered me deeply and I came to question my own beliefs. I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.
The application of scientific principles confirms God is. The most pertinent question becomes, "what will you do now"?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/04/2020 16:34:49
And once more Clive is proven right in his predictions.

Face masks work - even cloth masks. Check the USA (and other countries) slowly coming to that realization.

Satan wins again - because of this ridiculous primary stance that masks do not work, and may even worsen infection.

Spoiler: show
 8)  Of course it is not a psychic prediction - just MY science and not the popular propagandist science

No competent scientist (other than off the cuff) actually said masks don't work.
The only accurate answer to the question is  "it depends".


You might want to try not bearing false witness against them.

I am dumbstruck by your post. Just how many people in the US are wearing any sort of mask protection - even DIY home-made cloth masks?

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/health/surgeon-general-coronavirus-masks-risk-trnd/index.html
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams not only wants people to stop buying facemasks to prevent the novel coronavirus, but warns that you actually might increase your risk of infection if facemasks are not worn properly.
"You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider," Adams said during an interview on Fox & Friends on Monday morning.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/who-should-wear-a-face-mask-30-march-who-briefing/
WHO officials do not recommend mask wearing for healthy members of the general population.

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/coronavirus-wearing-protective-gear-inappropriately-puts-you-at-greater-risk-health-department-20200331
The department reminded the public not to wear protective gear if a person does not feel sick or when taking care of people, especially those with respiratory problems.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 16:50:30
We have a gentle rain.  A good omen. It is completely silent. No traffic noise. No sounds from the neighbours. We are putting fertilizer on the grass. My wife is digging up weeds. She had been sorting out her years of paperwork and throwing away what is not needed. I am in the garage doing yet another sort of all my tools and bits and pieces. The calm before the storm.

duffyd said it was a good time to by stock. My opinion is that we have a long way to the bottom. I also think that the bottom will long and very slow climbing. Not even a dead cat bounce. In fact, the world as we know it might change substantially in the next few years.

The US is damned if it does and damned if it does not. Some companies will emerge but many will fall or be seriously devalued. My wife inherited a small amount of stock from her mother, but I have not gotten involved. Too much else going on. She says you only lose when you sell. Some went up high over the years. Some are in the process of dying due to corruption.

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
It is always a good time to buy stock, particularly when the bottom falls out.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/04/2020 16:59:07
In the same way; I hereby predict that there will be another pandemic.
It will be a respiratory tract infection.
It will be viral
It will take governments by surprise and they won't be prepared.
It will emerge in a large country with relatively low levels of technology and infrastructure and where great social change is taking place. (So, China is a good bet but, bits of South America or africa are on the cards too)

And I can make those predictions because they are all more or less obvious.

So did you? I seem to remember you scoffed at my predictions that a global pandemic was imminent.

And what about my prediction that it will be found that cell phone radiation will be found to be a factor? You are currently scoffing.

The last week I have had bad headaches in the afternoon causing me to have to lie down most of the time. They feel like a "tower headache" but the radiation readings are very low and I have not been out of the house for a week. Today I started getting a headache and I put on my aluminium head shield. I felt better quite quickly and have had a good day with no headache. I know that my tolerance for EMF radiation has decreased with the excessive exposure I have had. So even very low levels of 2 uW/sqm are too much for me.

What is one attribute of older people? Their immune systems are not as good. But they have also had a long time of exposure to radiation and their systems may be more sensitive to cell radiation.

Check out how biological enzymes work. They speed up cellular reactions as much as a million times. Adrenaline can give almost instant energy for muscle activation. Now imagine that there are pulsed electrical fields that are interfering with all the chemical reactions in our bodies, some of which rely on electrical differentials of a millionth of a volt. And you think it does nothing. Regrettably I have to wait about a year or more to prove once more I was right.

Give me some incredible odds and put up your money!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/04/2020 17:54:40
And what about my prediction that it will be found that cell phone radiation will be found to be a factor? You are currently scoffing.
Yes, I still say that's laughable.
In due course, we will see.
People will continue to use phones- possibly even increase it- but (As is already happening in China) the virus will die down.

Are you still confident that the phones cause the pandemic?
Or do you think it will die down in spite of increased use of phones?

What's you prediction about that?
They feel like a "tower headache" but the radiation readings are very low a

Almost as if they "tower headaches" have nothing to do with em radiation.
A bit like what science says.

But they have also had a long time of exposure to radiation and their systems may be more sensitive to cell radiation.
It's the funniest thing, but old people were often badly affected by disease before anyone invented any sort of phone.
Isn't that remarkable?


Check out how biological enzymes work.
I'm a chemist; I know how enzymes work, in my time I probably wrote essays about it.

They speed up cellular reactions as much as a million times.
drenaline can give almost instant energy for muscle activation.
Wait a minute, you said you were talking about enzymes.
Adrenaline isn't an enzyme.

It's as if you don't know what you are talking about.
Now imagine that there are pulsed electrical fields that are interfering with all the chemical reactions
The experiments have shown in tedious detail that the em fields associated with phones don't do that.

Why not imagine that fairies are responsible instead?

Give me some incredible odds and put up your money!
Sadly forme the law bans bets on events where the outcome is already known. It's to stop people taking money for no good reason (I guess they think that's the government's job).
And we know that control measures throughout the world are bringing down the incidence of Covid infections.
And we know that the phone networks are struggling, because, in an attempt to deal with unprecedented demand, they are running flat out (and thus making much more radiation than normal).

So, if anything, it seems that phone use wipes out the virus.

But that's just evidence; I don't imagine it will convince you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 22:34:36
BREAKING GOOD NEWS: the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin regimen is proving to be a successful prophylactic to end this pandemic. More to come
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 22:38:05
Dr. Stephan Smith, founder of The Smith Center for Infectious Diseases and Urban Health, says not a single COVID-19 patient of his that has been on the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin regimen for five days or more has had to be intubated.

“The chance of that occurring by chance, according to my sons Leon and Hunter who did some stats for me, are .000-something,” he said, adding that “it’s ridiculously low."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 22:39:26
MORE EVIDENCE OF THE EFFICACY OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND AZITHROMYCIN
This could be extremely important: a renowned French doctor has reported the most extensive evidence so far that a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can be an effective treatment for COVID-19:

Today, Prof. Didier Raoult and his team published results of their new study. The study was supported by the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection. Unlike the previous small study trial, the new observation study has a larger sample size of 80 COVID-19 patients. The objective of the study was to find an effective treatment to cure COVID-19 patients and to decrease the virus carriage duration.
In 80 in-patients receiving a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, the team found a clinical improvement in all but one 86 year-old patient who died, and one 74-year old patient still in intensive care unit. The team also found that, by administering hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin, they were able to observe an improvement in all cases, except in one patient who arrived with an advanced form, who was over the age of 86, and in whom the evolution was irreversible, according to a new paper published today in IHU Méditerranée Infection.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 02/04/2020 22:40:26
MORE EVIDENCE OF THE EFFICACY OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND AZITHROMYCIN
This could be extremely important: a renowned French doctor has reported the most extensive evidence so far that a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can be an effective treatment for COVID-19:

Can you provide a link?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 23:17:10
MORE EVIDENCE OF THE EFFICACY OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND AZITHROMYCIN
This could be extremely important: a renowned French doctor has reported the most extensive evidence so far that a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can be an effective treatment for COVID-19:

Can you provide a link?

If you use key words you should find it. Just heard another report by a Jewish doctor who says he's had perfect results so far using it.

I will find it. it will take a minute

https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-stephen-smith-on-effectiveness-of-hydroxychloroquine-with-coronavirus-symptoms-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-pandemic
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 02/04/2020 23:45:55
Assuming that it does work, this is still far from the end of the pandemic. More vulnerable people are still going to need hospital stays in order to get the treatment and so the medical system can still be overwhelmed.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 02/04/2020 23:54:34
Assuming that it does work, this is still far from the end of the pandemic. More vulnerable people are still going to need hospital stays in order to get the treatment and so the medical system can still be overwhelmed.
I know, but what great news! Just when it seemed there wasn't any hope in the near term, researchers have identified some options that look promising. I believe the West can pool our resources and attack this monster with unprecedented resolve and everything necessary, the vents, the drugs, the beds, etc. to reign it in worldwide so that millions won't die. The Brits, the Americans, the French, Israelis, Germans, Japanese, Spaniards, etc. have the greatest medical minds in history and they can't be stopped.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 03/04/2020 01:19:21
SOME AWESOME NEWS FOLKS
INGRAHAM: "Dr. Smith, we’re going to have you back — it’s a game changer. Correct?"
SMITH: "It’s a game changer. Absolutely, game changer. I think these data go to really support the French data. Now you actually have comparison saying that this regimen works and I will get some real statisticians besides my sons to look at that."
INGRAHAM: "Dr. Smith, thank you for all the work. You and I and our medicine cabinet of folks in all your colleagues, thank you."
SMITH: "Laura, I think this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. I’m very serious."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 03/04/2020 01:23:34
He didn't claim to be God, but he did state that he was the son of man. ?
RTFM.
Don't you agree that's just a bit disingenuous? You were presented with specific challenges to your proposal.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 03/04/2020 01:27:17
Why so angry about God?
My anger is about the stupidity of people who waste their lives in the pointless worship of something that cannot possibly exist, or if it did, could not be affected by worship. And also towards the disgusting behavior of people who use god as an excuse for their perversions. Good deeds do not need an excuse.

You sound like an uneducated, biased, hateful, religious fundamentalist zealot
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 03/04/2020 01:48:15
He was not from this world. He said so
There is no evidence for that statement. Indeed in Mark 8:31 and elsewhere he clearly stated that he was the Son of Man. So you either accept the word of Jesus Christ, or the bullshit put about by those who have cobbled together a spurious religion around his name. I always prefer the former, which, like most of what he said,  is consistent with everyday observation and common sense.

Reading that I was convinced you would love the chance to back it up. This is life and death stuff. I get your hatred. I had been overflowing, consumed with hatred for years and it practically killed me and my friendships, the few I had left.
It is the strangest thing arguing on this side of the issue. For me it all boils down to simple stuff. They kept telling me He loved me. I thought they were crazy. One day I thought, "What if He does love me? He doesn't, but what if. What if I asked Him if He is real to show me? I know He won't. He doesn't exist, so what the heck. Can't lose anything. 'Jesus, okay, if you're there, come on in.'" And I forgot about it for 9 months.
That's the one thing I don't get. It's free. What can anyone lose by finding out by asking him to reveal himself? How hard is that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 06:41:27
Here is an example of what gives psychics a bad name. If one reads her history and back-gound she is a fraud. That does not mean that Satan may have just given her a true piece of information in order to mess with out minds. I think she based some of her prediction on the 1918 Spanish Flu. She refused to work with James Randi. I would not refuse, although I would say that testing me would be unlikely to work.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sylvia-browne-coronavirus/
...In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived, attack again ten years later, and then disappear completely.
...We therefore rate this claim “Mixture.” Although it could be argued that stating a respiratory illness would sweep through the world in 2020 was accurate, other elements of the book passage are unknown or unlikely, and of course “predicting” a worldwide outbreak of a respiratory illness when one has already happened could be more a matter of lucky guessing than predicting.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 06:46:34
It will emerge in a large country with relatively low levels of technology and infrastructure and where great social change is taking place. (So, China is a good bet but, bits of South America or africa are on the cards too)

Low levels of technology???

Your ignorance is showing - big time.

China now outstrips the world in terms of number of patent. In 2005, when I needed a highly specialized printed circuit board done, only China was able to do it. Wuhan went full 5G in September 2019 - an event that I say promoted the emergence and spread of the virus.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 06:54:49
We have a gentle rain.  A good omen. It is completely silent. No traffic noise. No sounds from the neighbours. We are putting fertilizer on the grass. My wife is digging up weeds. She had been sorting out her years of paperwork and throwing away what is not needed. I am in the garage doing yet another sort of all my tools and bits and pieces. The calm before the storm.

duffyd said it was a good time to by stock. My opinion is that we have a long way to the bottom. I also think that the bottom will long and very slow climbing. Not even a dead cat bounce. In fact, the world as we know it might change substantially in the next few years.

The US is damned if it does and damned if it does not. Some companies will emerge but many will fall or be seriously devalued. My wife inherited a small amount of stock from her mother, but I have not gotten involved. Too much else going on. She says you only lose when you sell. Some went up high over the years. Some are in the process of dying due to corruption.

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
It is always a good time to buy stock, particularly when the bottom falls out.

Under "normal" situations I would agree with you. Especially on DCA. Today I will be analyzing my wife's share portfolio to advise her which shares to sell. My logic is that the stock market has fallen about 20% from an artificial high. It can still fall another 30% and stay there for 4 years and only reach the present price 10 to 20 years from now.. Some stocks will disappear as the companies go out of business. I am of the opinion my wife should sell those now because 10% of their highs is better than 1% or 0% of the highs. In addition to analysis (which I am good at) I may also confirm with Tarot cards.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 07:02:13
    Give me some incredible odds and put up your money!

Sadly for me the law bans bets on events where the outcome is already known. It's to stop people taking money for no good reason (I guess they think that's the government's job).

Nice out for you. Saving face while not putting up the money. Besides, the telcos will probable hide the fact that they are responsible. It may take another 20 years to prove it.

I wore the mesh hat to bed last night. For the first time in many weeks I have woken without the need to have pain tablets. I am able to function right away. I shall continue to monitor my progress.

We have some anti-malarial tablets left over from our trips to the Kruger Game Park. Not sure if we will take them. If we get the virus and it is bad then maybe.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 07:03:58
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 16:59:07

    Now imagine that there are pulsed electrical fields that are interfering with all the chemical reactions

The experiments have shown in tedious detail that the em fields associated with phones don't do that.

Now you are the one putting out false information. There are thousands of tests that do show that.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 03/04/2020 07:19:47
We have a gentle rain.  A good omen. It is completely silent. No traffic noise. No sounds from the neighbours. We are putting fertilizer on the grass. My wife is digging up weeds. She had been sorting out her years of paperwork and throwing away what is not needed. I am in the garage doing yet another sort of all my tools and bits and pieces. The calm before the storm.

duffyd said it was a good time to by stock. My opinion is that we have a long way to the bottom. I also think that the bottom will long and very slow climbing. Not even a dead cat bounce. In fact, the world as we know it might change substantially in the next few years.

The US is damned if it does and damned if it does not. Some companies will emerge but many will fall or be seriously devalued. My wife inherited a small amount of stock from her mother, but I have not gotten involved. Too much else going on. She says you only lose when you sell. Some went up high over the years. Some are in the process of dying due to corruption.

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
It is always a good time to buy stock, particularly when the bottom falls out.

Under "normal" situations I would agree with you. Especially on DCA. Today I will be analyzing my wife's share portfolio to advise her which shares to sell. My logic is that the stock market has fallen about 20% from an artificial high. It can still fall another 30% and stay there for 4 years and only reach the present price 10 to 20 years from now.. Some stocks will disappear as the companies go out of business. I am of the opinion my wife should sell those now because 10% of their highs is better than 1% or 0% of the highs. In addition to analysis (which I am good at) I may also confirm with Tarot cards.
I hear ya. Don't blame ya. In the great recession the  DJIA declined 53.7% from 10/9/2007 to 3/9/2009, and I prepared to jump--out of the basement. Glad I didn't sell. Wifey wishes I had jumped. The market rebounded 4 fold. Wished I'd bought more!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 08:49:50
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 16:59:07

    Now imagine that there are pulsed electrical fields that are interfering with all the chemical reactions

The experiments have shown in tedious detail that the em fields associated with phones don't do that.

Now you are the one putting out false information. There are thousands of tests that do show that.
As all too often happens, I read one of your posts, and I'm looking for evidence. There isn't any.

You posted some stuff which essentially said "microwaving cells is bad for them".
Do you have anything that's relevant?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 08:55:48
Nice out for you. Saving face while not putting up the money. Besides, the telcos will probable hide the fact that they are responsible.
Those telcos are now saturating the airwaves  with more signals then they ever have before.
If those signals caused the virus then the numbers would rise but, already in many places (notably China), it's on the way out.

You ludicrously describe this as "
Saving face while not putting up the money.

But, if you were to honour any such bet, you would be the one paying out.
In a few weeks time (we all hope) it will be pretty obvious that the virus is being knocked back and that there's more RF energy doing the rounds than ever before.
At that point, will you accept that you must be wrong?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 08:59:07
China now outstrips the world in terms of number of patent.
Yes.
But the Chinese people don't get to use that tech, do they? It gets exported.

The point remains that their animal markets and healthcare system are pretty low tech and that's clearly what  I was alluding to.
So, it's your ignorance that's showing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 08:59:57
Why so angry about God?
My anger is about the stupidity of people who waste their lives in the pointless worship of something that cannot possibly exist, or if it did, could not be affected by worship. And also towards the disgusting behavior of people who use god as an excuse for their perversions. Good deeds do not need an excuse.

You sound like an uneducated, biased, hateful, religious fundamentalist zealot
You sound like you need a mirror.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 09:10:15
And once more Clive is proven right in his predictions.

Face masks work - even cloth masks. Check the USA (and other countries) slowly coming to that realization.

Satan wins again - because of this ridiculous primary stance that masks do not work, and may even worsen infection.

Spoiler: show
 8)  Of course it is not a psychic prediction - just MY science and not the popular propagandist science

No competent scientist (other than off the cuff) actually said masks don't work.
The only accurate answer to the question is  "it depends".


You might want to try not bearing false witness against them.

I am dumbstruck by your post. Just how many people in the US are wearing any sort of mask protection - even DIY home-made cloth masks?

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/health/surgeon-general-coronavirus-masks-risk-trnd/index.html
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams not only wants people to stop buying facemasks to prevent the novel coronavirus, but warns that you actually might increase your risk of infection if facemasks are not worn properly.
"You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider," Adams said during an interview on Fox & Friends on Monday morning.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/who-should-wear-a-face-mask-30-march-who-briefing/
WHO officials do not recommend mask wearing for healthy members of the general population.

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/coronavirus-wearing-protective-gear-inappropriately-puts-you-at-greater-risk-health-department-20200331
The department reminded the public not to wear protective gear if a person does not feel sick or when taking care of people, especially those with respiratory problems.

"Just how many people in the US are wearing any sort of mask protection - even DIY home-made cloth masks?"
Who cares?
They aren't scientists, so they can not be relevant.
Again this shows that you have not grasped the fundamental concept of evidence.

"You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider,"
"you actually might increase your risk of infection if facemasks are not worn properly"
which is the Surgeon General saying, as I had said "it depends"  twice.

And then the WHO say "it depends".
"WHO officials do not recommend mask wearing for healthy members of the general population."

And then your local officials say "It depends"
"The department reminded the public not to wear protective gear if a person does not feel sick"

So, as is sadly often the case, your own quotes show that you are wrong.

All the scientists you quote are saying what I said they did. They are all saying " it depends"
None of them is saying "masks don't work".
Every one of them is making the point I made.

Did you not realise that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 03/04/2020 09:26:16
But the Chinese people don't get to use that tech, do they? It gets exported.
Not sure about that. To some extent it depends on what you mean by "the people" but the extent of COVID tracking and dissemination of public information by mobile phone and facial recognition has been exceptional, as has the eventual ramping up of medical facilities. In some ways it seems that China has skipped a generation of technology, with people living in 1960s-style accommodation but with 2030s roads, railways, broadband…. and of course next year's diseases.

One sad measure of prosperity is the consumption of meat, which has rocketed in China. And not just quality-controlled pork, beef and chicken, but also, it seems, toxic exotica.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 11:27:08

At 8min 31 and 10min15 19min25.  Highly probably, lots of damage, economic damage, riots, and the first wave lasting 3 years. Will start in February in Asia from the market place then very rapid spread then 10 cases in Germany and then 70% of the population.

Too long and slow for me to listen to the whole things but some points of interest as I jump around.

A German analysis 8 years ago (in german) https://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip2l%20/btd/17/120/1712051.pdf of a viral outbreak similar to SARS that starts in China and moves to Europe and USA. Currently withdrawn. A pandemic caused by a virus similar to SARS corona virus.

The professor is a creationist Seventh Day Adventist.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 11:29:54
All the scientists you quote are saying what I said they did. They are all saying " it depends"
None of them is saying "masks don't work".
Every one of them is making the point I made.

Did you not realise that?

My point is that people are being discouraged from wearing masks. And that will aid the spread - and they are lying to the public. Propaganda takes a little truth and bends it.

Do you not realize that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 12:03:21
I hear ya. Don't blame ya. In the great recession the  DJIA declined 53.7% from 10/9/2007 to 3/9/2009, and I prepared to jump--out of the basement. Glad I didn't sell. Wifey wishes I had jumped. The market rebounded 4 fold. Wished I'd bought more!

In 2008/9 my late wife and I got out quickly and it happened to be the right decision because of her death. I agree that holding on would have been a been a good move UP UNTIL NOW. The problem is that the needed correction did not happen, and the market is very unbalanced and not normal. This time a massive correction will be inevitable.

I have analyzed my current wife's portfolio. They are all good stocks for which she pays a management fee and they are not "churned" for commission, and none are part of an index. So she will hold onto them even though they may be depressed for  long time.

Our current government was running out of money and trying to avoid a "junk" status rating which happened a few days ago. The virus crisis "allows" them to print money without public outcry. And if they go the same way as Zimbabwe the currency will degrade. So many countries are printing money that what should happen is global inflation where it takes more money to buy goods. But the virus is a deflationary pressure because people will not pay high property prices, or rents or even for goods. I am hoping our savings will not lose too much value.

Regrettably my psychic abilities are restricted by God to occasional important bits of information with a broad trajectory and not much detail. The information is still enough to be very useful for broad planning.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/04/2020 12:24:37
China now outstrips the world in terms of number of patent.
Yes.
But the Chinese people don't get to use that tech, do they? It gets exported.

The point remains that their animal markets and healthcare system are pretty low tech and that's clearly what  I was alluding to.
So, it's your ignorance that's showing.

In the 3 years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, China poured more concrete that the US has poured in its entire history. The high speed trains were marvels of engineering with tracks that are often overhead using an incredible system of moving precast spans onto the supports. Huawei is far ahead. Alibaba is massive and uses high tech. By many measures China is far ahead of the USA. The four largest banks in the world are Chinese. I could go on. You are very out of date. China has surged in ways that would blow your mind. Chinese tourists were everywhere.

The wet market is probably not much different to wet markets (like fish) around the world. Only more exotic. You should see the wet markets in African. In the streets and no hygiene. Which is why it is so surprising the virus did not originate in Africa. Years ago a salesman who traveled globally told me that if one wanted to avoid a bad stomach from local food then he would always eat Chinese.I have always found many Asians to be quite clean. A few years ago there were some cultural problems with spitting but that disappeared about 5 to 10 years ago I think.

Be careful of judging others negatively because you perceive them to be "foreign". Xenophobia is typical of the condition of overcrowding and overpopulation as is current.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 13:38:22
China has surged in ways that would blow your mind.
n the 3 years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, China poured more concrete that the US has poured in its entire history.
Thanks  for illustrating my point about
where great social change is taking place


By many measures China is far ahead of the USA.
Yes, but owning and using tech isn't one of them.
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Media/Households-with-television
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_smartphone_penetration

or healthcare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/04/2020 13:42:52
Be careful of judging others negatively because you perceive them to be "foreign".
Be careful of jumping to unsupported conclusions.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 08:33:04
A Spanish Flu survivor:
Note the use of masks. Note the use of distancing.

A Spanish Flu documentary made Oct 2018:
Note the problems with authorities who made really stupid decisions. Instead of focusing on health they ignored the spread of disease through social gatherings. Their priority was the war and production. This was the USA.

Note the lack of oxygen where people turn blue. The Blue Plague.

Note the quarantine of cities at 33:49 – did not work. San Francisco acted early with quarantine and it worked for the second wave but not the third wave because they did not anticipate it and there was no herd immunity gained from the second wave.

At 35:22 a man was shot for refusing to wear a face mask. The man ignored the first warning shot.

It asks – could this happen again? It warns about corona virus and says it is not about if but when. It says quick response makes the difference between life or death. The US response was slow. China and Singapore were quick.

Lessons ignored. Now, about God's lessons. ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 08:35:19
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 12:24:37

    China has surged in ways that would blow your mind.

Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 12:24:37

    n the 3 years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, China poured more concrete that the US has poured in its entire history.

Thanks  for illustrating my point about
Quote from: Bored chemist on 02/04/2020 11:59:05

    where great social technical and scientific change is taking place

Fixed that for you.  :)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 08:41:01
Be careful of judging others negatively because you perceive them to be "foreign".
Be careful of jumping to unsupported conclusions.

Sometimes there is nothing to support a decision (deriving from a conclusion) that must be taken. One prays, or uses Tarot cards. But I always assess the available facts carefully.

You, on the other hand, seem to post a response before engaging your brain to properly understand the context of what has been written. You are a master of nit-picking and cherry-picking to take sentences and words out of context. I have given you some well-meaning good advice. Think about it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 08:52:39
My wife has been coughing a lot for the last few days. It is cold and raining. I have aches and pains. I feel a little down.

There are stories of testing and masks and quarantine working. It is possible to contain this first wave, but at what cost and for how long. I have mixed feelings. My optimistic side (I am a glass half-full person) says there is hope. My history and God's message is that the worst is yet to come. On one hand I feel I am supposed to spread God's message and on the other hand I don't want to be a doom-sayer - especially if I am wrong about it all.

Sigh. I have chosen a path and I am no quitter. I suppose God knew that in picking me. So I will re-write the second part of the book and publish it online. I guess it is a matter of "Publish and be damned."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 04/04/2020 08:56:40
I'd wear an Apollo spacesuit if I had millions. I'd manufacture lightweight, flexible, protective armor made of graphene for drivers and passengers in vehicles. Graphene stops bullets at 600 meters per second, and is 100 times stronger than steel. Let's cut way back on automobile accident fatalities.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 04/04/2020 09:00:17
I am supremely confident our economy is going to come back like a raging herd of angry bulls.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 04/04/2020 09:14:38
I'd manufacture lightweight, flexible, protective armor made of graphene for drivers and passengers in vehicles. Graphene stops bullets at 600 meters per second, and is 100 times stronger than steel. Let's cut way back on automobile accident fatalities.
If the armor is flexible it won't alter the outcome of automobile accidents. Fatalities generally arise from the internal flexibility and mushiness of  the human body coming into contact with rigid bits of the vehicle. Seatbelts and airbags reduce the  deceleration. Padding would be better than graphene, then you can add the cooling system from your space suit..
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 09:35:41
I am supremely confident our economy is going to come back like a raging herd of angry bulls.

I am not. There needs to be a phased end to lock-downs for a start. Which country are you in?

There are articles about "the end of capitalization" and "the end of globalization". For all the advantages there are some key weaknesses. It is the same weakness as one finds in mono-culture.

This was brought home when a key factory making memory chips burnt down and the whole world suffered a shortage. One of Trumps assessments was that the USA should do more local manufacture. This crisis has exposed the problems with a few individuals making money from manufacture in a distant country as opposed to local manufacture. "Just in time" has no "fat" or slack. It may be efficient in good times but a nightmare in bad times.

South Africa became a manufacturing powerhouse when under sanctions. It made its our own integrated circuits and even made six nuclear bombs. In 1994 the importation of cheap goods from China boosted the economy at first and then devastated local manufacturing. My wife is now considering whether to use her machines to do some local manufacture under the new regime, if it comes. We need the slogan "Gives the locals some of your business".

Countries should always ensure that at least 10% of imports are made locally and that such factories are centers of research as well so as to be able to innovate and have the local expertise to grow quickly in case of global disruptions. Imagine the Irish potato famine being global. If a plant fungus wipes out a section of agriculture then other sectors with similar plants but some diversity should be ready to take over. In economics one learns the need to diversify a portfolio. This is a good general strategy.

Humankind KNOWS this. But greedy businessmen and politicians paid by the greedy businessmen do not want change. Instead of being proactive, they are reactive. China does not have the lobbying the USA and many Western countries have. Survival of the fittest applies to nations as well.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 09:37:24
I'd wear an Apollo spacesuit if I had millions. I'd manufacture lightweight, flexible, protective armor made of graphene for drivers and passengers in vehicles. Graphene stops bullets at 600 meters per second, and is 100 times stronger than steel. Let's cut way back on automobile accident fatalities.

And how about a suggestion for reducing global population without natural disasters - big and small?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 04/04/2020 09:37:55
I'd manufacture lightweight, flexible, protective armor made of graphene for drivers and passengers in vehicles. Graphene stops bullets at 600 meters per second, and is 100 times stronger than steel. Let's cut way back on automobile accident fatalities.
If the armor is flexible it won't alter the outcome of automobile accidents. Fatalities generally arise from the internal flexibility and mushiness of  the human body coming into contact with rigid bits of the vehicle. Seatbelts and airbags reduce the  deceleration. Padding would be better than graphene, then you can add the cooling system from your space suit..
I'll take all the advice I can get. Saving lives is the important thing. I was thinking of graphene or a similar material formed into a braided like metal armor. It would be flexible to a point beyond which it would lock into place.I guess graphene cracks pretty easily, unfortunately. One thing's for sure. We can design and manufacture more and better protective equipment for people to use while they travel in cars.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 04/04/2020 09:54:51
I am supremely confident our economy is going to come back like a raging herd of angry bulls.

I am not. There needs to be a phased end to lock-downs for a start. Which country are you in?

There are articles about "the end of capitalization" and "the end of globalization". For all the advantages there are some key weaknesses. It is the same weakness as one finds in mono-culture.

This was brought home when a key factory making memory chips burnt down and the whole world suffered a shortage. One of Trumps assessments was that the USA should do more local manufacture. This crisis has exposed the problems with a few individuals making money from manufacture in a distant country as opposed to local manufacture. "Just in time" has no "fat" or slack. It may be efficient in good times but a nightmare in bad times.

South Africa became a manufacturing powerhouse when under sanctions. It made its our own integrated circuits and even made six nuclear bombs. In 1994 the importation of cheap goods from China boosted the economy at first and then devastated local manufacturing. My wife is now considering whether to use her machines to do some local manufacture under the new regime, if it comes. We need the slogan "Gives the locals some of your business".

Countries should always ensure that at least 10% of imports are made locally and that such factories are centers of research as well so as to be able to innovate and have the local expertise to grow quickly in case of global disruptions. Imagine the Irish potato famine being global. If a plant fungus wipes out a section of agriculture then other sectors with similar plants but some diversity should be ready to take over. In economics one learns the need to diversify a portfolio. This is a good general strategy.

Humankind KNOWS this. But greedy businessmen and politicians paid by the greedy businessmen do not want change. Instead of being proactive, they are reactive. China does not have the lobbying the USA and many Western countries have. Survival of the fittest applies to nations as well.
Mom graduated summa cum laude Radcliffe majoring in economics and she frowned on America's symbiotic relationships with foreign countries.

Pent up demand will more than make up for this setback, imho.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 04/04/2020 10:06:08
In 1994 the importation of cheap goods from China boosted the economy at first and then devastated local manufacturing.

That is in my next book.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/04/2020 10:14:28
I am supremely confident our economy is going to come back like a raging herd of angry bulls.

Just about everything you have posted here indicates that you have great faith in things for which there is no actual evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/04/2020 10:35:25
Mom graduated summa cum laude Radcliffe majoring in economics and she frowned on America's symbiotic relationships with foreign countries.
My mum taught one of the Spice Girls.
But she's not the one posting here.

Boris Johnson managed a first class honours in Classics at a University that is 800 years older than Radcliffe.
And his idea of dealing with a problem is to hide in a fridge.

"Appeal to authority" is a logical fallacy at the best of times.
Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 12:24:37

    China has surged in ways that would blow your mind.

Quote from: CliveG on Yesterday at 12:24:37

    n the 3 years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, China poured more concrete that the US has poured in its entire history.

Thanks  for illustrating my point about
Quote from: Bored chemist on 02/04/2020 11:59:05

    where great social technical and scientific change is taking place

Fixed that for you.  :)

Are you trying to pretend that social change is not happening? Because that's pretty obviously a silly idea.
Now, about God's lessons.
The ones he "teaches" by randomly killing people?
And how about a suggestion for reducing global population without natural disasters - big and small?
Abolish organisations that say we should "go forth and multiply".
Note the use of distancing.
Stacked just about as close as they could be, given that you needed to be able to get a stretcher between the beds.
Countries should always ensure that at least 10% of imports are made locally
Is that a Yogi Berra quote?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:17:52
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 09:35:41

    Countries should always ensure that at least 10% of imports are made locally

Is that a Yogi Berra quote?

I did not understand what you were referring to until after I read this site and then re-read my post. Yogi would have understood perfectly.
Correction
   Countries should always ensure that at least 10% of goods that are typically imported are made locally

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/the-50-greatest-yogi-berra-quotes
One I like is:
49. If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.
That sums up this atheist argument about the perfection of God.

31. I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.
17. The future ain’t what it used to be.
4. It’s like déj  vu all over again.
- There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.

Yogi apparently said "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." Some say if was Neils Bohr and some say it was Mark Twain.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:23:03
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 09:37:24

    And how about a suggestion for reducing global population without natural disasters - big and small?

Abolish organisations that say we should "go forth and multiply".

Make it illegal to promote having more babies for whatever reason. Some of the guilty ones are: The Catholic Church is the obvious one. Hassidics are the other. So are many governments like Japan.

Perhaps sterilize women after they have had one child. No good sterilizing the men. Just one man can start his own population explosion. A Swazi king comes to mind.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:26:47
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 08:33:04

    Note the use of distancing.

Stacked just about as close as they could be, given that you needed to be able to get a stretcher between the beds.

Those examples were the ones (like the army) that promoted dying - and they die they did. The survivor said that afterwards many people in civil society were afraid to mingle or come close to others - those were the survivors.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:29:09
Are you trying to pretend that social change is not happening? Because that's pretty obviously a silly idea.

Not all. There is massive change across Chinese society - except for governance which has relaxed but remains authoritarian and centralised. BC seemed to be saying that the change was restricted and narrow.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:46:41
Quote from: CliveG on Today at 08:33:04

    Now, about God's lessons.

The ones he "teaches" by randomly killing people?

Good one. Finally.

Many lessons are learned the hard way. I know that. While I say that God reluctantly allows people to die so that a lesson might be learned, I have some reservations about how much responsibility he can avoid. Yesterday (almost in anticipation of your question) I thought about the lessons I have learned. Certainly I have suffered. Certainly my late wife died. If he has put me on a path to teach me lessons then he may have had a hand in that. I do not begrudge what he might have to do.

I have learned to deal with suffering in the way that Buddha taught. That is why I say that all "religions" have an element of truth in their teachings.

I will meet my late wife in the afterlife and my soul will evolve spiritually. God did allow Jesus to die and to die in horrible suffering.

Of course if that example is scaled up then then one could say that God may have had a hand in the pandemic. The only way I can avoid a contradiction is to say that my hypothesis does not allow God to be perfect, and also that the Ultimate Intelligence may be writing part of the script for the dream.

I do not pretend to know it all. As with all of us, I have to make some assumptions but I prefer to make ones that are the most logical and account for observations of ALL of us and not a narrow scientific class who intentionally confine themselves to physically observable phenomenon.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:49:36
In 1994 the importation of cheap goods from China boosted the economy at first and then devastated local manufacturing.

That is in my next book.

And your first book is?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/04/2020 11:53:20
BC seemed to be saying that the change was restricted and narrow.
No, he didn't.
where great social change is taking place.

Again, you need to stop lying about what people said. (or "bearing false witness", as it's sometimes called)

Good one. Finally.
You decided to reply; finally.
And in all His infinite wisdom, he couldn't do a better job of teaching than killing random people.
That's a really rubbish God, isn't it?


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 11:55:35
I am supremely confident our economy is going to come back like a raging herd of angry bulls.

Just about everything you have posted here indicates that you have great faith in things for which there is no actual evidence.

How many times do I have to say I have no "faith". I have a hypothesis to explain the world and some of the events that science cannot explain. You deny "real" evidence in preference for "actual" evidence - whatever "actual" is.

In about 1963, when I was a teenager, I experienced "ball lightning". It was a charged cracking blue ball of dust that emerged from the back of our TV set. Nothing like seeing the "real" thing. Debate about the existence of ball lightning has raged for years.

Sorry. I have mixed up duffyd and BC in the last few posts. Some of you may have noticed.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/04/2020 12:05:45
when I was a teenager, I experienced "ball lightning". I
That's a novel euphemism.
Debate about the existence of ball lightning has raged for years.
Not really.
Essentially everyone believes it exists.
There's lots of debate about the cause and nature, but that's a different issue.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 19:05:41
when I was a teenager, I experienced "ball lightning". I
That's a novel euphemism.
Debate about the existence of ball lightning has raged for years.
Not really.
Essentially everyone believes it exists.
There's lots of debate about the cause and nature, but that's a different issue.

How old are you? And how is your memory? My statement was quite factual and I followed the debate for decades because the phenomenon was so startling. Researching the topic on the internet is not the same. People twist the facts. Older newspapers and periodicals are not searchable for the most part. Journalists will invent things if the truth is not juicy enough. So even if you gave me references and links I still say you are "doing the same just to be contrary".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 04/04/2020 19:20:31
I've seen ball lightning, and once played in a band and flew in developing clouds (not at the same time) with a trombonist whose job at the UK meteorological office was to investigate rare phenomena - of which ball lightning was the most-reported and least-understood.  We played some good balls but never managed to video ball lightning.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 19:25:58
I am quite disappointed at the "scientists". There should be no mask controversy.

The efficacy of masks to both expel and inhale various sizes and types of wet and dry particles should be a matter of experiments that are part of the database of knowledge. Yet one sees "experts" giving opinions and just fueling the confusion.

I see people expressing their opinions and making up the "science" as they go. No wonder the West is going to suffer the consequences of arrogance where individuals are more concerned with public relations and spin than blunt truth or common sense.

No-one seems to be able to tell the public the bald truth. They think it will create panic or some other unwanted effect. Uncertainty and confusion will just make things worse in the long run. People need to change and pull together. When the elite are seen as ignorant and waffling and contradicting themselves there is no inspired leadership. The world needs change and leaders who put people and principle before money and power.

Give us the science in the way a six-year old could understand. So said Einstein. Graphs and technical detail for both the lay person and the technically inclined.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 19:31:08
I've seen ball lightning, and once played in a band and flew in developing clouds (not at the same time) with a trombonist whose job at the UK meteorological office was to investigate rare phenomena - of which ball lightning was the most-reported and least-understood.  We played some good balls but never managed to video ball lightning.

You and I have had some strange events in common. We should get together for a beer some time.  :)

You are correct that there were reports of sightings but no pictures or videos and the arguments were about the mechanics and the physics with a split in those who believed and those who did not. Basically a problem of anecdotal evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/04/2020 19:58:03
I like and respect Chomsky. What does that say about me?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/noam-chomsky-coronavirus-pandemic-prevented-200403113823259.html
The coronavirus crisis could have been prevented because there was enough information available to the world, according to Noam Chomsky, who has warned that once the pandemic is over, two critical challenges will remain - the threats of nuclear war and global warming.
..."This coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented, the information was there to prevent it. In fact, it was well-known. In October 2019, just before the outbreak, there was a large-scale simulation in the United States - possible pandemic of this kind," he said, referring to an exercise - titled Event 201 - hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
"Nothing was done. The crisis was then made worse by the treachery of the political systems that didn't pay attention to the information that they were aware of.
"On December 31, China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of pneumonia-like symptoms with unknown origins. A week later, some Chinese scientists identified a coronavirus. Furthermore, they sequenced it and provided information to the world. By then, virologists and others who were bothering to read WHO reports knew that there was a coronavirus and knew that had to deal with it. Did they do anything? Well yes, some did.
"China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore began to do something, and they have sort of pretty much seemed to have contained at least the first surge of the crisis."
..."Possibly, a good side of the coronavirus, is it might bring people to think about what kind of a world do we want.
"We should think about the emergence of this crisis, why is there a coronavirus crisis? It's a colossal market failure. It goes right back to the essence of markets exacerbated by the savage neoliberal intensification of deep social-economic problems."
..."Labs around the world could be working right then on developing protection for potential coronavirus pandemics. Why didn't they do it? The market signals were wrong. The drug companies. We have handed over our fate to private tyrannies called corporations, which are unaccountable to the public, in this case, Big Pharma. And for them, making new body creams is more profitable than finding a vaccine that will protect people from total destruction."


An interesting documentary often seen on RTTV.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
Four years after publication, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media was adapted as Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), a documentary film that discusses the propaganda model of communication and the politics of the mass-communications business, as well as a biography of Chomsky. The film was directed by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 03:21:53
If anyone would care to explain why God doesn't exist, I'd enjoy reviewing your theories and data.
Many are adamant that there is no evidence for his existence, but they aren't convincing. If you would like to share a viable theory, please don't hesitate.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 03:35:51
Is anyone familiar with a rational, logical, documented theory that clearly refutes the existence of God? Again, I'm not asking for you to repeat an old theory, rather, if you care to offer conjecture, please include data that is verifiable, thorough and scientifically valid.
So far, I haven't seen a single argument that is sustainable, intelligent or persuasive, but I would love to see what you have.
 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 03:45:32
In 1994 the importation of cheap goods from China boosted the economy at first and then devastated local manufacturing.

That is in my next book.

And your first book is?
Originally we called it, "What Ho Murray?" We changed it to, "Hey! I Think There's Ladies Here" But it is better known for its subtitle, "Don't Run For A Bus, There'll Always Be Another"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 03:56:37
BTW, I want to repeat: Science provides overwhelming reasons why GOD must be. Even to suggest otherwise is ludicrous.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 07:44:30
Is anyone familiar with a rationale, logical, documented theory that clearly refutes the existence of God? Again, I'm not asking for you to repeat an old theory, rather, if you care to offer conjecture, please include data that is verifiable, thorough and scientifically valid.
So far, I haven't seen a single argument that is sustainable, intelligent or persuasive, but I would love to see it.

So would I.  👍 👍 👍

Sunday. The sun is out. I will enjoy the day and nature. Our garden is lovely. A slow day with nothing new to report. Hannity gave Cuomo a talking to about a 2015 report advising NY to buy ventilators - with an accurate report about a possible pandemic. Cuomo wasted money on pet projects.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 07:54:12
Originally we called it, "What Ho Murray?" We changed it to, "Hey! I Think There's Ladies Here" But it is better known for its subtitle, "Don't Run For A Bus, There'll Always Be Another"

ISBN number? Or link?

My book on Smashwords is ISBN:  978-0-620-80927-6  (eBook). Read the Second half. Pseudonym Dan Seyr. It needs updating but still some things of interest. I will put a free pdf on Google drive with a link shortly. But I want to update it. Especially with the feedback I have from this site.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 08:20:41
Originally we called it, "What Ho Murray?" We changed it to, "Hey! I Think There's Ladies Here" But it is better known for its subtitle, "Don't Run For A Bus, There'll Always Be Another"

ISBN number? Or link?

My book on Smashwords is ISBN:  978-0-620-80927-6  (eBook). Read the Second half. Pseudonym Dan Seyr. It needs updating but still some things of interest. I will put a free pdf on Google drive with a link shortly. But I want to update it. Especially with the feedback I have from this site.
Oh, it's been banned in every country in the world. Many governments required mass burning enforcement. They said it was the sickest, most disgusting, inaccurate, devious, evil, raunchy, filthy, depraved piece of junk ever committed to paper. I say it was not inaccurate.
It was about my feeding and bathroom habits since birth. It was actually very informative. But, they claimed they measured a major increase in severe agita, nervous indigestion, mass hysteria, suicidal and uncontrollable homicidal ideations, depression, lactation in adult males, tachycardia, hallucinations, strep throat, bed wetting, night terrors, and aneurysms directly attributable to reading the first paragraph. I thought it was pretty good. They allege millions became violently ill, so that ended that little project.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 09:50:33
BTW, I want to repeat: Science provides overwhelming reasons why GOD must be. Even to suggest otherwise is ludicrous.

Ali Binazir did the calculations and decided that the chances of anyone existing are one in 10 to the 2,685,000th power.
 Ali Binazir, M.D., M.Phil. is a graduate of Harvard College, UC San Diego School of Medicine, and Cambridge University.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 10:10:59
Is anyone familiar with a rationale, logical, documented theory that clearly refutes the existence of God? Again, I'm not asking for you to repeat an old theory, rather, if you care to offer conjecture, please include data that is verifiable, thorough and scientifically valid.
So far, I haven't seen a single argument that is sustainable, intelligent or persuasive, but I would love to.

So would I.   

Sunday. The sun is out. I will enjoy the day and nature. Our garden is lovely. A slow day with nothing new to report. Hannity gave Cuomo a talking to about a 2015 report advising NY to buy ventilators - with an accurate report about a possible pandemic. Cuomo wasted money on pet projects.
Science is quite clear on certain matters. Science shows us that matter has never created matter. Science proves that nothing is not a source for something to become. We know, based on science that the universe began at a point in the past. The only logical conclusion rational thinkers can come to is that a Force not only initiated the explosion which sparked the manifestation of all that is and that we can measure from earth as it scatters across space/time, but that this Force created the ingredients, the very material within that which exploded. That Force logically must be more powerful, intelligent, creative, magnificent, and spiritual than anything else other than that Force's Son.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 10:21:01
While science can be a useful tool, it doesn't address issues that are extremely important to mankind, to most people, such as life after death. It does not define and it cannot list the items which form the human soul and it cannot dissect love. Science cannot explain why a mother loves her child. It cannot offer instructions to make compassion. It doesn't understand beauty.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jfoldbar on 05/04/2020 10:24:40
BTW, I want to repeat: Science provides overwhelming reasons why GOD must be. Even to suggest otherwise is ludicrous.
you show me yours and ill show you mine

actually, not really. science can not prove that there is no god. and it cant prove there is a god. there is evidence for both, but neither is provable. so the default position should be that until one is proven, both are possible. ever heard of Schrodingers cat. to accept one of those options as true is "lying to oneself" (there is a better phrase but cant think of it)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 10:30:10
Oh, it's been banned in every country in the world. Many governments required mass burning enforcement. They said it was the sickest, most disgusting, inaccurate, devious, evil, raunchy, filthy, depraved piece of junk ever committed to paper. I say it was not inaccurate.
It was about my feeding and bathroom habits since birth. It was actually very informative. But, they claimed they measured a major increase in severe agita, nervous indigestion, mass hysteria, suicidal and uncontrollable homicidal ideations, depression, lactation in adult males, tachycardia, hallucinations, strep throat, bed wetting, night terrors, and aneurysms directly attributable to reading the first paragraph. I thought it was pretty good. They allege millions became violently ill, so that ended that little project.

So you have piqued my curiosity. How do I get a copy?

Was this written before or after your conversion?

My allegations that cell radiation might be a factor in the spread of COVID-19 gets such comments banned in some places. On the basis that it is "crazy". Strangely thit was not applied to others posting the weirdest of claims. The power of the industry. My thread on this forum got pushed to "That cannot be true".

It is being said that anecdotal evidence, no matter how credible it might be, was not evidence. When it comes to hydoxyquinone people are saying that if anecdotal evidence saves their life they will try it. But anecdotal evidence of God or radiation harm must be squashed.

BTW - would the quinine in a gin and tonic work? Even if it does not, it would maybe make the symptoms easier to bear.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jfoldbar on 05/04/2020 10:32:30
Science cannot explain why a mother loves her child. It cannot offer instructions to make compassion. It doesn't understand beauty.
actually, it can

you are correct, science doesnt address issues like life after death and the souls, because as of our current technology they are still in the science fiction dept. but hey, we are learning all the time and someday we may shed light on those subjects.

science can however address the issues of people 'believing' in life after death and souls. believing in something is a completely different issue to it actually being real. and we have the whole 'psychology. of belief' thing explained pretty well.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 10:32:57
Science is quite clear on certain matters. Science shows us that matter has never created matter. Science proves that nothing is not a source for something to become. We know, based on science that the universe began at a point in the past. The only logical conclusion rational thinkers can come to is that a Force not only initiated the explosion which sparked the manifestation of all that is and that we can measure from earth as it scatters across space/time, but that this Force created the ingredients, the very material within that which exploded. That Force logically must be more powerful, intelligent, creative, magnificent, and spiritual than anything else other than that Force's Son.

Not to far from my hypothesis. Worth repeating as I have done for you.  :)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 10:35:55
Science cannot explain why a mother loves her child. It cannot offer instructions to make compassion. It doesn't understand beauty.
actually, it can

you are correct, science doesnt address issues like life after death and the souls, because as of our current technology they are still in the science fiction dept. but hey, we are learning all the time and someday we may shed light on those subjects.

science can however address the issues of people 'believing' in life after death and souls. believing in something is a completely different issue to it actually being real. and we have the whole 'psychology. of belief' thing explained pretty well.

Would you agree that atheists have a belief based on rejection of "anecdotal evidence", and try to rationalize any event that physics cannot explain? Should atheists actually be agnostics if they really apply their minds?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jfoldbar on 05/04/2020 10:43:48
Should atheists actually be agnostics if they really apply their minds?
me personally. i think that the strong belief there there is no god is incorrect. this is the opposite spectrum to the belief in a god. which are both beliefs and by definition are not proven. i think the correct stance is 'we dont know so i will stay neutral until it is known'.
there are numerous psychological studies showing that any stance but neutral is detrimental to our ability to determine the 'truth' if it does come along.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 10:54:32

Honestly, I can't say whether they have one at the CIA filed under "alternative mass weaponry" that is so classified the presidents are forbidden from looking into it until MAD is well underway. You can always contact FOIA and the pres to see if you can have a peek. When I wrote it, it was intended as a textbook for scholars only but a chapter hit the black market and that was all she wrote. (Believe me, I never intended it to be an alternative, lethal, incurable, inexpensive weapon of mass poisoning of the human psyche for use in peacetime.) 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 10:58:21
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Clive, Your answer is below or above as the case may be. That thing is so dangerous alerts stream across the world  warning governments that someone mentioned it. You've got to be careful.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 11:06:15
Science is quite clear on certain matters. Science shows us that matter has never created matter. Science proves that nothing is not a source for something to become. We know, based on science that the universe began at a point in the past. The only logical conclusion rational thinkers can come to is that a Force not only initiated the explosion which sparked the manifestation of all that is and that we can measure from earth as it scatters across space/time, but that this Force created the ingredients, the very material within that which exploded. That Force logically must be more powerful, intelligent, creative, magnificent, and spiritual than anything else other than that Force's Son.

Not to far from my hypothesis. Worth repeating as I have done for you.  :)

Listen my friend. You are a nice guy. This is what I will do. When I have finished the rough draft of my next book, I'll sent you a copy of it.

Look for a hefty volume that says, "Hey! Don't Throw That Rock At Me" or, I haven't decided yet, "Hey! Who Discovered Ladies?" "Bernie!"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 05/04/2020 12:46:24
Ali Binazir did the calculations and decided that the chances of anyone existing are one in 10 to the 2,685,000th power.
 Ali Binazir, M.D., M.Phil. is a graduate of Harvard College, UC San Diego School of Medicine, and Cambridge University.
That's a remarkably wrong answer.
I exist.
The probability of anyone existing is  1.
So he's obviously made a mistake.

Again, the appeal to authority bit is a logical fallacy. Why include it?
Why pretend that "M.D., M.Phil. is a graduate of Harvard College, UC San Diego School of Medicine, and Cambridge" makes any difference to him being obviously wrong.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 17:24:23
Should atheists actually be agnostics if they really apply their minds?
me personally. i think that the strong belief there there is no god is incorrect. this is the opposite spectrum to the belief in a god. which are both beliefs and by definition are not proven. i think the correct stance is 'we dont know so i will stay neutral until it is known'.
there are numerous psychological studies showing that any stance but neutral is detrimental to our ability to determine the 'truth' if it does come along.

So I was an atheist from 12 to 17 years of age when a crisis caused me to re-think my absolute conviction that God did not exist. I decided to become an agnostic and wait until I was in a position to be able to make a decision.

I was 45 when I first thought that there were some benefits to a belief in God. Such as assuring my 4-year old son that he could go to sleep after saying his prayers because God would look after him. No other assurance and logic was acceptable to him. He was too smart and could figure a way into the house by bad guys which his school-mates had told him about.

I was about 55 to 60 when events gave me more assurance that the probability of the existence of God was reasonably likely. I still retain some skepticism and accept I may be wrong. Can you explain how I was absolutely certain a biker would die on an open road in good weather with little traffic and there was no problem with the way he was driving? That to me was the one example that illustrates the existence of the supernatural.

You are at your computer reading this, and suddenly you get a shock (and I mean a shock as if it had happened) that a car is going to crash into the side of the house in 5 minutes and you leave the room. The crash happens. A mild sunny day with little traffic and no unusual sounds. The man just dies at the wheel of the car from a heart attack and does not take the corner. It happens to you and no-one believes you - but you know what happened.

When such an incident is just one of many other strange events it becomes hard to not believe. But time fades the extraordinary nature of such events, and one is left doubting everything. I sit here and I have no faith that there is a God. I do not feel his presence. He only spoke to me once (maybe twice) and I will admit that while it was strange and different it could well have been my imagination - except for the events that followed to confirm.

God does not make it easy to believe. I envy those who do. My belief is by choice not by faith. I do admit it has benefits.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 05/04/2020 17:25:25
Science shows us that matter has never created matter. Science proves that nothing is not a source for something to become.
Neither statement is true. It's good enough for everyday practical chemistry and engineering but these phenomena are not prevented by any known physics. Indeed since the observable universe seems to have a finite age, physics actually demands ex nihilo creation of matter, by simple observation. We just don't fully understand the mechanism or have the ability to replicate it in the lab yet.   
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 17:26:41
Ali Binazir did the calculations and decided that the chances of anyone existing are one in 10 to the 2,685,000th power.
 Ali Binazir, M.D., M.Phil. is a graduate of Harvard College, UC San Diego School of Medicine, and Cambridge University.
That's a remarkably wrong answer.
I exist.
The probability of anyone existing is  1.
So he's obviously made a mistake.

Again, the appeal to authority bit is a logical fallacy. Why include it?
Why pretend that "M.D., M.Phil. is a graduate of Harvard College, UC San Diego School of Medicine, and Cambridge" makes any difference to him being obviously wrong.

After a coin is tossed, the probability that the coin would be what it is, is 1. Before the coin is tossed, it is not 1.

Before life existed, the probability is not 1.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 05/04/2020 17:33:56
Science shows us that matter has never created matter. Science proves that nothing is not a source for something to become.
Neither statement is true. It's good enough for everyday practical chemistry and engineering but these phenomena are not prevented by any known physics. Indeed since the observable universe seems to have a finite age, physics actually demands ex nihilo creation of matter, by simple observation. We just don't fully understand the mechanism or have the ability to replicate it in the lab yet.

How about the ex nihilo of the laws of physics?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 05/04/2020 17:46:26
Before life existed, the probability is not 1.
Before life existed, nor did Ali Binazir.
So, at the point where he said the probability was essentially zero, it was actually 1.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 05/04/2020 17:49:31

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I was 45 when I first thought that there were some benefits to a belief in God. Such as assuring my 4-year old son that he could go to sleep after saying his prayers because God would look after him. No other assurance and logic was acceptable to him. He was too smart and could figure a way into the house by bad guys which his school-mates had told him about.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 19:42:59
Faith in ‘Creatio Ex Nihilo’ (CEN) theory is real faith. Unbelievers now embrace faith wholeheartedly. They have done a 180 degree shift. Today, as of this moment, they are true converts. They are Reborners, a dedicated, fundamentalist, devout congregation of believers in Gobbledygook
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jfoldbar on 05/04/2020 19:43:09
I was about 55 to 60 when events gave me more assurance that the probability of the existence of God was reasonably likely. I still retain some skepticism and accept I may be wrong. Can you explain how I was absolutely certain a biker would die on an open road in good weather with little traffic and there was no problem with the way he was driving? That to me was the one example that illustrates the existence of the supernatural.

You are at your computer reading this, and suddenly you get a shock (and I mean a shock as if it had happened) that a car is going to crash into the side of the house in 5 minutes and you leave the room. The crash happens. A mild sunny day with little traffic and no unusual sounds. The man just dies at the wheel of the car from a heart attack and does not take the corner. It happens to you and no-one believes you - but you know what happened.
i dont know you personally or that exact circumstance but science has many explanations for this. 1 possibility from the top of my head is the same as when we know what song will come on the radio next or we know who the next person to call us is. it happens to everyone and is quite well understood by science. theres nothing supernatural there. its just our brain doing what it does.
a bit like when you dream about some stranger, and then the next day you meet that stranger for the first time. again, perfectly explainable by science. nothing supernatural.
so i used to get surprised by this stuff, thinking i was 'special'. until i learned more facts.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 20:07:40
Neither statement is true. It's good enough for everyday practical chemistry and engineering but these phenomena are not prevented by any known physics.

 Better than that. Physics, if anything, proves that nothing becomes something every two or three days. We have many examples. Two weeks ago a gold mine sprouted from absolute nothingness and several people are very wealthy today. I knew a guy who jumped out of an airplane and landed in a feather bed that popped into existence six tenths of a second before he hit the ground. Not uncommon.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 20:22:01
I was about 55 to 60 when events gave me more assurance that the probability of the existence of God was reasonably likely. I still retain some skepticism and accept I may be wrong. Can you explain how I was absolutely certain a biker would die on an open road in good weather with little traffic and there was no problem with the way he was driving? That to me was the one example that illustrates the existence of the supernatural.

You are at your computer reading this, and suddenly you get a shock (and I mean a shock as if it had happened) that a car is going to crash into the side of the house in 5 minutes and you leave the room. The crash happens. A mild sunny day with little traffic and no unusual sounds. The man just dies at the wheel of the car from a heart attack and does not take the corner. It happens to you and no-one believes you - but you know what happened.
i dont know you personally or that exact circumstance but science has many explanations for this. 1 possibility from the top of my head is the same as when we know what song will come on the radio next or we know who the next person to call us is. it happens to everyone and is quite well understood by science. theres nothing supernatural there. its just our brain doing what it does.
a bit like when you dream about some stranger, and then the next day you meet that stranger for the first time. again, perfectly explainable by science. nothing supernatural.
so i used to get surprised by this stuff, thinking i was 'special'. until i learned more facts.
Don't forget. One hundred billion neurons sporting trillions of connections inside a skull is no big deal. Anybody can combine some protein and fat molecules in your average home blender and build a functioning brain. Some of my dearest friends have a small business producing replacement brains from a pre-dip batter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Kryptid on 05/04/2020 20:24:56
1 possibility from the top of my head is the same as when we know what song will come on the radio next or we know who the next person to call us is. it happens to everyone and is quite well understood by science. theres nothing supernatural there. its just our brain doing what it does.
a bit like when you dream about some stranger, and then the next day you meet that stranger for the first time. again, perfectly explainable by science. nothing supernatural.

I had not heard of a scientific explanation for this before. What is the mechanism?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 23:00:03
"Questions regarding the formation of the Universe and ‘what was there’ before it came to existence have been of great interest to mankind at all times. Several suggestions have been presented during the ages – mostly assuming a preliminary state prior to creation. Nevertheless, theories that require initial conditions are not considered complete, since they lack an explanation of what created such conditions." Maya Lincoln Avi Wasser

As much as the antigod faithful try to avoid it, what set the big bang in motion is sort of important. If you think about, what preceded the explosion is actually key to everything we want to know. Even folks who despise all religions and don't "believe" in God per se, know that there had to be something behind the scenes pulling the strings.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 05/04/2020 23:48:40
BTW, I want to repeat: Science provides overwhelming reasons why GOD must be. Even to suggest otherwise is ludicrous.
you show me yours and ill show you mine

actually, not really. science can not prove that there is no god. and it cant prove there is a god. there is evidence for both, but neither is provable. so the default position should be that until one is proven, both are possible. ever heard of Schrodingers cat. to accept one of those options as true is "lying to oneself" (there is a better phrase but cant think of it)

Science clearly establishes that GOD is.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 00:06:15
Indeed since the observable universe seems to have a finite age, physics actually demands ex nihilo creation of matter

Its finiteness screams bloody murder, "Your God is above all, before all, is fierce and terrifying, wondrous, beyond your comprehension and longs to be in a close relationship with you, personally. He's wanted you to know him before your parents were born and he has loved you far longer than that. He knows everything about you, has been with you every second, knows your loneliness, your pride, your heart and everyone you cherish. Time is coming to an end as you know it and you will forfeit your chance to be with him who loves you so." 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/04/2020 05:29:20
Can you prove that?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/04/2020 05:37:18
How about the ex nihilo of the laws of physics?
The laws of physics are man-made summaries of observation, nothing more. We observe a universe of finite age, therefore what exists now, once did not exist. Some folks wonder how it happened, some folks assert who did it. Being of an enquiring mind, I prefer the "how".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 05:44:12
Can you prove that?
No. I can't, but He can. Right now. Right here. He can and will convince you He is real and will utterly amaze, stun, surprise, you UTTERLY.  HE's dying to, literally, He died a horrible death for YOU. So you and he can know each other as best friends.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/04/2020 05:48:23
Faith in ‘Creatio Ex Nihilo’ (CEN) theory is real faith.
Wrong. Faith is acceptance of a hypothesis in the face of facts. It is distinct from belief (acceptance in the absence of facts) or science (investigation of a hypothesis by means of facts). 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/04/2020 05:49:38
No. I can't, but He can. Right now. Right here. He can and will convince you He is real and will utterly amaze, stun, surprise, you UTTERLY.  HE's dying to, literally, He died a horrible death for YOU. So you and he can know each other as best friends.
Can you prove that? I'm not impressed by assertion without evidence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 05:57:54
Faith in ‘Creatio Ex Nihilo’ (CEN) theory is real faith.
Wrong. Faith is acceptance of a hypothesis in the face of facts. It is distinct from belief (acceptance in the absence of facts) or science (investigation of a hypothesis by means of facts).

"Nothing" did not create the universe. "Nothing" can't make 1 string, 1 quark, i pancake.
Something/Somebody had to kick this thing off and Jesus Christ said He was His son. He was not of this world. He came from God and He was God and his arms are open and he is pleading with you right now to take a hold of him. "GOD, if you really are there, if you truly are there and you hear me, show me! Please, prove to me you are God, that you are here listening to me right now"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/04/2020 06:58:40
My hypothesis about cell radiation spreads. Of course, it it not just 5G

https://www.foxnews.com/us/woody-harrelson-among-stars-sharing-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-tied-to-5g
Former “Cheers” TV star Woody Harrelson recently posted a report “about the negative effects of 5G” and its supposed role in the coronavirus pandemic to his more than 2 million Instagram followers.

“I haven’t fully vetted it I find it very interesting,” he wrote of the report claiming “5G radiation” is “exacerbating” the contagion’s spread and making it more lethal.

...Professor Stephen Powis, the UK’s national medical director, called the theories “outrageous” and “absolute and utter rubbish.”
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/04/2020 07:11:56
1 possibility from the top of my head is the same as when we know what song will come on the radio next or we know who the next person to call us is. it happens to everyone and is quite well understood by science. theres nothing supernatural there. its just our brain doing what it does.
a bit like when you dream about some stranger, and then the next day you meet that stranger for the first time. again, perfectly explainable by science. nothing supernatural.

I had not heard of a scientific explanation for this before. What is the mechanism?

I also have not heard of this. What you seem to be describing is the brain misinterpreting a memory where one thinks that they thought about something they are currently experiencing. The fact that I slowed way down so as to not ride over the dead biker tells me that this was not the explanation for what happened. I KNEW for certain and was proved correct.

I am not in the habit of thinking things are going to happen and being proved wrong a thousand times before one actually happens. Even this explanation cannot be applied because it was not an unusual circumstance where one imagines something going wrong. The biker was not involved in a crash. It seems he died of a heart attack.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/04/2020 07:39:31
I will have to buy and read.

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Influenza-Deadliest-Pandemic-History/dp/0143036491
Review by John Walker
...A century later, influenza continues to defeat every attempt to prevent or cure it, and another global pandemic remains a distinct possibility. Supportive treatment in the developed world and the availability of antibiotics to prevent secondary infection by pneumonia will reduce the death toll, but a mass outbreak of the virus on the scale of 1918 would quickly swamp all available medical facilities and bring society to the brink as it did then. Even regular influenza kills between a quarter and a half million people a year. The emergence of a killer strain like that of 1918 could increase this number by a factor of ten or twenty.

... Although medicine has made enormous strides in the last century, influenza, which defeated the world's best minds in 1918, remains a risk, and in a world with global air travel moving millions between dense population centres, an outbreak today would be even harder to contain. Let us hope that in that dire circumstance authorities will have the wisdom and courage to take the kind of dramatic action which can make the difference between a regional tragedy and a global cataclysm.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jfoldbar on 06/04/2020 07:39:43
Science clearly establishes that GOD is.
"is" what? real or imaginary? if science establishes that god is real, then you must have claimed the nobel prize for that find?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jfoldbar on 06/04/2020 07:58:15
I had not heard of a scientific explanation for this before. What is the mechanism?
about a year ago i went through a 'learn everything about brain function phase'. reading and watching everything i could about it.
 i cant remember the details on the how, or what i read at that time, but the studies showed this. for example.

 when we think, "michael jacksons 'bad' will come on radio next", and it does actually come on the radio next, we think we have made an accurate prophecy. what actually happened is after the song came on and then we hear the song, our brain tricked us into thinking that we had the 'foretelling thought' before the song came on. but actually the 'foretelling thought' was after the song came on.
this lapse in time can be(and i stress CAN) up to 10 seconds out.
so we can THINK we had the 'foretelling thought' up to 10 seconds before the event, but actually it was after.
our brain does this more than we realise
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/04/2020 08:31:15
Former “Cheers” TV star Woody Harrelson recently posted a report “about the negative effects of 5G” and its supposed role in the coronavirus pandemic to his more than 2 million Instagram followers.
Thanks for the clarification.
Your view agrees with that of a man paid to pretend about things, but not with that of a man paid to know about things.

Oddly, the evidence (From China etc) still shows you are wrong.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/04/2020 08:32:50
.A century later, influenza continues to defeat every attempt to prevent or cure it,
Apart from the vaccines, and treatment.

Why do you post something which is so obviously wrong?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 11:56:56
For Alan

"All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made"  I thought this verse might interest you. It is referring to Christ as the One through whom everything in the universe came in to existence. He was fully man and He was GOD. Incredible
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/04/2020 12:08:03
Something/Somebody had to kick this thing off
Why do you think so?
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and Jesus Christ said He was His son.
Not in any bible I have read. He wasn't that stupid. And even if he had, why would you believe him, let alone a third-hand edited translation of a book written 200 years after his death by somebody who wasn't there and didn't speak Aramaic?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 06/04/2020 12:09:29
For Alan

"All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made"  I thought this verse might interest you. It is referring to Christ as the One through whom everything in the universe came in to existence. He was fully man and He was GOD. Incredible
I repeat: this is a science forum. Assertion is not proof. Show us the evidence. I agree with "Incredible".   
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 12:41:19
Science shows us that matter has never created matter. Science proves that nothing is not a source for something to become.
Neither statement is true. It's good enough for everyday practical chemistry and engineering but these phenomena are not prevented by any known physics. Indeed since the observable universe seems to have a finite age, physics actually demands ex nihilo creation of matter, by simple observation. We just don't fully understand the mechanism or have the ability to replicate it in the lab yet.
Alex Filippenko in the science documentary "The Universe" from PBS said, referring to the double slit experiment, "... when my eyes are closed, it behaves like a wave. But then, at the last second, before it hits the screen I open my eyes and decide to observe it." And the narrator continues: "At that moment, the electrons in essence, become particles."​

The worlds of quantum mechanics and physics push the boundaries of credulity.

Source https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/mind-over-matter-reality-or-myth.855527
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 12:47:32
alancalverd


This is a chat forum. Regardless, science develops theories/hypotheses, conducts experiments, draws conclusions. A scientist should be happy to test this  hypothesis.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 12:52:32
Show us the evidence. I agree with "Incredible".   

I have been: Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Brian "Head" Welch, Drew Brees, Merle Haggard, the list including their testimonies goes on and on through the millions.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/04/2020 12:58:41
How about the ex nihilo of the laws of physics?
The laws of physics are man-made summaries of observation, nothing more. We observe a universe of finite age, therefore what exists now, once did not exist. Some folks wonder how it happened, some folks assert who did it. Being of an enquiring mind, I prefer the "how".

Nice side-step. But it is not an answer. If you want to be part of a debate about God you cannot limit yourself and your answers.

The laws of physics could be seen as recorded observations of the universe and how it behaves. But what I am referring to are the actual laws that are there whether observed or not. We are not dealing with a Schoedingers cat situation. Gravity exists whether observed or not. And so do all the other laws such as those of thermodynamics and E=mc^2.

Did these laws exist before t=0? Why are all the constants what they are and not just a little different? Why was there a slight excess of matter as opposed to anti-matter? You realize that if we had an equal amount of matter and anti-matter the universe would not have evolved the way it did.

What I am saying is surely the "laws" have to be there before the Big Bang. And if so, where did they come from and why are do they have the forms and constants that they do? Science takes some of these constants which seem arbitrary and changes them ever so slightly. The result is the universe does not evolve anything like it did, but also there seems to be no emergent properties that would allow galaxies and life to evolve.

Try one of Einsteins thought experiments. Imagine there is nothing at all. Then a moment later there is time and space and energy and matter. Why? What in the nothing changed? And what law of physics existed to allow or permit a sudden change from nothing to something. If that laws of physics existed before t=0 then you have to adjust you t=0 to the point where the laws came into existence. If the laws came into existence at the same time as the nothing to something, the question is still - what changed?

Even Lawrence Krauss in his book "A Universe from Nothing" concedes there had to be something.

You prefer the how. Okay how did we go from nothing to something. All you seem to be doing is saying that you do not care about anything before t=0.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 06/04/2020 13:03:02
.A century later, influenza continues to defeat every attempt to prevent or cure it,
Apart from the vaccines, and treatment.

Why do you post something which is so obviously wrong?

So, like smallpox and polio, we have defeated influenza? Tell me why I am wrong.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/04/2020 13:06:17
Tell me why I am wrong.
I don't know why you are wrong. I'm guessing at willful ignorance. It's not as if you haven't been told the real facts.
Don't you understand that the vaccine prevents many thousands of cases each year (and reduces the impact of tens of thousands more)?
If you don't understand that, you should learn more before you post more.
If you do understand that many cases are prevented, you shouldn't say " influenza continues to defeat every attempt to prevent or cure it"
But, yet you do.

Why is that?
Why do you say stuff that you should know is nonsense?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/04/2020 13:07:12
Show us the evidence. I agree with "Incredible".   

I have been: Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Brian "Head" Welch, Drew Brees, Merle Haggard, the list including their testimonies goes on and on through the millions.

Did you not understand the bit about evidence?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/04/2020 13:08:29
My hypothesis about cell radiation spreads. Of course, it it not just 5G
There is no reason to imagine that it is even slightly related to 5G.
Just look at the  spread through the world.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 15:49:45
Something/Somebody had to kick this thing off
Why do you think so?
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and Jesus Christ said He was His son.
Not in any bible I have read. He wasn't that stupid. And even if he had, why would you believe him, let alone a third-hand edited translation of a book written 200 years after his death by somebody who wasn't there and didn't speak Aramaic?

In point of fact Jesus Christ said He was the Son of God. We will start with your claim, "Not in any bible I have read. He wasn't that stupid." You reject the New Testament.
1. Why?
2. How stupid was he?
3. Who was he, specifically, and upon what information specifically do you rely upon to inform your belief?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 16:05:03
Quote from: alancalverd link=topic=77240.msg598773#msg598773
Something/Somebody had to kick this thing off
date=1586171283
Why do you think so?

Because it began. The universe wasn't here before the BB.
God, who cannot lie, spoke ordering the universe into existence. The Old Testament makes that point emphatically.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 16:20:53
Nobody "penned the NT", or ever claimed to. It's a random collection of books and letters of vague provenance, collated edited and translated at various times for the benefit of whoever paid for

Prove it. No one penned it? So, it is a miraculous book.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 16:48:37
"He was not from this world. He said so" duffy

"There is no evidence for that statement. Indeed in Mark 8:31 and elsewhere he clearly stated that he was the Son of Man." alan

Explain, "They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world."
And this: "I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
And this: "Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me."
And, "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” So they said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple
More, "And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
""Then You are a king!" Pilate said. "You say that I am a king," Jesus answered. "For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice."
"I and the father are one."

 "So you either accept the word of Jesus Christ, or the bullshit put about by those who have cobbled together a spurious religion around his name."  alan
You got that right
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 06/04/2020 17:07:38
I want to add something to this discussion that is not directly tied to the topic. Jesus was a Jewish man and He went to Jewish people 2,000 years ago preaching His Kingdom. Many, almost every one, who responded favorably and followed Him originally were Jewish folks. Some rejected him. Many others rejected him. He was executed by people who hated him and others who went along for the ride. Jewish people have been treated viciously, terribly, horribly at times by various people allegedly because a few of them were involved 2,000 years ago in his death. It makes no difference whatsoever who rejected him then. He is hated by people regardless their background, their beliefs, from where they came, who there parents were, their age group, male or female, smart or not smart. Those things make zero difference. You and I are responsible for His death. Our sin nailed Him up to die. You and I killed Him, just as the Stones sing.
He went to his own originally. But, He could have gone to any group of people and He would have received the same treatment. Don't discriminate in any fashion against Jewish people for this. It is disgraceful that people have done this.
If anything, they are greatest of all people groups.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 06/04/2020 19:36:05
God, who cannot lie, spoke ordering the universe into existence. The Old Testament makes that point emphatically.
Do you know what begging the question means?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: syhprum on 06/04/2020 20:22:49
I do not think Jesus was unique as an armature would be rabbi, preaching the doctrine of John The Baptist to any crowd that would listen and organizing "miracles" to prove his point.
The same thing happens today in the USA !
What made Jesus memorable was that he was convinced by the anti Roman terrorists to put on a disturbance in Jerusalem which led to the unfortunate results that befell him.
I think Paul should have chosen john the baptist on whom to found his new religion.       
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 00:39:30
Prove it. No one penned it? So, it is a miraculous book.
You just need to read the titles. It is based on the writings of at least eight different characters: Matthew, Mark, Luke, one or possibly two Johns, Paul. Peter, James and Jude, collated and edited over several centuries by umpteen scholars and enthusiasts. It isn't in the least miraculous, compared with say the Book of Mormon which was written by one author with an unknown ink on gold plates then buried in a hill and revealed to Joseph Smith 1400 years later. Now that's what I call a miracle.   
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 00:51:36
You and I are responsible for His death.
Not me, mate. I wasn't around at the time. By all means feel as guilty as makes you happy, or seek psychiatric help, but don't blame others for your personal problems: that reduces you to the moral level of a politician.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 01:20:47
Even after 2,000 years! they haven't created a single really decent argument to challenge let alone to defeat the Gospel. I'm disappointed. Yet, because you can't fake Who Jesus was, it is practically impossible to draw up something that would actually give us a run for our money. I mean, He establishes His Reality on so many levels. Once, I saw someone make a lot of headway. At roughly the last minute, the humanity of Christ shone into the debate and crushed the poor guy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 06:58:37
Former “Cheers” TV star Woody Harrelson recently posted a report “about the negative effects of 5G” and its supposed role in the coronavirus pandemic to his more than 2 million Instagram followers.
Thanks for the clarification.
Your view agrees with that of a man paid to pretend about things, but not with that of a man paid to know about things.

Oddly, the evidence (From China etc) still shows you are wrong.

I have a problem with the viewpoints and reasoning held by most movie stars. However, the one thing they do have is followers and are able to get a message out. All those scientists writing papers, and also letters to politicians, have had no effect. Many humans operate on emotion.

It is like the stock market. It never fails to amaze me with the ability of "professionals" to pump it up with hype. So what if companies are collapsing and unemployment is high. It is a buying opportunity. Buy, buy, buy - and the sheeple follow. This is round 3 of Satan's plan of destruction, so one can expect more calamity.

Anyhow, My wife and I need a respite from the bad news and the lockdown. The deeds office is closed and the sale of our former house is being stalled. We really need that to go through soon. My wife is stressing.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 07:07:26
Tell me why I am wrong.
I don't know why you are wrong. I'm guessing at willful ignorance. It's not as if you haven't been told the real facts.
Don't you understand that the vaccine prevents many thousands of cases each year (and reduces the impact of tens of thousands more)?
If you don't understand that, you should learn more before you post more.
If you do understand that many cases are prevented, you shouldn't say " influenza continues to defeat every attempt to prevent or cure it"
But, yet you do.

Why is that?
Why do you say stuff that you should know is nonsense?

You make me sigh a lot. Sigh. Why do you persist in trying to prove yourself right and prove others always wrong?

We have flu all the time. Some seasons are worse. The vaccines are only effective for a particular strain which often is not the latest. So what if you prevent some illnesses. The basic statement is that influenza continues to plague humankind in its various forms and science is has not won the battle as it has with other diseases. The age-old technique of isolation (voluntary or by die-off of pockets) is the only technique we have to resist the spread.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 07:16:10
My hypothesis about cell radiation spreads. Of course, it it not just 5G
There is no reason to imagine that it is even slightly related to 5G.
Just look at the  spread through the world.

You know what I meant. It is 2G, 3G, 4G as well as 5G and includes any form of pulsed microwave from any device at all. The pulsed microwave affect cells and degrades them. The longer the exposure, the worse the affect on humans. Older people are more likely to get dementia. Others more likely to get rare cancers. Sperm counts drop.

The EMF radiation does not give one Covid-19 as many articles say is being said. That is a straw-man statement so that the telcos can easily discredit any suggestion that EMFs are a co-factor.

Sweden is not practicing distancing or masks. They have high EMF exposure. Are they going to take a very serious hit when it finally reaches the explosive number of cases?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 07:28:57
Evidence. Three types. Scientific, legal and anecdotal. Let us take hydroxyquinone against Covid-19

At the moment science says it does not know. Anecdotes say it seems to work.

There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 07:47:18
It is like the stock market. It never fails to amaze me with the ability of "professionals" to pump it up with hype. So what if companies are collapsing and unemployment is high
I hear ya Clive. That's one reason I like DCA. I buy more shares when the markets drop, less when prices are high. Nothing compares to the return on investment as the Big Board, historically. It has weathered some nasty storms and continues barreling ahead.  I think there's truth in what some folks say, that the markets reflect what they anticipate will happen in the future.
The West is too talented, too driven, to resourceful not to blast through this mess, and it will. Things will be better than ever. No inflation, low interest rates, employment figures will bounce back and pent up demand is gasoline looking for a spark. You'll see. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 07:55:59
Evidence. Three types. Scientific, legal and anecdotal. Let us take hydroxyquinone against Covid-19

At the moment science says it does not know. Anecdotes say it seems to work.

There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.

I like Lee. He has some good stuff to offer. C S Lewis is my fav and always will be. He was a harsh critic of Higher Criticism and Literary Criticism in particular. Just from his own experience as a writer/author he knew others could not figure out his mindset as he wrote.

Personal testimony is powerful, too. Especially when it is consistent, reliable and shared by millions. Plenty of it is comparable to double-blind controlled conditions. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 09:00:02
Nothing compares to the return on investment as the Big Board,

Over long periods of time, an S&P 500 index fund has historically produced total returns in the 9–10% range.
Meanwhile, real estate prices tend to outpace inflation, but not by much.
Rule of 72 means that at 10% you double your money in 7.2 years.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 10:38:46
You know what I meant. It is 2G, 3G, 4G as well as 5G and includes any form of pulsed microwave from any device at all.
So, you mean all the forms of phone traffic that are going up where the virus is going down?

You are arguing against yourself.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 10:41:14
Sweden is not practicing distancing or masks. They have high EMF exposure. Are they going to take a very serious hit when it finally reaches the explosive number of cases?
Yes, they are. Because not controlling a virus by the mechanisms that are known to work will lead to a rise in the number of cases.
So there is no reason to imagine it's anything to do with the EMF exposure.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 10:43:14
So what if companies are collapsing and unemployment is high. It is a buying opportunity. Buy, buy, buy - and the sheeple follow.
It certainly makes sense to buy low and sell high, so big dips are an opportunity to speculate on the medium term future. But "the professionals" get their commission whether you buy or sell, as long as you do something.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 10:43:48
Plenty of it is comparable to double-blind controlled conditions. 
No.
Just; no.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 10:47:17
Alex Filippenko in the science documentary "The Universe" from PBS said, referring to the double slit experiment, "... when my eyes are closed, it behaves like a wave. But then, at the last second, before it hits the screen I open my eyes and decide to observe it." And the narrator continues: "At that moment, the electrons in essence, become particles."​

Thus proving that he doesn't understand the simplest concept in physics.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 10:52:35
There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.
Yes, he says that.
It may not be true, but he says it anyway.
https://infidels.org/library/modern/jeff_lowder/strobel.html
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 10:53:42
Alex Filippenko in the science documentary "The Universe" from PBS said, referring to the double slit experiment, "... when my eyes are closed, it behaves like a wave. But then, at the last second, before it hits the screen I open my eyes and decide to observe it." And the narrator continues: "At that moment, the electrons in essence, become particles."​

Thus proving that he doesn't understand the simplest concept in physics.

The "he" you refer to being the narrator- or their scriptwriter.
Also, if you think that particle wave duality is "the simplest concept in physics", you have missed some bits

Were you just not trying to be right here?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 11:11:49
The simplest concept is that physics is the business of constructing mathematical models of observed phenomena.

The electron doesn't change from being a wave to a particle just because  someone is looking at it (how does it know?), but the behaviour of an electron requires two distinct mathematical models.

And if you were a pedant, you would probably point out the oxymoron "in essence, become….". Essence is by definition invariable. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 11:13:28
There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.
Yes, he says that.
It may not be true, but he says it anyway.
https://infidels.org/library/modern/jeff_lowder/strobel.html
The one thing you can say with certainty is that half the people in a courtroom are lying. It is the job of the judge and jury to decide which. And a lot depends on presentation, not facts: "He who defends himself has a fool for a client".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 13:11:20
There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 13:18:08
Evidence. Three types. Scientific, legal and anecdotal. Let us take hydroxyquinone against Covid-19

At the moment science says it does not know. Anecdotes say it seems to work.

There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.
Bruce Metzger, considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century said the most confirmed piece of ancient history is that the apostles were certain Christ rose from the dead.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 13:24:29
considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century
By whom
confirmed piece of ancient history is that the apostles were certain Christ rose from the dead.
That seems unlikely.
Is it, for example, as well confirmed as the fact that Nero was an emperor?
To tick that box it would need to be stamped onto all the coins of the era.
Is the Apostles' opinion really that well confirmed?


Even if it was; so what?
The question isn't about their belief, but about the fact.
And even if (this is now piling three levels of "what if" on top of eachother) he lived on after the crucifixion, couldn't it just be that the Romans botched an execution?

But seriously, did you actually believe the bit about " the most confirmed piece of ancient history "?
Because if you did, it just shows a lack of clear thinking.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 13:37:43
confirmed as the fact that Nero was an emperor?
Nothing compares to the return on investment as the Big Board,

Over long periods of time, an S&P 500 index fund has historically produced total returns in the 9–10% range.
Meanwhile, real estate prices tend to outpace inflation, but not by much.
Rule of 72 means that at 10% you double your money in 7.2 years.

The double-slit experiment. ... Most discussions of double-slit experiments with particles refer to Feynman's quote in his lectures: “We choose to examine a phenomenon which is impossible, absolutely impossible, to explain in any classical way, and which has in it the heart of quantum mechanics.Sep 1, 2002
God doesn't play dice.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 14:05:16
There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.
Yes, he says that.
It may not be true, but he says it anyway.
https://infidels.org/library/modern/jeff_lowder/strobel.html
The one thing you can say with certainty is that half the people in a courtroom are lying. It is the job of the judge and jury to decide which. And a lot depends on presentation, not facts: "He who defends himself has a fool for a client".

My experience is that judges want someone to write their order and their reasons for judgment and if a layman happens to have a lawyer who has connections inside the court (and especially outside the court), the judge does not do his job and dispense justice. And the appeal Courts do not want the status quo upset so they dismiss appeals with one sentence. I have seen many lawyers rip off their own clients. At least when I represented myself, I had an honest lawyer.

When a jury is involved, the selection of the jury and the manipulation of the jury (a la Simpson) can play a big part. As we see on many forums, a fact can be twisted and presented in such a way that it means the opposite of what it should. Most jurors are are emotional and not analytical. One sees that with the historical convictions of blacks in the South.

The only fair and just judgments happen in the afterlife.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 14:18:33
Another definition of evidence and proof that I left out (intentionally). Government declarations. (Authorities are not exempt from lying as we so often find out. Entertaining children is not lying but a form of make-believe.)

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/06/world/jacinda-ardern-easter-bunny-essential-workers-trnd/index.html
You can thank New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who added the two mythical definitely real characters to the list of essential workers.
"You'll be pleased to know that we consider both the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny to be essential workers," Ardern said at a news conference Monday. "But as you can imagine, at this time, of course, they're going to be potentially quite busy at home with their family as well and their own bunnies."
"So I say to the children of New Zealand, if the Easter Bunny doesn't make it to your household, we have to understand that it's a bit difficult at the moment perhaps for the bunny to get everywhere," Ardern added.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 16:27:16
But if Santa Claus doesn't make it on time, Donald Trump's entire world view will be shattered. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 16:32:44
Bruce Metzger, considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century said the most confirmed piece of ancient history is that the apostles were certain Christ rose from the dead.
Pity we don't have any first-hand accounts of their discovery, then.

I always assumed that if you can roll a stone in front of a tomb, someone else can roll it away again. That's how we physicists work with engineers.  And in the slightly weird world of medical physics, we are quite used to moving dead bodies from A to B, for all sorts of reasons.

Not that it matters much. J Arthur Findlay (The Rock of Truth) lists 13 other crucified saviour gods, born of virgins, who rose from the dead. I mentioned this to my excellent RE teacher, back in my schooldays. He replied "Indeed, but I'm only paid to teach you about one of them." Good bloke - used to conduct weddings on Saturday morning and referee rugby in the afternoon.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 17:16:51
God doesn't play dice.
Nor do unicorns, and for the same reason.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 17:31:02
Smoking and air pollution make people more susceptible to dying from Covid-19. Yet electrosmog is said be absolutely safe. Not according to my experience.

https://magdahavas.com/corona-virus-and-5g-is-there-a-connection/
...March 21, 2020.  Several people have asked me the question that is circulating among EMF experts, “Is there a connection between the outbreak of the Covid-19 and deployment of 5G networks around the world?”
...The best scientific evidence we have is that exposure to electrosmog (non-ionizing radiation from power frequencies to microwaves) impairs the immune system.  This is well documented in the scientific literature.  If your immune system is compromised because of electrosmog or because of certain medications you are taking or because you are elderly or very young you are likely to have a more severe and/or prolonged response to CoVId-19.
...We have evidence that some people have an autonomic nervous system response to microwave radiation.
...We have evidence that some individuals develop rouleau  of their red blood cells.  In other words, their red blood cells instead of repelling each other begin to stick together making the blood more viscous. This could impede oxygen delivery to cells making breathing more laboured.
...Some claim that the CoVic-19  outbreak was more severe in areas that had deployed 5G millimetre waves early and that somehow this radiation is making the virus more infectious or that people are responding to the millimetre waves rather than the virus.  This is a possibility but currently there is no evidence to support this assertion.
 We have evidence that some infectious agents became more virulent following deployment of other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and an excellent book on this is “The Invisible Rainbow” by Arthur Firstenberg
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 17:32:17
God doesn't play dice.
Nor do unicorns, and for the same reason.

And you know because you go out and play with those unicorns. They simply refuse to gamble (they do gambol - right?). :)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 17:32:58
Smoking and air pollution make people more susceptible to dying from Covid-19. Yet electrosmog is said be absolutely safe. Not according to my experience  opinion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 07/04/2020 17:38:21
Smoking and air pollution make people more susceptible to dying from Covid-19. Yet electrosmog is said be absolutely safe. Not according to my experience.

https://magdahavas.com/corona-virus-and-5g-is-there-a-connection/
...March 21, 2020.  Several people have asked me the question that is circulating among EMF experts, “Is there a connection between the outbreak of the Covid-19 and deployment of 5G networks around the world?”
...The best scientific evidence we have is that exposure to electrosmog (non-ionizing radiation from power frequencies to microwaves) impairs the immune system.  This is well documented in the scientific literature.  If your immune system is compromised because of electrosmog or because of certain medications you are taking or because you are elderly or very young you are likely to have a more severe and/or prolonged response to CoVId-19.
...We have evidence that some people have an autonomic nervous system response to microwave radiation.
...We have evidence that some individuals develop rouleau  of their red blood cells.  In other words, their red blood cells instead of repelling each other begin to stick together making the blood more viscous. This could impede oxygen delivery to cells making breathing more laboured.
...Some claim that the CoVic-19  outbreak was more severe in areas that had deployed 5G millimetre waves early and that somehow this radiation is making the virus more infectious or that people are responding to the millimetre waves rather than the virus.  This is a possibility but currently there is no evidence to support this assertion.
 We have evidence that some infectious agents became more virulent following deployment of other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and an excellent book on this is “The Invisible Rainbow” by Arthur Firstenberg
Yes.
And the paper they cite says this (with my emphasis)

"In this review, the impacts of weak RF/MW fields, including cell phone radiation, on various immune functions, both in vitro and in vivo, are discussed. The bulk of available evidence clearly indicates that various shifts in the number and/or activity of immunocompetent cells are possible, however the results are inconsistent. For example, a number of lymphocyte functions have been found to be enhanced and weakened within single experiments based on exposure to similar intensities of MW radiation."

Do you understand what that's saying.

there is no consistent effect.

And that's the paper the people plugging the idea cite as "evidence".

What does that say about the rest of the research?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 17:39:19
confirmed as the fact that Nero was an emperor?
Nothing compares to the return on investment as the Big Board,

Over long periods of time, an S&P 500 index fund has historically produced total returns in the 9–10% range.
Meanwhile, real estate prices tend to outpace inflation, but not by much.
Rule of 72 means that at 10% you double your money in 7.2 years.

The double-slit experiment. ... Most discussions of double-slit experiments with particles refer to Feynman's quote in his lectures: “We choose to examine a phenomenon which is impossible, absolutely impossible, to explain in any classical way, and which has in it the heart of quantum mechanics.Sep 1, 2002
God doesn't play dice.

I do not really have a problem with the dual nature. I visualize particles as a standing quantum wave around a point. Thus the particle is basically a wave and a group of them behave like a regular wave. After all, a sea wave is a collection of water particles.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 07/04/2020 17:41:22
Smoking and air pollution make people more susceptible to dying from Covid-19. Yet electrosmog is said be absolutely safe. Not according to my experience.

https://magdahavas.com/corona-virus-and-5g-is-there-a-connection/
...March 21, 2020.  Several people have asked me the question that is circulating among EMF experts, “Is there a connection between the outbreak of the Covid-19 and deployment of 5G networks around the world?”
...The best scientific evidence we have is that exposure to electrosmog (non-ionizing radiation from power frequencies to microwaves) impairs the immune system.  This is well documented in the scientific literature.  If your immune system is compromised because of electrosmog or because of certain medications you are taking or because you are elderly or very young you are likely to have a more severe and/or prolonged response to CoVId-19.
...We have evidence that some people have an autonomic nervous system response to microwave radiation.
...We have evidence that some individuals develop rouleau  of their red blood cells.  In other words, their red blood cells instead of repelling each other begin to stick together making the blood more viscous. This could impede oxygen delivery to cells making breathing more laboured.
...Some claim that the CoVic-19  outbreak was more severe in areas that had deployed 5G millimetre waves early and that somehow this radiation is making the virus more infectious or that people are responding to the millimetre waves rather than the virus.  This is a possibility but currently there is no evidence to support this assertion.
 We have evidence that some infectious agents became more virulent following deployment of other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and an excellent book on this is “The Invisible Rainbow” by Arthur Firstenberg
Yes.
And the paper they cite says this (with my emphasis)

"In this review, the impacts of weak RF/MW fields, including cell phone radiation, on various immune functions, both in vitro and in vivo, are discussed. The bulk of available evidence clearly indicates that various shifts in the number and/or activity of immunocompetent cells are possible, however the results are inconsistent. For example, a number of lymphocyte functions have been found to be enhanced and weakened within single experiments based on exposure to similar intensities of MW radiation."

Do you understand what that's saying.

there is no consistent effect.

And that's the paper the people plugging the idea cite as "evidence".

What does that say about the rest of the research?

"Inconsistent effects" is not "no effects".

It means there are multiple mechanism at play. After all, we are dealing with tiny effects in a human body.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 07/04/2020 18:15:08
Tell me why I am wrong.
I don't know why you are wrong. I'm guessing at willful ignorance. It's not as if you haven't been told the real facts.
Don't you understand that the vaccine prevents many thousands of cases each year (and reduces the impact of tens of thousands more)?
If you don't understand that, you should learn more before you post more.
If you do understand that many cases are prevented, you shouldn't say " influenza continues to defeat every attempt to prevent or cure it"
But, yet you do.

Why is that?
Why do you say stuff that you should know is nonsense?

You make me sigh a lot. Sigh. Why do you persist in trying to prove yourself right and prove others always wrong?

We have flu all the time. Some seasons are worse. The vaccines are only effective for a particular strain which often is not the latest. So what if you prevent some illnesses. The basic statement is that influenza continues to plague humankind in its various forms and science is has not won the battle as it has with other diseases. The age-old technique of isolation (voluntary or by die-off of pockets) is the only technique we have to resist the spread.

For reasons of repetitive antagonism, this user is currently not responding to messages from;
BoredChemist

it has a nice ring to it
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 07/04/2020 23:32:55
this user is currently not responding to messages from;BoredChemist
But you just did. Is this another manifestation of the Cretan Conundrum?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 02:03:45
God doesn't play dice.
Nor do unicorns, and for the same reason.

And you know because you go out and play with those unicorns. They simply refuse to gamble (they do gambol - right?). :)

Talk about a Bible scholar,
"I have no reason to doubt that he existed. As I said much earlier, he was a radical rabbi (addressed by his friends as such) who was killed for causing trouble. Nothing unusual about that, nor was the radical Judaism he preached beyond the very broad span of our ancient traditions."

I was never good at math. How many untruths and errors can you find in this treasure trove of bull? I can't count beyond infinity.

This is fun (i'm a bad boy, Abbott!) watching a brilliant ruse with no where to go.

"the radical Judaism he preached beyond the very broad span of our ancient traditions." That was wonderful. Have you considered writing for a comedy series, Lawrence Welk, Beavis and Butt-Head?
When you try to get over on someone who is familiar with him and what he said and did and preached, be careful or you will prove just how vast your knowledge really is. 

"who was killed for causing trouble. Nothing unusual about that..." Wow. That is heavy. So, He was a naughty boy, and they whacked him. Big deal. (That's why we know his name, his deeds, his words, and that He is worshiped around the world by hundreds of millions including the greatest minds.)
 Nothing unusual, so that's why we know the names of all the other naughty fellas from back in the day and what they said, did, their names and why they too are worshiped by millions. Makes sense.

Therein lies their problemo. They haven't a clue, but they have no doubt their understanding is more than sufficient. They haven't a clue.




Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 04:12:26
I have no reason to doubt that he existed. As I said much earlier, he was a radical rabbi (addressed by his friends as such) who was killed for causing trouble. Nothing unusual about that, nor was the radical Judaism he preached beyond the very broad span of our ancient traditions."

He's gone from being annoying to causing trouble in 24 hours according to bible scholar. In Jewish law, it was punishable by death to get on somebody's nerves, correct? Then why did Caiaphas, Pilot and Herod and those dudes hesitate to whack him? (Scriptures are amazing. In passing they mention how Herod had been hoping to see Jesus perform a magic trick. He'd heard of him and was excited to meet him.) Why was he presented to them in the first place? "Hey, this guy's an idiot. Kill him." "Okay, you bet." Not.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 04:24:05
What we do know is that these responders don't want to get too close to these events. Why? They reveal a catastrophe unfolding at night thousands of years ago in a remote area that changed the world forever. If you look too closely you can see things impossible to sweep under the rug.
Truth is a strange thing. We pay it lip service because it can tear us in two.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 04:31:40
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But you just did. Is this another manifestation of the Cretan Conundrum?

You threw away an opportunity to learn some history that shaped mankind more profoundly than any other event. You substituted some vague ideas for truth, pretending you grasped the theme of those events and expected to slip by.
What terrifies you about what took place so long ago that you would feign your knowledge of it? Why toss around a few absurd thoughts in your response instead of learning what actually took place?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/04/2020 08:16:59
A slow day. I was about to post that an absence of posts from CliveG does not mean an absence of CliveG. Although a sudden departure may mean exactly that.

Just a small comment. My wife's daughter-in-law is a doctor who works at the large public hospitals in Joburg. Bugs seem to circulate a lot. She had been sick with a chest infection for a while and took sick leave three weeks ago to got rid of it. Her husband (my wife's son) now has the infection. Fever, headaches and chest pains. But they have been in lock-down and the family has not left the house for nearly two weeks. If he got it from her, it is a long incubation - typical of Covid. She was tested but it was negative. We wonder if the test was negative. We wonder if she had it and got over it just when she was tested. My wife and I also had fever, headache and tightness of our chests along with fatigue a week ago.

Would it be helpful to have testing that shows that shows one has had the virus and is now over it? Antigens, I think.

SA has about 1,700 cases and 13 deaths. New Zealand has about 1,000 cases and 1 death. These ratios are low. I wonder why.

It cannot be faith in God. SA is religious and NZ is not.  8)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 08:57:46
A slow day. I was about to post that an absence of posts from CliveG does not mean an absence of CliveG. Although a sudden departure may mean exactly that.

Just a small comment. My wife's daughter-in-law is a doctor who works at the large public hospitals in Joburg. Bugs seem to circulate a lot. She had been sick with a chest infection for a while and took sick leave three weeks ago to got rid of it. Her husband (my wife's son) now has the infection. Fever, headaches and chest pains. But they have been in lock-down and the family has not left the house for nearly two weeks. If he got it from her, it is a long incubation - typical of Covid. She was tested but it was negative. We wonder if the test was negative. We wonder if she had it and got over it just when she was tested. My wife and I also had fever, headache and tightness of our chests along with fatigue a week ago.

Would it be helpful to have testing that shows that shows one has had the virus and is now over it? Antigens, I think.

SA has about 1,700 cases and 13 deaths. New Zealand has about 1,000 cases and 1 death. These ratios are low. I wonder why.

It cannot be faith in God. SA is religious and NZ is not.  8)
Jesus, help this doctor and her husband who are suffering. I pray they would look to you and find in you the glory and wonder of your love.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/04/2020 09:06:37
"Inconsistent effects" is not "no effects".

It means there are multiple mechanism at play. After all, we are dealing with tiny effects in a human body.
"inconsistent effects" is exactly what you get when there's no real effect.
"After all, we are dealing with tiny effects "
Or none.

It cannot be faith in God.
Well spotted.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 13:10:39
Evidence. Three types. Scientific, legal and anecdotal. Let us take hydroxyquinone against Covid-19

At the moment science says it does not know. Anecdotes say it seems to work.

There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.

"duffyd You want everyone else to believe in something you were told was true. Without any evidence. Because the grown ups that taught you that were the ones you thought you could trust implicitly."

Not only does she know everything, she is very humble about it, too.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/04/2020 16:14:13
Jesus, help this doctor and her husband who are suffering. I pray they would look to you and find in you the glory and wonder of your love.

Thank you. That is a wonderful message of caring. Both of them are committed Christians. If God is going to to help any of the faithful, it really should be those two.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 16:25:39
Evidence. Three types. Scientific, legal and anecdotal. Let us take hydroxyquinone against Covid-19

At the moment science says it does not know. Anecdotes say it seems to work.

There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.

"duffyd You want everyone else to believe in something you were told was true. Without any evidence. Because the grown ups that taught you that were the ones you thought you could trust implicitly."

Pay attention to this whopper. Not only is what she wrote incorrect, she had no information supporting what she said. And, obviously she knew she didn't have any information, so, it was a deliberate fabrication. Courts will consider all the testimony of someone who lies once to a court as worthless.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 08/04/2020 16:46:09
"Inconsistent effects" is not "no effects".

It means there are multiple mechanism at play. After all, we are dealing with tiny effects in a human body.
"inconsistent effects" is exactly what you get when there's no real effect.
"After all, we are dealing with tiny effects "
Or none.

It cannot be faith in God.
Well spotted.

My wife called me to dinner while I was in the middle of my post then. I knew I should have worded it better.

By "tiny" I meant that the effects happen on a molecular scale that defy direct measurement. When billions of cells are involved all of these tiny effects add up. It is like quantum tunneling where a "tiny" effect is multiplied billions of times in a "tunnel diode".

The corona virus needs to be specially adapted to penetrate the cell. It takes just a "tiny" change to either make it easier or harder.

The "tiny" effects of the cell tower radiation can also be cumulative. Like tobacco smoking, there is a gradual degradation of the cells in part or all of the body. The body is designed to remove particles of dust and pollen from the lungs. But when overloaded the mechanism and cells are stressed and once again cumulative damage can occur with extended exposure.

Cell radiation is similar both with regard to duration and intensity and the accumulation of damage. I know this from the exposure to the tower that was next to us. The symptoms got worse with time and the damage did not disappear when I moved away.

What is also clear is that the effects on the cells can be both beneficial or detrimental. Cancer cells could be killed at first, and then healthy cells start showing damage. Competing effects often show on a graph as a negative dip followed by a positive surge, depending on what variables are being measured.

Many of these tiny effects have been demonstrated in scientific tests. You simply cherry-pick the tests you prefer.

Did you see the "Cool" emoticon after my God comment? It is early days. New Zealand and Sweden might yet be devastated. However, taking a survey of faith versus corona has way too many variables to give any clear result. We cannot prove the existence of God that way. What about a practicing Christian who is in favor of bombing a country into the stone age? Would God consider that to be a serious breach of his commandments? If making war on other countries since WW2 and using the CIA to do some of the things it did, the USA as a whole could be on God's "naughty list".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 16:54:19
I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. Lewis, C.S.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 17:04:42
David Strauss, a nineteenth century liberal scholar, was unconvinced of the swoon theory, saying that a half-dead Jesus would not have convinced his disciples of a glorified resurrection. Strauss points out that you can’t talk about the empty tomb without considering the transformation that took place with the disciples who had previously abandoned Jesus. What else can explain what they claimed they saw, and empowered them to speak the message of the risen Jesus?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 17:08:09
According to a small few, the disciples actually had some sort of mass LSD trip, a group hallucination. There are many reasons why this theory doesn’t add up. In short, the disciples claimed to have touched him, ate with him, yet he walked through walls! Also, there has never been one documented account of an entire group of people having the same hallucinations. And the disciples would need to be under a continual psychotic delusion to face martyrdom  with non-resistance, declaring that Jesus had been raised from the dead.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 17:10:04
As I've mentioned before, I would love to debate these matters with those who want a true, honest, fair debate and not a bunch of B.S.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 17:19:03
Bruce Metzger, considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century said the most confirmed piece of ancient history is that the apostles were certain Christ rose from the dead.
Pity we don't have any first-hand accounts of their discovery, then.

I always assumed that if you can roll a stone in front of a tomb, someone else can roll it away again. That's how we physicists work with engineers.  And in the slightly weird world of medical physics, we are quite used to moving dead bodies from A to B, for all sorts of reasons.

Not that it matters much. J Arthur Findlay (The Rock of Truth) lists 13 other crucified saviour gods, born of virgins, who rose from the dead. I mentioned this to my excellent RE teacher, back in my schooldays. He replied "Indeed, but I'm only paid to teach you about one of them." Good bloke - used to conduct weddings on Saturday morning and referee rugby in the afternoon.

Whatever they saw, it was enough to change the mind of James, the brother of Jesus, and Saul of Tarsus, a zealous Pharisee and persecutor of the church. James becomes the leader of the Jerusalem church (Acts 15), and he is later martyred for his belief that Jesus had been raised from the dead. What could have happened to prompt the brother of Jesus to become one of the church’s greatest leaders? An encounter with the risen Jesus is the most likely of all possible scenarios. The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
By David D. Flowers

Let's see. I know. I'll make up 300 more mythical figures and I'll say they are exactly like Christ in every way! That way, I'll completely crush the idea that Jesus was special.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 17:35:10
The empty tomb makes the most historical sense. If the body was not missing, the early Christian message could have been easily stamped out with, “Resurrected? We have his body right here!” The big question is ‘why was it empty?’ The Jewish polemic against the Christian message was that the disciples had stolen the body (Matt 28:11-15; Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho, 108; Tertullian’s On Spectacles, 30). Matthew writes, “And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day” (28:15).

If they stole it, and they endured all hell for proclaiming his resurrection, they were total morons.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 17:50:31
  Bruce Metzger: “In the case of Attis, the evidence for the commemoration of the Hilaria [feast of joy] dates from the latter part of the second Christian century. There are, in fact, no literary or epigraphical texts prior to the time of Antonius Pius (A.D. 138-161) which refer to Attis as the divine consort of Cybele, 2 much less any that speak of his resurrection.3 With good grounds, therefore, it has been argued that the festival of the Hilaria was not introduced into the cultus of Cybele until the latter part of the second Christian century or even later. http://www.frontline-apologetics.com/religions_christianity.html, Accessed 3-31- 11.
Bruce Metzger: “Still more remote from the rise of Christianity is the Sumerian epic involving Inanna’s descent to the Nether World.”   Metzger: “Ninshubur, perceiving that his mistress, Inanna, has not returned from the Nether World, proceeds to make the rounds of the gods, lamenting before each of them in accord with a formula which manna had previously given him. Then Father Enki devises a plan to restore the goddess to life; he fashions two sexless creatures and instructs them to proceed to the Nether World and to sprinkle the “food of life” and the “water of life” upon Inanna’s impaled body. This they do, and the goddess subsequently revives.” 
  Bruce Metzger: “In the case of Adonis, there is no trace of a resurrection in pictorial representations or in any texts prior to the beginning of the Christian era. In fact, the only four witnesses that refer to the resurrection of Adonis date from the second to the fourth century.   Hans Barstad: “It is today possible to discount the theory of Adonis as a dying and rising god as a Frazerian concept strongly influenced by the wish to demonstrate that Christianity was not an innovation, but that all its essential features are to be found in earlier religions. Hans M. Barstad, The Rligious Polemics of Amos: Studies in the Preaching of Amos (Vetus Testamentum, Supplement, No 34) The Netherlands: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1984), 150.
Check out the other figures who some allege formed the basis for claiming He was a mere copycat.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/04/2020 18:13:44
Metzger wrote in no uncertain terms, "The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is overwhelming. Nothing in history is more certain than that the disciples believed that, after being crucified, dead, and buried, Christ rose again from the tomb on the third day, and that at intervals thereafter he met and conversed with them.”
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/04/2020 18:53:58
As I've mentioned before, I would love to debate these matters with those who want a true, honest, fair debate and not a bunch of B.S.
A debate means you address people's points.

Metzger wrote in no uncertain terms, "The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is overwhelming. Nothing in history is more certain than that the disciples believed that, after being crucified, dead, and buried, Christ rose again from the tomb on the third day, and that at intervals thereafter he met and conversed with them.”

considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century
By whom
confirmed piece of ancient history is that the apostles were certain Christ rose from the dead.
That seems unlikely.
Is it, for example, as well confirmed as the fact that Nero was an emperor?
To tick that box it would need to be stamped onto all the coins of the era.
Is the Apostles' opinion really that well confirmed?


Even if it was; so what?
The question isn't about their belief, but about the fact.
And even if (this is now piling three levels of "what if" on top of eachother) he lived on after the crucifixion, couldn't it just be that the Romans botched an execution?

But seriously, did you actually believe the bit about " the most confirmed piece of ancient history "?
Because if you did, it just shows a lack of clear thinking.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 08/04/2020 23:06:24
In Jewish law, it was punishable by death to get on somebody's nerves, correct?
No. No occupying power has ever ceded the death sentence to its subjects. Crucifixion was a Roman execution - the only permitted biblical method is stoning. You should study the bible.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 09/04/2020 00:18:32
In Jewish law, it was punishable by death to get on somebody's nerves, correct?
No. No occupying power has ever ceded the death sentence to its subjects. Crucifixion was a Roman execution - the only permitted biblical method is stoning. You should study the bible.
It took you long enough.
How do you like it?
Just throw out some trash out there and see what happens. Funny that you finally responded to that when you've ignored all the errors of yours I've exposed in some detail.
200 hundred years later no one started writing the New Testament? Why do you bother? I mean, I'm not trying to be insulting, but I just don't understand why you pretend to know stuff about this topic when your knowledge is so limited?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 09/04/2020 00:42:19
Practically everything we need to know is wrapped up in this brilliant statement by Professor Metzger, Ehrman's reason for attending Princeton Theological Seminary. "The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is overwhelming. Nothing in history is more certain than that the disciples believed that, after being crucified, dead, and buried, Christ rose again from the tomb on the third day, and that at intervals thereafter he met and conversed with them.”
The changes wrought in the defeated disciples once they realized He had indeed risen from the grave are inspiring and convincing. And the same responses have continued for 2,000 years. Not only is that evidence, it is extremely powerful evidence. When you have Ehrman, even though he left his first love, describe his born again experience in terms used by millions of others, and similar to John, Pete, Saul/Paul, James, the whole crew except for Iscariot, something awfully  remarkable, something other worldly is likely the cause.
In reality, everything in life and time and history, Everything, hinges on the fact that this GodMan rose from the dead. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/04/2020 08:08:42
Last night the lock-down in South Africa was extended by two weeks. We now have another 3 weeks after the first 2.
Gaaaah! I said that the difference between SA and NZ/Sweden was religion - so one could not explain the small infection rate. But here is a puzzle. And this despite the extensive disregard for the regulations in the poorer areas.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52228932
During the past fortnight South Africa has seen a dramatic, and unexpected slow-down in the daily rate of coronavirus infections.
Health experts are warning that it is far too early to see this as a significant development, and worry that it could even trigger a dangerous sense of complacency.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has now suggested that the two weeks of lockdown is responsible. He has extended the nationwide restrictions, scheduled to end in one week's time, to the end of the month.
But - as the country and the continent continue to brace for the potentially devastating impact of the pandemic - doctors are struggling to explain what's going on.
The beds are ready. Wards have been cleared. Non-emergency operations rescheduled. Ambulances kitted out. Medical teams have been rehearsing non-stop for weeks. Managers have spent long hours in online meetings drawing up, and tweaking their emergency plans.


Friend visiting a woman and her husband after the lock-down.
"Hi, where is Jim."
"In the garden."
"I just walked through the garden and I did not see him."
"You need to dig a little."

The top politicians have given 1/3 of their salary for 3 months to the Solidarity Fund. The government is finally beginning to take their jobs seriously. This is God's intention - that people find a more humane cooperative social compact. The US model of naked capitalism is showing the weaknesses of such a system. Instant firings and no national health, and the rich able to manipulate politicians to get even richer.

Easter. Interesting time.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 10/04/2020 08:15:29
A Harvard study links air pollution to bad covid-19 outcomes.

Guess what is also likely to coexist with air pollution?

Cell phone microwave electrosmog. Some defenders of Telcos will say that there are studies linking air pollution to illness, and I will say that there are studies linking electrosmog to illness - choose who you decide to believe. It is like the early days of the climate change debate.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/air-pollution-linked-with-higher-covid-19-death-rates/

People with COVID-19 who live in U.S. regions with high levels of air pollution are more likely to die from the disease than people who live in less polluted areas, according to a new nationwide study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/04/2020 11:11:38
There is a very strong correlation between death and breath. On average, dead people have taken more breaths (and heartbeats, research shows) than those still alive. You may form your own conclusions.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/04/2020 12:06:47
Practically everything we need to know is wrapped up in this brilliant statement by Professor Metzger, Ehrman's reason for attending Princeton Theological Seminary. "The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is overwhelming. Nothing in history is more certain than that the disciples believed that, after being crucified, dead, and buried, Christ rose again from the tomb on the third day, and that at intervals thereafter he met and conversed with them.”

You are right , but not for the reason you think.

It is very obvious that some things- such as the existence of the Emperor Nero are more certain.
So, it is very obvious that Professor Metzger, Ehrman is factually incorrect.
Any school-kid would understand why he's wrong- because each and every Roman coin with Nero's head stamped into it shows that Nero was "king". And, of course, there is a lot of lother evidence.

And yet, in spite of the clear evidence that the man is not telling the truth, people still cite him as some sort of authority.

Andy ou can't even claim that it's just that you hadn't noticed.
I have pointed it out a few times.
But you still won't accept that he's not telling the truth.

What did you come to this site for?


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/04/2020 12:14:33
A Harvard study links air pollution to bad covid-19 outcomes.

Guess what is also likely to coexist with air pollution?

Yes, it's important to look for confounding variables.
A while ago the stupid story of the day was that power lines made people ill.
Obviously, they didn't.
What power lines did was highlight areas where poor people lived. (In affluent areas, the power lines were buried because they are not pretty, but burying them is too expensive for poor folk).
Poor people generally have worse health.

So, if you try to look for areas where there's a lot of pollution, you will find what the media are referring to as "underlying health issues". And those people will unsurprisingly be more susceptible to covid.

What is interesting is that pollution has been identified as a factor in covid infection/severity.
But what has not been found is that 5G is a factor.


Guess what is also likely to coexist with air pollution?
poverty.
And, since 5G is new and expensive, I expect pollution to coexist with a relative shortage of 5G coverage.
So, the evidence suggests that the (poor) people in low 5G areas have high covid incidence/ severity.

The evidence suggests a negative correlation between covid and 5G.

Thanks for pointing that out.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/04/2020 15:29:18
Nothing in history is more certain than that the disciples believed that, after being crucified, dead, and buried, Christ rose again from the tomb on the third day, and that at intervals thereafter he met and conversed with them.”
Some things are much more certain. Various popes believed, and insisted against the evidence, that everyone else should believed the sun  moves round the earth. If that is the required level of Christian certainty, it labels millions of people as fools. But that's hardly surprising when you watch them queueing to eat the body and blood of Christ once a week. Barbaric fools.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 10/04/2020 16:17:07
I have no reason to doubt that he existed. As I said much earlier, he was a radical rabbi (addressed by his friends as such) who was killed for causing trouble. Nothing unusual about that, nor was the radical Judaism he preached beyond the very broad span of our ancient traditions.

Our genius keeps running. Nobody be following. Jesus was transformed into all kinds of things he wasn't to make sure nobody saw him for who he really was: GOD.
2,000 years after they thought they were finished with him, they still can't stop him. He's GOD. Never will stop him, especially as some radical Rabbi long dead and gone.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 10/04/2020 16:25:51
"(addressed by his friends as such)"

Well, that clinches it. (His buddies also called him GOD, THE LORD, MASTER, SAVIOR, THE MESSIAH,). Whoops. Sorry 'bout that. Didn't take 200 years before they identified him as the risen KING of KINGS, either.
But, when you got nothin, remember to tag him with labels and slander. Maybe you'll plant some doubt in their minds. WHEN YOU GOT NOTHIN
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 10/04/2020 16:40:48
There is a book called "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel which deals with the evidence for Christ as if it were a legal matter to prove. He says legally anyone would win a legal case based on the evidence considered admissible.
Yes, he says that.
It may not be true, but he says it anyway.
https://infidels.org/library/modern/jeff_lowder/strobel.html
The one thing you can say with certainty is that half the people in a courtroom are lying. It is the job of the judge and jury to decide which. And a lot depends on presentation, not facts: "He who defends himself has a fool for a client".

My experience is that judges want someone to write their order and their reasons for judgment and if a layman happens to have a lawyer who has connections inside the court (and especially outside the court), the judge does not do his job and dispense justice. And the appeal Courts do not want the status quo upset so they dismiss appeals with one sentence. I have seen many lawyers rip off their own clients. At least when I represented myself, I had an honest lawyer.

When a jury is involved, the selection of the jury and the manipulation of the jury (a la Simpson) can play a big part. As we see on many forums, a fact can be twisted and presented in such a way that it means the opposite of what it should. Most jurors are are emotional and not analytical. One sees that with the historical convictions of blacks in the South.

The only fair and just judgments happen in the afterlife.
Disappointed. The Wire was all that. Maybe so, except for the writing, the acting, the plot, the direction, the filming, the botched accents of inner city thugs, the fake scenes of violence, the timing, the melodramatic overplayed attempts at criminal jive. Other than that, it was all that.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 10/04/2020 16:53:42
No matter what they do
No matter what they done
Can't erase the man
Dying, bleeding,
I can't stop crying, crying
Don't go. Don't go.
Never had a friend like you
No one was ever as good as You
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/04/2020 16:54:41
2,000 years after they thought they were finished with him, they still can't stop him.
Give it time.

"Church attendance in advanced industrial societies is in gradual general decline with people shifting from weekly to monthly or holiday attendance. Sociologists have attributed this trend to a number of reasons, starting from a simple boredom during services and lack of motivation, to generational incompatibility of belief systems and social changes attributed to modernity"
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_attendance#Trends
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 10/04/2020 17:56:04
His buddies also called him GOD
citation needed, particularly as none of the current bible was written by anyone who knew him.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 10/04/2020 19:20:56
citation needed, particularly as none of the current bible was written by anyone who knew him.

Got to say, pretty, pretty, pretty good. Not bad. Not bad at all. "His friends called him radical." Um, you got a citation?
You can't make this stuff up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 11/04/2020 00:33:35
If you believe the bible, you would believe his friends called him "rabbi". No rabbi was ever criticised for being mainstream. But it's pretty clear you haven't read the bible, so I can't criticise you for not understanding it.

Stay clear of religion and lead a good life, my friend. Farewell.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 00:49:33
If you believe the bible, you would believe his friends called him "rabbi". No rabbi was ever criticised for being mainstream. But it's pretty clear you haven't read the bible, so I can't criticise you for not understanding it.

Stay clear of religion and lead a good life, my friend. Farewell.

You better split. You were having your fanny for lunch. Excellent time to take cover, just as you brush off your premise with more generalized bull.

Wow, very clever, "his friends called him "rabbi". No rabbi was ever criticised for being mainstream..."
So you hope to be convincing by "proving your lies"  aren't lies because only wild rabbis get criticized.
The quicksand pulls her in deeper and she utters  one last gasp, "Only the wild rabbis got in trouble." It is pure coincidence that she realized it was time to run away from me. She got as far as she could lying to me. Belly laughing, jumping off the roof. Excellent Alan. I was completely believing you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/04/2020 01:01:16
There's a plot there somewhere.
Duffy is no longer associated with it
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 01:06:18
Hey Alan. One more thing. Are you suggesting you have some room to give on the "200 year" allegation, you know, the time you state elapsed before they started writing the ramshackled hodgepod bullcrap, about him?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 01:19:58
As you may recall, Alan insisted that the trash that we call the N.T, was not even written for 200 years after Christ was crucified and raised from the grave. I asked her if she would back up this claim, knowing she couldn't and she doesn't even try--but she insults me instead, and says see ya.
As I said from the beginning, these unbelievers, this batch, don't debate. They can't debate. They don't know anything. They attend Unbeliever's University (UU) for intensive 3 day training and are placed throughout the internet and told to blaspheme Christianity and Believers. That's it. They receive no further training.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 01:40:01
Not in any bible I have read. He wasn't that stupid. To Wit:
"And even if he had, why would you believe him, let alone a third-hand edited translation of a book written 200 years after his death by somebody who wasn't there and didn't speak Aramaic?"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 09:48:55
Practically everything we need to know is wrapped up in this brilliant statement by Professor Metzger, Ehrman's reason for attending Princeton Theological Seminary. "The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is overwhelming. Nothing in history is more certain than that the disciples believed that, after being crucified, dead, and buried, Christ rose again from the tomb on the third day, and that at intervals thereafter he met and conversed with them.”

You are right , but not for the reason you think.

It is very obvious that some things- such as the existence of the Emperor Nero are more certain.
So, it is very obvious that Professor Metzger, Ehrman is factually incorrect.
Any school-kid would understand why he's wrong- because each and every Roman coin with Nero's head stamped into it shows that Nero was "king". And, of course, there is a lot of lother evidence.

And yet, in spite of the clear evidence that the man is not telling the truth, people still cite him as some sort of authority.

Andy ou can't even claim that it's just that you hadn't noticed.
I have pointed it out a few times.
But you still won't accept that he's not telling the truth.

What did you come to this site for?
I disagree. Don't judge others. State your opinion and let others state theirs. Move on. Don't accuse those who disagree with you of lying. How immature. Additionally, I have asked you to leave me alone. I am not interested in your opinions.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/04/2020 12:18:35
I disagree.
There are many words for people who disagree with reality.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 19:10:37
considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century
By whom
confirmed piece of ancient history is that the apostles were certain Christ rose from the dead.
That seems unlikely.
Is it, for example, as well confirmed as the fact that Nero was an emperor?
To tick that box it would need to be stamped onto all the coins of the era.
Is the Apostles' opinion really that well confirmed?


Even if it was; so what?
The question isn't about their belief, but about the fact.
And even if (this is now piling three levels of "what if" on top of eachother) he lived on after the crucifixion, couldn't it just be that the Romans botched an execution?

But seriously, did you actually believe the bit about " the most confirmed piece of ancient history "?
Because if you did, it just shows a lack of clear thinking.

Your opinion.
HE is the leading figure in history. More people are aware of who him than any other human being. He's changed more lives than all the people who were alive when Nero ruled temporarily.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 19:15:14
considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century
By whom

Look it up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 11/04/2020 19:57:23
HE is the leading figure in history. More people are aware of who him than any other human being. He's changed more lives than all the people who were alive when Nero ruled temporarily.
Not bad for a myth.
There's next to no actual physical or documentary evidence he existed.

considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century
By whom

Look it up.
OK, so you need to find out how the quote function works, and you need to work out who has the burden of proof (Hint: it's you in this case)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 11/04/2020 22:13:10
HE is the leading figure in history. More people are aware of who he is than any other human being. He's changed more lives than all the people who were alive when Nero ruled temporarily.
Not bad for a myth.
There's next to no actual physical or documentary evidence he existed.

considered the greatest textual critic of the 20th century
By whom

Look it up.
OK, so you need to find out how the quote function works, and you need to work out who has the burden of proof (Hint: it's you in this case)

You base your opinion on what? Nothing. You made the claim he is a myth without documentation or physical evidence. It's your wild conjecture based on nothing but whim. 

You refuse to identify or define evidence. Evidence is identifiable and definable. You have no foundation to exclude anything.

No burden. You question it. Question it all you want.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/04/2020 07:16:33
I spoke to my daughter who is a veterinary doctor in Virginia USA. She started describing neurological symptoms to me that she is having. They cannot find a cause. I am fairly sure it is electro-smog due to Wifi and cell phones. She is an incredibly bright young woman. Has some Jewish genes in her.  Got 100% for her university physics exam. Was asked to get into theoretical physics but loved animals and chose veterinary medicine. She loves quantum physics and is very knowledgeable in that area. Almost a hobby with her.

She took to wearing a mask early on, and insists that her staff (she owns the clinic together with her husband who is also a veterinary doctor) also wear masks. She said that in the early days she got a lot of negative comments and had to tell people her husband only had one lung and cannot risk infection. But she struggles with supply. They have to sterilize the masks so that they can get more usage from them. She also studied virology and epidemiology as key subjects. She, like me, also tried to get off the grid. And I think she is somewhat psychic also. Her husband was very ill recently and she told me that if she did not get involved with his care in hospital he would have died because of a lack of standards.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 12/04/2020 07:41:26
I spoke to my daughter who is a veterinary doctor in Virginia USA. She started describing neurological symptoms to me that she is having.
This thread has wandered way of topic, is promoting false news and turning into a slanging match.
Bring it back on topic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/04/2020 08:12:01
I spoke to my daughter who is a veterinary doctor in Virginia USA. She started describing neurological symptoms to me that she is having.
This thread has wandered way of topic, is promoting false news and turning into a slanging match.
Bring it back on topic.

Can science prove that God exists? She is a committed Christian who is very scientific but sees no contradiction in her belief in God and her love of science. Sometimes science does not know, but there are "coincidences" that save us. Yes, the law of large numbers say that almost nothing is impossible but these coincidences should be taken into account when doing the statistical study of whether God or the supernatural exists.

I have a long list of strange events that are hard for science to explain. In addition to that, I learned that I had histoplasmosis through a chain of coincidences, and this saved my life. My daughter has some serious health problems, and my information may just save her life.

My research into electrosmog was necessitated by a cell tower next door. I learned of many cases of cancer near towers in our area. Once more it is my belief that all this information, which came from just chatting to various people, is another way that God gives us information that cannot be found any other way.

For science to do a study of the probability that God exists, science should be aware of how God works and the "rules" of the game. Now, let us assume that I am right about electrosmog. It would not be because I am in the industry but I maintain it is because God has thrust it upon me. That should count as one more piece of anecdotal evidence that eventually is combined with all the other "anecdotes" that I have to say there is something going on.

I understand the pressure the forum may be getting from the Telco industry. They want any "stories" of harm to be branded as "Dangerous Crazy Nonsense". My fight with them in the courts indicates to me that they are aware of the danger of even one story being legally provable. As one of the largest Telcos said in their affidavit "We must intervene because if this case is successful it could destroy our industry" - I have paraphrased this from memory.

I think it is dangerous to discount any theory (especially one backed by science) at times like these. But again I say this is another bit of evidence of the possibility of God. If the electrosmog is a contributing factor then God wants no reduction. I agree it will not happen. I am trying to debate with intelligent people.

If you disagree, you can tell me what restrictions I have to abide by, and I will do so. Apart from some humorous "give and take" I do not think I am "slanging anyone off". But I can cut out that completely if you say so.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 12/04/2020 09:24:32
Can science prove that God exists? She is a committed Christian who is very scientific but sees no contradiction in her belief in God and her love of science.

Once more it is my belief that all this information, which came from just chatting to various people, is another way that God gives us information that cannot be found any other way.
The title of this thread is “Can science prove God exists?”.
I don’t see how beliefs such as these form scientific evidence, or answer the topic question. Surely it would be better to discuss what scientific methods might be used and what might be acceptable as evidence.
On the discussion so far I would have to say the answer is no, but that doesn’t mean s/he exists. Even proving Jesus was a historical figure can’t prove the question.
Even the question itself is pointless, because, as has been pointed out many times in this forum, science is not about proving things.

I understand the pressure the forum may be getting from the Telco industry.
This statement shows you don’t understand.
This forum is under no pressure from anyone. Our remit is science education and if we could see scientific evidence for any of your claims we would be duty bound to make these widely known.

...tell me what restrictions I have to abide by, and I will do so. Apart from some humorous "give and take" I do not think I am "slanging anyone off".
The comment on slagging off was a general observation on this thread, see a recent quote below. I appreciate feelings run high on areas of belief, but let’s keep this rational.
The restriction is keep the discussion on topic and keep it friendly.

If you believe the bible, you would believe his friends called him "rabbi". No rabbi was ever criticised for being mainstream. But it's pretty clear you haven't read the bible, so I can't criticise you for not understanding it.

Stay clear of religion and lead a good life, my friend. Farewell.

You better split. You were having your fanny for lunch. Excellent time to take cover, just as you brush off your premise with more generalized bull.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 12/04/2020 14:27:30
Colin 2B.

I understand all your points.

In a few days I will make a couple of posts in the cell tower radiation harm thread and then probably give posting a rest for a while. Time will tell.

My posts in the other forum will be a summary of the long list of health problems I have personally endured and documented. If I help just one person it would be worth the effort.

I will end with this...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/bria...
In your book, you talk about the “majesty of religion”. What do you mean by that?
There’s a tendency, certainly among some scientists I know, to judge religion by whether or not it gives us factual information about an objective reality. That’s not the right yardstick. There are many others who recognise that the value of religion is found in its capacity to provide a sense of community, to allow us to see our lives within a larger context, to connect us through ritual to our forebears, to alleviate anxiety in the face of mortality, among other
thoroughly subjective benefits. When I’m looking to understand myself as a human, and how I fit in to the long chain of human culture that reaches back thousands of years, religion is a deeply valuable part of that story.

...If people take away one thought from your book, what should it be?
That there is great value in understanding how we fit into the largest possible landscape, the longest possible timeline. Seeing how we and our species fit in between the big bang and the closest science can take us to the end of time is something that gives us deeply illuminating context. It allows us to see the human search for meaning and purpose in a different light, and with that to recognise that there is no ultimate answer hovering in the depths of space
awaiting discovery. Instead, the context provided by the cosmological narrative frees us fully to develop our own, deeply and thoroughly subjective reasons for being.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 12/04/2020 17:58:13
The link didn't work for me, but I presume it's this article.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/brian-greene-theoretical-physicist-interview-until-the-end-of-time

The headline is "‘Factual information is not the right yardstick for religion’".
which is fine.
The problem arises when people think it is, and act as if religion is factual.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 13/04/2020 01:23:47
Her husband was very ill recently and she told me that if she did not get involved with his care in hospital he would have died because of a lack of standards.
So sorry Clive. Dear God, show your glory in this situation. Comfort the hurting
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 13/04/2020 01:30:22
Alice Cooper loves the Lord. One great dude. Lives near my sister. John Legend can sing.

Delighted to see them worship our God through Superstar. (He was anything but a superstar most of his life. Almost no one had any idea He was God.) Imagine growing up with God as your brother and not knowing it until you are an adult.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/04/2020 03:05:30
There are many others who recognise that the value of religion is found in its capacity to provide a sense of community
The sense of community is seen within the same religion, but even in this narrow scope, we can still find communities divided by different sect/denomination within the same religion. The bridge between different religions is usually built from different ideologies, mostly politics, such as nationalism, globalism, humanism.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/04/2020 03:16:43
Proving the existence of any god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking any god.
Proving the existence of one particular god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon (or a series of phenomena) which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking that particular god. Logically, it will also reject the involvement of other gods in those phenomena.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 13/04/2020 03:44:04
Proving the existence of any god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking any god.
Proving the existence of one particular god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon (or a series of phenomena) which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking that particular god. Logically, it will also reject the involvement of other gods in those phenomena.
Receive the Holy Spirit in a charismatic church and see what happens.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/04/2020 06:23:47
Proving the existence of any god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking any god.
Proving the existence of one particular god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon (or a series of phenomena) which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking that particular god. Logically, it will also reject the involvement of other gods in those phenomena.

Your post is quite logical and makes sense. But what happens if a God decides to involve a person in a phenomenon without being invoked? Like my knowing a biker would die about 5 minutes. I got the impression that God did that to demonstrate his existence to me. And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?

I suppose it means that you lack the proof that God involved.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/04/2020 10:38:42
Proving the existence of any god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking any god.
Proving the existence of one particular god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon (or a series of phenomena) which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking that particular god. Logically, it will also reject the involvement of other gods in those phenomena.

Your post is quite logical and makes sense. But what happens if a God decides to involve a person in a phenomenon without being invoked? Like my knowing a biker would die about 5 minutes. I got the impression that God did that to demonstrate his existence to me. And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?

I suppose it means that you lack the proof that God involved.
It means that your proof is not scientific.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/04/2020 10:41:18
Proving the existence of any god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking any god.
Proving the existence of one particular god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon (or a series of phenomena) which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking that particular god. Logically, it will also reject the involvement of other gods in those phenomena.
Receive the Holy Spirit in a charismatic church and see what happens.
Name one charismatic church. What makes you think that your particular church is charismatic, while many others are not?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/04/2020 12:21:34
Proving the existence of any god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking any god.
Proving the existence of one particular god scientifically should contain a demonstration of an objective phenomenon (or a series of phenomena) which is impossible to explain scientifically without invoking that particular god. Logically, it will also reject the involvement of other gods in those phenomena.

Your post is quite logical and makes sense. But what happens if a God decides to involve a person in a phenomenon without being invoked? Like my knowing a biker would die about 5 minutes. I got the impression that God did that to demonstrate his existence to me. And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?

I suppose it means that you lack the proof that God involved.
It means that your proof is not scientific.

I agree.

But when you go to a doctor and tell them you have neurological problems like pain and memory loss and tingling sensations, you do not expect them to tell you it should not be happening because all the current scientific tests do not indicate any known problem.

A few decades ago, many of these problems were dismissed by the medical fraternity as psychosomatic and psychological because they could not diagnose them or have a test for them. A large number of these have been shown to have an underlying cause, and some have treatments that give relief.

God is a thinking entity who knows that proof of his existence would change the world. He would ignore the test and not get involved - invoked or not. He will allow humankind to infer from the evidence he does supply that there is a good probability of his existence. There is no direct proof of the Big Bang, but most people accept it because it answers many questions. The existence of God also answers many questions - like my psychic events.

Remember the movie "The Truman Show". They used technology and spies and manipulation to prevent him from knowing what the truth of his existence was. God is like that, only almost infinitely greater.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 13/04/2020 12:27:42
Her husband was very ill recently and she told me that if she did not get involved with his care in hospital he would have died because of a lack of standards.
So sorry Clive. Dear God, show your glory in this situation. Comfort the hurting

Thanks. God did answer my daughter's prayers when he got lung cancer and they were told he had a less than 10% chance. My daughter was comforted then by omens that indicated that he would survive. He is now over the worst and doing well. They just have to deal with the current Covid. They have two fantastic children and have a happy life despite some adversity now and then.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/04/2020 12:41:36
Remember the movie "The Truman Show". They used technology and spies and manipulation to prevent him from knowing what the truth of his existence was. God is like that, only almost infinitely greater.
So, evil and exploitative then.
Nice.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 13/04/2020 12:43:01
God did answer my daughter's prayers when he got lung cancer and they were told he had a less than 10% chance.
Perhaps God enjoyed the prayers He received as a result of giving that innocent man cancer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 13/04/2020 14:41:45
But when you go to a doctor and tell them you have neurological problems like pain and memory loss and tingling sensations, you do not expect them to tell you it should not be happening because all the current scientific tests do not indicate any known problem.
Have you tried fMRI tests?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 13/04/2020 17:14:32
And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?
You don't need a god to experience things you can't explain. Charlatans invoke a god to avoid having to explain things or deal with the inexplicable, but it's generally more useful, interesting and profitable (and fun) to investigate.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 13/04/2020 17:27:41
Alan insisted that the trash that we call the N.T, was not even written for 200 years after Christ was crucified and raised from the grave.
No I didn't. I never suggested he was "raised from the grave", only that if a rock can be moved into place by humans, it can be moved away by the same agents. If God had done it, there would have been no need to move the stone. This the bible seems to contradict rather than support the idea of resurrection.

Since the Acts of the Apostles and all the Epistles deal with what people did after Jesus died, they cannot possibly have been written when he was alive.

It's worth reading the NT before basing your philosophy on a misinterpretation of it, and always remember to engage brain before operating mouth.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 13/04/2020 22:46:34
Your post is quite logical and makes sense. But what happens if a God decides to involve a person in a phenomenon without being invoked? Like my knowing a biker would die about 5 minutes. I got the impression that God did that to demonstrate his existence to me. And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?

I suppose it means that you lack the proof that God involved.
The situation is worse than just lacking proof - which is correct anyway.
Christians, who incidentally believe in God, also believe that information derived from Tarot cards, spirits, psychic phenomena, etc originate from the devil. The idea is that he gives away true titbits of information to the gullible so that they will believe the big lie he gives it to them eg 5G + Covid19. So Christians would say you are an agent of the devil, and you have no proof that you are not.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 09:10:24
Remember the movie "The Truman Show". They used technology and spies and manipulation to prevent him from knowing what the truth of his existence was. God is like that, only almost infinitely greater.
So, evil and exploitative then.
Nice.

Trust you to extend my analogy past the similarities.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 09:29:39
Your post is quite logical and makes sense. But what happens if a God decides to involve a person in a phenomenon without being invoked? Like my knowing a biker would die about 5 minutes. I got the impression that God did that to demonstrate his existence to me. And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?

I suppose it means that you lack the proof that God involved.
The situation is worse than just lacking proof - which is correct anyway.
Christians, who incidentally believe in God, also believe that information derived from Tarot cards, spirits, psychic phenomena, etc originate from the devil. The idea is that he gives away true titbits of information to the gullible so that they will believe the big lie he gives it to them eg 5G + Covid19. So Christians would say you are an agent of the devil, and you have no proof that you are not.

My experience is what tells me that I am in contact with good and not evil. I have dealt with evil and demons and can recognize them for what they are. The Christian Church knows that demons can be deceptive and use small powers to entice people into greater evil. Hence they give a blanket ban. But if one know the rules and knows how both God and Satan work then one can use various modalities for good.

I asked a clairvoyant if she knew whether her answers came from good or bad and whether she first invoked God to protect her from the evil messages. Her reply was that she gave the answers and no idea whether they originated from good or evil. Evil people attract more evil and good people get good help.

You really have no idea of the type of experiences I have had and how they have taught me the lessons of spirit and God. If evil was behind my psychic events I would not get the good results that I get. That is proof enough.

Electrosmog and depressed immune systems and increased mutation rates have been well studied by scientists. The Telco industry is like many industries that suppress any reports of harm by them. The Telcos are the most powerful industry we have ever seen. One can mock and discredit electrosmog by using totally ridiculous claims which any rational person would see as ridiculous. Like saying 5G is direct cause of Covid-19 disease. Rubbish. Electrosmog is subtle and slow and is a trigger. Like tobacco smoke and air pollution. 5G may have aided the mutation rates and hence SARS-Covid-2 virus but that can only be inferred and not proved. In the long term (5-10years) electrosmog may be very bad for human health.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 09:33:40
And what about when I was an atheist and experienced psychic phenomena?
You don't need a god to experience things you can't explain. Charlatans invoke a god to avoid having to explain things or deal with the inexplicable, but it's generally more useful, interesting and profitable (and fun) to investigate.

I have still not heard an explanation from you about how I could know for certain a biker was about to die in about 5 minutes.

Or how I changed a mans life and saved his marriage by confronting the demon in him.

Or the accounts of mental telepathy.

Or the haunting by the suicide - and the 6 weeks before and change afterward.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 09:39:45
But when you go to a doctor and tell them you have neurological problems like pain and memory loss and tingling sensations, you do not expect them to tell you it should not be happening because all the current scientific tests do not indicate any known problem.
Have you tried fMRI tests?

No. I have been to a neurologist and she did a standard MRI. Because of the number of cases she had where people came to her and the patients determined that electrosmog was the problem, she was of the opinion I was probably correct that I was being affected by microwave emfs. My doctor said that at first he thought I was crazy but said he has changed his opinion. The evidence is mounting even if it is slow. It cannot be covered up forever.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 14/04/2020 09:41:33
There's certainly enough in your experience to warrant investigation, but none of it confirms the existence of an invisible third party. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 09:54:32
God did answer my daughter's prayers when he got lung cancer and they were told he had a less than 10% chance.
Perhaps God enjoyed the prayers He received as a result of giving that innocent man cancer.

Your basis for God is that he is responsible for everything and that everything bad is not physics or evolution or mans faults but must be attributed to God. And that God is evil and takes perverse pleasure in suffering.

My only comment is "Good God. Did I really read that." Is God responsible for your illogical deductions also?

Do you reject the possible existence of God based on your hate for your image of God (which came from where?), or from some sort of rational explanation?

God only intervenes for the greater good and usually only for small answers to prayers that do not affect the overall picture.

I must admit to being bothered about whether God could have planned and caused the pandemic and the dire consequences. I think that part of kind and good justice and oversight might mean consequences by way of punishment. I know I said that Satan does the evil and God lets him but I am having doubts. It is possible that God punishes in order to achieve good. Humankind has lost its spiritual path and evil is spreading because of greed and materialism.

Good people will die and should not. But there is always collateral damage, and a crisis will spur the good people to take action. It may not be a bad thing to have some fear of doing bad and invoking Gods punishment.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 09:55:25
There's certainly enough in your experience to warrant investigation, but none of it confirms the existence of an invisible third party.

I appreciate your honest comment.  :)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 14/04/2020 10:22:38
Remember the movie "The Truman Show". They used technology and spies and manipulation to prevent him from knowing what the truth of his existence was. God is like that, only almost infinitely greater.
So, evil and exploitative then.
Nice.

Trust you to extend my analogy past the similarities.
Trust you not to recognise the similarity.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 14/04/2020 15:11:24
Remember the movie "The Truman Show". They used technology and spies and manipulation to prevent him from knowing what the truth of his existence was. God is like that, only almost infinitely greater.
So, evil and exploitative then.
Nice.

Trust you to extend my analogy past the similarities.

Trust you not to recognise the similarity.

Touche. I did not know whether to groan or smile, so I did both.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Jolly2 on 14/04/2020 22:08:35
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.

Define what your god is?


Actually anything can become a God to a person. It's what they value most or consider most important what they worship in ignorance or awareness.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 15/04/2020 03:49:24
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.

Define what your god is?


Actually anything can become a God to a person. It's what they value most or consider most important what they worship in ignorance or awareness.

Then they have redefined the word god. Many cultures don't consider their gods as the most important things in their lives.

Quote
noun
1.
(in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.
2.
(in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/04/2020 12:31:48
South Africa does have some experts and is doing some things right.

Professor Karim is leading the ministerial advisory panel. Smart and well-spoken and does not mince his words. This is a great explanation of the strategy for dealing with Covid -19. A lot better than the PR "health consultants" that many media channels use.

This is long but informative. One can jump around to get an idea.


He came on again this morning and once more explained with clear examples to answer questions from what seems a foreign person asking key questions. He explained that SA had built a central command center full of video screens to control any problems with the World Soccer Cup, and they have repurposed that for the Corona virus fight. Once more he explains that they provide data-based explanations to the ministers. His explanations  can be followed and understood.

He also said that they are in close contact with China who are very helpful. Providing test kits for the phase where SA needs a lot of them.

I think other countries could learn a lot from this man.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 17/04/2020 12:39:12
This mornings video (he has a dry sense of humor).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=Hm0kNelgXVs&feature=emb_logo

He talks about HIV and Covid-19.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 17/04/2020 19:35:25
Alan insisted that the trash that we call the N.T, was not even written for 200 years after Christ was crucified and raised from the grave.
No I didn't. I never suggested he was "raised from the grave", ***HOLD ON Dr. AL!, you most certainly did. You quoted numerous words from the N.T.  proving HE was a Rabbi. Don't pick and choose. If you believe those words, you believe the words about the resurrection.*** only that if a rock can be moved into place by humans, it can be moved away by the same agents. If God had done it, there would have been no need to move the stone. This the bible seems to contradict rather than support the idea of resurrection.

***Who would roll it away, Al? The Romans stole it? The disciples who would use the corpse to prove HE rose from the dead?

Since the Acts of the Apostles and all the Epistles deal with what people did after Jesus died, they cannot possibly have been written when he was alive.

It's worth reading the NT before basing your philosophy on a misinterpretation of it, and always remember to engage brain before operating mouth.

Back at you bro. You haven't and I have. Suzanne holds the mirror.

Well, Alan, it was 200 years since when exactly? that they finally got around to writing the N.T.? (Do you honestly believe you can out know me in a debate on the N.T.?) From the moment of His miraculous conception? From the day of HIS virgin birth? From the day HE was crucified for healing on the Sabbath? When does your clock start?

"Since the Acts of the Apostles and all the Epistles deal with what people did after Jesus died, they cannot possibly have been written when he was alive." Big Al

You've heard of the Gospels, I suppose? They were likely being recorded as JESUS was hangin out with sinners, healing the sick on Sabbath days, being worshiped by the whores who found in HIM what they'd been searching for all their lives.

I've got to give old Al at least some credit. When he tries to pull fast ones, (which is all he relies upon, not knowing anything but the very basics) at least his nonsense has some sophistication to it. It is useless and funny, but it takes him more than 3 seconds to put together, unlike Kerosene who specializes in not knowing anything and revels in it. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 17/04/2020 21:54:45
There's certainly enough in your experience to warrant investigation, but none of it confirms the existence of an invisible third party.

I know this was intended for Clive, but you hit on some truth regardless, and you should be commended.

There are millions and millions and millions who will tell anyone willing to listen that they know Jesus Christ is alive, that He rose from the dead and lives inside them. That deserves investigation. That deserves your total, uninterrupted attention.

1. It is true that they said those things
2. What they said is true based on everything we know about GodMan that has been carefully preserved for us mostly by Jewish folks who took great care to pass down important events from their interactions with the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David. They were jealous over their relationship with HIM as were the men and women who wrote down and copied HIS words into the books which became the N.T.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 18/04/2020 14:45:40
I made a summary for my daughter:

The bottom line is that cell towers are very bad, cell phone use should be minimized and WiFi should not be used unless necessary.

My symptoms. Which varied depending on exposure and time.
Typical radiation values (in peak uW/sqm) are: 3,000 in old house next to tower, 300 next to other towers, 30 when I screen our old house, 2 in suburbia away from a tower, 0.2 in our new house, 0.02 in the country-side and on holiday. The legal limit is 10,000,000 which uses heating as a criteria.

A sharp rise in tinnitus
Noticed that a drop in hearing which got worse with time
Disturbed sleep waking tired scrambled dreams
Memory loss and problems spelling.
Mental confusion.
Skin growths on my forehead.
Clumsiness and dyslexia loss of balance
Four episodes of brief full body convulsions
Hand tremors
Nausea
Headaches
Anxiety and irritability.
Irregular heatbeat at times.
Higher than usual blood pressure.
Peripheral neuropathy in feet and toes.
Frequent diarrhoea
Severe and sharp pain in my right eye socket near my nose
3 metal tooth fillings fractured and broke
Knee replacement healing reversed when exposed
Burning sensation in my right hip where a nerve was being compressed.
Sharp stabbing pain in my side where I have a neuroma and the nerves have no myelin sheath.

My wife had similar symptoms (excepting teeth and knee) but not as bad. However, she had had facial basal cell carcinoma and a melanoma on her chest. She said if her cell phone was next to her at night she would feel unwell.

Our dogs showed depression and hearing loss.

The neighbours on the other side of the tower moved out of their house to live in their office because they were getting too sick. He had his prostate cancer return. They were also getting allergies.

Our grandson experienced epileptic seizures at 18 months of age after 5 month of visiting us at the tower home.

The neurologist said a patient who was getting sick with neurological symptoms eventually figured out he was getting ill at work and recovering on the weekends. If he worked in the company basement he had no problems. The basement had no WiFi.

A 17 year old went through a growth spurt and got a rare cancer on his upper right arm. A tower was recently erected outside their home and his bedroom. The cancer is associated with too many Xrays.

A nearby tower had a couple move close to it. They started getting ill and moved out after 6 months and then recovered. They had no idea that it could have been the tower.

Our symptoms have mostly disappeared now that we are locked down in our new house where the radiation is quite low. However, both my wife and I cannot be near active cell phones. We deactivate all WiFi because it is enough to make me ill the next day. I did not put my cell phone on aeroplane mode when I lay down one afternoon and I got a bad headache within 30 minutes. Put on aeroplane mode and the headache disappeared in 10 minutes. I still wear aluminium mesh beanie because the suburbia radiation is still to high and affects me.

On three occasions I have been on holiday for 5 days where the radiation is very low compared to suburbia. I felt great and did not need pain tablets.

My wife and I use our phones in loudspeaker mode, and kept them in another room if we leave them on, and sleep with the cell phones on the far side of the house.

Horrible way to live to avoid radiation sickness but what can we do?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 18/04/2020 15:04:38
I made a summary for my daughter:

The bottom line is that cell towers are very bad, cell phone use should be minimized and WiFi should not be used unless necessary.

My symptoms. Which varied depending on exposure and time.
Typical radiation values (in peak uW/sqm) are: 3,000 in old house next to tower, 300 next to other towers, 30 when I screen our old house, 2 in suburbia away from a tower, 0.2 in our new house, 0.02 in the country-side and on holiday. The legal limit is 10,000,000 which uses heating as a criteria.

A sharp rise in tinnitus
Noticed that a drop in hearing which got worse with time
Disturbed sleep waking tired scrambled dreams
Memory loss and problems spelling.
Mental confusion.
Skin growths on my forehead.
Clumsiness and dyslexia loss of balance
Four episodes of brief full body convulsions
Hand tremors
Nausea
Headaches
Anxiety and irritability.
Irregular heatbeat at times.
Higher than usual blood pressure.
Peripheral neuropathy in feet and toes.
Frequent diarrhoea
Severe and sharp pain in my right eye socket near my nose
3 metal tooth fillings fractured and broke
Knee replacement healing reversed when exposed
Burning sensation in my right hip where a nerve was being compressed.
Sharp stabbing pain in my side where I have a neuroma and the nerves have no myelin sheath.

My wife had similar symptoms (excepting teeth and knee) but not as bad. However, she had had facial basal cell carcinoma and a melanoma on her chest. She said if her cell phone was next to her at night she would feel unwell.

Our dogs showed depression and hearing loss.
I sympathize, Clive. Same exact things happened to me the day I got married.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 18/04/2020 15:24:25
All signs of ageing. Pity, but that's how Duffy's god designed us.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 18/04/2020 18:47:52
All signs of ageing. Pity, but that's how Duffy's god designed us.

Poor baby. Cry for me Argentina. Are you sure you're not at least one other squid who does nothing but stalk people all day? You sound exactly like her. She's the one who freaks if she's not the center of attention 24/7 in every conversation.
Obviously, whenever facts undermine the silliness you perpetuate, you forget your arguments and become 4 years old, just like her.
You'd be wise not to barf nonsense constantly. You could learn a thing or three about GOD and HIS SON. You could become as despised as HE was and rejoice that you are considered worthy to suffer in His name. There's a wonderful sense of accomplishment when attracting that kind of vicious hatred for doing nothing but living a true and pure life.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 08:42:26
Masks. Why does it take so long for old lessons to be re-learned? One reason is that God is taking advantage of arrogance and know-it-all attitudes to spread this virus.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/18/china/great-manchurian-plague-china-hnk-intl/index.html
Wu began post-mortem exams of victims and crucially established that the disease was pneumonic plague and not bubonic (the difference between the forms of plague is the location of infection; in pneumonic plague the infection is in the lungs, in bubonic plague, the lymph nodes). He also heavily recommended the wearing of face masks.
By early 1911, China had mobilized doctors and epidemiologists from across China to converge on Harbin. Wu knew there was a big deadline looming. Chinese New Year was officially January 30 and Wu knew that limiting travel would be almost impossible during the annual migration home for so many Chinese people.
If the infection rate wasn't brought down, then it risked becoming a nationwide epidemic.
The response was sometimes harsh -- any lodging house where an infection appeared was burnt to the ground. But overall Wu's anti-plague measures worked. So-called "sanitary zones," quarantines, lockdowns, isolation, travel restrictions and face masks were all implemented and appear to have brought the infection rate in Harbin down by the end of January.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 08:50:28
All signs of ageing. Pity, but that's how Duffy's god designed us.

You are quite right.

But to age 10 to 20 years in a matter of one to five months? That is the result of an overproduction of reactive oxygen species in all cells which is caused by cell phone microwaves disturbing the calcium ion channels in our cellular membranes.

Cancer can also be thought of as signs of aging. And why are so many younger people getting it? Also heart attacks.

And when three six year old kids die in six months in one school - one cancer, one heart attack and one other old age disease - does that not ring alarm bells? No, because God wants the population reduced. If human kind cannot do it voluntarily then God will impose a harsh solution for the overall good.

God does not do it with malice because those souls return and some get a second chance at a better life in the future. I do not want to be reincarnated into a miserable dystopia.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 08:51:46
I made a summary for my daughter:

The bottom line is that cell towers are very bad, cell phone use should be minimized and WiFi should not be used unless necessary.

My symptoms. Which varied depending on exposure and time.
Typical radiation values (in peak uW/sqm) are: 3,000 in old house next to tower, 300 next to other towers, 30 when I screen our old house, 2 in suburbia away from a tower, 0.2 in our new house, 0.02 in the country-side and on holiday. The legal limit is 10,000,000 which uses heating as a criteria.

A sharp rise in tinnitus
Noticed that a drop in hearing which got worse with time
Disturbed sleep waking tired scrambled dreams
Memory loss and problems spelling.
Mental confusion.
Skin growths on my forehead.
Clumsiness and dyslexia loss of balance
Four episodes of brief full body convulsions
Hand tremors
Nausea
Headaches
Anxiety and irritability.
Irregular heatbeat at times.
Higher than usual blood pressure.
Peripheral neuropathy in feet and toes.
Frequent diarrhoea
Severe and sharp pain in my right eye socket near my nose
3 metal tooth fillings fractured and broke
Knee replacement healing reversed when exposed
Burning sensation in my right hip where a nerve was being compressed.
Sharp stabbing pain in my side where I have a neuroma and the nerves have no myelin sheath.

My wife had similar symptoms (excepting teeth and knee) but not as bad. However, she had had facial basal cell carcinoma and a melanoma on her chest. She said if her cell phone was next to her at night she would feel unwell.

Our dogs showed depression and hearing loss.
I sympathize, Clive. Same exact things happened to me the day I got married.

So it is my punishment for having been married seven times, is it?  ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 08:52:47
Masks. Why does it take so long for old lessons to be re-learned? One reason is that God is taking advantage of arrogance and know-it-all attitudes to spread this virus.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/18/china/great-manchurian-plague-china-hnk-intl/index.html
Wu began post-mortem exams of victims and crucially established that the disease was pneumonic plague and not bubonic (the difference between the forms of plague is the location of infection; in pneumonic plague the infection is in the lungs, in bubonic plague, the lymph nodes). He also heavily recommended the wearing of face masks.
By early 1911, China had mobilized doctors and epidemiologists from across China to converge on Harbin. Wu knew there was a big deadline looming. Chinese New Year was officially January 30 and Wu knew that limiting travel would be almost impossible during the annual migration home for so many Chinese people.
If the infection rate wasn't brought down, then it risked becoming a nationwide epidemic.
The response was sometimes harsh -- any lodging house where an infection appeared was burnt to the ground. But overall Wu's anti-plague measures worked. So-called "sanitary zones," quarantines, lockdowns, isolation, travel restrictions and face masks were all implemented and appear to have brought the infection rate in Harbin down by the end of January.

You forgot to include evidence that the masks worked.
You also forgot to  include anything really related to the topic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 08:55:34
That is the result of an overproduction of reactive oxygen species in all cells which is caused by cell phone microwaves disturbing the calcium ion channels in our cellular membranes.
Then it has happened to all of us.
Except it hasn't.
So we know you are wrong.

Why post stuff that's clearly wrong?
And when three six year old kids die in six months in one school - one cancer, one heart attack and one other old age disease - does that not ring alarm bells?
No
Three kids with the same condition might.
Three with three different conditions is a coincidence and your confirmation bias is trying to read something into it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 09:01:55
I want to get onto what the world will be like after the pandemic, as well as when the pandemic will be over, and whether a new pandemic or disaster will strike.

Should we start a new thread, or take it that our speculations will be proof that God exists? I say that God exists and wants a serious reduction in world population but also that God wants society to change to be more spiritual and cooperative. I say that the death and disruption will only stop when the aims are achieved. So if I am right, then can we take that as proof of God?

I am also curious as to whether the "improvements" suggested by atheists are better that those suggested by the theists.

A simple example. The finance section should be regulated to stop traders from doing things that add no value or do no service. High frequency trading for example.

Others could be. Universal health care. Safety nets for the poor. Allowing euthanasia. More transparency in who owns the debt and the wealth.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 09:06:33
That is the result of an overproduction of reactive oxygen species in all cells which is caused by cell phone microwaves disturbing the calcium ion channels in our cellular membranes.
Then it has happened to all of us.
Except it hasn't.
So we know you are wrong.

Why post stuff that's clearly wrong?

So all of us have been subjected to 3,000 uW/sqm 24 hours a day for five months? No, and so you are clearly wrong.

Most of us are being subjected to about 2 uW/sqm all the time meaning that it will take 10 to 20 years for the effects to become noticeable. A 20 year old may, in 20 years, have symptoms of a 70 year old.

Some of us next to towers will have earlier symptoms and some of us will have residential WiFi and cell phone use cause earlier symptoms.

Many of the affected may die due to corona virus. Remember the relationship between age and death?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 09:11:16
Masks. Why does it take so long for old lessons to be re-learned? One reason is that God is taking advantage of arrogance and know-it-all attitudes to spread this virus.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/18/china/great-manchurian-plague-china-hnk-intl/index.html
Wu began post-mortem exams of victims and crucially established that the disease was pneumonic plague and not bubonic (the difference between the forms of plague is the location of infection; in pneumonic plague the infection is in the lungs, in bubonic plague, the lymph nodes). He also heavily recommended the wearing of face masks.
By early 1911, China had mobilized doctors and epidemiologists from across China to converge on Harbin. Wu knew there was a big deadline looming. Chinese New Year was officially January 30 and Wu knew that limiting travel would be almost impossible during the annual migration home for so many Chinese people.
If the infection rate wasn't brought down, then it risked becoming a nationwide epidemic.
The response was sometimes harsh -- any lodging house where an infection appeared was burnt to the ground. But overall Wu's anti-plague measures worked. So-called "sanitary zones," quarantines, lockdowns, isolation, travel restrictions and face masks were all implemented and appear to have brought the infection rate in Harbin down by the end of January.

You forgot to include evidence that the masks worked.
You also forgot to  include anything really related to the topic.

You claim to be the scientist. Show me the testing that has been performed by modern scientists. Surely with all the predictions of a pandemic (especially respiratory ones) that the efficacy of masks would be well documented.

Arrogance of the medical fraternity relegates old methods to the trash can and not worth studying, is my opinion. Just as they threw out silver as an antimicrobial for so many years.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 09:17:50
From the 1991 plague article above:

If the quarantined didn't show symptoms within five-to-10 days they were released with a wire wristband fastened with a lead seal stating they were plague free.

Wow and Russia now uses a digital passport.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 09:29:24
Show me the testing that has been performed by modern scientists.
Was that intended to be some sort of difficult challenge?
https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr619.pdf

Or were you just  to damned lazy to google it?

Just as they threw out silver as an antimicrobial for so many years.
During which years do you think  silver was not used as an antimicrobial?

There were, of course, times when better ones were more popular for most infections.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 09:36:24
Evidence for God (and Christ). If this is a forgery, it is remarkable. What impresses me is the photographic negative effect. Did God have a hand in manipulating the forgery?

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/shroud-of-turin-mystery-italy/index.html
Ever since the 1988 pronouncement, the Shroud -- or the Sindone, as it's called in Italy -- has continued to draw people to Turin. For some, the visit changes their life. Take David Rolfe, for example -- a skeptic when in 1978 he made his first documentary, "The Silent Witness."
"The feeling back then was that it was a medieval forgery," he tells CNN. "Relics were huge business, and the Shroud was the ace of relics. Whenever it came out, hundreds of people came to see it."
Rolfe thought it was a "spectacular forgery" and, with his documentary, set out to prove how it had been created.
But making the film, he started to rethink. He saw the VP8 3D images. He learned there was no "directionality" to the image, as one applied with a brush would have. He interviewed a forensic pathologist who said it was a "particularly accurate construction of a Roman crucifixion" -- not least the wounds in the wrists, rather than the palms, with "missing" thumbs thought to be caused by nerve damage or a retracted thumb.
It was unlikely, he thought, that a medieval forger would have such a command of human anatomy. (Professor Michael Tite, who supervised the carbon dating, has also remarked on this -- but he posits that while the Shroud is indeed the burial cloth of a crucifixion victim, it is a medieval one, from a Christian who was tortured. Tite declined to speak to CNN.)
The film played to sold-out audiences around the world and won a BAFTA. Rolfe had made his name professionally, but, he says, "I'd been too busy making the film to think about the transformation it had made to my life."
"I found [the Shroud] a work of sublime genius. I saw no evidence of man in it, and I thought, yes, I believe this was caused by a miracle and the only thing it could have been was the resurrection."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 19/04/2020 09:40:31
Show me the testing that has been performed by modern scientists.
Was that intended to be some sort of difficult challenge?
https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr619.pdf

Or were you just  to damned lazy to google it?


You were the one against masks. Yet there are definite reductions. Why have no protection when some protection is better? From your link:

Using separate tests to measure levels of inert particles and live aerosolised influenza virus, our findings show that surgical masks provide around a 6-fold reduction in exposure.  Live viruses could be detected in the air behind all surgical masks tested. By contrast, properly fitted respirators could provide at least a 100-fold reduction.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 09:45:39
Why have no protection when some protection is better?
Because it produces a false sense of security.

From your quote
Live viruses could be detected in the air behind all surgical masks tested.
i.e. they don't really work.

I'm not against masks, I'm against bad masks.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 09:54:50
Evidence for God (and Christ). If this is a forgery, it is remarkable.
Radiocarbon dating in 1988 has shown that it is a forgery.
The fact that people still go on about it shows that religion is not interested in facts.

Did God have a hand in manipulating the forgery?
If He din then it's another of His screwups.
He got the date wrong.

The feeling back then was that it was a medieval forgery,"
... yep, because it is.
It was unlikely, he thought, that a medieval forger would have such a command of human anatomy.
It was not impossible that a medieval forger had seen an actual crucifixion.

the only thing it could have been was the resurrection."
This sort of thing illustrates my point.
That guy believes something- even though we know it is not true.
You believe that cell phones cause covid- even though we know it is not true.

That's the trouble with religion.
It gets people to believe nonsense.

And you post it, because you are so lost to logic that you think it actually supports your case.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 19/04/2020 10:18:22
In a nutshell, surgical masks are intended to stop staff sneezing and spitting into open wounds. They do that very well. But operating theaters and clean wards have positive pressure filtered air, so in most cases it's reasonably safe to inhale, and the mask doesn't have to fit closely. 

Thus a surgical mask is a socially good thing to wear in public in the current circumstance, as you may be infectious without knowing it. But it is pretty useless for self protection in a crowd (like a tube train) or when handling a patient who is known to be infectious because it won't protect you against inhaled aerosols. A builder's dust mask is a better fit and is designed to prevent the inhalation of droplets and particles. A valve is useful in a high performance HEPA mask so you can exhale without steaming up your goggles! 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 19/04/2020 10:21:08
When it's all over (if ever) and we take stock, we will indeed have a better appreciation of God. He is the evil bastard who created humans as food for parasites. Which is why human parasites evangelise.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 11:59:40
When it's all over (if ever) and we take stock, we will indeed have a better appreciation of God. He is the evil bastard who created humans as food for parasites. Which is why human parasites evangelise.

Big Al should know. He's the genius who said the N.T. was written 200 years later.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 12:02:03
Oh yes. He knows that Christ lived, that HE was a nice fella, but got on the bad side of some leaders so they had the Romans whack Him. Al is a master of details.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 12:06:57
Big Al should know. He's the genius who said the N.T. was written 200 years later.
How silly!
We all know the rewrite was 300 years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

But that's just historical fact; so Duffy's going to ignore it and say something rude in an attempt to divert attention from his lack of credibility.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 12:08:37
In a nutshell, surgical masks are intended to stop staff sneezing and spitting into open wounds. They do that very well. But operating theaters and clean wards have positive pressure filtered air, so in most cases it's reasonably safe to inhale, and the mask doesn't have to fit closely. 

Thus a surgical mask is a socially good thing to wear in public in the current circumstance, as you may be infectious without knowing it. But it is pretty useless for self protection in a crowd (like a tube train) or when handling a patient who is known to be infectious because it won't protect you against inhaled aerosols. A builder's dust mask is a better fit and is designed to prevent the inhalation of droplets and particles. A valve is useful in a high performance HEPA mask so you can exhale without steaming up your goggles!
Don't know about you boys, but I trust my very life to a guy who despises people who try to save his behind. In case you haven't noticed Big Al knows everything. He knows Christ was one heck of a nice fella. How he knows that is anyone's guess. O no! I forgot. He knows because 200 years after something (he won't say what) happened somebody wrote something about somebody called Jesus that suggested He was a good ol' boy, so Al believes. Now, that is science, baby.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 12:12:33
I take my hat off to Big Sweet Old Al. He uses science alone to draw his conclusions about anything and everything. Just ask him. He always doublechecks the latest research before he offers his opinion. And when he doesn't know, he calls you names and mentions how he despises you and everyone who follows Christ.

That's MY BOY!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 12:23:25
I made a summary for my daughter:

The bottom line is that cell towers are very bad, cell phone use should be minimized and WiFi should not be used unless necessary.

My symptoms. Which varied depending on exposure and time.
Typical radiation values (in peak uW/sqm) are: 3,000 in old house next to tower, 300 next to other towers, 30 when I screen our old house, 2 in suburbia away from a tower, 0.2 in our new house, 0.02 in the country-side and on holiday. The legal limit is 10,000,000 which uses heating as a criteria.

A sharp rise in tinnitus
Noticed that a drop in hearing which got worse with time
Disturbed sleep waking tired scrambled dreams
Memory loss and problems spelling.
Mental confusion.
Skin growths on my forehead.
Clumsiness and dyslexia loss of balance
Four episodes of brief full body convulsions
Hand tremors
Nausea
Headaches
Anxiety and irritability.
Irregular heatbeat at times.
Higher than usual blood pressure.
Peripheral neuropathy in feet and toes.
Frequent diarrhoea
Severe and sharp pain in my right eye socket near my nose
3 metal tooth fillings fractured and broke
Knee replacement healing reversed when exposed
Burning sensation in my right hip where a nerve was being compressed.
Sharp stabbing pain in my side where I have a neuroma and the nerves have no myelin sheath.

My wife had similar symptoms (excepting teeth and knee) but not as bad. However, she had had facial basal cell carcinoma and a melanoma on her chest. She said if her cell phone was next to her at night she would feel unwell.

Our dogs showed depression and hearing loss.
I sympathize, Clive. Same exact things happened to me the day I got married.

So it is my punishment for having been married seven times, is it?  ;)

I've been married 12 times and the symptoms you describe hit me on my first. Things got progressively more disastrous with each subsequent knot tying event. Today, I consist of a skull, a few neurons, and I can twitch my nose which works my computer. Oxygen and nutrients are pumped into my carotid artery. No eyes, no ears, no mouth, body's been gone since #8. So, YOU'RE A LIGHTWEIGHT
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 12:33:43
All signs of ageing. Pity, but that's how Duffy's god designed us.
It breaks my heart to see Big Al wallow in so much misery every second of every day. He's had a terribly difficult life. He deserves more pity from us. Obviously, he can't generate enough on his own. I feel for you Al. I know how rough it's been for you. Tragic. Just so tragic. Everyone always singled you out. Poor, poor Al. Don't cry Al. It's going to be okay.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 19/04/2020 12:35:18
Duffy's going to ignore it and say something rude in an attempt to divert attention from his lack of credibility.
I must be clairvoyant or something.
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Post by: alancalverd on 19/04/2020 13:59:24
How do I know what I know? I sometimes read the bible when I'm waiting my call in an operating theater.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 14:42:51
How do I know what I know? I sometimes read the bible when I'm waiting my call in an operating theater.

Now you're talking, Big Al. Brain transplants are happening. Ask them for a newer model. Even though the one you got failed miserably, the recent batch are working marvelously as you can see in the former Chuckles Manson. In fact, that unit may be the one they fit into you. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 14:46:13
How do I know what I know? I sometimes read the bible when I'm waiting my call in an operating theater.

Busted. It's true. They wrote the N.T. 200 years after 400 years since then and 1,200 years as soon as it was. And you believe it. Atta boy Big Al. Use your new, old, brain just like you haven't.
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Post by: duffyd on 19/04/2020 15:00:52
In the meantime, science supports the fact that spiritual warfare rages behind the scenes. Souls are up for grabs. Who will win them is uncertain. Diverting attention from that reality works when people are happy and moving along without too much resistance. We've seen in our recent past that Someone is crying out for our attention and rapid deterioration is on the horizon. He has many tools to remind us we are not in charge. No matter how much we learn through science, we forget quite quickly that eternal repercussions are a breath away.

Haiti
Puerto Rico
Jakarta
Japan
Pinatubo
Iran
AIDS
Ebola
Drug abuse
Vietnam
WWII
Korea
The Balkans
Holocausts in Germany, Rwanda

The Reality is this. When a jet filled with passengers and crew suddenly plunges 35,000 feet without warning, "GOD help me" is the refrain repeated over and over no one is embarrassed to scream. That's scientifically proven. He always responds.  Heaven is moments away.
 
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Post by: alancalverd on 20/04/2020 01:21:23
When a jet filled with passengers and crew suddenly plunges 35,000 feet without warning, "GOD help me" is the refrain repeated over and over no one is embarrassed to scream. That's scientifically proven. He always responds. 
At last, scientific proof of the beneficence of the almighty.
If we compare the outcomes of AA11 (11/9/2001), AF447 (1/6/2009) and BA09 (24/6/1982) the first conclusion is that Duffy's loathsome deity hates Americans (3000 dead) and Frenchmen (228 dead) but is, of course, on the side of the  British (no casualties).

The odd thing is that the first two cases involved fully functioning aircraft, whereas BA09 had all four engines flamed out. So consider US1549 (15/1/2009) (low altitude, full of Americans, just like AA11) - no major injuries. 

Ergo, Duffy's god prefers gliders. Which explains why glider pilots deserve the obeisance of mere mortals. We were put on this earth to save mankind. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 20/04/2020 01:37:52
Postscript.

Whilst I have no doubt that Jonah Duffy has witnessed and faithfully recorded many uncontrolled descents, I have it on good authority from a forensic phonetician who has analysed dozens of cockpit voice recorders, that the last word on every tape is always "sh1t!". Interesting that, whatever their native language or religion, even in moments of extreme stress, pilots continue to speak English. That's professionalism. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 02:33:21
When a jet filled with passengers and crew suddenly plunges 35,000 feet without warning, "GOD help me" is the refrain repeated over and over no one is embarrassed to scream. That's scientifically proven. He always responds. 
At last, scientific proof of the beneficence of the almighty.
If we compare the outcomes of AA11 (11/9/2001), AF447 (1/6/2009) and BA09 (24/6/1982) the first conclusion is that Duffy's loathsome deity hates Americans (3000 dead) and Frenchmen (228 dead) but is, of course, on the side of the  British (no casualties).

The odd thing is that the first two cases involved fully functioning aircraft, whereas BA09 had all four engines flamed out. So consider US1549 (15/1/2009) (low altitude, full of Americans, just like AA11) - no major injuries. 

Ergo, Duffy's god prefers gliders. Which explains why glider pilots deserve the obeisance of mere mortals. We were put on this earth to save mankind.

 Wormwood, a new recruit, is under the tutelage of senior commander Screwtape.  He is green behind the ears and tends to think like his human patients do. Screwtape becomes impatient with his lack of progress tempting humans, constantly reminding him that the death of anyone on good terms with the Enemy is the loss of all they hold dear.

"The War is relevant, writes Screwtape, only in that it affects the Patient’s state of mind. The mere fact of air raids on the Patient’s town should be, for Wormwood, beside the point. Wormwood should be trying to keep the Patient alive. Young tempters are being swayed by Hell’s own propaganda, writes Screwtape. Hell has made humans think of death as evil, but, if their souls are prepared like the Patient’s is, death is a good thing. It brings them to the Enemy. Wormwood must remember that it is very difficult for humans to persevere. He should keep the Patient alive until middle age. Then, the Patient may become worldly and lower his guard. Even if the Patient is prosperous, Wormwood can use his good fortune to make him love the earth and not the Enemy. Young people even if they are not religious, are idealistic and detached from the world. It is easier to wean their souls off of eternal thoughts little by little over the course of many years."

A few Spark notes on letters18-21 of CS Lewis' work on training of junior devils in The Screwtape Letters.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 03:06:06
When a jet filled with passengers and crew suddenly plunges 35,000 feet without warning, "GOD help me" is the refrain repeated over and over no one is embarrassed to scream. That's scientifically proven. He always responds. 

 Wormwood, a new recruit, is under the tutelage of senior commander Screwtape.  He is green behind the ears and tends to think like his human patients do. Screwtape becomes impatient with his lack of progress tempting humans, constantly reminding him that the death of anyone on good terms with the Enemy is the loss of all they hold dear.

"The War is relevant, writes Screwtape, only in that it affects the Patient’s state of mind. The mere fact of air raids on the Patient’s town should be, for Wormwood, beside the point. Wormwood should be trying to keep the Patient alive. Young tempters are being swayed by Hell’s own propaganda, writes Screwtape. Hell has made humans think of death as evil, but, if their souls are prepared like the Patient’s is, death is a good thing. It brings them to the Enemy. Wormwood must remember that it is very difficult for humans to persevere. He should keep the Patient alive until middle age. Then, the Patient may become worldly and lower his guard. Even if the Patient is prosperous, Wormwood can use his good fortune to make him love the earth and not the Enemy. Young people even if they are not religious, are idealistic and detached from the world. It is easier to wean their souls off of eternal thoughts little by little over the course of many years."

A few Spark notes on letters18-21 of CS Lewis' work on training of junior devils in The Screwtape Letters.

Screwtape advises Wormwood, "Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see. There have been sad cases among the modern physicists. If he must dabble in science, keep him on economics and sociology…" From The Screwtape Letters
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Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 03:17:25


Lewis is no respecter of persons. Here, in Screwtape, he criticizes Christians who succumb to the lure of sacrificing their pure faith for modern social/economic movements.
"Let him begin by treating the Patriotism or the Pacifism as a part of his religion. Then let him, under the influence of partisan spirit, come to regard it as the most important part. Then quietly and gradually nurse him on to the stage at which the religion becomes merely part of the “cause”… Once you have made the World an end, and faith a means, you have almost won your man, and it makes very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing. Provided that meetings, pamphlets, policies, movements, causes, and crusades, matter more to him than prayers and sacraments and charity, he is ours — and the more “religious” (on those terms) the more securely ours. I could show you a pretty cageful down here…"
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/04/2020 07:48:06
Why have no protection when some protection is better?
Because it produces a false sense of security.

From your quote
Live viruses could be detected in the air behind all surgical masks tested.
i.e. they don't really work.

I'm not against masks, I'm against bad masks.

So why do the news networks educate the public about how to wear a mask and take it off, rather than wear no masks.

Of course, you would rather die than wear a mask that was not 100% effective. And also infect other people. Yes, I have said it before, God uses not only our arrogance but our ignorance against us.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/04/2020 09:04:01
So why do the news networks educate the public about how to wear a mask and take it off, rather than wear no masks.
For the same reason they show pictures of young pretty women. It sells better.


Of course, you would rather die than wear a mask that was not 100% effective.
No, I wouldn't .
In saying I would you are both arrogant and ignorant.
God uses not only our arrogance but our ignorance against us.
Perhaps you should be more careful.

When a jet filled with passengers and crew suddenly plunges 35,000 feet without warning, "GOD help me" is the refrain repeated over and over no one is embarrassed to scream.
And the plane crashed because there's no God there to save it.
Or maybe He is real, but He just likes to watch the survivors suffer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 20/04/2020 10:05:09
Like most schoolkids, I read Screwtape and don't need to have passages repeated here. But for all his excellent writing, Lewis doesn't seem to have addressed the fact that Duffy's god dislikes functioning jet engines and innocent civilians  but is happy to save some planes when the fires go out. Except sometimes.

Now here's the difference between us. A gullible believer will say "God works in a mysterious way", or try to excuse an action for which a human being would be hanged. A scientist would say "No evidence of third party intervention, therefore no evidence of third party."

A real scumbag would note that 9/11 killed more infidels than muslims, and is therefore the work of a greater god than  Duffy's.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/04/2020 10:35:34
Why have no protection when some protection is better?
Because it produces a false sense of security.

From your quote
Live viruses could be detected in the air behind all surgical masks tested.
i.e. they don't really work.

I'm not against masks, I'm against bad masks.

I have to quote your post once more.

In reply you said you said I was wrong that you would die than wear a surgical mask.

But here you say an ordinary surgical mask is not only a waste of time, but gives a false sense of security and therefore should not be worn. Yet your link showed a 6 fold reduction. To me that means you have improved your chances by at least 83 percent. It may even be that the lowered viral load gives a 95 to 99 percent protection against infection. If you get an infection by wearing no mask, you might die. You prefer to wear not mask, hence it is logical for me to state that your choice is a risk of dying rather than wearing a mask with a lower risk of dying. I can logically say you prefer to die rather than wear a surgical mask.

Oh course, I could also say you do not want to admit you have been wrong in you posts about masks. I could make further logical deductions about that but you seem to be rather touchy so I will leave it.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/04/2020 10:38:32
When it's all over (if ever) and we take stock, we will indeed have a better appreciation of God. He is the evil bastard who created humans as food for parasites. Which is why human parasites evangelise.

God cannot be a bastard because he has no mother and no father.  ;)

Is it not better to reduce the population drastically and save the planet than to allow humans to extinct themselves and most other life?

And if the world is a better place and more spiritual, should we not be thankful?

If you want perfection in your God you are doomed to be continually disappointed (and angry), because you God is not the true God.

What about my post 699 about a post-covid world?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/04/2020 10:40:35
How do I know what I know? I sometimes read the bible when I'm waiting my call in an operating theater.

Are you serious? If so, why do you read a book you are so opposed to?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 20/04/2020 10:44:05
Postscript.

Whilst I have no doubt that Jonah Duffy has witnessed and faithfully recorded many uncontrolled descents, I have it on good authority from a forensic phonetician who has analysed dozens of cockpit voice recorders, that the last word on every tape is always "sh1t!". Interesting that, whatever their native language or religion, even in moments of extreme stress, pilots continue to speak English. That's professionalism.

Interesting. People who are about to die often have an uncontrolled bowel movement. That might explain their last words.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/04/2020 11:04:35
Why have no protection when some protection is better?
Because it produces a false sense of security.

From your quote
Live viruses could be detected in the air behind all surgical masks tested.
i.e. they don't really work.

I'm not against masks, I'm against bad masks.

I have to quote your post once more.

In reply you said you said I was wrong that you would die than wear a surgical mask.

But here you say an ordinary surgical mask is not only a waste of time, but gives a false sense of security and therefore should not be worn. Yet your link showed a 6 fold reduction. To me that means you have improved your chances by at least 83 percent. It may even be that the lowered viral load gives a 95 to 99 percent protection against infection. If you get an infection by wearing no mask, you might die. You prefer to wear not mask, hence it is logical for me to state that your choice is a risk of dying rather than wearing a mask with a lower risk of dying. I can logically say you prefer to die rather than wear a surgical mask.

Oh course, I could also say you do not want to admit you have been wrong in you posts about masks. I could make further logical deductions about that but you seem to be rather touchy so I will leave it.





Try again, but do it properly.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 11:15:29
Why have no protection when some protection is better?
Because it produces a false sense of security.

From your quote
Live viruses could be detected in the air behind all surgical masks tested.
i.e. they don't really work.

I'm not against masks, I'm against bad masks.

I have to quote your post once more.

In reply you said you said I was wrong that you would die than wear a surgical mask.

But here you say an ordinary surgical mask is not only a waste of time, but gives a false sense of security and therefore should not be worn. Yet your link showed a 6 fold reduction. To me that means you have improved your chances by at least 83 percent. It may even be that the lowered viral load gives a 95 to 99 percent protection against infection. If you get an infection by wearing no mask, you might die. You prefer to wear not mask, hence it is logical for me to state that your choice is a risk of dying rather than wearing a mask with a lower risk of dying. I can logically say you prefer to die rather than wear a surgical mask.

Oh course, I could also say you do not want to admit you have been wrong in you posts about masks. I could make further logical deductions about that but you seem to be rather touchy so I will leave it.


You nailed it Clive. "Oh course, I could also say you do not want to admit you have been wrong in you posts about masks. I could make further logical deductions about that but you seem to be rather touchy so I will leave it."
Not only regarding masks. He has been proven wrong regarding every statement he made about Christ, except for crediting HIM with having lived. My baby sister does the exact same thing when she's embarrassed for not keeping up.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 20/04/2020 11:28:02
Are you serious? If so, why do you read a book you are so opposed to?
I'm not opposed to it, only to idiotic misinterpretations and cynical misrepresentations of it. The King James version contains some of the best English ever written. Just  like Shakespeare, the historical sequence is believable if a bit "curated" (to be polite)  but I wouldn't base my life on Revelations or a Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's full of useful quotations.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 12:03:01

Scholars are open minded, hungry for more information without regard where it might lead. I love real scholarship not the type popularized today. This is a wonderful time to be viewed as an unbelieving scholar.

It is the rage to hate believers and the more justification one has for such bitterness, i.e., status as scholars, the greater and the more vociferous their fanbase becomes. They are on a roll. They are today a frenzied mob demanding in one united, blaspheming, cursing tirade that Christians and their GOD, Jesus Christ, are the true, guilty enemies of social justice, universal love and prosperity for all.
Christians deserve whatever violent, murderous justice that they impose upon us. GOD, JESUS and their devoted, mindless slaves are responsible for every evil visited upon mankind. GOD killed Sharon Tate. GOD starves children to death. (Never mind that an abundance of food rots in storage bins--that too is GOD's doing). Every jet crash is GOD's fault. Every injustice no matter how small is tied directly to GOD's character, HIS will, HIS evil ways. They've got us fixed and we are all going to pay, finally, for our collective treacherous, vile influence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 12:17:22
Russian beauties, thanks but no thanks. A snake is a snake. If you really have something beneficial to offer others, don't use portraits revealing cleavage and slightly parted lips. You don't need to sell your sensuality. Just be that true blue, honest, kind person you are and you'll do just fine.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 12:21:39
Presenting temptation in the form of beautiful, scantily clad women in front of 16 year old males is an outstanding tool to lead them into all kinds of trouble.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/04/2020 12:39:50
You nailed it Clive.
He didn't even post it correctly.
He has been proven ...
No, I have not.
If you disagree you need to show what statement I made and why it's wrong.

I'm still hoping that Clive sorts out his post so that it's in a fit state to reply to. He seems to think I was wrong about masks.
My view on tham is "it depends". It's very hard to say that's wrong. I'm looking forward to him trying.
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Post by: alancalverd on 20/04/2020 17:02:30
Presenting temptation in the form of beautiful, scantily clad women in front of 16 year old males is an outstanding tool to lead them into all kinds of trouble.
Does your mum know what you are doing right now? Don't worry. It isn't a sin*, won't make you go blind, and may even prevent prostate cancer when you grow up.

*Whatever the perverts tell you, Onan was punished for refusing to impregnate his sister in law, not for playing with himself. RTM.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/04/2020 18:03:41
Whatever the perverts tell you,
Which perverts?


Oh!, of course, the religious ones.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 18:34:24
Presenting temptation in the form of beautiful, scantily clad women in front of 16 year old males is an outstanding tool to lead them into all kinds of trouble.
Does your mum know what you are doing right now? Don't worry. It isn't a sin*, won't make you go blind, and may even prevent prostate cancer when you grow up.

*Whatever the perverts tell you, Onan was punished for refusing to impregnate his sister in law, not for playing with himself. RTM.

200 years after what, Al? HE referred to Himself as GOD. I am so much smarter than you. CS Lewis was a genius. Russell, Flew, none of those guys stood a chance. Tolkien was disappointed in Screwtape, and it was his least favorite project, but the demand for the collection of talks he gave that became the book was overwhelming. He had to hire Warnie to help with the mail. Shadowlands will leave anyone in tears. Winger was awesome as Joy, "I am a single, divorced, Communist, Christian." And received an Academy Award nomination.

"Afterwards, she suffered from a defeated emotional state.[4] She had an experience that she described as: "for the first time my pride was forced to admit that I was not, after all, 'the master of my fate'... All my defenses – all the walls of arrogance and cocksureness and self-love behind which I had hid from God – went down momentarily – and God came in." When Gresham did return home, the couple began to look to religion for answers. Davidman at first studied Judaism, but decided to study all religions and concluded that "the Redeemer who had made himself known, whose personality I would have recognized among ten thousand—He was Jesus." Through their religious studies, the couple, in particular, began to read and be influenced by the books of C.S. Lewis." Wikipedia

Extraordinary person. Child prodigy. IQ 150. Masters from Columbia at 20.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/04/2020 18:46:49
I am so much smarter than you.
Well, why do you pretend to be an idiot?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 22:59:45
Presenting temptation in the form of beautiful, scantily clad women in front of 16 year old males is an outstanding tool to lead them into all kinds of trouble.
Does your mum know what you are doing right now? Don't worry. It isn't a sin*, won't make you go blind, and may even prevent prostate cancer when you grow up.

*Whatever the perverts tell you, Onan was punished for refusing to impregnate his sister in law, not for playing with himself. RTM.

For her collection of poems, Letter to a Comrade, she won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 1938. She was chosen by Stephen Vincent Benét, who commended Davidman for her "varied command of forms and a bold power."[4] In 1939, she won the Russell Loines Award for Poetry for this same book of poems. Although much of her work during this period reflected her politics as a member of the American Communist Party, this volume of poetry was much more than implied by the title, and contained forty-five poems written in traditional and free verse that were related to serious topics of the time such as the Spanish Civil War, the inequalities of class structure and male-female relationship issues. Davidman's style in these poems showed an influence by Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.[10]

She was employed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1939 for a six-month stay in Hollywood writing movie scripts. She wrote at least four, but they were not used and she returned to New York City to work for The New Masses where she wrote a controversial movie column, reviewing Hollywood movies in a manner described as "merciless in her criticisms." Her acclaimed first novel, Anya was published in 1940.[11][12] Between 1941 and 1943, she was employed as a book reviewer and poetry editor for The New Masses with publications in many of the issues.[13]

Joy was a dynamo, a human threshing machine bent on writing about and living for truth.
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Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 23:05:36

Davidman had become interested in C. S. Lewis while still in America. She first met him in August 1952, when she made a trip to the United Kingdom, after a two-year correspondence with him. She planned to finish her book on the Ten Commandments that she had been working on, and which showed influences of Lewis's style of apologetics. After several lunch meetings and walks accompanying Davidman and his brother, Warren Lewis wrote in his diary that "a rapid friendship" had developed between his younger brother and Davidman, whom he described as "a Christian convert of Jewish race, medium height, good figure, horn rimmed specs, quite extraordinarily uninhibited." She spent Christmas and a fortnight at The Kilns with the brothers. Though Davidman was deeply in love with Lewis, there was no reciprocation on his side.[20]

She returned home in January 1953, having received a letter from Gresham that he and her cousin were having an affair and he wanted a divorce. Her cousin Renée Rodriguez had moved into the Gresham home and was keeping house for the family while she was away. Davidman intended to try to save the marriage, but she agreed to a divorce after a violent encounter with Gresham, who had resumed drinking. He married Rodriguez when the divorce became final in August 1954.[20][21]

Confessing to be a "complete Anglomaniac", Davidman returned to England with her sons in November 1953.[22] Cynthia Haven speculates that the activities of HUAC might have been a factor in her decision to emigrate and not return, given her political affiliations in the past.[23] Davidman found a flat in London and enrolled David and Douglas at Dane Court Preparatory School,[24] but she soon ran into financial difficulties when Gresham quit sending money for support. Lewis paid the school fees and found Davidman and her sons a house in Oxford close to The Kilns.[25] Lewis originally regarded her only as an agreeable intellectual companion and personal friend. Warren Lewis wrote: "For Jack the attraction was at first undoubtedly intellectual. Joy was the only woman whom he had met... who had a brain which matched his own in suppleness, in width of interest, and in analytical grasp, and above all in humour and a sense of fun."[4]
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 23:08:09
Presenting temptation in the form of beautiful, scantily clad women in front of 16 year old males is an outstanding tool to lead them into all kinds of trouble.
Does your mum know what you are doing right now? Don't worry. It isn't a sin*, won't make you go blind, and may even prevent prostate cancer when you grow up.

*Whatever the perverts tell you, Onan was punished for refusing to impregnate his sister in law, not for playing with himself. RTM.

She was my daughter and my mother, my pupil and my teacher, my subject and my sovereign; and always, holding all these in solution, my trusty comrade, friend, shipmate, fellow-soldier. My mistress; but at the same time all that any man friend (and I have good ones) has ever been to me. Perhaps more. – C. S. Lewis[26]

Lewis began to ask for Davidman's opinion and criticism when he was writing and she served as the inspiration for Orual, the central character in Till We Have Faces (1956).[27] Other works that she influenced or helped with include Reflections on the Psalms (1958) and The Four Loves (1960).[28] Davidman's book Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments was published in 1955 in England with a preface by C. S. Lewis. It sold 3,000 copies, double that of US sales.[29]

In 1956, Davidman's visitor's visa was not renewed by the Home Office, requiring that she and her sons return to America. Lewis agreed to enter into a civil marriage contract with her so that she could continue to live in the UK, telling a friend that "the marriage was a pure matter of friendship and expediency". The civil marriage took place at the register office, 42 St Giles', Oxford, on 23 April 1956.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 20/04/2020 23:13:03
Presenting temptation in the form of beautiful, scantily clad women in front of 16 year old males is an outstanding tool to lead them into all kinds of trouble.
Does your mum know what you are doing right now? Don't worry. It isn't a sin*, won't make you go blind, and may even prevent prostate cancer when you grow up.

*Whatever the perverts tell you, Onan was punished for refusing to impregnate his sister in law, not for playing with himself. RTM.

She was my daughter and my mother, my pupil and my teacher, my subject and my sovereign; and always, holding all these in solution, my trusty comrade, friend, shipmate, fellow-soldier. My mistress; but at the same time all that any man friend (and I have good ones) has ever been to me. Perhaps more. – C. S. Lewis[26]

Lewis began to ask for Davidman's opinion and criticism when he was writing and she served as the inspiration for Orual, the central character in Till We Have Faces (1956).[27] Other works that she influenced or helped with include Reflections on the Psalms (1958) and The Four Loves (1960).[28] Davidman's book Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments was published in 1955 in England with a preface by C. S. Lewis. It sold 3,000 copies, double that of US sales.[29]

In 1956, Davidman's visitor's visa was not renewed by the Home Office, requiring that she and her sons return to America. Lewis agreed to enter into a civil marriage contract with her so that she could continue to live in the UK, telling a friend that "the marriage was a pure matter of friendship and expediency". The civil marriage took place at the register office, 42 St Giles', Oxford, on 23 April 1956.

As brilliant as Lewis was, he was also a total moron. Complete, unequivocal, thorough, 100 percent, clueless, brainless, without a lick of sense for it wasn't until Joy took a fall in her kitchen and snapped her femur in half, and was subsequently diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer that Jack came to understand that he loved Joy Gresham Lewis more than life itself.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 21/04/2020 00:16:15
I am so much smarter than you.
Citation needed. No evidence to date.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 21/04/2020 05:39:09
Here is another dialog in "Singularity is Near" which I think is relevant to this topic.
Quote
MOLLY 2004: So, do you believe in God?
RAY: Well, it's a three-letter word—and a powerful meme.
MOLLY 2004: I realize the word and the idea exist. But does it refer to anything that you believe in?
RAY: People mean lots of things by it.
MOLLY 2004: Do you believe in those things?
RAY: It's not possible to believe all these things: God is an all-powerful conscious person looking over us, making
deals, and getting angry quite a bit. Or He—It—is a pervasive life force underlying all beauty and creativity. Or
God created everything and then stepped back....
MOLLY 2004: I understand, but do you believe in any of them?
RAY: I believe that the universe exists.
MOLLY 2004: Now wait a minute, that's not a belief, that's a scientific fact.
RAY: Actually, I don't know for sure' that anything exists other than my own thoughts.
MOLLY 2004: Okay, I understand that this is the philosophy chapter, but you can read scientific papers—thousands of
them—that corroborate the existence of stars and galaxies. So, all those galaxies—we call that the universe.
RAY: Yes, I've heard of that, and I do recall reading some of these papers, but I don't know that those papers really
exist, or that the things they refer to really exist, other than in my thoughts.
MOLLY 2004: So you don't acknowledge the existence of the universe?
RAY: No, I just said that I do believe that it exists, but I'm pointing out that it's a belief That's my personal leap of faith.
MOLLY 2004: All right, but I asked whether you believed in God.
RAY: Again, "God" is a word by which people mean different things. For the sake of your question, we can consider
God to be the universe, and I said that I believe in the existence of the universe.
MOLLY 2004: God is just the universe?
RAY: Just? It's a pretty big thing to apply the word "just" to. If we are to believe what science tells us—and I said that
I do—it's about as big a phenomenon as we could imagine.
MOLLY 2004: Actually, many physicists now consider our universe to be just one bubble among a vast number of other universes. But I meant that people usually mean something more by the word "God" than "just" the material
world. Some people do associate God with everything that exists, but they still consider God to be conscious. So
you believe in a God that's not conscious?
RAY: The universe is not conscious—yet. But it will be. Strictly speaking, we should say that very little of it is
conscious today. But that will change and soon. I expect that the universe will become sublimely intelligent and
will wake up in Epoch Six. The only belief I am positing here is that the universe exists. If we make that leap of
faith, the expectation that it will wake up is not so much a belief as an informed understanding, based on the
same science that says there is a universe.
MOLLY 2004: Interesting. You know, that's essentially the opposite of the view that there was a conscious creator who got everything started and then kind of bowed out. You're basically saying that a conscious universe will "bow
in" during Epoch Six.
RAY: Yes, that's the essence of Epoch Six.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/04/2020 09:07:45
a six-month stay in Hollywood writing movie scripts. She wrote at least four, but they were not used and she returned to New York City to work for The New Masses where she wrote a controversial movie column, reviewing Hollywood movies in a manner described as "merciless in her criticisms."
Well, they say all the best critics are failed scriptwriters or actors.

It's an interesting enough story.
But it's irrelevant.
It might have been better if you had spent the time addressing the questions that were put to you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 21/04/2020 10:51:31
the expectation that it will wake up is not so much a belief as an informed understanding, based on the same science that says there is a universe.
What science is that? Many who are not scientists believe there is a universe. What does "wake up" mean?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 21/04/2020 10:56:37
I am so much smarter than you.

200 years after what, Al? Since you don't know and because you run away when asked, you really don't have any reason to expect I will interact with you.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/04/2020 11:00:53
Are you serious? If so, why do you read a book you are so opposed to?
I'm not opposed to it, only to idiotic misinterpretations and cynical misrepresentations of it. The King James version contains some of the best English ever written. Just  like Shakespeare, the historical sequence is believable if a bit "curated" (to be polite)  but I wouldn't base my life on Revelations or a Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's full of useful quotations.

Okay. Now I am intrigued. Give me a few examples, including some useful quotations.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 21/04/2020 11:15:08
To summarize, over the last little while, opponents of GOD have added nothing to prove their case. They cannot answer the easiest questions. They don't know when the N.T. was written, what it was concerned with, who JESUS is, what was written about Him, or why. Alan came into this discussion overly confident, bragging boisterously how much he knew about Christ and the N.T. and ever since has hidden behind his mommy's skirt, terrified to come out and debate like an adult. Kerosene has no clue and is a blithering, proud, total non-factor. They spam and run. And this is a forum that stresses science, the scientific method, reviewed published data, and intelligent, informed sharing. If anyone has information to consider for debate in an adult fashion, please join me. You are warmly invited to participate. I realize I am blessed with a number of advantages, but, I still enjoy a serious effort, if you care to make an all out attempt to  challenge my superiority. I see no harm in educating you for free. (Although my time is priceless.) Sally-forth. Stiff upper lip. May the best man, yours truly, continue to devastate all-comers.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/04/2020 11:19:27
What does "wake up" mean?
Gain, or regain consciousness.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 21/04/2020 11:21:32
Are you serious? If so, why do you read a book you are so opposed to?
I'm not opposed to it, only to idiotic misinterpretations and cynical misrepresentations of it. The King James version contains some of the best English ever written. Just  like Shakespeare, the historical sequence is believable if a bit "curated" (to be polite)  but I wouldn't base my life on Revelations or a Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's full of useful quotations.

Okay. Now I am intrigued. Give me a few examples, including some useful quotations.

Have you seen Usain Bolt race? He can't compete with Sweet Old Al. No one in history can approach his escape velocity. Defies standard physics models.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/04/2020 11:26:08
They don't know when the N.T. was written
Yes we do.
Summer 325 AD.

It has also been rewritten several times since, perhaps most famously, the King James version.

But those a re historical facts and will not influence Duffy, who will ignore them and go on to say something irrelevant and/ or insulting while still making this laughable claim:

I am so much smarter than you.


To summarize, over the last little while, opponents of GOD have added nothing to prove their case.
Nor, of course, have you. You have't even met the criteria for evidence., never mind proof.
The difference is that only one side needs to.
The burden of proof is on you, and you haven't got close.


Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/04/2020 11:28:09
Are you serious? If so, why do you read a book you are so opposed to?
I'm not opposed to it, only to idiotic misinterpretations and cynical misrepresentations of it. The King James version contains some of the best English ever written. Just  like Shakespeare, the historical sequence is believable if a bit "curated" (to be polite)  but I wouldn't base my life on Revelations or a Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's full of useful quotations.

Okay. Now I am intrigued. Give me a few examples, including some useful quotations.

Have you seen Usain Bolt race? He can't compete with Sweet Old Al. No one in history can approach his escape velocity. Defies standard physics models.
Do you realise that your post is not actually, in any way, related to the text you quoted?
It's a complete non sequitur.

Not something that we would get if you were anything like as bright as you think you are.
More what I'd expect from a troll.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/04/2020 15:40:45
@BC
On the BBC a lady explained why cloths mask for all work. She said that it stops those who are asymptomatic from coughing droplets. Droplets and aerosols that might land of surfaces or be inhaled. And if another is wearing a mask then there is a further reduction in the viral load. In other words, person A speaks and the viral load is reduced 6 fold. Person B breathes in and there is a further 6 fold reduction. That is 36 fold, is it? That equates to a 97 % effective single mask. Here is a reference.

Are you going to admit that both you (and the USA and UK) are wrong? And that this has led to deaths that may have been prevented?

https://masks4all.co/

“Much of Central Europe is now following the example set by China, Taiwan and South Korea. On [March 30th], Austria mandated its citizens wear masks when outside the home, after the Czech, Slovak and Bosnian governments issued similar orders.”
–Wall Street Journal

“Wearing a simple cloth mask, decreases the spread of the virus by 80%! Czech Republic has made it OBLIGATORY for its citizens to wear a mask in public.”  –Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 21/04/2020 15:52:43
@BC
It was said that the covid pandemic was not making much impact on reducing the population.

The BBC stats office is saying that instead of an expected 10,000 deaths they are getting 18,000 deaths. And that it is likely that some of the 10,000 also includes covid deaths. Covid is definitely increasing global deaths directly.

Looking at John Hopkins site we have 2,499,000 cases and 171,000 which is 2.8 % for the world. The US is 788,000 cases and 42,000 deaths (nearest 1,000) which is 5.3 %. You were saying that the figure is less that 1%. Once more I think you need to rethink.

Some scientists are thinking we will never get rid of covid as it has spread too far.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/04/2020 18:22:02
That is 36 fold, is it? That equates to a 97 % effective single mask. Here is a reference.
No.
For three reasons. One is in the page you cited. Perhaps you should have read it.
But they are to do with science so I won't bother to explain them. You would just ignore them anyway.

Are you going to admit that both you (and the USA and UK) are wrong?
So, what did I say about masks that was wrong?
(please remember that the world has moved on in the meantime)

Looking at John Hopkins site we have 2,499,000 cases and 171,000 which is 2.8 % for the world. The US is 788,000 cases and 42,000 deaths (nearest 1,000) which is 5.3 %. You were saying that the figure is less that 1%.
42000 deaths out of 300,000,000 people
That's the percentage I was talking about, and it's (much) less than 1%. (Obviously, it's still rising- you simple can't tell it I was right or wrong yet)

Also, I was saying that some time ago. I'm not the one who claims to be clairvoyant.
Evidence changes.
Even if you had been right about the percentages, all you would be saying is that things change.

Well, that's the thing about science.
When the evidence changes, the belief changes.
That's what sets it aside from stupid things like religion.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/04/2020 00:13:42
Okay. Now I am intrigued. Give me a few examples, including some useful quotations.
The plots of Shakespeare's historical plays stick fairly close to the generally accepted lineage and accomplishments of kings and queens, and whilst Caesar's assassination and the battle of Agincourt were probably a lot messier and less theatrical, they certainly happened. You will probably have read or seen Romeo and Juliet more than once, and as my English teacher said "It's just a load of quotations" so I won't bother to repeat them here.

As far as the bible is concerned, it's almost certain that a bunch of slaves escaped from Egypt and established an agrarian monotheistic society to the north, with a substantial written constitution. It's certain that they were occupied by the not-entirely-friendly Romans who used crucifixion for public execution. Useful quotations are generally taken from the poetic and succinct King James version, and almost anything  from the Ten Commandments to the four horsemen of the apocalypse has turned out to be a very bon mot at some time.

John 11:35 is apposite at moments of frustration, such as this. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/04/2020 00:39:42
In other words, person A speaks and the viral load is reduced 6 fold. Person B breathes in and there is a further 6 fold reduction.
Probably not. Almost any mask will reduce the velocity and hence spread of exhaled droplets, which is why we wear surgical masks in operating theaters, but you need a fully fitted HEPA filter to significantly reduce inhalation of aerosols. Even if your surgical or cloth mask is saturated, it slows down the exhalate, but a saturated cloth mask is a very efficient source of inhaled bugs, HEPA less so.

Where COVID contact tracing has been assiduous, "rule of fifths" seems to apply. You can assume 100% infection between unprotected close contacts. 20% will develop symptoms requiring hospital treatment, and 20% of those will die, whatever you do. This gives you a probable 4% fatality rate if you do nothing to prevent infection but treat all cases optimally. We can use these findings to model other scenarios. At the ends of the scale, 100% immediate lockdown for 3 - 5 weeks will pretty well eliminate the disease; no lockdown and no treatment will eventually result in about 20% fatalities. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/04/2020 00:43:09
many physicists now consider our universe to be just one bubble among a vast number of other universes.
Really? The multiverse is surely a mathematical tool for prediction, not a physical entity.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/04/2020 06:27:38
many physicists now consider our universe to be just one bubble among a vast number of other universes.
Really? The multiverse is surely a mathematical tool for prediction, not a physical entity.

Agreed.  :)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/04/2020 06:30:17
In other words, person A speaks and the viral load is reduced 6 fold. Person B breathes in and there is a further 6 fold reduction.
Probably not. Almost any mask will reduce the velocity and hence spread of exhaled droplets, which is why we wear surgical masks in operating theaters, but you need a fully fitted HEPA filter to significantly reduce inhalation of aerosols. Even if your surgical or cloth mask is saturated, it slows down the exhalate, but a saturated cloth mask is a very efficient source of inhaled bugs, HEPA less so.

Change and wash the cloths masks frequently. The multiple folds are more efficient at stopping and capturing droplets and aerosols. But everyone should be wearing one.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/04/2020 08:57:55
You will probably have read or seen Romeo and Juliet more than once, and as my English teacher said "It's just a load of quotations" so I won't bother to repeat them here.
I thought the honour of being the play made entirely of quotes was Macbeth.
It certainly contains the one I found amusingly useful in exams.
Act 2 Scene 5 line 28

"I can not do this bloody thing".
My favourite bit of the KJV  is "jot and tittle" because people think it sounds rude.
(And also because that's the bit where Jesus says that the OT still stands as biblical law. A fact that annoys apologists for Christianity)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 22/04/2020 12:15:09
You jest, curmudgeonly alchemist!
Yon Scottish king hath but four scenes to his second Act.
Art thou forger, knave or wit? Or is this witchcraft most foul upon the moor?
Be sure thou shalt not fly o'er this fen - Begone!
                                                                                 Exit, pursued by a ravishing maiden.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/04/2020 12:27:28
Art thou forger, knave or wit?
Wit.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 22/04/2020 16:21:08
Art thou forger, knave or wit?
Wit.

Wannabe Wit, methinks.  ::)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 22/04/2020 16:32:11
Wannabe Wit, methinks. 
You are on record as thinking a lot of things that are wrong.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/04/2020 07:56:24
It is worth summarizing.

God has an agenda which is simple to state but takes a very clever implementation to achieve.

The agenda is: a) Decrease the world population b) Change society to recognize the wrong direction and become more spiritual.

A quick and drastic decrease would achieve the first part, and there are elements of it in Covid-19. But it would not change society. A few years ago I figured that in order to achieve a die-off the pathogen would have to spread widely and silently before activating. I had to use logic and guesswork because I was not given details. I did think that my experiences would give me some clues.

I suffered the long-term effects of systemic histoplasmosis (bat fungus in my blood stream) and my late wife died from the same thing. So I thought there might be a combination of fungus and virus that would spread.

But my experiences did not stop. When I suffered from a cell tower next to us and I learned from research just how slow and silent the damage is, I then thought that the die-off would be slow using degraded immune systems and the usual diseases like cancer, heart attack and others.

However, that would be too slow and there is no "message", so God is using a combination of disasters to communicate to the world that it must change. The corona virus is designed to have a number of clever effects.

It is a stealth virus in a number of ways, and so can spread fear and panic. Watch the documentary "Pandemic" which came out on Netflix on November 2019. It has a long incubation period and can spread in asymptomatic people. The US now suspects that people had died earlier than previously thought. Western governments miscalculated and were too sure that their advanced science would be able to deal with any sort of outbreak.

SARS, MERS and Ebola were intended to add to the sense of false security. The Great CDC and the WHO have had their "science" and their "scientists" discredited. The mask controversy also had a double achievement. It showed how governments and scientists lie and cannot be trusted, and it also allowed a wider spread of the virus.

The virus spread to the rich and powerful nations in a way that could not have been worse if planned. Actually it was planned - by God. The industrial hub of Italy, then Spain, the UK and the USA. China had shut itself down.

The timing was also designed to catch the world at a bad time economically. It has wreaked havoc with economies in ways that are still to be seen and felt. The world was beginning to slow down. The 2008 toxic debt had not been cleared and interest rates are at an all time low. The oil crisis then hits with nations unable to agree to cuts. Some nations (Venezuela and Nigeria for example) are going to see massive health problems due to collapsing economies.

The virus was also designed with another message - decreasing the population by targeting the old and the infirm. If an agency was to design a population decrease virus, that would be one of the key design criteria.

People are going to change their habits. Less spending and less waste. It has been demonstrated that climate change is possible if the short-term pain is accepted. More emphasis on charity. The financial inequality will decrease. Governments and secular institution are going to be seen as less powerful. People will turn to religion for answers.

And some may say God is punishing the world for it's greed and destruction of the planet. They may be right. Some children think their parents are hateful and nasty when they get punished. Some people think the same of God who is acting for the long term good of mankind.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 23/04/2020 08:44:19
many physicists now consider our universe to be just one bubble among a vast number of other universes.
Really? The multiverse is surely a mathematical tool for prediction, not a physical entity.
The word many doesn't necessarily mean most. But based on the title of the video below, they do seem to believe that multiverse might be a physical entity, even though we don't have the evidence yet.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/04/2020 11:09:53
The Great CDC and the WHO have had their "science" and their "scientists" discredited.
Science has not been discredited.
The power of prayer has.


Trials start today in the UK on a vaccine. The work was coordinated and assisted by the WHO.
Try being less obviously wrong.

And it seems you forgot to answer this.
So, what did I say about masks that was wrong?
(please remember that the world has moved on in the meantime)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/04/2020 15:41:02
many physicists now consider our universe to be just one bubble among a vast number of other universes.
Really? The multiverse is surely a mathematical tool for prediction, not a physical entity.
The word many doesn't necessarily mean most. But based on the title of the video below, they do seem to believe that multiverse might be a physical entity, even though we don't have the evidence yet.
(video)

Talk about Math-a-Magics. Wow, how did he manage to keep a straight face the whole time? Even when soliciting the dollars  ;). He even kept a straight face when talking about aliens. (A it of tongue in cheek here). But I do not know the guy. He might very well be a solid well grounded professor.

Calculations based on the physics of the nature of exponential expansion? This is taking speculation to new heights (not to mention new dimensions).

There is one reason for wanting to believe (and I mean believe in every sense of the word) in multiverses. It is to avoid having to deal with what caused the Big Bang. It is another turtle in the infinite stack of turtles that the universe sits on. It just pushes back having to deal with the Prime Cause of what caused EVERYTHING! So far back that people forget it requires an answer.

Assume for 1 second that multiverses exist. What caused them to exist? Why the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG of course.  8)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 23/04/2020 15:44:07
The Great CDC and the WHO have had their "science" and their "scientists" discredited.
Science has not been discredited.
The power of prayer has.


Trials start today in the UK on a vaccine. The work was coordinated and assisted by the WHO.
Try being less obviously wrong.

And it seems you forgot to answer this.
So, what did I say about masks that was wrong?
(please remember that the world has moved on in the meantime)

I will let those who read the posts decide for themselves on this post of yours.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/04/2020 17:16:44
I will let those who read the posts decide for themselves on this post of yours.
Good idea, because you know you haven't got any actual examples.

Were you hoping nobody would notice?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/04/2020 17:18:30
Assume for 1 second that multiverses exist. What caused them to exist? Why the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG of course. 

Assume for 1 second that multiverses the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG  exists. What caused them to exist?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/04/2020 17:21:27
There is one reason for wanting to believe (and I mean believe in every sense of the word) in multiverses God. It is to avoid having to deal with what caused the Big Bang God. It is another turtle in the infinite stack of turtles that the universe sits on. It just pushes back having to deal with the Prime Cause of what caused EVERYTHING! So far back that people forget it requires an answer.

You seem not to have realised that you are argiung against yourself.
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Post by: Colin2B on 23/04/2020 17:40:59
You seem not to have realised that you are argiung against yourself.
Not sure what you expect from a self confessed disciple of the devil. Thing that surprises me is that @duffyd appears to see him as a fellow traveller.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 17:54:42
Watch the documentary "Pandemic" which came out on Netflix on November 2019.
Is it any good?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 18:20:42
Science can't refute the claims Christ made for all its achievements and insights. Science cringes before HIM. It has no idea what to make of the things which HE said; no idea at all what to do with Him as everyone can clearly see right here. No human being talked like HE did. No one written about was portrayed like this man, GOD's SON, as revealed on this planet, not even close. No one has ever written any fiction that describes a Character like JESUS. He is totally original, totally unique, totally special and HE escaped the talents of our best artists to capture His life and spirit. There are no parallels. HE was flesh and blood. He loved and ached and was in every way like us--without sinning--and simultaneously, HE was not anything like us. He was/is as vastly different from us as infinity is to a string.

(Except CS Lewis. He came closer than anyone to painting a picture of HIS true likeness. His Narnia series delighted children and adults alike who have been enthralled with the depiction of HIS essence.
The profile of the Head Of Christ by Rembrandt ain't too shabby, 1655, either.)

Can you imagine in your wildest dreams actually meeting Him in real time and space 2,000 years ago? Try to. It is incredible. HE did exist so it isn't impossible to picture HIM in your mind's eye.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 18:45:15
I will let those who read the posts decide for themselves on this post of yours.

U R ON FIRE, bro. Way to go.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 23/04/2020 19:00:34
Science can't refute the claims Christ made
Exactly hat claims did Christ make?

Science cringes before HIM.
No.
Most of don't "cringe" before Him, any more than we cringe before Voldemort; and for the same reason.

You should really stops saying things that are plainly wrong.



It has no idea what to make of the things which HE said
Very few of the things He's  meant to have said are anything to do with science.
However, science can often point out that others said the same things earlier. (Because, most of them are pretty obvious things to say).

No human being talked like HE did.
Nobody actually knows how He talked.
What we have are deliberately (and beautifully) poetic  writings- but they were written over a thousand years later.

It's not as if anyone was stood next to the disciples taking shorthand notes.

At best the writings would have been "edited" as they were written.

Science knows this.
You ignore it- because it's a fact that you don't like.

He is totally original,
No, as I said, others taught much the same things, but much earlier. He's almost entirely derivative.

There are no parallels.
Apart from all the other "prophets" of the time.



No one has ever written any fiction that describes a Character like JESUS.
Well, apart from all the other similar figures in many religions.

Except CS Lewis. He came closer than anyone to painting a picture of HIS true likeness than anyone. His Narnia series delighted children and adults alike
So, the best representation of Christ is a kids story.
Well, I'm, OK with that, but I'd not have expected you to be.

The profile of the Head Of Christ by Rembrandt ain't too shabby, 1655, either
How would you know?
Are you 2000 years old?

Your posts are so absurd I'm beginning to wonder if you are actually a dedicated atheist, parodying the sort of cobblers that the God squad come up with.


I will let those who read the posts decide for themselves on this post of yours.

U R ON FIRE,

Not yet, but he may face eternal torture for making false claims, and for divination.
Leviticus 19:26
It's the messing about with cards that does it.
The church is quite clear on that matter.


Way to go.
You seem to think the "way to go" involves not actually paying attention to reality.
That's fine in church, but it gets you laughed at here.

(That's not the same as "cringing", btw)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 23:10:49

The Great CDC and the WHO have had their "science" and their "scientists" discredited.


I will let those who read the posts decide for themselves on this post of yours.

Gary R. HabermasMarch 31, 2013
“What? Are you serious? Who’d believe this in our modern world? You’d have to think the Gospels are inspired by God or something like that, and they’re a bunch of myths!”

To the contrary, I will assume nothing special about the New Testament writings whatsoever. I will use only the historical information that is accepted as historical by virtually all scholars who have studied this material today-no matter how skeptical or liberal they are. That means, for example, that I will only cite New Testament passages, ones that pass the customary skeptical standards and are recognized as such. Using only these “minimal facts,” I will still maintain that Jesus’ resurrection is the most likely explanation for what we know.

As a preface to this discussion, scholars very rarely question whether Jesus died due to the practice of crucifixion. In dozens of medical studies, the majority view is that asphyxiation plays the major role here. You don’t have to be a physician. Just know how to nail or tie someone to a structure, with their weight pulling down on their outstretched arms. Further, in ancient records, they broke ankles (to induce asphyxiation), crushed skulls, or stabbed chests simply in order to insure death. A person who was just crucified was hardly capable of convincing his witnesses that he was the risen Savior! In their wounded and sickly condition, they might be alive, but no one would declare them raised in a wonderful new body!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 23:25:08

The Great CDC and the WHO have had their "science" and their "scientists" discredited.


I will let those who read the posts decide for themselves on this post of yours.

Gary R. HabermasMarch 31, 2013
“What? Are you serious? Who’d believe this in our modern world? You’d have to think the Gospels are inspired by God or something like that, and they’re a bunch of myths!”

To the contrary, I will assume nothing special about the New Testament writings whatsoever. I will use only the historical information that is accepted as historical by virtually all scholars who have studied this material today-no matter how skeptical or liberal they are. That means, for example, that I will only cite New Testament passages, ones that pass the customary skeptical standards and are recognized as such. Using only these “minimal facts,” I will still maintain that Jesus’ resurrection is the most likely explanation for what we know.

As a preface to this discussion, scholars very rarely question whether Jesus died due to the practice of crucifixion. In dozens of medical studies, the majority view is that asphyxiation plays the major role here. You don’t have to be a physician. Just know how to nail or tie someone to a structure, with their weight pulling down on their outstretched arms. Further, in ancient records, they broke ankles (to induce asphyxiation), crushed skulls, or stabbed chests simply in order to insure death. A person who was just crucified was hardly capable of convincing his witnesses that he was the risen Savior! In their wounded and sickly condition, they might be alive, but no one would declare them raised in a wonderful new body!

John writes to combat this false teaching, but doesn’t directly assault their beliefs. Rather, John
just restates the truth, over and over! As the last apostle alive John possessed considerable
apostolic authority. He walked with Jesus, ate with Jesus, and was directly taught by Jesus.
Thus John doesn’t have to waste time establishing his authority, everyone knew his authority
— he was an eyewitness to the life of Jesus.


But what can be said about Jesus Christ appearing to his followers after his death?

Consider just the following details that the vast majority of skeptical scholars allow:

(1) Most scholars agree that Jesus’ tomb was discovered empty shortly afterwards. With almost two dozen reasons favoring this report alone, what best explains this? Other hypotheses do not account for all the data.

(2) Many eyewitnesses assert that they saw the risen Jesus, both individually and in groups. Even apart from the Gospels, we can establish this totally from just two passages in Paul’s “undisputed writings”:

--Paul told the Corinthians that he had received the Gospel resurrection report from others (1 Corinthians 15:1-8).

--The consensus critical view is that Paul probably obtained this material in Jerusalem, when he visited the eyewitness apostles Peter and James, the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1:18-24).

--Paul returned to Jerusalem 14 years later and specifically checked out the nature of the Gospel message, again with eyewitnesses Peter, James, and now John (Galatians 2:1-10).

--All the apostles agreed that Jesus appeared to them after his death (1 Corinthians 15:11).

(3) Further, critical scholars also agree that Paul received this material from the other apostles at an exceptionally early date-only about five years after the crucifixion. But since the others knew the reports before Paul did, we are right back to the events themselves. Even the best-known critical scholar today, non-Christian specialist Bart Ehrman, dates several Christian traditions as early as just a year or two after the crucifixion!

(4) But why should we believe that these eyewitnesses were being honest? We have first century sources that the three apostles mentioned above were all martyred: Paul, Peter, and James the brother of Jesus. Of course, people die for all sorts of ideas, but only for what they are convinced is true. But unlike others, the apostles were in a position to know whether or not they had seen Jesus Christ alive after his death. By being willing to die, scholars agree that they were convinced that Jesus had indeed appeared to them. At the very least, this addresses their honesty and conviction.

5) Of these eyewitnesses, Paul was a persecutor of the early Christians, and James was an unbeliever. Skeptical scholars accept this in both cases. But why did they become believers? Again, they were certainly in a position to know whether the risen Jesus had appeared to them.

But aren’t the Gospels full of myths? I don’t think that can be substantiated at all, but that’s another subject. Notice that we didn’t use the Gospels here. We only used texts that are accepted by virtually all scholars who have studied these events in detail. As Ehrman points out, the pagan dying and rising gods motif has many serious problems and cannot be used to argue some sort of copycat theory by the early Christian apostles.

Altogether, these five reasons are each based on a well-evidenced foundation, built on texts that are accepted as historical by virtually all scholars, whatever their religious persuasion. Readers who choose to reject them must consider whether they are doing so for other than factual reasons.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 23:30:25
Many have tried for 2,000 years to discredit the N.T. You saw it here with statements from folks like Alan who stated most boldly and gravely that it was written 200 years after something, proving he has no idea what he's saying. None.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 23:35:51
Smarter, better formed questions would challenge why people would doubt the N.T. Especially with all the credible information we have today that substantiates its many factual accounts.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 23/04/2020 23:59:29
Smarter, better formed questions would challenge why people would doubt the N.T. Especially with all the credible information we have today that substantiates its many factual accounts.

Smarter, better formed questions would challenge why people would doubt the N.T. Especially with all the credible information we have today that substantiates its many factual accounts.

"Exactly my point, or at least parallel to it. Christians ignore Christ's teaching (forgiveness), invent or ignore some selfcongratulatory drivel, then say they are doing it in Jesus' name." Alan

Let's look a little closer. This comment from the same "Alan" who says Jesus was a good guy but got whacked for pissing off big shots back in the day and that the N.T. is a bunch of bologna, insists that Christians ignore Christ's teachings on forgiveness.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/04/2020 00:01:28
There's little point in doubting the historical aspects of the New Testament. Confused, but fairly consistent with what we know of the period from other sources. It's the latterday garbage that christians hang onto it that is so absurd, along with Revelations. And it is worth remembering that the Triune Deity was invented by the Council of Nicea in AD325 - a typical "committee  horse" that looks like a deformed camel.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 00:07:51
There's little point in doubting the historical aspects of the New Testament. Confused, but fairly consistent with what we know of the period from other sources. It's the latterday garbage that christians hang onto it that is so absurd, along with Revelations. And it is worth remembering that the Triune Deity was invented by the Council of Nicea in AD325 - a typical "committee  horse" that looks like a deformed camel.

Al's humor is a little out there. The N.T. was written 200 years after when, Al? Note his urgency to imitate Usain Bolt.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 06:26:26
There's little point in doubting the historical aspects of the New Testament. Confused, but fairly consistent with what we know of the period from other sources. It's the latterday garbage that christians hang onto it that is so absurd, along with Revelations. And it is worth remembering that the Triune Deity was invented by the Council of Nicea in AD325 - a typical "committee  horse" that looks like a deformed camel.

Al's humor is a little out there. The N.T. was written 200 years after when, Al? Note his urgency to imitate Usain Bolt.

It is worth bearing in mind that I have been correct 100% of the time predicting Al would not respond to my questions challenging his assertions about the N.T.  Yet, he continues making them. I will continue to point out that he is wrong.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/04/2020 06:33:43
Assume for 1 second that multiverses exist. What caused them to exist? Why the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG of course. 

Assume for 1 second that multiverses the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG  exists. What caused them to exist?

Science accepts the concept of a Prime Cause. An Infinite Intelligence as a Prime Cause is far more simple (hence Occam) than a sudden appearance of dumb matter and energy which has just the right properties for intelligence to emerge. You still have not addressed this issue.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 24/04/2020 06:36:05
Watch the documentary "Pandemic" which came out on Netflix on November 2019.
Is it any good?

Is it long and jumps around. But there is excellent information which foretells corona. I downloaded and then did a lot of fast forward to skip a lot of the ho-hum.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 07:02:16
Science accepts the concept of a Prime Cause. An Infinite Intelligence as a Prime Cause is far more simple (hence Occam) than a sudden appearance of dumb matter and energy which has just the right properties for intelligence to emerge. You still have not addressed this issue.
Assume for 1 second that multiverses exist. What caused them to exist? Why the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG of course. 

Assume for 1 second that multiverses the Infinite Intelligence hypothesized by CliveG  exists. What caused them to exist?

Science accepts the concept of a Prime Cause. An Infinite Intelligence as a Prime Cause is far more simple (hence Occam) than a sudden appearance of dumb matter and energy which has just the right properties for intelligence to emerge. You still have not addressed this issue.
It makes no sense scientifically to assume that GOD does not exist. WHEN WE LOOK FOR ANSWERS TO SERIOUS QUESTIONS that impact all of us, we don't chuck any reasonable hypothesis w/o strong, intelligent justification.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/04/2020 09:44:14
Science accepts the concept of a Prime Cause.
Really? Where have you been for the last 100 years?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/04/2020 09:53:44
The N.T. was written 200 years after when, Al? Note his urgency to imitate Usain Bolt.

Sorry, the current content dates from 325 years AD, which as everyone in law and business knows is the system that assigns dates from the presumed conception of Jesus.

I'd be perfectly happy to imitate Mr Bolt, but anno domini has taken its toll of my knees. I'm flattered, nonetheless..
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 12:13:37
The N.T. was written 200 years after when, Al? Note his urgency to imitate Usain Bolt.

Sorry, the current content dates from 325 years AD, which as everyone in law and business knows is the system that assigns dates from the presumed conception of Jesus.

I'd be perfectly happy to imitate Mr Bolt, but anno domini has taken its toll of my knees. I'm flattered, nonetheless..

I am so good at predicting what Al is going to do, I even surprise myself. Notice if you will, that Al not only is incorrect, as usual, he hopes to divert attention away from his profound, repeated, silliness. Al, Usain Bolt trembles at the thought of comparing you two as world class sprinters. The poor fella has no chance when the starter says, "On your mark. Get set. "Truth!" No one disappears like you.

No, not 200 years as you said or 300. Not even close, as you know. Especially compared to historical standards, the N.T. was penned almost immediately upon when, Dear Al? You need to figure out "when" at some point. Upon presumed conception? Whose presumption? HE lived according to you. Good luck feigning scholarship. You are batting 00000.000000.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 12:19:22
No offense intended. In fact I love the guy, but I can't bear to listen to Feynman's lectures for more than a few minutes at a time. His voice and style make me nutty.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/04/2020 12:35:54
It is worth bearing in mind that I have been correct 100% of the time predicting Al would not respond to my questions challenging his assertions about the N.T. 
You asked a question, directed at Alan. I answered it.
Is it possible that, because the question had been answered (several times) he felt there was no point answering it yet again?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/04/2020 12:36:56
we don't chuck any reasonable hypothesis w/o strong, intelligent justification.
LOL
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/04/2020 12:41:37
A person who was just crucified was hardly capable of convincing his witnesses that he was the risen Savior! In their wounded and sickly condition, they might be alive, but no one would declare them raised in a wonderful new body!
They would see what they wanted to see.
And, let's face it "alive" would be seen as a miracle. Who would have cared about details?

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 24/04/2020 14:50:03
No, not 200 years as you said or 300. Not even close, as you know.
You really ought to study the history and authorship of the New Testament. It's interesting to those of serious mind. Drivel and bluster are the stock in trade of inept preachers. The minutes of the Council of Nicea and the King James committee are fact.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 24/04/2020 15:03:37
This article has further shrunk scientific gaps for gods to hide in.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/lifes-first-molecule-was-protein-not-rna-new-model-suggests-20171102/
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 15:49:40
No, not 200 years as you said or 300. Not even close, as you know.
You really ought to study the history and authorship of the New Testament. It's interesting to those of serious mind. Drivel and bluster are the stock in trade of inept preachers. The minutes of the Council of Nicea and the King James committee are fact.

1728 and 459. 15 times 3 divided by f over 3 squared.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 15:54:13
al has nothing. he's a good guy. he just doesn't know anything. and he doesn't mind appearing here as a moron. fine by me.

we know when the new testament was written and why and by whom. it is the most influential book off all time. Western Civilization was built upon it. Trolls try to divert. They are so funny. They believe everyone who reads these pages is as stupid as they are.
Al you quickly converted from a 200 year believer to a 300 year Nicea believer. Way to go, bucko. Don't bother me.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 24/04/2020 16:02:43
Not to change the subject, but Dennis Rader should not be breathing. What I would give to be alone with him for 25 seconds.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 24/04/2020 22:08:29
A person who was just crucified was hardly capable of convincing his witnesses that he was the risen Savior! In their wounded and sickly condition, they might be alive, but no one would declare them raised in a wonderful new body!
They would see what they wanted to see.
And, let's face it "alive" would be seen as a miracle. Who would have cared about details?
There is a detail here that confuses me.
According to the bible there was no “wonderful new body”, if there was Thomas could not have been invited to place his hands in the wounds.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/04/2020 00:59:47
A person who was just crucified was hardly capable of convincing his witnesses that he was the risen Savior! In their wounded and sickly condition, they might be alive, but no one would declare them raised in a wonderful new body!
They would see what they wanted to see.
And, let's face it "alive" would be seen as a miracle. Who would have cared about details?
There is a detail here that confuses me.
According to the bible there was no “wonderful new body”, if there was Thomas could not have been invited to place his hands in the wounds.
It's just Duffy ignoring even his own evidence, don't worry about it. facts are so passe in his world.
We are still waiting for him to back up his earlier claims, never mind getting his new ones to make sense.

If he was a grown up, he'd do that.
Who knows, maybe he'd even explain when he thinks the NT was written, and by  whom.
Instead, he's going to ignore this, and say something rude- like a 5 year old would.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/04/2020 01:02:10
Not to change the subject, but
Then don't.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/04/2020 08:00:32
Science accepts the concept of a Prime Cause.
Really? Where have you been for the last 100 years?

You may be right that science has changed its stance on this one, and now ignores the "need" for a Prime Cause.

That avoids having to deal with it as a religious argument. Before that, science saw the universe as infinite and once more that avoided the need for a Prime Cause. Having time and space possibly coming into existence at the Big Bang now requires the question of what existed before the Big Bang.

The Big Bang was proposed by a priest.  :)   Scientists at first were worried that this supported the viewpoint of a "Creation" and it took some time for acceptance. Religion was not just stuffy Popes ruling by edict from an ivory tower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Big_Bang_theory
...In his 1225 treatise De Luce (On Light), English theologian Robert Grosseteste explored the nature of matter and the cosmos. He described the birth of the universe in an explosion and the crystallization of matter to form stars and planets in a set of nested spheres around Earth.
...In 1927, the Belgian Catholic priest Georges Lemaître proposed an expanding model for the universe to explain the observed redshifts of spiral nebulae, and calculated the Hubble law. He based his theory on the work of Einstein and De Sitter, and independently derived Friedmann's equations for an expanding universe


1225 was the time of the first proposal of a Big Bang. Do you see what insights religious people can have into the nature of the universe?  8)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/04/2020 08:11:44
This article has further shrunk scientific gaps for gods to hide in.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/lifes-first-molecule-was-protein-not-rna-new-model-suggests-20171102/

Not at all. Quite the opposite.

It reinforces the need for an Intelligent Designer. What gave the molecules their emergent property of being able to form such complex units? It had to happen at the time of the Big Bang. Every aspect of that Bang had to be in perfect balance to get galaxies to form, to get planets to form, to get an incredible complexity of terra-forming capable of supporting the formation of proteins and RNA on this planet.

The more we know about the evolution and mechanics of life, the more amazing is the design. Which is why a number of scientists support Intelligent Design.

Note: My dyslexia and dementia are getting worse. As much as I try spell checking I still often miss bad words and grammar. I spell "of" as "fo" and "no" as "not" and "the" as "teh". And those are just the simple ones. I struggle to find words I know I want to use. I often have to do a synonym check to find them.  My logic seems intact though.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/04/2020 11:39:12
It reinforces the need for an Intelligent Designer.
You can't "reinforce" something that's not there.
You may be right that science has changed its stance on this one, and now ignores the "need" for a Prime Cause.

That avoids having to deal with it as a religious argument.
Not at all.
They simply coppied the approach taken by religion.

You can't explain where God came from, we can't explain where the BB came from.

But if you have to pick one, Occam's razor says you should choose the simpler one.
Why do you pick the other?

1225 was the time of the first proposal of a Big Bang. Do you see what insights religious people can have into the nature of the universe?
Yes, just as soon as they stop searching in a dusty old book, and start doing science.

So, why are you seeking to encourage the unproductive effort?

What gave the molecules their emergent property of being able to form such complex units?

The 4 fundamental forces, QM, and relativity.

You could print the whole lot on a t shirt.

Yet you seem to think that a God is the simple answer.

Don't you understand that if a universe is too complicated to happen without a designer, then to an infinitely greater extent, a God is also too complicated?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 25/04/2020 13:07:35
Naked 4.25.2020 8 am
David Willams asks: Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God? I was A2A on a question about turning into an atheist at 13 years of age. It bothered me deeply and I came to question my own beliefs. I'm at a crossroad. Help me through logical answers.
GG: Science is still marching forward. We have come a long way but we are only exploring higher dimensions. The underlying structure of the universe in my Dot-wave theory is a higher light speed dimension. Science depends upon verification and measurements. Our instruments operate at light speed Co. Einstein’s space time is a best fit mathematical solution.
   Yet in the not too far future science will produce light speed Cs sensors. This is difficult to do but it will be done. The world of science will then be expanded. We well be able to pick up the spiritual dimension and see the spiritual mind within all of us. Then God will be self-evident.
   Until that future time we are left with the inability to prove the existence of God by measurements. All we have are encounters between many different people and the spiritual world. I am one who has had a lifetime of encounters. So I study God and the Universe from the information I obtain from encounters and subsequent dreams.
  My God is different It is a natural God that is part of the Darwinian process. It will produce future man out of us. Then we need the Fifth dimension as the means by  which the product of lower man will become higher man upon a new Earth. Religion enables the spirits within us to become part of God and future man.
   Is this true? The encounters of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus happened. The prophets of the Bible and other holy books happened. Yet the Bible is mythological and not scientific. Should we believe it? My God tells me that it is spiritually true. It could not be scientifically true because the natural God is an evolved God and the intelligence of the natural God depends upon the intelligence of man at the time.
  Jesus says that the stars fall from the sky. This what man believed at that time. As the intelligence level of man evolves the intelligence of God evolves as well. You cannot separate man and the natural God. Our God is merely a higher level of ourselves. Anyway believe it or not my God told me “I evolved” .
  The Biblical writers believed that God created the universe. The truth is that the universe created God. In time man will come to understand that.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 25/04/2020 19:15:53
God helps me because I was challenged by a skeptic to give scientific papers which prompted me to do some work. In trying to find the best 5 papers, I was re-organising and re-reading some material I had. That prompted me to Google some of the sources and people to see what would come up.

And through skimming and noticing little references that seemed interesting I came up with a couple of what I found. The first one does the mathematics on standing waves which I mentioned, and references Dr Palls work on calcium ion channels.

The first one was this one:
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep14914.pdf
Polarization: A Key Difference between Man-made and Natural Electromagnetic Fields, in regard to Biological Activity Dimitris J. J. Panagopoulos.
...A large and increasing number of studies during the past few decades have indicated a variety of adverse biological effects to be triggered by exposure to man-made EMFs, especially of radio frequency (RF)/microwaves, and extremely low frequency (ELF). The recorded biological effects range from alterations in the synthesis rates and intracellular concentrations of different biomolecules, to DNA and protein damage, which may result in cell death, reproductive declines, or even cancer. Under the weight of this evidence the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified both ELF magnetic fields and RF EMFs as possibly carcinogenic to humans. The intensities of radiation and durations of exposure in all these studies were significantly smaller than those of corresponding exposures from natural EMFs in the terrestrial environment. Moreover, the field intensities applied in the studies were several orders of magnitude smaller than physiological fields in cell membranes, or fields generated by nerve and muscle excitations.
...As is evident from the described mechanism, the field does not gate the channel by forces exerted directly on the channel sensors. It would take a field on the order of the transmembrane field (106–107 V/m) for that. It is the mediation of the oscillating free ions in close proximity to the S4 channel sensors that allows such weak fields to be able to exert the necessary forces to gate the channel.Thus, ELF electric fields emitted by mobile phones and base stations stronger than 0.0004 V/m are also potentially able to disrupt the function of any living cell. This ELF intensity value is emitted by regular cell phones at distances up to a few meters and base stations at distances up to a few hundred meters. For N number of mobile telephony antennas vertically oriented, the last value is divided by N (according to Eq. 19) at locations of constructive interference.



I also came across this 2020 article on EHS which is a scientific paper on the symptoms and the field strengths/durations I listed as personal observations - and also references the fact that my underlying histoplasmosis issues probably make me more sensitive. It shows the scientific tests that are available that I was not aware of (I will give this one to my GP and my neurologist). Note the debunking of psychosomatic and nocebo myths.

https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/6/1915
Electrohypersensitivity as a Newly Identified and Characterized Neurologic Pathological Disorder: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Prevent It
...Altogether, these data strongly suggest that EHS is a neurologic
pathological disorder which can be diagnosed, treated, and prevented. Because EHS is becoming a new insidious worldwide plague involving millions of people, we ask the World Health Organization (WHO) to include EHS as a neurologic disorder in the international classification of diseases.
...Symptoms in patients with EHS were compared with those from a series of apparently healthy control subjects that showed no clinical evidence of EHS and/or MCS. As indicated in the table, EHS is characterized by the occurrence of neurologic symptoms including headache, tinnitus, hyperacusis, dizziness, balance disorder, superficial and/or deep sensibility abnormalities, fibromyalgia, vegetative nerve dysfunction, and reduced cognitive capability, including immediate memory loss, attention–concentration deficiency, and eventually tempo-spatial confusion. These symptoms were associated with chronic insomnia, fatigue, and depressive tendency, in addition to emotional lability and sometimes irritability. A major observation is that symptoms were repeatedly reported by the patients to occur each time they reported being exposed to presumably EMF sources, even of weak intensity, and to regress or even disappear after they left these presumed sources. With the exception of arthralgia and emotivity, which were observed at a similar frequency range in the control group, all clinical symptoms occurring in EHS patients were found to be significantly much more frequent than those in apparently normal controls.
...On the basis of previously published experimental data, we selected and identified several biomarkers in the peripheral blood and urine of EHS and/or MCS patients which can allow physicians to objectively characterize EHS and MCS as true somatic pathological disorders, discounting the hypothesis that EHS and MCS could be caused by a psychosomatic or nocebo-related process.



But the die-hards on this forum will no doubt reach deep to discredit these so that they can discredit me. Here is a example of my predictions starting to be supported by science. I was 12 months ahead of reading this article.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/04/2020 19:38:34
So, IARC can't prove a negative, and WHO have been asked to classify something.

Did you think you had a point?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: RD on 25/04/2020 20:24:49
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/6/1915
Electrohypersensitivity as a Newly Identified and Characterized Neurologic Pathological Disorder: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Prevent It

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/04/2020 21:25:40
So, IARC can't prove a negative, and WHO have been asked [ by a bunch of nutters] to classify something.

Did you think you had a point?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 25/04/2020 23:36:17
What gave the molecules their emergent property of being able to form such complex units?
Schrodinger.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 25/04/2020 23:48:10
1225 was the time of the first proposal of a Big Bang. Do you see what insights religious people can have into the nature of the universe?
Yes indeed. Grosseteste described the geocentric universe that pretty well everyone else wrongly assumed. Religious folk burned Bruno and forced Galileo to recant for telling the truth. Insights my arse. More like a holy sigmascope.

The term Big Bang was first proposed as an insult, by Fred Hoyle, one of the great atheists of the Sixties. Funny how it has been appropriated by the religiosi. I have no idea of the religious proclivities of Penzias and Wilson, but they didn't find evidence consistent with a Big Bang through prayer, more through persistent disbelief.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/04/2020 06:26:10
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/6/1915
Electrohypersensitivity as a Newly Identified and Characterized Neurologic Pathological Disorder: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Prevent It

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies

Does being a non-mainstream site discredit the article? What about the other article? It has been 26 years since Henry Lai (working for Motorola at the time) showed that cell microwave caused DNA damage. How long can the Telco's suppress the science? I would say quite a long time with the help of various critics as I am seeing on this forum. Hence the silent electrosmog plague will not be stopped until too late. However, the blow-back will be massive when the populace realize how they were duped.

It does indicate that I am not some lone wacko.

The previous articles had good references. You can follow them if you have the interest and the time.

You have to ask why none of these get traction in the popular press. They are certain more sensational than aliens.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...991?via%3Dihub
...The number of studies showing adverse effects on living organisms induced by different types of man-made Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) has increased tremendously. Hundreds of peer reviewed published studies show a variety of effects, the most important being DNA damage which is linked to cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, reproductive declines etc
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/04/2020 06:27:34
What gave the molecules their emergent property of being able to form such complex units?
Schrodinger.

Is he dead or alive?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/04/2020 06:29:54
So, IARC can't prove a negative, and WHO have been asked to classify something.

Did you think you had a point?

These are proving positives (among the many studies being done). Do you think you had a point with silly statements?

Please take issue with specifics in the articles.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 26/04/2020 07:02:41
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/6/1915
Electrohypersensitivity as a Newly Identified and Characterized Neurologic Pathological Disorder: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Prevent It

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies

It is a jungle out there - and main stream media are clearly seen to have bias and opinion. Choose which one you want. CNN or Fox News for example. The science world also has issues. They play favorites and succumb to industry pressure. Money and funding drives nearly all of them, and upsetting (directly or indirectly) a source of funding is avoided. Telcos and their lobbies are among the most powerful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Beall
Phil Davis, in an analysis of the Who's Afraid of Peer Review? sting operation, observed that "Beall is falsely accusing nearly one in five as being a 'potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open access publisher' on appearances alone." He continued to say that Beall "should reconsider listing publishers on his 'predatory' list until he has evidence of wrongdoing. Being mislabeled as a 'potential, possible, or probable predatory publisher' by circumstantial evidence alone is like the sheriff of a Wild West town throwing a cowboy into jail just 'cuz he's a little funny lookin.' Civility requires due process."
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 26/04/2020 07:51:15
1225 was the time of the first proposal of a Big Bang. Do you see what insights religious people can have into the nature of the universe?
Yes indeed. Grosseteste described the geocentric universe that pretty well everyone else wrongly assumed. Religious folk burned Bruno and forced Galileo to recant for telling the truth. Insights my arse. More like a holy sigmascope.

The term Big Bang was first proposed as an insult, by Fred Hoyle, one of the great atheists of the Sixties. Funny how it has been appropriated by the religiosi. I have no idea of the religious proclivities of Penzias and Wilson, but they didn't find evidence consistent with a Big Bang through prayer, more through persistent disbelief.

How did you do it? Singlehandedly, apparently, you came up with the perfect argument to dismiss Christianity. Wow. Congratulations!
Now, when was the N.T. written? No. It wasn't in the 200s or the 300s or the 900s or the 12 billions. Guess again.
BTW, when you get around to it, tell us who JESUS CHRIST was/is--besides being a nice guy who got whacked by the Romans. Or, is that the best you've got?
You see, your attempts to run from Christ don't work. Nobody who knows anything believes your utter nonsense, including you and you know that. Being cute doesn't block the pain, either, does it? You don't spend a great deal of your limited, precious time remaining, getting your kicks from mocking Moses or Abe or Dave or Santa? I wonder why?
He's called the Hound of Heaven for a reason. He's right on your tail, bro. Good luck.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/04/2020 08:43:56
Please take issue with specifics in the articles.
It does not matter what the specifics of the articles say.
The outcomes are that IARC has not said that it's a carcinogen and WHO hasn't said that electrosensitivity is real.
Did you think you were making some other point?

I had a look at the abstract which says "80% of the patients with EHS present with one, two, or three detectable oxidative stress biomarkers in their peripheral blood, meaning that overall these patients present with a true objective somatic disorder. "

Which simply isn't true.
Oxidative stress biomarkers can be a sign of psychological stress, and are thus  perfectly consistent with  a psychosomatic origin for the conditions.

Any proper peer review would have stopped such an obvious falsehood getting published.

And that's why you shouldn't take non-mainstream publications at face value.



It does indicate that I am not some lone wacko.
It is true; we never have a wacko shortage.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/04/2020 08:45:08
Now, when was the N.T. written? No. It wasn't in the 200s or the 300s or the 900s or the 12 billions.
Instead of messing about telling us when it wasn't written, why not nail your colours to the mast and tell us when you think it was written?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 26/04/2020 08:57:25
It is a jungle out there - and main stream media are clearly seen to have bias and opinion. Choose which one you want. CNN or Fox News for example. "......"...........
Clive, this series of posts appear to be off topic, can we bring the thread back to the main question rather than running 2 threads.
Thanks
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 26/04/2020 11:48:51
tell us who JESUS CHRIST was/is--besides being a nice guy who got whacked by the Romans. Or, is that the best you've got?
It's what your bible says, and I have no reason to doubt it. But this argument belongs in a different thread. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Jolly2 on 27/04/2020 04:31:44
One only needs to look at the world around them to see that only God can create life.

Define what your god is?


Actually anything can become a God to a person. It's what they value most or consider most important what they worship in ignorance or awareness.

Then they have redefined the word god. Many cultures don't consider their gods as the most important things in their lives.

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noun
1.
(in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.
2.
(in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.

There is no redefinition.  From the day God gave Moses the 10 commandments
'You shall have no other Gods on my face".
Jews have always understood anything can become a God to a person.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/04/2020 07:38:47
It is a jungle out there - and main stream media are clearly seen to have bias and opinion. Choose which one you want. CNN or Fox News for example. "......"...........
Clive, this series of posts appear to be off topic, can we bring the thread back to the main question rather than running 2 threads.
Thanks

I will take some care. Thanks for the civil prompt.

My motivation was about God wanting change using a pandemic, and making the pandemic more effective by lowering peoples immune systems. If I am right that God is giving me this information and it turns out to be accurate, then it is a boost towards "proving" (a higher probability) the existence of God. I have said that God guides me by events. I believe that my legal fight with the cell tower was to show me how the coming chaos would be facilitated. This requires a few years to pan out so I appreciate being allowed to document on the site.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 27/04/2020 08:56:55
If I am right that God is giving me this information and it turns out to be accurate, then it is a boost towards "proving" (a higher probability) the existence of God.
The problem is that it does not offer scientific proof. The only way you can do show accurate prior information is by being subject to rigorous double blind testing as explained previously. Even then it would not prove the source.
This is the whole problem with this thread, no one has approached the question of how you rigorously test and demonstrate the existence of God or any god. Using personal, after the fact, recollection is not a scientific method and offers no scientific credence to the experience which could be due to a number of causes including selective bias. This is also the problem with all personal testimonies.
Overall, I’m quite disappointed that this God sent opportunity has been studiously avoided. @hamdani yusuf did attempt to lay in some guidelines but it was ignored.  The question remains, how would you go about it, what tests or experiments would offer incontrovertible proof? How would you falsify the theory of the existence of God?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/04/2020 08:58:51
I appreciate being allowed to document on the site.
You have consistently failed to do that when asked.
I have (used to have an even better) excellent memory. I remember most occasions. Mine works most of the time - too many times for randomness.
Post a diary.
That will unequivocally show which side is right.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/04/2020 09:02:08
If I am right that God is giving me this information and it turns out to be accurate, then it is a boost towards "proving" (a higher probability) the existence of God.
The problem is that it does not offer scientific proof. The only way you can do show accurate prior information is by being subject to rigorous double blind testing as explained previously. Even then it would not prove the source.
This is the whole problem with this thread, no one has approached the question of how you rigorously test and demonstrate the existence of God or any god. Using personal, after the fact, recollection is not a scientific method and offers no scientific credence to the experience which could be due to a number of causes including selective bias. This is also the problem with all personal testimonies.
Overall, I’m quite disappointed that this God sent opportunity has been studiously avoided. @hamdani yusuf did attempt to lay in some guidelines but it was ignored.  The question remains, how would you go about it, what tests or experiments would offer incontrovertible proof? How would you falsify the theory of the existence of God?

To an extent we tried to do that here
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=79247.0
but teh thread got mangled.
Is it possible to sort out the formatting?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/04/2020 09:46:32
What gave the molecules their emergent property of being able to form such complex units?
Schrodinger.

Is he dead or alive?
Probably.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/04/2020 09:57:10
So back to the question. All we need is a definition of God as the thing which uniquely and predictably does X when Y. Then we do Y and see if  X happens.
That's science - or at least the beginning of science. We must continue by looking for instances of X occurring spontaneously or in response to Z, or not responding to Y. This will lead to either a redefinition of God as one  possible explanation of X, or not being consistent with the definition.
It's the same logic that allows us to prove the existence of everything from a neutrino to an elephant.
So it's up to the proponents of the God hypothesis to specify X and Y.

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 27/04/2020 10:55:10
There is no redefinition.  From the day God gave Moses the 10 commandments
'You shall have no other Gods on my face".
Jews have always understood anything can become a God to a person.
Was it OK to have other Gods before Moses receive 10 commandments?
Can a child become a God to his/her parents?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/04/2020 11:03:48
So back to the question. All we need is a definition of God as the thing which uniquely and predictably does X when Y. Then we do Y and see if  X happens.
That's science - or at least the beginning of science. We must continue by looking for instances of X occurring spontaneously or in response to Z, or not responding to Y. This will lead to either a redefinition of God as one  possible explanation of X, or not being consistent with the definition.
It's the same logic that allows us to prove the existence of everything from a neutrino to an elephant.
So it's up to the proponents of the God hypothesis to specify X and Y.

One thing which would spoil this would be if the definition of God included a clause which meant that any attempt to establish if X happens is forbidden by God.

And there is such a clause.
- it's the "test not thy God" bit.

So, the existence of (at least) the Abrahamic God is not a question where science could have an answer.
If only someone had mentioned this earlier.

Oh!
It turns out that someone did.

Why hasn't science been able to prove the existence of God?
One reasonable possibility is that He doesn't exist.
Also, because religion cheats.
https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/6-16.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-7.htm


And 25 pages on, it seems I was right.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/04/2020 12:19:30
Which makes prayer inadmissible at worst, and irrelevant at best. I guess at least half of all sacrifices, prayers and penances are in the form of "please let Y → X", so there is an implicit test.

Beware! Prayer displeases the Almighty - he said so!

Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/04/2020 12:43:07
Which makes prayer inadmissible at worst, and irrelevant at best.
It always was.
If God has decided to wipe out lots of people with a virus, do you think He's going to change His mind, just because you ask Him to?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/04/2020 13:32:13
If I am right that God is giving me this information and it turns out to be accurate, then it is a boost towards "proving" (a higher probability) the existence of God.
The problem is that it does not offer scientific proof. The only way you can do show accurate prior information is by being subject to rigorous double blind testing as explained previously. Even then it would not prove the source.
This is the whole problem with this thread, no one has approached the question of how you rigorously test and demonstrate the existence of God or any god. Using personal, after the fact, recollection is not a scientific method and offers no scientific credence to the experience which could be due to a number of causes including selective bias. This is also the problem with all personal testimonies.
Overall, I’m quite disappointed that this God sent opportunity has been studiously avoided. @hamdani yusuf did attempt to lay in some guidelines but it was ignored.  The question remains, how would you go about it, what tests or experiments would offer incontrovertible proof? How would you falsify the theory of the existence of God?

Is an epidemiological study accepted as proof? One that compares people with experiences of God and the supernatural with those in similar circumstances but do not believe in God.

A study that looks at events that have seemingly have no rational physical explanation, and do studies to determine whether these give plausibility to the existence of God.

I am well aware of scientific double blind studies. I just think that God, at this time, in not prepared to be tested and proved. He wants plausible deniability so as to give humankind free will. Free will to do evil things and be damned.

We have already agreed that it seems unlikely God will take part. Predictions have always been a powerful persuader that God might be giving information to some people. Let us see how bad this pandemic (and those that might follow) gets and whether society becomes much more spiritual and accepts the hypothesis I have put forward. A period of about five years should do it. It life does not change very much, then I guess I have to accept that I was mistaken about the information given to me.

That will still not change my belief that the supernatural exists. I have had too many experiences indicating the existence of the supernatural.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/04/2020 13:40:25
How does one explain that this person had the genes of a male and yet the consciousness of a female? I have hypothesized that souls control the development of the wiring of our brains and have also said that our souls are non-gender specific that reincarnates. Can this person have had a soul that supposedly started out as a female and so programmed the brain to be female? Nothing in his/her upbringing could have influenced the feminine thinking.

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51928077
When I was 16, I immersed myself in Jewish mysticism, called Kabbalah. That was where I first came across a religious text that justified my existence.
In a 16th Century study of human souls called The Door of Reincarnation, I read: "At times, a male will reincarnate in the body of a female, and a female will be in a male body."
It gave me hope that maybe I wasn't crazy.


This is an example of what I just wrote about. How does science explain this?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 27/04/2020 13:42:31
What gave the molecules their emergent property of being able to form such complex units?
Schrodinger.

Is he dead or alive?
Probably.

Where is the thumbs up emoticon? You get one.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 27/04/2020 15:01:23
So back to the question. All we need is a definition of God as the thing which uniquely and predictably does X when Y. Then we do Y and see if  X happens.
That's science - or at least the beginning of science. We must continue by looking for instances of X occurring spontaneously or in response to Z, or not responding to Y. This will lead to either a redefinition of God as one  possible explanation of X, or not being consistent with the definition.
It's the same logic that allows us to prove the existence of everything from a neutrino to an elephant.
So it's up to the proponents of the God hypothesis to specify X and Y.

Why are you playing games? What's the point? If you have already decided GOD doesn't exist, why bother asking the same questions? When you ask questions and they are answered, why do you change the subject and return to past topics to ask more questions that have already been answered?

If you don't believe, fine. But, if you don't want answers, why keep asking the same kinds of questions repeatedly? You already have the answers. What is your point? Control? I think so based on your documented history on this issue.

You bounce around, shifting from this to that to that and then this, always asking more questions until you recognize the answers you've received are more than you can handle. Is there some satisfaction in "controlling" Christians you get? You have said you despise us. I believe you. The evidence is abundant and crystal clear that you do.

That's fine. You should hate us. We are supposed to be hated as we follow HIM. HE was hated and HE was perfect. If we remind unbelievers of HIM, they will hate us. It is fulfilment of HIS promise to us. A prophecy proven true over and over. (Science)

If you have been seeking answers with an unfeigned spirit of genuine interest, then you already have enough information to seek HIM on your own. You don't need any more information. Based on that fact, it certainly appears you have other motivations for making observations and asking questions. But, the topic is, "can science prove GOD exists", not, "see if you humiliate people you despise by playing games with them."

Bear in mind that you don't really know very much about this topic. You may think you do, but you don't, if we are to go by your statements. You've been shown many times to be incorrect, but you flee that particular aspect of the topic and raise more questions, like it is a game, like it is fun.

With your excellent mind I think you could spend your time more productively. (Deep down, I Know you long to be in relationship with HIM as HE longs to shower you with HIS love. How do I Know? Because we all want that. We are made to love and to be loved. It is intrinsic. It's like breathing. Take children away from any source of loving influence in their lives and see what happens. Look at mankind. Not being in a loving relationship with GOD is disastrous.) It is all scientifically proven.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 27/04/2020 15:37:10
I have no reason to doubt that he existed. As I said much earlier, he was a radical rabbi (addressed by his friends as such) who was killed for causing trouble. Nothing unusual about that, nor was the radical Judaism he preached beyond the very broad span of our ancient traditions.

Good football coaches teach something they refer to as "staying on your block" which simply means, keep driving your legs and keep jamming your body with full force into the defender until the Ref blows his whistle. The phrase is just a reminder, a term that stresses the importance to persist, to keep going all out, and not let anything, anything, no matter what, direct your efforts away from that single minded goal.
To wit, I have asked alan and his like-minded teammates to answer my questions which derive from the numerous and outrageous errors they make continuously. I am in no hurry. We have a long time before that whistle blows.
Be aware, and if you are intelligent and a good dude/dudess, you can't miss it: Our intellectual superheroes don't participate in these debates as though they have any confidence in the positions they hold.   

Again, my friend, what do you mean he was a radical rabbi? Where did you get that idea? You say his buds said that about him. What did they say? specifically, do you really know? (I don't think you do.)

Where is this text from?

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Again, what radical form of Judaism did Jesus preach?

Karaitism.

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"Nothing unusual about that,

Maybe not to another karaite.
But to the rabbinical groups like the pharisees of the time it was extremely radical.

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nor was the radical Judaism he preached beyond the very broad span of our ancient traditions."

Completely incorrect.  Jesus in Mark 7 utterly spoke against the these traditions. These takanot.
Matthew 15.

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What are you saying? Give several examples from his preaching. I don't believe you know.

Just did.

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He preached HE HIMSELF was GOD ALMIGHTY

Show one place Jesus ever said that?

Just one...

I gave you a number of them. Referring to Israel as GOD's son as a comparison to JESUS being GOD's son is silly.

He wasn't murdered because HE performed a few magic tricks. Theudas and Judas The Galilean weren't crucified for proclaiming they were where it's at. If you don't believe his brethren thought HE was GOD, keep reading. They knew HE thought HE was GOD's son, too. No? Keep looking in the N.T. "I AM the resurrections and the life..." "No man comes to the Father except through Me." "This is my beloved SON..." Are you GOD's Son? It is as you say.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/04/2020 18:04:20
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When I was 16, I immersed myself in Jewish mysticism, called Kabbalah. That was where I first came across a religious text that justified my existence.In a 16th Century study of human souls called The Door of Reincarnation, I read: "At times, a male will reincarnate in the body of a female, and a female will be in a male body."It gave me hope that maybe I wasn't crazy.
This is an example of what I just wrote about. How does science explain this?
In a word, bullshit.
Sex is what you are, gender is how you like to behave. The correspondence is generally about 95% but strongly determined by social pressure or lack of it. 
"Crazy" simply denotes a significant departure from local expectations. No big deal unless it is harmful. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/04/2020 18:14:02
Is an epidemiological study accepted as proof?
No. It is evidence of correspondence but not necessarily proof of causation.

Epidemiology shows that the people who have taken the most breaths are most likely to die, but it doesn't suggest that breathing is dangerous.

Practically everyone has experienced the "fact" that the earth is flat, but very few believe it.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/04/2020 18:33:41
Why are you playing games?
We aren.
We are trying to do science-- this is, after all, a science page.
If you don't like it, the door is over there.


What's the point? I
Answering questions.
That's the point of science; finding stuff out.

If you have already decided GOD doesn't exist, why bother asking the same questions?
There is nothing in the post you quoted which  implies in any way that the poster has assumed that God does not exist.

If anything, if you ascribe properties to a God, you tacitly imply that He alt least may exist.

Why pretend that it makes the assumption there's no God?


why do you change the subject and return to past topics
Because people drag things off topic.

to ask more questions that have already been answered?
The question has not been answered.
You have pretended that it has been- but that's because you either lie about it, or you don't know what proof is.


But, if you don't want answers, why keep asking the same kinds of questions repeatedly?
To get answers

But, if you don't want answers, why keep asking the same kinds of questions repeatedly?
We do want answers.
Please provide some.

You already have the answers.
No we don't.
That's why we keep asking.

If you think we have the answer please point out where that answer is
What is the action X?


What is your point?
Trying to get you to answer a question.
Control? I think so based on your documented history on this issue.
There is no documentation of a control issue.
There is also no answer to the question.
Your statement makes no sense.

You bounce around, shifting from this to that to that and then this,
Get a mirror.
You are the one introducing new random attempts at distraction.


asking more questions until you recognize the answers you've received are more than you can handle.
Nobody has provided an answer of any sort.

Is there some satisfaction in "controlling" Christians you get?
That's absurd.
There's no  suggestion of "control" here.
You are deluding yourself.
After all, we can't stop you simply walking away.
How could we be trying to control you?

You have said you despise us.
That's just not true.

I chalenge you to show where  anyone said it.

The evidence is abundant and crystal clear that you do.
No. There really is no evidence for the idea.
Please show us what you think is evidence of that.

That's fine. You should hate us.
Hard luck; we don't.
It is fulfilment of HIS promise to us. A prophecy proven true over and over. (Science)
It's not true.
You seem to have put the word "science" in there randomly.
If you have been seeking answers with an unfeigned spirit of genuine interest,
We are.
Please let us know what the action X is.

You don't need any more information.
Yes we do. Because you have not provided any relevant information.

. Based on that fact, it certainly appears you have other motivations for making observations and asking questions.
It's not a fact that you have based it on; it's made up stuff.

But, the topic is, "can science prove GOD exists", not, "see if you humiliate people you despise by playing games with them."
We know.

Bear in mind that you don't really know very much about this topic. You may think you do, but you don't, if we are to go by your statements.
The topic is about scientific  proof of God.
We know a lot about science, and you have provided none.
The evidence shows that it is you who knows little about the topic; not us.



You've been shown many times to be incorrect
Where?
You keep saying that, I keep asking where.
You keep not answering.


, but you flee that particular aspect of the topic and raise more questions, like it is a game, like it is fun.
No.
In the real world it is always you who refuses to answer questions and points.

Notably, you refuse to show where we were actually wrong- even though I have asked.
And I think it is fair to assume that you will ignore all the questions I have asked here.

It is all scientifically proven.
No. It is not.
If you disagree, just show us the proof.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 27/04/2020 19:59:58
Epidemiology shows that the people who have taken the most breaths are most likely to die, but it doesn't suggest that breathing is dangerous. big al

everyone who breathes is just as likely to die as everyone else
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 27/04/2020 20:03:37
That will still not change my belief that the supernatural exists. I have had too many experiences indicating the existence of the supernatural.

OH, it exists. It is more real than the strings forming our consciousness.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 27/04/2020 20:05:15
BTW, very, very few people believe this is it, that we don't live on past our death.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 27/04/2020 20:34:23
Epidemiology shows that the people who have taken the most breaths are most likely to die, but it doesn't suggest that breathing is dangerous. big al

everyone who breathes is just as likely to die as everyone else
People who have taken more breaths are more likely to die today or in the next week or in the next year, or whatever.

But don't let that stop you answering any of these questions and issues.


Why are you playing games?
We aren.
We are trying to do science-- this is, after all, a science page.
If you don't like it, the door is over there.


What's the point? I
Answering questions.
That's the point of science; finding stuff out.

If you have already decided GOD doesn't exist, why bother asking the same questions?
There is nothing in the post you quoted which  implies in any way that the poster has assumed that God does not exist.

If anything, if you ascribe properties to a God, you tacitly imply that He alt least may exist.

Why pretend that it makes the assumption there's no God?


why do you change the subject and return to past topics
Because people drag things off topic.

to ask more questions that have already been answered?
The question has not been answered.
You have pretended that it has been- but that's because you either lie about it, or you don't know what proof is.


But, if you don't want answers, why keep asking the same kinds of questions repeatedly?
To get answers

But, if you don't want answers, why keep asking the same kinds of questions repeatedly?
We do want answers.
Please provide some.

You already have the answers.
No we don't.
That's why we keep asking.

If you think we have the answer please point out where that answer is
What is the action X?


What is your point?
Trying to get you to answer a question.
Control? I think so based on your documented history on this issue.
There is no documentation of a control issue.
There is also no answer to the question.
Your statement makes no sense.

You bounce around, shifting from this to that to that and then this,
Get a mirror.
You are the one introducing new random attempts at distraction.


asking more questions until you recognize the answers you've received are more than you can handle.
Nobody has provided an answer of any sort.

Is there some satisfaction in "controlling" Christians you get?
That's absurd.
There's no  suggestion of "control" here.
You are deluding yourself.
After all, we can't stop you simply walking away.
How could we be trying to control you?

You have said you despise us.
That's just not true.

I chalenge you to show where  anyone said it.

The evidence is abundant and crystal clear that you do.
No. There really is no evidence for the idea.
Please show us what you think is evidence of that.

That's fine. You should hate us.
Hard luck; we don't.
It is fulfilment of HIS promise to us. A prophecy proven true over and over. (Science)
It's not true.
You seem to have put the word "science" in there randomly.
If you have been seeking answers with an unfeigned spirit of genuine interest,
We are.
Please let us know what the action X is.

You don't need any more information.
Yes we do. Because you have not provided any relevant information.

. Based on that fact, it certainly appears you have other motivations for making observations and asking questions.
It's not a fact that you have based it on; it's made up stuff.

But, the topic is, "can science prove GOD exists", not, "see if you humiliate people you despise by playing games with them."
We know.

Bear in mind that you don't really know very much about this topic. You may think you do, but you don't, if we are to go by your statements.
The topic is about scientific  proof of God.
We know a lot about science, and you have provided none.
The evidence shows that it is you who knows little about the topic; not us.



You've been shown many times to be incorrect
Where?
You keep saying that, I keep asking where.
You keep not answering.


, but you flee that particular aspect of the topic and raise more questions, like it is a game, like it is fun.
No.
In the real world it is always you who refuses to answer questions and points.

Notably, you refuse to show where we were actually wrong- even though I have asked.
And I think it is fair to assume that you will ignore all the questions I have asked here.

It is all scientifically proven.
No. It is not.
If you disagree, just show us the proof.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 27/04/2020 22:14:08
everyone who breathes is just as likely to die as everyone else
At last, a scientific fact. Keep up the good work, Duffy.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 28/04/2020 05:01:31
Let us see how bad this pandemic (and those that might follow) gets and whether society becomes much more spiritual and accepts the hypothesis I have put forward. A period of about five years should do it. It life does not change very much, then I guess I have to accept that I was mistaken about the information given to me.
Why not let us try to minimize the damages caused by this pandemic?
Many countries have tried different methods to do so. We'll see which methods work best. As far as I know, no country exclusively relies on supernatural power to do the job.
That will still not change my belief that the supernatural exists. I have had too many experiences indicating the existence of the supernatural.
What would it take to convince you that your experiences were actually natural phenomena which are explainable for those who have complete information related to them?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 28/04/2020 05:04:35
BTW, very, very few people believe this is it, that we don't live on past our death.
Do you believe that you already lived before you were born?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 28/04/2020 08:42:37
everyone who breathes is just as likely to die as everyone else
At last, a scientific fact. Keep up the good work, Duffy.
Yep, he got something right.

Pity he missed the actual point...
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 28/04/2020 22:13:41

GG: Naked 4.28.2020 6pm
Duffyd says:BTW, very, very few people believe this is it, that we don't live on past our death.
GG: There are quite a lot of people who do not believe we live on past our death. However the majority of people in the world today do believe such things. Christians have heaven and hell. So do the Moslem. Hindus believe in reincarnation. When we go back to ancient Egypt we have the sun God and the pharaohs had elaborate surroundings for themselves. Often they would seal living slaves in their tombs so they would have faithful servants in the world to come. The Jews though that God at the end of days would resurrect their bones. The Nazis made this difficult since all cremated bones were mixed together.
  What value is there in living beyond the grave? Life is a mixture of positive and negative. It is mostly a net zero for most of us. For many it is definitely a negative. The concept of heaven and hell is horrible. Only a monster God would give eternal joy to some at the expense of eternal pain to many others.
   Assuming we have a just God, then everyone would achieve the same thing. The worst of man would perish and the best of man would perish as well.  So the self must be gone in either case. The worst of man perishes into nothingness while the best of man perishes into God. When an individual is absorbed by a just God along with millions of others, the net result is a collective consciousness with no memory of the individual. Thus in death we do live on for a few minutes and then are gone forever.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/04/2020 08:05:36

GG: Naked 4.28.2020 6pm
Duffyd says:BTW, very, very few people believe this is it, that we don't live on past our death.
GG: There are quite a lot of people who do not believe we live on past our death. However the majority of people in the world today do believe such things. Christians have heaven and hell. So do the Moslem. Hindus believe in reincarnation. When we go back to ancient Egypt we have the sun God and the pharaohs had elaborate surroundings for themselves. Often they would seal living slaves in their tombs so they would have faithful servants in the world to come. The Jews though that God at the end of days would resurrect their bones. The Nazis made this difficult since all cremated bones were mixed together.
  What value is there in living beyond the grave? Life is a mixture of positive and negative. It is mostly a net zero for most of us. For many it is definitely a negative. The concept of heaven and hell is horrible. Only a monster God would give eternal joy to some at the expense of eternal pain to many others.
   Assuming we have a just God, then everyone would achieve the same thing. The worst of man would perish and the best of man would perish as well.  So the self must be gone in either case. The worst of man perishes into nothingness while the best of man perishes into God. When an individual is absorbed by a just God along with millions of others, the net result is a collective consciousness with no memory of the individual. Thus in death we do live on for a few minutes and then are gone forever.

You left out my theory based on experience. That when we die our souls continue in another plane of existence until we reincarnate. Some souls are terminated. The plane of existence varies from very good to very bad. It is not binary. The souls have a little memory but are mostly the essence of the person from the latest reincarnation and from all the previous reincarnations. Our souls are evolving to keep up with our physical evolution. Our souls assist the new brain to develop by guiding the connections of the neurons.

This is what I experienced when visiting my late wife. It avoid the various problems of deciding on two extremes such as Heaven and Hell, as well as answering how our brains have so much intelligence and so much built-in capability. It deals with the question of when humans became sentient enough to have a soul (all life has a soul).
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/04/2020 08:21:17
Let us see how bad this pandemic (and those that might follow) gets and whether society becomes much more spiritual and accepts the hypothesis I have put forward. A period of about five years should do it. It life does not change very much, then I guess I have to accept that I was mistaken about the information given to me.
Why not let us try to minimize the damages caused by this pandemic?
Many countries have tried different methods to do so. We'll see which methods work best. As far as I know, no country exclusively relies on supernatural power to do the job.
That will still not change my belief that the supernatural exists. I have had too many experiences indicating the existence of the supernatural.
What would it take to convince you that your experiences were actually natural phenomena which are explainable for those who have complete information related to them?

It is my belief that God wants serious change. That will not come about without destroying the current way of life. If that is the case, then we have much more on the way. Another round of a more serious virus? War? Famine? And other diseases?

The only thing that would convince me that my experiences were actually natural phenomena would be to demonstrate to me that they never happened. No-one has been able to explain how they could happen except by hallucination. And even during the one event, which I did take as an hallucination, it was "more real" than life and I was told that it was a way to give me the information, and for me to continue on my path.

No-one has been able to explain why there information is not a truth. I accept that the link between our brains and the supernatural world is (and must be) tenuous and very slight. This means mistakes are made. But it does not invalidate the knowledge gained.

Some people have a world-view is that God and the supernatural do not exist. They then use this as the basic premise for assuming that my experiences MUST have a natural explanation other that the supernatural. If they are right about their premise then they must be right about the conclusion. If they are wrong about their premise then they are wrong about their conclusion.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/04/2020 09:43:43
Everything that happens is by definition natural, but some natural phenomena are not explained to our satisfaction.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 29/04/2020 10:51:28
Everything that happens is by definition natural, but some natural phenomena are not explained to our satisfaction.

You seem to confirm this statement of mine:
Some people have a world-view is that God and the supernatural do not exist. They then use this as the basic premise for assuming that my experiences MUST have a natural explanation other that the supernatural.

Why do we have a word such as "supernatural"?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supernatural
Definition of supernatural
1 : of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe especially : of or relating to God or a god, demigod, spirit, or devil
2a : departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature
b : attributed to an invisible agent (such as a ghost or spirit)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 29/04/2020 13:46:57
It is a jungle out there - and main stream media are clearly seen to have bias and opinion. Choose which one you want. CNN or Fox News for example. "......"...........
Clive, this series of posts appear to be off topic, can we bring the thread back to the main question rather than running 2 threads.
Thanks

I will take some care. Thanks for the civil prompt.


I think you should be taking more care.

Incidentally, re
"Can one say that cell phone usage leads to higher corona virus deaths?"
No, of course not.
That's just silly.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 29/04/2020 13:58:22
Why do we have a word such as "supernatural"?
Like god, it's a catchall for anything you don't understand and can't be bothered to investigate. See also "consciousness".
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 29/04/2020 19:31:58
Naked 4.29.2020  3 pm
CliveG said: You left out my theory based on experience. That when we die our souls continue in another plane of existence until we reincarnate.
That is a hope of some. Others hope for termination. I studied reincarnation and cosmic reincarnation for quite a long time. It is man’s dreams. Yet it is not God’s dreams. God is interested in the survival of Godself not the survival of individual man. God is concerned with the entity MAN. He is concerned with the entity the Church and not the individual followers. The individual is nothing at all. We are just one little link in the chain of life for man. Anyway as time goes by God corrects my work in dreams. Heaven and hell are out for sure. Individual reincarnation is no longer viable. It is only the reincarnation of a people that has any meaning for God. He mixes our spirits so that we become part of future collective life. You hope for individual justice and reincarnation. That is not God’s desire.
CloiveG: Some souls are terminated. The plane of existence varies from very good to very bad. It is not binary. The souls have a little memory but are mostly the essence of the person from the latest reincarnation and from all the previous reincarnations. Our souls are evolving to keep up with our physical evolution. Our souls assist the new brain to develop by guiding the connections of the neurons.
GG: It sounds well to you as if you as an individual mean anything to God. Somehow you understanding of God are that of a judge. The bas will be punished and the good will be rewarded. What a petty God for sure. God is building higher man from us. No memory of any individual can remain. Only a collective memory has any meaning.

CliveG: This is what I experienced when visiting my late wife. It avoid the various problems of deciding on two extremes such as Heaven and Hell, as well as answering how our brains have so much intelligence and so much built-in capability. It deals with the question of when humans became sentient enough to have a soul (all life has a soul).
GG: Everything has a soul which is an image in the spiritual plane. Even a rock has a soul. It is the photonic spirit within the soul that exists for a little while after we are dead. This spirit will seek the light of his or her Gods. It will perish in the grave or become part of his God. Then he will perish into the collective. Any continuity of existence after death serves no purpose to God. You may not want to believe this because you hope for some future existence. It is far better for all of us to perish than to continue to exist in the future. It is only God that survives death. Yet billions of years from now the entire universe will self-destruct and God too will die. Then in the far future God will be reborn and evolve to be God again.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/04/2020 06:31:03
Why do we have a word such as "supernatural"?
Like god, it's a catchall for anything you don't understand and can't be bothered to investigate. See also "consciousness".

You are redefining words to eliminate the possibility of God.

How can one debate when the goalposts keep moving?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/04/2020 06:52:29
It is a jungle out there - and main stream media are clearly seen to have bias and opinion. Choose which one you want. CNN or Fox News for example. "......"...........
Clive, this series of posts appear to be off topic, can we bring the thread back to the main question rather than running 2 threads.
Thanks

I will take some care. Thanks for the civil prompt.


I think you should be taking more care.

Incidentally, re
"Can one say that cell phone usage leads to higher corona virus deaths?"
No, of course not.
That's just silly.

I stand corrected. Since I do take care, I will take MORE care.

Assuming the link between obesity and cell phone usage is true, explain why my reasoning is faulty as to the possibility.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 30/04/2020 07:04:50
That is a hope of some. Others hope for termination. I studied reincarnation and cosmic reincarnation for quite a long time. It is man’s dreams. Yet it is not God’s dreams.

For most of my life I have assumed that when I die I will cease to exist, except for a while in the memory of some. My experiences tell me that there is likely to be life after death and that we reincarnate. I did not get the belief out of hope that I will not cease to exist.

A lot of people fear death and also fear the nothingness that might come, and I accept that some might believe in a soul because it offers hope. I have lived with the belief of simple termination for so long that it does not bother me that I might be wrong..

A simple rational reason for reincarnation is that the afterlife would be so full of souls it could not cope. When one goes back to man's origin as a single cell then the number of single celled souls would be even more mind-boggling. If one argues that only modern man (after Neanderthal man) has a soul then one has to ask why? What was the defining point? You should also realize that the concept of life after death has been with humankind for a very long time - probably even with the Neanderthals.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/04/2020 07:53:02
You are redefining words to eliminate the possibility of God.How can one debate when the goalposts keep moving?
I think you have neatly defined God as the ultimate moving goalpost!
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jeffreyH on 30/04/2020 08:19:07
That is a hope of some. Others hope for termination. I studied reincarnation and cosmic reincarnation for quite a long time. It is man’s dreams. Yet it is not God’s dreams.

For most of my life I have assumed that when I die I will cease to exist, except for a while in the memory of some. My experiences tell me that there is likely to be life after death and that we reincarnate. I did not get the belief out of hope that I will not cease to exist.

A lot of people fear death and also fear the nothingness that might come, and I accept that some might believe in a soul because it offers hope. I have lived with the belief of simple termination for so long that it does not bother me that I might be wrong..

A simple rational reason for reincarnation is that the afterlife would be so full of souls it could not cope. When one goes back to man's origin as a single cell then the number of single celled souls would be even more mind-boggling. If one argues that only modern man (after Neanderthal man) has a soul then one has to ask why? What was the defining point? You should also realize that the concept of life after death has been with humankind for a very long time - probably even with the Neanderthals.

The problem is that before you were born there was roughly 13.5 billion years of nothingness when you didn't exist. So fearing nothingness after death is a human failing. Brought about by irrational beliefs indoctrinated into the human mind by power hungry charlatans.

Why don't you sit quietly and contemplate the value of life and living in the moment.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/04/2020 10:04:05
A simple rational reason for reincarnation is that the afterlife would be so full of souls it could not cope. When one goes back to man's origin as a single cell then the number of single celled souls would be even more mind-boggling. If one argues that only modern man (after Neanderthal man) has a soul then one has to ask why?

You would be in a minority to hold that view. Hinduism and Buddhism promote reincarnation in pretty much any animal form, which explains the extinction of the dinosaurs: if you reincarnate souls in ever-larger animals, you will either run out of food on earth, or run out of soul storage space in the recycling center. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/04/2020 10:36:35
I stand corrected. Since I do take care, I will take MORE care.

Assuming the link between obesity and cell phone usage is true, explain why my reasoning is faulty as to the possibility.
That is not taking more care to stay on topic, is it?
The answer is that you moved the goalposts.
What you said is this
"Can one say that cell phone usage leads to higher corona virus deaths?"
And what you are now saying is
"is there a possibility that cell phone usage ..."
And that's not the same thing.
It was an interesting attempt on your part, but either dishonest or dimwitted.
If you want to discuss it further you really should start a topic for it, since it's nothing to do with proof of God.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 30/04/2020 11:44:30
Cell phone usage is associated with prosperity.
Obesity cannot occur without prosperity.
It's an obvious correlation, but not a causative one.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/04/2020 12:44:02
Obesity cannot occur without prosperity.
A reasonably large fraction of the US population might be seen as counter- examples.
It's still off topic.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 30/04/2020 13:54:16
Naked 4.30.2020  9am
CliveG says:A simple rational reason for reincarnation is that the afterlife would be so full of souls it could not cope. When one goes back to man's origin as a single cell then the number of single celled souls would be even more mind-boggling. If one argues that only modern man (after Neanderthal man) has a soul then one has to ask why? What was the defining point? You should also realize that the concept of life after death has been with humankind for a very long time - probably even with the Neanderthals.
GG: First, everything has a soul. Even a rock has a soul. The soul is an image of this universe in the fifth dimension. We exist in the ordinary spatial dimensions of X, Y, Z and in the physical light speed dimension Co. Einstein would call the light speed Co dimension the time dimension. We also exist in the light speed Cs dimension where Cs= 18832 Co. This is the ultra-high light speed dimension. What is important is the spirit within our soul. This is ultra-high light speed photonic energy. When we die we find that we are still alive for a short period of time. Some of us only see darkness and will perish in a few minutes by our time clock. However one second our time equals 18832 seconds in the spiritual dimension. Therefore it appears to us to be quite a long time.
  Many of us will see the light of God. This source of light is near the center of our earth in the spiritual dimension. They will flow toward the light. Within their own memory is the memory of their loved ones. Thus they believe that they have achieved heaven and are together with their loved ones. The dead do not have objective reasoning. They do not contemplate whether they exist or not. Five minutes our time is 65 equivalent days to our spirit. They are absorbed by their Gods. They are not part of their loved ones.  Then they slowly fade into God. To their non-objective mind, they have achieved eternal heaven.
  How much memory does this take up in the mind of God? Most likely you could put it all in a simple thumb drive. Billions of billions of spirits are reduced to the memory within a thumb drive. God has absorbed our spirits. These are processed and purified. The self is gone.  This intelligence flows back to new life. Long ago the intelligence reached a peak level in the dinosaurs. They were killed off by cosmic events. Then came the chain of life leading to man. Individual reincarnation serves no purpose.
   God wants to move upward toward higher man. We are just a chain of life leading toward Gods ultimate purpose.  We are still animal. God was the dinosaur God. He was an animal who wanted to survive. Man is the means of God’s survival. So God has provided what appears to be a heaven to the spirits who arrive there. This I was shown in dreams. Man philosophizes about the hereafter. It is only a few minutes our time but to the faithful dead, it is paradise. God did not create this system. It is just the physics of the universe that does it.
  People are born and spiritual energy flows into them. The physical mind develops and the spiritual mind grows as well. Some seek God and others do not. Some seek truth and others do not. Those who serve the Earth and the animals will be absorbed by the Father God. The religious people will be absorbed by the many sons of God. In the end the purification process will reduce the memory within them to childhood.
  Reincarnation theory is pure vanity.  All we get is five minutes our time before we are collectivized.  Then we are gone forever. Like it or not we serve God and not the other way around. All we offer God is our love and intelligence.  God loves man and not the individual. God will protect those who serve God best.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/04/2020 14:18:00
The soul is an image of this universe in the fifth dimension.
This is a science site.
What 5th dimension are you talking about?
Can you show that it exists?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 30/04/2020 20:16:21
Bored Chemist asks:What 5th dimension are you talking about?
GG: The quantum physicists have already measured interactions greater than 10,000Co. Thus there is another dimension which operates at a speed much greater than our light speed. this is the fifth dimension.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 30/04/2020 20:27:08
The quantum physicists have already measured interactions greater than 10,000Co
Ten thousand cobalt does not mean anything.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 01/05/2020 00:08:39
GG: The quantum physicists have already measured interactions greater than 10,000Co. Thus there is another dimension which operates at a speed much greater than our light speed. this is the fifth dimension.
Please quote paper on this. I haven’t seen anything indicating the markers have been found.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/05/2020 00:31:25
Obesity cannot occur without prosperity.
A reasonably large fraction of the US population might be seen as counter- examples.
It's still off topic.
There are very few obese people in East Africa. Prosperity means at least having enough food.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/05/2020 06:43:09
You are redefining words to eliminate the possibility of God.How can one debate when the goalposts keep moving?
I think you have neatly defined God as the ultimate moving goalpost!

Perhaps. Only God can magically move real goalposts in defiance to the laws of physics.

BTW - I just know you will have the last word on this to-and-fro. My mind does not stretch to the extremes as yours does.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 01/05/2020 06:45:22
  Reincarnation theory is pure vanity.  All we get is five minutes our time before we are collectivized.  Then we are gone forever. Like it or not we serve God and not the other way around. All we offer God is our love and intelligence.  God loves man and not the individual. God will protect those who serve God best.

I disagree because I have experienced the afterlife by being there. I also communicated with the spirit of a suicide.

What evidence do you have to support your theory?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 01/05/2020 15:41:58
Only God can magically move real goalposts in defiance to the laws of physics.
Well, if He actually did that, we would have evidence of His existence.
But... He doesn't
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/05/2020 18:01:31
Perhaps. Only God can magically move real goalposts in defiance to the laws of physics.
This doesn't explain David Beckham's record of World Cup penalty shots. He's very devout, but the Lord seems not to respond. Jonny Wilkinson, on the other hand, seemed not to rely on his faith and simply kicked the ball in the direction anyone else would have chosen, and won. So I think we can dismiss the hypothesis.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/05/2020 06:33:14
Only God can magically move real goalposts in defiance to the laws of physics.
Well, if He actually did that, we would have evidence of His existence.
But... He doesn't

Last night I asked God to prove to me personally beyond any doubt that he existed. He made me an offer to do so.

Spoiler: show
He said he would give me a fatal heart attack, and then I could meet him.


I declined the offer.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 02/05/2020 09:25:28
Shades of 1918! And who saw this coming?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus-surge-brazil-brings-coffin-shortage-morgue-chaos-200501192518553.html
...Latin America's grimmest scenes occurred last month in Ecuador's city of Guayaquil, where residents said they had to leave bodies on the street after morgues, cemeteries and funeral homes were overwhelmed.
...The state's military police, who normally pick up bodies found outside, no longer do so for non-violent deaths, said an officer at the scene who would not give his name. He said without elaborating that the policy change was due to the coronavirus.

A friend in SA health services said that the testing in the squatter camps is showing an alarming rate of infection. She also said that people were ignoring social distancing.

Last night at 2am I was dreaming my breathing was restricted by some external restriction on air supply. In my dream I tossed the other way, and there was another restriction. Then I woke up and found that in reality I was having trouble breathing. I am stopping my pain tablets gradually and nearly done, but my chest muscles were in a lot of pain, and they simply did not want to do the work to breathe. I have been doing a lot of manual work.

And this is despite being on oxygen. I lay there for an hour forcing myself to breathe. It was most unpleasant. In fact, it was downright scary. I was cold despite adequate covering and put on the heater. I "feel" my bones being tossed into a grave. I sympathize with those suffering with Covid-19.

My wife is scared of getting the virus. She does not want to go to the shops. She says these are difficult times. I replied that we have both lived a great life and I worried about out children and grandchildren. My second wife grew up in the polio era. She is 80. Her Jewish father insisted that she learn to socialize because he was a prominent man in society but her Anglican mother was fearful. This dichotomy and the fear of socializing affected her mentally, and she has been a recluse  for many years, looked after by our daughter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 02/05/2020 11:03:07
ClimeG says
My wife is scared of getting the virus. She does not want to go to the shops. She says these are difficult times. I replied that we have both lived a great life and I worried about out children and grandchildren. My second wife grew up in the polio era. She is 80. Her Jewish father insisted that she learn to socialize because he was a prominent man in society but her Anglican mother was fearful. This dichotomy and the fear of socializing affected her mentally, and she has been a recluse  for many years, looked after by our daughter.
GG: Naked 5.2.2020 6am
When I had double pneumonia about 30 years ago I reached a point where the pain was so intense that I had to break my silence with God. My agreement was that I would do the work he demanded of me in 1981 and that he would no longer directly speak to me, touch me, or force me into obedience. I felt bad for my family although for myself I would prefer death. God said “Put a heating pad on your chest”. There was one in the closet and I put it own. The heat reduced the intense pain. At the same time I felt the healing radiation from God. I fell asleep and awoke on the road to recovery.
Right now God is killing us. This is the first of many plagues to come. In my latest book “God and Futureman upon the new Earth” I have a prayer that will help to save many from the coronavirus.
“Dear Father God. Please cleanse my body of any harmful viruses. Please do not let them grow within my body. Please protect my family and my loved ones. I am hoping that you will find me worthy to share in the world to come. I am hoping that my loved ones will also be worthy. I will endeavor to treat the earth with great respect. I will try to help to save the animal species. I will use my voice and whatever money I can spare to help support those who struggle to save the planet.”
This prayer goes to the highest level of God. You can be an atheist or a believer in the many religions of man. It does not matter. This prayer is what God demands today.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 02/05/2020 12:28:47
God said “Put a heating pad on your chest”.
No he didn't. God speaks Arabic, not English, and does not talk to infidels. Or maybe Latin, and only speaks to some Catholics. 
Discuss.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 02/05/2020 21:39:21
Naked 5.2.2020 5 pm
  GG said:  God said “Put a heating pad on your chest”.
Alancalverd said: No he didn't. God speaks Arabic, not English, and does not talk to infidels. Or maybe Latin, and only speaks to some Catholics.
Discuss.
GG: Funny you say that. There are many levels of God. Most are sons of God such as Jesus or Isaac. They were the starting point of the Jewish God and the Christian God. Both these Gods became the original Christian people and the original Jewish people.  As the followers are absorbed it is the people Israel who became the Jewish God and the Church of Rome became the Christian God.
  Above all the Sons of God is the Father God. This God is the highest level of the Earth God and comprises the one thousand human Gods and the Gods of all the animals and the vegetables as well. The Father God speaks thousands of human languages and communicates with all the animals as well. It is also the God of the coronavirus.
   Many people speak to their Gods. I always have. The many Gods speak to their followers. The Father God chose me to deliver his message to mankind. This is for the future as the message will become self-evident as God destroys the creation.
  Why was I chosen? I was born Dec. 24, 1938 as the Jews were starting to be destroyed in large numbers during the Holocaust.  The German war God hated the Jewish God and tried to destroy all the Jews. Sometimes I think that they were trying to prevent me from speaking. That happened in the days of Moses and later in the days of Jesus. In any event I asked God to tell me my relationship to a person in the Bible.  He said “He is a brother unto you”. At a minimum that means I was born with the Holy Spirit within me. I did not like that answer. I struggled many years to rid myself of this spirit and one day it flew out of me. Then I was alone without my God.
   Most people think that I hallucinated. That is good because I would rather they believe I am a madman than a prophet of God. I never wanted this job. I struggled against it but in the end, God forced me into obedience. A few months ago God told me in a dream that I did a good job. Soon I will be gone and I will become part of future man upon the new Earth. The self is gone which is great. Only a little piece of me will be part of others. As I die, I will see the light of God and be absorbed. This will end my suffering.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/05/2020 00:24:11
Shades of 1918! And who saw this coming?
Any competent epidemiologist- given that the governments refused to pay for sensible preparations.
They knew  that there was going to be a return precisely because it's (nearly) a rerun of 1918. in 1918 they had an excuse for being unprepared.

Nothing has changed that would stop it, so how was it going to do anything else?

It's not some remarkable clairvoyant thing. It's the ****ing obvious.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/05/2020 00:27:19
God said “Put a heating pad on your chest”. There was one in the closet and I put it own. The heat reduced the intense pain. At the same time I felt the healing radiation from God. I fell asleep and awoke on the road to recovery.
Bad news, I'm afraid.
That was the Devil talking to you.
If you had left well alone, and trusted in God rather than technology, you would have recovered faster.

OK, maybe I made that up. But maybe you made up your claim.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 03/05/2020 09:14:56
When I had double pneumonia about 30 years ago I reached a point where the pain was so intense that I had to break my silence with God. My agreement was that I would do the work he demanded of me in 1981 and that he would no longer directly speak to me, touch me, or force me into obedience. I felt bad for my family although for myself I would prefer death. God said “Put a heating pad on your chest”. There was one in the closet and I put it own. The heat reduced the intense pain. At the same time I felt the healing radiation from God. I fell asleep and awoke on the road to recovery.


You got the right advice. I had to learn the hard way to use heat, especially on my chest and breathing warm to hot air, to fix an chest infections and flu.

Although God has not given me direct advice, I have been guided to find cures for various ailments that work well.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 03/05/2020 09:51:00
Essentially and adult can say this:
Although God has not given me direct advice, I have been guided to find cures for various ailments that work well.
People find out what oks for them.
It's not a theological matter.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: CliveG on 04/05/2020 07:04:27
Essentially and adult can say this:
Although God has not given me direct advice, I have been guided to find cures for various ailments that work well.
People find out what oks for them.
It's not a theological matter.

Ordinarily I would agree with you. The cures I found were not main-stream and not even alternative medicine. Finding them was a matter of a series of coincidences, plus some "intuition" that they might work. I did do due diligence and ensure that the "cures" were safe.

Of course, one reason I find cures is that I am very persistent and do not give up easily. You many have noticed that. ;)
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/05/2020 08:48:09
Essentially and adult can say this:
Although God has not given me direct advice, I have been guided to find cures for various ailments that work well.
People find out what oks for them.
It's not a theological matter.

Ordinarily I would agree with you. The cures I found were not main-stream and not even alternative medicine. Finding them was a matter of a series of coincidences, plus some "intuition" that they might work. I did do due diligence and ensure that the "cures" were safe.

Of course, one reason I find cures is that I am very persistent and do not give up easily. You many have noticed that. ;)
Your dedication to the placebo effect, and to avoiding the topic, is noted.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 04/05/2020 13:12:25
Bored Chemist says:Bad news, I'm afraid.
That was the Devil talking to you.
GG: Devil??? Ain't no such thing. The spiritual world consists of God and the various Sons of God which exist within the father. The God of Hitler was the German Son of God collective. NO devil for sure but the collective spirit of the German people. The many Sons of God often oppose God but all they have is control over their own people. In the spiritual world they cannot fight among themselves. However they can cause the living people to kill each other. The German Son of God wanted the Jewish God dead and knew that killing all the Jews would destroy the Jewish God. However the Father God wanted the Jews dead as well since the spirit of Futureman consists of the spirits of the innocent dead. Thus the Father God benefited from the Holocaust.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 04/05/2020 13:38:48
God said “Put a heating pad on your chest”.
which is exactly what your mum would have said.

Quote
There was one in the closet
Did God put it there, or your mum?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Colin2B on 04/05/2020 15:34:55
The spiritual world consists of God and the various Sons of God which exist within the father. The God of Hitler was the German Son of God collective. NO devil for sure but the collective spirit of the German people. The many Sons of God often oppose God but all they have is control over their own people. In the spiritual world they cannot fight among themselves. However they can cause the living people to kill each other. The German Son of God wanted the Jewish God dead and knew that killing all the Jews would destroy the Jewish God. However the Father God wanted the Jews dead as well since the spirit of Futureman consists of the spirits of the innocent dead. Thus the Father God benefited from the Holocaust.
I’m not going to ask whether you are truly serious or one step from an asylum; but I will ask if you’ve read ‘American Gods’.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: jerrygg38 on 05/05/2020 00:54:22
Colin2b asks:I’m not going to ask whether you are truly serious or one step from an asylum; but I will ask if you’ve read ‘American Gods’.
GG: Yes I am serious. No I am not one step from an asylum.No I have not read American Gods.  I just have somewhat unusual spiritual experiences. And I always ask "why me?". Over the years when things got tough, I would try to convince myself that I hallucinated. That would give me a degree of peace. I would study God and the Universe and not pray. Then in a year or two the dreams would return. God would give me more information. This enabled me to contemplate the data without great emotional strain. So I got used to doing this. In 1981 I was quite mad. But as I quit smoking cold turkey, I did this assignment cold turkey. Slowly I learned to be non-emotional about my work.It is not my job to get anyone to believe what I say. I have no interest in saving the world or anyone in particular.  Right now I am back to house painting. That gives me great peace of mind. The most important thing for me right now is staying alive. My doctor said I could live another 10 years and I prefer that as my family needs me. Otherwise I would prefer to go right now.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 08/05/2020 16:36:05
It is fascinating to see all the various misinterpretations of his life. People try so hard to figure him out. They keep trying, missing the mark forever.
 
He didn't die disillusioned. He wasn't expecting God to save him and Israel at the last second, Bart. Before he took off he said the kingdom of heaven is in you. If you believe in me, I Myself through the Spirit will pour out of you. If you believe in me, you will never die.

He came to die as part of a plan formed before the universe began. A plan that was a part of God forever. He always was. He always was for the single purpose of dying.

When you are quite certain you see clearly, you can't see nothing. Blindness is a must if you really want to see. Cohen got it right: Only drowning men can see him. Dylan got it: Have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down all their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon? That's why people freak when they find him. Can't believe he is what he is. Like waking up from a bad dream that won't end. 
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 08/05/2020 21:12:41
Can science prove God exists?

No. Science is about disproof.

Next question, please.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/05/2020 21:20:22
He came to die as part of a plan formed before the universe began. A plan that was a part of God forever. He always was. He always was for the single purpose of dying.
So why did He ask why He had forsaken Himself?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 09/05/2020 06:25:52
It is fascinating to see all the various misinterpretations of his life. People try so hard to figure him out. They keep trying, missing the mark forever.
 
He didn't die disillusioned. He wasn't expecting God to save him and Israel at the last second, Bart. Before he took off he said the kingdom of heaven is in you. If you believe in me, I Myself through the Spirit will pour out of you. If you believe in me, you will never die.

He came to die as part of a plan formed before the universe began. A plan that was a part of God forever. He always was. He always was for the single purpose of dying.

When you are quite certain you see clearly, you can't see nothing. Blindness is a must if you really want to see. Cohen got it right: Only drowning men can see him. Dylan got it: Have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down all their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon? That's why people freak when they find him. Can't believe he is what he is. Like waking up from a bad dream that won't end.

Why was this comment not removed? I have no idea what is permitted and what isn't in this regard. I know that many insulting, nasty, demeaning, degrading, disturbing, aggressively hostile accusations and lies are plastered all over this thread in clear violation of the rule which demands that we not engage in such vitriol. I don't understand why that happens, either, but it is worth a close look.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 09/05/2020 07:30:06
Can science prove God exists?

No. Science is about disproof.

Next question, please.

That is your definition.

In science, at its best, you never know when your postulates, rules, or logical steps will suddenly cease to describe the Universe. You never know when your assumptions will suddenly become invalid. And you never know whether the rules you successfully applied for situations A, B, and C will successfully apply for situation D.

It's a leap of faith to assume that it will, and while these are often good leaps of faith, you cannot prove that these leaps are always valid. If the laws of nature change over time, or behave differently under different conditions, or in different directions or locations, or aren't applicable to the system you're dealing with, your predictions will be wrong. And that's why everything we do in science, no matter how well it gets tested, is always preliminary.

Even in theoretical physics, the most mathematical of all the sciences, our "proofs" aren't on entirely solid ground. If the assumptions we make about the underlying physical theory (or its mathematical structure) no longer apply — if we step outside the theory's range of validity — we'll "prove" something that turns out not to be true. If someone tells you a scientific theory has been proven, you should ask what they mean by that. Normally, they mean "they've convinced themselves that this thing is true," or they have overwhelming evidence that a specific idea is valid over a specific range. But nothing in science can ever truly be proven. It's always subject to revision.
 Ethan Siegel
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 09/05/2020 08:17:31
Can science prove God exists?

No. Science is about disproof.

Next question, please.
You're wrong but most likely not just wild guessing. Remember, they didn't write the New Testament at the Council of Nicea

Misconception:
 This misconception is based on the idea of falsification, philosopher Karl Popper's influential account of scientific justification, which suggests that all science can do is reject, or falsify, hypotheses — that science cannot find evidence that supports one idea over others. Falsification was a popular philosophical doctrine — especially with scientists — but it was soon recognized that falsification wasn't a very complete or accurate picture of how scientific knowledge is built. In science, ideas can never be completely proved or completely disproved. Instead, science accepts or rejects ideas based on supporting and refuting evidence, and may revise those conclusions if warranted by new evidence or perspectives.
 University of California at Berkeley
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 09/05/2020 09:54:09
Interestingly, I graduated at the same ceremony as Popper. Like every philosopher I've ever encountered apart from Russell, he took an idea that everyone else understood, mis-stated it, and claimed his error as a breakthrough.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: duffyd on 09/05/2020 10:30:21
The rules state that CHAT is not a scientific site. Nevertheless, I believe science supports my spiritual point of view. Defining precisely what science is, is up for debate and that is my point. Just because some believe my definition of science is inadequate, doesn't mean they are right.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Bored chemist on 09/05/2020 11:17:24
Remember, they didn't write the New Testament at the Council of Nicea
Well, it exists, it didn't write itself, so someone must have written it.
If not the CoN, then who?

Who do you think wrote the New Testament?
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 09/05/2020 13:15:09
What everyone understands by the scientific method is the recursive process of observe, hypothesise, predict. It isn't about proving anything (in the English sense of the word) but carrying out successive tests (German prufungen) of predictive hypotheses.

The underlying characteristic of the Judaeo-Christian god is that he  moves in a mysterious way (historically, one might say "capricious"), so is not a predictive hypothesis and cannot be subject to scientific scrutiny.

In any case, a god that created the universe can't be subject to the laws of physics, never mind the trick (which many gods have done over the centuries) of impregnating a woman without having a biological presence.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Petrochemicals on 10/05/2020 00:52:33
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Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: Zer0 on 28/02/2021 14:06:26
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Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 01/03/2021 08:27:02
Who do you think wrote the New Testament?
According to this video, it's the same as those who wrote the Old Testament.
Title: Re: Can science prove God exists?
Post by: alancalverd on 01/03/2021 11:29:22
Wow! We get excited when a 10-year-old or a 90 -year-old produces good literature, but to compile the Talmud in Ancient Hebrew and come up with the Latin New Testament 4000 years later shows real dedication to product development. If the same guy wrote the King James and Gutenberg Bibles, hats off in respect, though I think the quality of English has declined in later editions. As he seems to be wearing pyjamas, it seems that the Council of Nicea was actually a Zoom call. Presumably the Koran was written under a pseudonym, like JK Rowling, because it contains a lot of stuff that would otherwise be subject to copyright challenge..