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Do you believe in God?

Koldo

Outstanding Member
OK, whatever it is your culture uses to figure this stuff out.

Your worldview, if that makes you feel better.

Do you not have a worldview?

Surely, your culture has something resembling religion to tell you that slavery is wrong.

Surely it does. How does that relate to philosophy?
 
The Greek philosopher Aristotle developed a new justification for slavery: the notion of the "natural slave." Slaves, in his view, lacked the higher qualities of the soul necessary for freedom.


@Koldo

It seems to me that what you call philosophy is a step backwards from what you call common sense.

Common sense moved us forward, while philosophy held us back.

The world could use more common sense.
 
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danieldemol

Veteran Member
Premium Member
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I say, be careful what you wish for.

This is what can happen when you mix religion with logic.

Questions of Idolatry and religious extremism arise.

At least they do if you are Edward Nelson, anyway.

Mathematics and Religion​

Roundtable discussion with Dominic Balestra, Loren Graham, Edward Nelson, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and Max Tegmark.


Transcript: http://philoctetes.org/documents/Mathematics_and_Religion.pdf

Mathematics and Faith
by Edward Nelson
Department of Mathematics Princeton University


Confessions of an Apostate Mathematician
by Edward Nelson
Department of Mathematics Princeton University


Predicative Arithmetic
by Edward Nelson


The Ultra-Finitism of Edward Nelson is pretty specific.

He puts the ancient pythagoreans to shame.

But at least he doesn’t toss his fellow mathematicians into the drink for the sin of irrationality.
Was any of these links your proof of God or did you just refer to it as Ultrafinitism but not link to it?
 
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RestlessSoul

Well-Known Member
You are assuming that something formed the early universe. Assuming your conclusion is illogical in my view. It may have been formed or it may have simply been there for all time.


No, you are the one assuming that. In answer to the question, “Where do natural laws come from?, you replied “From the formation of the early universe, according to my understanding.” Are you now saying that the universe is governed by laws which have always been there? Laws impose order, and have a set of guiding principles, what order and what principles govern the universe?
 

RestlessSoul

Well-Known Member
It's natural, but not reasonable in my view.
If you think it is reasonable please provide reliable evidence for God which follows the principles of sound reason.
Thanks in advance.


If you think it is reasonable to believe that a universe governed by observable laws unfolded randomly and rushes aimlessly nowhere, please provide your reasoned argument.
 

danieldemol

Veteran Member
Premium Member
No, you are the one assuming that. In answer to the question, “Where do natural laws come from?, you replied “From the formation of the early universe, according to my understanding.” Are you now saying that the universe is governed by laws which have always been there? Laws impose order, and have a set of guiding principles, what order and what principles govern the universe?
Thank you for spotting that I was not sufficiently clear.

Basically according to my understanding we only know about the universe from 10^-28 seconds onwards if I have understood this link correctly;

'Scientists aren’t sure what came before inflation or what powered it.'

Source: the NASA link in this reply.

So what I'm clumsily trying to say is that the laws of physics probably came about during the early period of inflation (that scientists know about)

Spice seemed to be saying something formed the state the universe was in before the expansion and I was trying to point out that was assuming her conclusion since we don't know what came before the inflation or what powered it.

As to your question about the laws of the universe being eternal;

'The laws of physics must have been different at the start of the universe than they are now, according to a mind-bending study conducted by University of Florida astronomers, which provides clues to why stars, planets and life itself managed to form in the universe.'

Source: The laws of physics used to be different, which may explain why you exist.

Hope that clarifies what I was trying to say. I have covid at the moment and my thoughts tend to be a little scatterbrained at the best of times.
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Belief in God could stem from logical reasoning. Philosophical argumentation. Religions and scriptures are not absolutely necessary. I believe people should go to fundamentals rather than banking on peripherals to kill God. I think that's exactly what Nietzsche said being an Atheist with nihilistic tendencies.
What do you say??
I have found no philosophical or scientific reason for existence of God. That is why I am an atheist.
Even my scriptures (more than 2000 years old), Samkhya, Vaisheshika, Poorva Mimamsa or Advaita Hinduism do not believe in a personal God.
Yeah, come to fundamentals and try to prove your case.
 

RestlessSoul

Well-Known Member
Exactly. And the probability of any is very, very, low.

But if a huge multitude of micro states give an identical macro state, then the probability of that macro state emerging is very, very, high.

How high is the probability of a billion grains of sand being randomly arranged in such a way as to yield a sandy beach? Compare that with the probability of all the matter and energy in the universe being randomly arranged in such a state as to initiate the Big Bang.
 
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mikkel_the_dane

My own religion
I have found no philosophical or scientific reason for existence of God. That is why I am an atheist.
Even my scriptures (more than 2000 years old), Samkhya, Vaisheshika, Poorva Mimamsa or Advaita Hinduism do not believe in a personal God.
Yeah, come to fundamentals and try to prove your case.

Yeah, your scriptures are special as they are not even that. They are hard physical objective facts and not subjective like any other worldview.
That is how speical a scammer you are. ;)
 
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