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  1. serp777

    Would an artificial human level intelligence debunk Abrahamic theology?

    Not even close to the same thing as a sentient artificial intelligence which would be indistinguishable from a human if you weren't able to see it. The article specifically states: n Modern Hebrew, golem is used to mean "dumb" or "helpless". Similarly, it is often used today as a metaphor for a...
  2. serp777

    Would an artificial human level intelligence debunk Abrahamic theology?

    I didn't say all theologies anywhere. I specifically said the abrahamic faiths. And its not just a presumption with respect to the Abrahamic fiaths. Its kind of laughable that you think that. The bible and the Quran explicitly talk about the soul and that our souls go beyond the physical realm...
  3. serp777

    Why the low bar for evidence of gods?

    THe fallacy here is that you're conflating the facts of reality shared by all in it with your subjective experiences of eating the mango.
  4. serp777

    Why the low bar for evidence of gods?

    The decision is not a binary one at all. This is the false dichotomy fallacy. How about multiple Gods? How about I don't know? How about not a God, but instead something close to a God like a universal super intelligence/ collective consciousness? So your gamble that you're making is a complete...
  5. serp777

    Why Morality cannot come from God

    All of this is a fallacious appeal to things which don't seem to be knowable. People talk about the characteristics of God with such arrogance--like they know anything about God. Its ridiculous really. I mean how do these people know any of it?
  6. serp777

    Why Morality cannot come from God

    It doesn't really matter if you believe you have. Where's your nobel prize and your name written down in history?
  7. serp777

    Would an artificial human level intelligence debunk Abrahamic theology?

    If humanity develops a sentient artifical intelligence, would Abrahamic theology be negated? It seems like to me it would: much of Abrahamic theology is based on the concept of the soul and the fact that humans and consciousness are special, and not entirely physical. I guess you would have...
  8. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    You can't determine that, but there's no evidence that's the case so I have no reason to believe it. Actually that's not the point. I don't doubt the experience itself occured--i'm just denying that the cause was a divine being, and there's certainly no way to prove it. Just because you had an...
  9. serp777

    Evolution of Mind

    This is a shifting of the burden of proof. Its not my job to demonstrate that they're not conscious. I have no reason to believe this is the case. However, despite that, I will say that everything we know that's conscious has a sophisticated brain, and I see no evidence that bacteria or plants...
  10. serp777

    Evolution of Mind

    Yet another ridiculous thread. Plants and bacteria that have consciousness? How are you coming up with this gunk?
  11. serp777

    Why lethal injection for the death penalty and why not let prisoners move up their executions?

    I've never understood why there's this elaborate process for using three drugs to prepare for injecting potassium chloride. My question is why we don't just put a bullet in their heads--its cheaper, less painful, and faster. I mean if the goal is for inmates on death row to suffer with lethal...
  12. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    How is that unreasonable? its my business if its about our shared reality. No see that wasn't the claim. I didn't propose that the world that we experience altogether is an alien experiment or the matrix or a trick from the devil. I was merely suggesting that a specific personal revelation...
  13. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    As soon as your personal experience starts giving you facts about reality, then its no longer personal and applies to others. I have a lot of problems with this. First of all I don't accept that alien experimentation isn't possible in reality. You admit its possible, and then say in reality is...
  14. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    I don't understand what you're saying. My point isn't that id have absolute certainty that it was in fact yahweh or the the person actually had a revelation, but I would consider it strong evidence considering that it seems unlikely that advanced aliens would be able to defy the laws of physics...
  15. serp777

    Problem of Evil Revisited

    I never said there was a court, i was talking about us criticizing and judging them, but a parent would be legally judged if they endangered or abused their children and their children acted out as a result. Being abused is often a legal defense used to grant clemency. There are multiple usages...
  16. serp777

    Things you don't like about Materialism

    I already told you. The current definition of the word materialism is not consistent with modern physics. A definition that is consistent with modern physics and relies on philosophical naturalism is needed.
  17. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    yeah but an advanced alien civilization might be capable of rewiring your brain in an experiment to make you feel the same way. Or it could be that Satan is deceiving you in a long, drawn out plot to get you into hell. You're not explaining how to move past those arguments--you're just saying...
  18. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    if they can't explain it or justify it then there's no reason to believe it. This also doesn't address the fact that a person is, as far as i can tell, unable to prove to themselves that their personal divine revelation wasn't a deception, or trick, or experiment, or delusion.
  19. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    How did you determine that they were angels. Perhaps they were aliens. Also plenty of people say that they have been abducted by little green men, so i'm skeptical.
  20. serp777

    Nobody should believe their alleged divine personal revelations

    A piece of evidence that would support a divine revelation would be something external to that revelation. For instance, if God re arranged the stars to write the message--" I, Yahweh, exist and so and so's revelation is accurate and true, believe him/her". That would be pretty decent evidence...
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