What makes you believe that a being who (on your opinion) has no substantial (literally insubstantial) yet has infinate power (meaning you cannot exist) actually exists outside your own mind?
Nothing comes from nothing, so logically, something created matter. Then you have the organization of that matter which itself speaks volumes about the organisational ability of what created it. Where is it written in the annals of science that humans understand the origins of anything....atoms, molecules, the universe or life itself in its myriad forms? If there are "natural laws" at work, who made those laws? Can laws, organization and information contained in codes that shape every living organism, just come out of nowhere? Is it all just an amazing fluke? This remains a mystery.....
Out of that 'mystery' comes a million different opinions about how it all came about....and all are free to come to their own conclusions. You have and so have I.
The bible is a bronze age book, not a physics book. It is ok for reference in matters of faith, not good in matters of fact, reality, cosmology etc
Oh please...every time I hear that description "Bronze Age" applied to the Bible, I see someone trying to discredit a work that has transcended every age and is still as valid in its message as it was when it was written. It is a book about human nature, which never changes and man's relationship with God, which is in a constant state of flux, depending on the trends of the time. Humans are incredibly predictable.....the Bible speaks about how many unbelievers there would be in this time period. The law of "Cause and Effect" is at work. The more humans imagine the level of their own intelligence to be...the less they need God.
The Bible (though not religion) stands up to scrutiny in every way....why do you think it doesn't?
It does not disagree with what science can prove.....it disagrees with much of what science "assumes".
Science cannot disprove the Bible, or God's existence, but it can have a difference of opinion. We choose our own opinion for our own reasons.
Bad example...Wind is variation in air pressure, observable and measurable
I believe that I mentioned that.
Measuring the power of a myth is more difficult however science has calculated that the amount of energy (sum of all positive energy minus the sum of all negative energy) amounts to zero.
Actually you dont see past reality, you see with your imagination
The Universe, our solar system, our unique planet, so different to all the others as the only one that supports life, is not a figment of my imagination. With that reality in mind, logic tells me that the incredible design in living things and in the interaction of so many complex, though compatible systems all working in harmony in a perfectly functioning ecology, tells me that a series of millions of fortunate accidents is not responsible for everything I see. You are free to come to your own conclusions.
Misnomer, the heart is a muscle, nothing more. It cannot think
The heart is much more than a mere pump for the circulatory system. It is the very seat of human emotion and has been for as long as I can remember. Our heart is in turn affected by our emotions.....people can actually die of a broken heart.
Nope, the reason for the gap is some believe objectivity and some believe subjectivity is the key to understanding. It does of course depend on what one wants to understand. Reality that is happening right now and has happened from the beginning or the imagination of bronze age goat herders. (Please dont misrepresent that last phrase, everyone of some substance owned goats)...
There it is again....the "Bronze Age" included the Egyptians, one of the most accomplished civilisations in history.
That is a derogatory description used by critics to discredit the Bible writers. Tell me who the goat herders were? Many of the Bible writers were not goat herders at all. Some were Kings who had well educated scribes. Jews were not uneducated. But by the time of Jesus' arrival on the scene, the educated ones had elevated themselves out of contention to be attracted to his ministry. History repeats.
