R&S Classic: Does God exist?

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@The Fanged Disaster: lol

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  • I think it's cool the way every 5 minutes I see a new post from you bashing either God or Christianity (but never Judaism; Why is that so suspiciously absent from Yahoo! Answers?). Why such a crazy zeal for tearing down the faith of others?

  • Yes, I believe God does exist.

    Nobody can say for a fact that God does not exist.

    The only thing they can do is point to evidence that they think shows that life could have arose by naturalistic means not requiring any supernatural or divine being.

    But I believe there is more evidence to support the opposite.

    Here is some scientific evidence from what we can see through nature, to back up the idea of a Creator/ Intelligent Designer/ God.

    – From Biology

    If an event, system or object is the product of intelligence, then it will

    1. Be contingent

    2. Be complex

    3. Display an independently specified pattern

    Among the most compelling evidence for design in the realm of biology is the discovery of the digital information inherent in living cells. As it turns out, biological information comprises a complex, non-repeating sequence which is highly specified relative to the functional or communication requirements that they perform. Such similarity explains, in part, Dawkins’ observation that, “The machine code of the genes is uncannily computer-like.” What are we to make of this similarity between informational software—the undisputed product of conscious intelligence—and the informational sequences found in DNA and other important biomolecules?

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    – From Physics

    In physics, the concept of cosmic fine tuning gives further support to the design inference. The concept of cosmic fine tuning relates to a unique property of our universe whereby the physical constants and laws are observed to be balanced on a “razor’s edge” for permitting the emergence of complex life. The degree to which the constants of physics must match precise criteria is such that a number of agnostic scientists have concluded that, indeed, there is some sort of transcendent purpose behind the cosmic arena. British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle writes, “A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question.”

    One example of fine tuning is the rate at which the universe expands. This value must be delicately balanced to a precision of one part in 1055. If the universe expanded too quickly, matter would expand too quickly for the formation of stars, planets and galaxies. If the universe expanded too slowly, the universe would quickly collapse before the formation of stars.

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    – From Cosmology

    With modern discoveries in the field of cosmology, the concept of a definitive beginning of the cosmos has been demonstrated almost beyond question. The Kalam argument states that

    1. Everything which begins to exist has a cause apart from itself.

    2. The universe began to exist.

    3. Therefore, the universe has a cause apart from itself.

    It thus appears from the data that an uncaused first cause exists outside the four dimensions of space and time, which possesses eternal, personal and intelligent qualities in order to possess the capability of intentionally bringing space, matter—and indeed even time itself—into being

    God is:

    * Supernatural in nature (as He exists outside of His creation)

    * Incredibly powerful (to have created all that is known)

    * Eternal (self-existent, as He exists outside of time and space)

    * Omnipresent (He created space and is not limited by it)

    * Timeless and changeless (He created time)

    * Immaterial (because He transcends space)

    * Personal (the impersonal can’t create personality)

    * Necessary (as everything else depends on Him)

    * Infinite and singular (as you cannot have two infinites)

    * Diverse yet has unity (as all multiplicity implies a prior singularity)

    * Intelligent (supremely, to create everything, with order, design, complexity)

    * Purposeful (as He deliberately created everything)

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  • Most of us have a chance to decide if He does, or doesn't.

  • He does....do you?

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