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What an ignorant human being, you know there is a reason why I don't invoke modern cosmology in order to try and show that the Universe began to exist, its because I respect it as a discipline. I wonder why Tyson thinks he can paint a brush all over natural theology when in reality his comment...

Here are the key contentions that I think jdennis is bringing up: 1) The Universe is Necessarily existent because time began with the Universe - It does not seem clear at all for why time has any relationship to the necessity of the Universe, for it is quite conceivable for the Universe to not...

Keep in mind that jdennis has not actually presented an affirmative case for atheism, it has always been the theist who is presenting arguments. So there is no 'both ways', rather there is evidence in only 1 direction, theism.

In both these statements you claim that since time began when the Universe began, then this entails somehow that the Universe cannot not exist. If we take temporal becoming to be real, then you must show the 2 premises are related. In both these statements you make the claim that since one...

Additional arguments for the contingency of the Universe - If the Universe were metaphysically Necessary, then such a Universe cannot possess any accidental properties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accident_(philosophy) - For if it were to possess accidental properties, it would require a...

Further arguments that the cause of the Universe must have a Will (I assure you that most critics of the argument from Causation do not deny that the cause of the Universe, if there was one, would be God, rather they draw their attention to the first premise or to theories of time) - If the...

You claim is that since time began therefore the Universe is necessary, this is not true, since because the Universe began, it actually came into existence. What you are postulating (though you do not know it) is what some people have called a 'B-theory of time', in that time is merely an...

But that is equivocating the word triangle here, triangle when it is meant in a Euclidean sense, has angle addition to 180 degrees. Sure when you look at Spherical geometry a 'triangle' has greater than 180 angle addition, but that is trivial. But again, if you don't want to take shape...

The issue comes here with vocabulary Every single thing, whether existent or non-existent can be classified into 3 categories: - Impossibile - Contingent - Necessary What is impossible cannot ever exist, for example, square circles, married bachelors, and a place north of the north pole What...

Assumptions: 1) The truth of a syllogism 2) The reality of time \\ $Argument from the beginning of the Universe$ \\ $1 - Everything that begins to exist has a cause$ \\ $2- The Universe began to exist$ \\ $3 - Thus the Universe has a cause (1,2)$ \\ $4 - If the Universe has a cause...

lmao

Re: HSC 2014 4U Marathon - Advanced Level Yea it is, my bad

http://seekersguidance.org/ans-blog/2012/01/01/the-problem-of-evil-and-a-summarized-islamic-response/

You are clearly claiming that there is a flaw in the concept of a Christian God, you must provide proof from the Christian's theological texts, not from a lay exegesis of the Bible I am not even Christian yet I respect that there is a vast tradition behind Christian theology, and for someone to...

Re: HSC 2014 4U Marathon - Advanced Level Nice proof! Here is mine: \\ $Consider the prime factorisation of$ \ n \ $so let$ \ n = p_1 p_2 \dots p_m \ $where$ m \ $is the number of prime factors including duplicates$ \\ \\ $The sum of divisors is given by$ \ \binom{m}{0} + \binom{m}{1} + \dots...

Re: HSC 2014 4U Marathon - Advanced Level Here is a good question: \\ $Let$ \ f(n) \ $be the average of all positive divisors of positive integer$ \ n \\ \\ $Show that$ \ f(n) \geq \sqrt{n}

If you really did only want to look at the Christian God, and why it just 'doesn't fit' why did you say all this in response to the question "Does God Exist?" (which were the very first words of yours in this thread) and then after that you said 'substitute any other god' etc. Lets look at...

In fact I deny you that, if you really had knowledge of who the Christian God is, you would not be forwarding such a pitiful argument I do not need to prove explicitly what this 'sufficient reason' is. Since my statement, "God may have morally sufficient reasons to allow for suffering" is a...

So you and other people understand that the arguments you presented are garbage If you want me to tone down the rhetoric, I can. The thing is, you are not actually responding to anything and simply repeating your statements (prove that God is all-Knowing!) and ignoring my arguments for my...