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Originally Posted by Morrigoon
And THAT's how you can believe in God and science at the same time. Science is our poor alligator brain understanding of how things are, but there's a lot more to it that science has not discovered yet, and some things we may never will (like why socks disappear in the wash, LOL), but in all of it, I can credit God with coming up with it in the first place.
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So, it would seem to me, you've just defined god as ignorance. The benefit of that, I guess, is that every time we learn something new, god is diminished.
But (and we're moving into theological discussions that we've had many times before) if the issue of regression discredits science, I'm not sure why it doesn't discredit god as well.
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I've said before I really don't care what other people believe, regardless of how odd it may seem to me, so long as they aren't trying to force me to believe it too.
If you say "I pray for people's health because it makes me feel better" then I can't argue against it. I don't understand why it would but it's no skin off my nose.
If you say "I pray for people's health because I believe it makes them better" then in a discussion forum I'll be interested in examining the implications of such a belief since if accurate it would have observable impacts. The underlying belief, is still no skin off my nose.
If you say "I believe prayer makes others better so you're a bad person if you don't pray for them" then it is now some skin off my nose.
And if you say "I believe prayer makes others better but there is only one correct way to pray and therefore people should be prevented from praying in any other" then a lot of skin has come off my nose.
And if you say "Please let me go talk to your grandmother about this cancer cure I've discovered where you stick a lit candle in your ear" then I'm going to lock you out of the house.