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34. No, it's just chemicals dancing to Darwin. Trickier, but still easily delt with...

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 08:58 AM

Oct 2013

Trickier, but still easily delt with, is the philisophical question of whether god is necessary to give ethical decisions objective meaning. Sadly, for the theist at any rate, unless you are stipuating the possibility of human existance extending beyond the death of our species or the heat death of the universe, the answer remains that god is unnecessary.

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Is the ability to love proof we were created by God? [View all] Johnny Ready Oct 2013 OP

No. Scuba Oct 2013 #1

That implies a moral offense. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #36

No Shivering Jemmy Oct 2013 #2

well, in the sense that everything is chemical, but it's a little more complex than that. cali Oct 2013 #9

Let me put it this way Shivering Jemmy Oct 2013 #15

I disagree on both points. cali Oct 2013 #31

Yes. I believe that art Shivering Jemmy Oct 2013 #33

a chacun son gout cali Oct 2013 #49

No ismnotwasm Oct 2013 #3

I always wondered why so many people try to "prove" their faith MissMillie Oct 2013 #22

Its all evolution my friend madokie Oct 2013 #4

No. (and amoebas never did develop love or hate) cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #5

no, it's not. it's not even evidence. cali Oct 2013 #6

No Ohio Joe Oct 2013 #7

a bit more likely whatthehey Oct 2013 #8

No. Sedona Oct 2013 #10

that's just silly RussBLib Oct 2013 #11

+1 - riddles are "proof of God". The logic closeupready Oct 2013 #45

I used to think our sense of justice meant that we were somehow "created" by something, but ... LisaLynne Oct 2013 #12

It *strongly* suggests that one was created by the other cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #13

Duck Dynasty should be accepted as proof that there is no God Orrex Oct 2013 #14

Or Sarah Palin. Or candy corn. randome Oct 2013 #16

I formallly rebuke your anti-candy corn bigotry. Orrex Oct 2013 #18

Lewis Black agrees with me. With company like that, your POV loses. Sorry. randome Oct 2013 #32

Zealot! Orrex Oct 2013 #41

Pleasure and Pain seveneyes Oct 2013 #17

Would the inverse mean people w/o the ability to love WEREN'T "created by God" ? Myrina Oct 2013 #19

As much as the ability to smite is proof that we were created by God. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #20

It's something I think about quite a bit as well. EOTE Oct 2013 #21

Did they close the religion group? Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #23

It will likely be locked. pintobean Oct 2013 #26

That's not the case of late at all, religion threads are common in GD 'I love this Pope' Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #37

Yep cordelia Oct 2013 #39

I think it goes both ways these days el_bryanto Oct 2013 #43

+1000000. closeupready Oct 2013 #44

Why do fish swim in schools? (this is a relevant question) JoePhilly Oct 2013 #24

No. All it proves is that we have the ability to love. n/t winter is coming Oct 2013 #25

Nope. Elephants love too. They don't have a god. nt dorkzilla Oct 2013 #27

I dunno. But if I were to choose a god, love would be her. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #28

I don't think there can ever really be any proof that there is a God. sibelian Oct 2013 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2013 #30

No, it's just chemicals dancing to Darwin. Trickier, but still easily delt with... Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #34

What makes you think an amoeba has emotion? Oh and, No. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #35

A better question may be: What is it that causes us to love? RadiationTherapy Oct 2013 #38

It's proof agent46 Oct 2013 #40

That's just really dumb, sorry. Equally proof of Athena, Goddess of closeupready Oct 2013 #42

Short list: War, Wisdom and Justice Marrah_G Oct 2013 #46

LOL snooper2 Oct 2013 #47

Locking. Union Scribe Oct 2013 #48