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MarkCharles

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13. Did you ever think that a belief in a god is just maybe a...

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 03:03 AM

Jan 2012

mis-programmed sector of the human brain that insists upon going against the 7 billion times a hundred billion billion reasons why no god could possibly oversee the workings of one's own brain?

I have to admit, (not being Mitt Romney nor Warren Buffet, myself) that it's kind of hard to count all the way to a billion in the first place.

If I tried to count to a billion, saying two numbers a second for as many seconds as it would take to get to a billion, let's see, that's

about 16 years going 24 hours a day, without sleep. or 24 years at 16 hours a day, sleeping and eating 8 hours a day, and that's only to ONE billion, another three or four billion would make me 90 years old, if I had started counting from birth. How much time does any god have to spend with one planet out of 160 billion of them, let alone one human being out of 7 billion of them?

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100 billion stars in our own galaxy, 160-500 billion planets and we want to think a god.. [View all] MarkCharles Jan 2012 OP

In case you didn't believe me about this guy's science, and ability to address religious .. MarkCharles Jan 2012 #1

Not to play Devil's advocate, but n2doc Jan 2012 #2

Any concept of God who is limited to us Thats my opinion Jan 2012 #3

Looking after each of 2 billion out of 7 billion live humans on 1 of 160 Billion Billion planets is MarkCharles Jan 2012 #4

Just an idea tama Jan 2012 #5

"I CANNOT understand" it, therefore, it does not exist. humblebum Jan 2012 #10

I read it tama Jan 2012 #12

Did you ever think that a belief in a god is just maybe a... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #13

That of course would depend upon the qualities that you have ascribed to your god. humblebum Jan 2012 #14

Let's see, a god that cannot count to a billion, and created MarkCharles Jan 2012 #15

How about a God that is bigger than what you have the capacity to ponder or imagine. humblebum Jan 2012 #16

"a God that is bigger than what you have the capacity to ponder or imagine"? then... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #17

"Only humans have the desire or capacity to worship a god," and you know this how? Do humblebum Jan 2012 #20

I'm willing to look at any evidence you have to the contrary, but, I'm... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #21

No. What I am saying is just as you claim that deity arises from the mind of man, the bottom line humblebum Jan 2012 #22

A dodge of the second challenge, NICELY DONE! MarkCharles Jan 2012 #23

Less zeros tama Jan 2012 #31

And that proves what? In no way does that conflict with a belief in God. humblebum Jan 2012 #32

Does it ever occur to you that "other ways of knowing" is just bullshit mr blur Jan 2012 #33

Mr Blur, For The Win!!! cleanhippie Jan 2012 #34

You don't even have a clue. All blather. nt humblebum Jan 2012 #35

So why not give us a clue, Enlightened One? mr blur Jan 2012 #36

Other "ways of knowing" has been discussed ad nauseum and humblebum Jan 2012 #37

Would you be tama Jan 2012 #30

And this conflicts with belief in a deity how? nt humblebum Jan 2012 #6

"Conflicts"? No science is not in CONFLICT with anything MarkCharles Jan 2012 #18

I give up. You're the one who says he can't be taught anything new, so humblebum Jan 2012 #19

As a non-believer, I don't need to answer questions like that. But... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #24

Yes, in fact you do need to answer if you claim objective proof. I don't claim humblebum Jan 2012 #25

Do I need to answer questions about the Easter Bunny, too? Because... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #26

"something that should be obvious to any true believer." - no one humblebum Jan 2012 #27

I know that I know NOTHING! but YOU have "other ways of knowing" that MarkCharles Jan 2012 #28

"YOUR knowledge is better than anyone else's. I've seen you state this over and over." Show humblebum Jan 2012 #29

But he/she likes us best because Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #7

When I was very worried about our future tama Jan 2012 #8

That's 20 to 70 planets for every person on this planet pokerfan Jan 2012 #9

If anything, this supports the LDS belief that men can become the god of their own planet. laconicsax Jan 2012 #11