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cbayer

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10. As I said, darkstar, everytime I open a door, I walk into a new room

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 08:19 PM

Jan 2012

And that room always has more doors to be opened.

So I disagree with your premise here.

Once, when I was being particularly arrogant (more than my usual, lol) and sure I was right, someone drew a large circle on a piece of paper. They then asked me if everything that was known by the humans on this planet was contained within that circle, what size circle would I draw inside of it to indicate how much I knew. I realized that even the smallest dot would be too large.

If one extends that circle to include what may exist outside the minds of humans or in places other than this earth, it would be ludicrous for me to even define what I know for certain. Not just ludicrous, but staggeringly narcissistic.

Is there life in places other than this planet? I suspect so and I sure am not going to rule it out.

Has there been evolution of beings far beyond what I can even imagine? I sure can't rule it out.

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GODSQUAD: Science, religion each teach valuable truths [View all] ZombieHorde Jan 2012 OP

yes, reconciling that pesky 'relationship between religion and science' again Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #1

Preacher-man's gotta pay the rent, too! xfundy Jan 2012 #2

This is how I look at it. cbayer Jan 2012 #3

Is that not EXACTLY the God of the Gaps argument? darkstar3 Jan 2012 #4

Call it whatever you want. cbayer Jan 2012 #5

And is your "god" always evolving? skepticscott Jan 2012 #6

I don't know the answer to your questions. cbayer Jan 2012 #7

Have you ruled out the possibility that there being no god whatsoever skepticscott Jan 2012 #13

and the "god" in that new room is smaller and less consequential each time. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #8

As I said, darkstar, everytime I open a door, I walk into a new room cbayer Jan 2012 #10

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." darkstar3 Jan 2012 #11

Swith to insults. So predictable. cbayer Jan 2012 #12

I don't see an insult in the post you responded to. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #14

A switch to victim status skepticscott Jan 2012 #18

I don't know how you read an insult into darkstar's post EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #23

This is how I see it. cbayer Jan 2012 #24

I can only speak for myself edhopper Jan 2012 #25

I wasn't talking about you and haven't seen you do this. cbayer Jan 2012 #26

Well I hope you think about some of the thoughtful response to your posts. edhopper Jan 2012 #27

I do think about some of the thoughtful responses and I appreciate cbayer Jan 2012 #29

There is a safe space. In fact, there are 9 of them. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #28

I don't dislike you and I don't want you to go away. cbayer Jan 2012 #30

This is called God of the Gaps edhopper Jan 2012 #15

I'm not making an argument, you see, so it doens't matter to me whether this is a cbayer Jan 2012 #16

Uh, yes you are skepticscott Jan 2012 #19

I use the term argument as a POV, not a conflict. edhopper Jan 2012 #20

I am constantly rethinking it from a different perspective. cbayer Jan 2012 #21

But can you let go of ideas edhopper Jan 2012 #22

Religion did teach me a lot of things. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2012 #9

hmmm edhopper Jan 2012 #17