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 Tough Questions for Atheists/Agnostics (24)

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Tough Questions for Atheists/Agnostics

Throughout our lives I think it's important to take time to examine why we believe/disbelieve the things we do.  Too many of us believe/disbelieve things simply because we were taught them growing up and we really haven't taken the time to examine if those beliefs/disbeliefs are based on a strong foundation.  The purpose of this debate is not to pick on atheists/agnostics, it is to get them to examine their beliefs/disbeliefs and to show them things from a different perspective.  So Christians, let us have it.  Stump us with your toughest questions.

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If God does not play a rule in our lives; Then why does a person with barely a scratch dies and somebody with terminal cancer continues to live? Science since is supposed to hold all the answers, it should be able to predict the exact time of death with the same results repeated over and over again. Random events in science do not occur. The same results have to be repeated without error to be fact. Fate is not scientific. God does explain this, not science.

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You seem to have a very distorted idea of what science is. Science is the "systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation."

why does a person with barely a scratch dies and somebody with terminal cancer continues to live

The person with barely a scratch could get an infection. The person with terminal cancer could go into remission. There are a million different factors that can affect the outcomes.

Science is supposed to hold all the answers

No, science is about trying to find the answers. It does not have them all yet, and probably never will. It's a big universe, and we've just barely scratched the surface.

it should be able to predict the exact time of death with the same results repeated over and over again.

There are billions of possible factors that can affect when a person dies. They could get in a car accident, they could have a heart attack, they could be eaten by a bear. Please explain to me how you think science could determine exactly how and when a person will die?

Random events in science do not occur.

Science is the study of events, so they are going to see random events occur all the time.

The same results have to be repeated without error to be fact.

Yes, so what's the problem? I'm not sure what you're getting at. Not everything in science is labeled as fact. Scientists also have many hypothesis, which is just a best guess based on the available information.

Fate is not scientific.

That's correct, science deals with things that are real, and we have no reason to believe that fate is real. Do you have some evidence to show otherwise?

God does explain this, not science

Just because something serves as a possible explanation doesn't make it true. For example, fate could be explained by aliens using mind control to control everything we do, but just because it can explain it doesn't make it true.

If it weren't for science we wouldn't have medicine, cars, computers, the internet, cell phones, or even electricity. Without science we would still be living in the dark ages.

Thewayitis(4071) Disputed
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You seem to have a very distorted idea of what science is. Science is the "systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation."

I don't have a distorted view of science, I see it for what it is. It is those like you that look to science as a way to live immoral lives that have the distorted view. No physical proof has confirmed theories such as Big Bang. In science a fluke cannot exist and be deemed the normal, Where is there another Earth? Only one? How can this be? To be science it has to be observed and it has to based on observation, not speculation. I believe we have found your god, science. Blindly follow it my friend.

There are billions of possible factors that can affect when a person dies. They could get in a car accident, they could have a heart attack, they could be eaten by a bear. Please explain to me how you think science could determine exactly how and when a person will die?

Excuses, nothing more.

Science is the study of events, so they are going to see random events occur all the time.

What random events have been observed twice?

Yes, so what's the problem? I'm not sure what you're getting at. Not everything in science is labeled as fact. Scientists also have many hypothesis, which is just a best guess based on the available information.

Doesn't it have to be true to be fact? What is the origin of the universe?

If it weren't for science we wouldn't have medicine, cars, computers, the Internet, cell phones, or even electricity. Without science we would still be living in the dark ages.

What have you got against candles?

induced(61) Disputed
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"Then why does a person with barely a scratch dies and somebody with terminal cancer continues to live? Science since is supposed to hold all the answers"

there are many variables that influence things like that. if you had all knowledge of every variable, then you would be able to predict everything, but we dont have knowledge of all variables. that doesnt mean science is faulty, it means we dont know all the variables

Thewayitis(4071) Disputed
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there are many variables that influence things like that. if you had all knowledge of every variable, then you would be able to predict everything, but we don't have knowledge of all variables. that doesn't mean science is faulty, it means we don't know all the variables

There are many reasons why I was late to work. There are many variables that you don't know about and because you don't know about them and I'm unable to prove that I was caught in a parallel universe, I can therefore say I wasn't really late because in the other universe I clocked in on time. Because you can't prove me wrong; Does this mean I wasn't late? There are many excuses, but only one set of facts.

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The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is God.

If you say that God doesn't exist, how is this not an admission that you are lying?

Are you not saying, "It is true that there is no such thing as truth!"

It is clearly self defeating to deny God.

Mack(531) Disputed
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God is the supreme and ultimate reality according to Christianity and some other monotheistic religions. It is possible to believe an ultimate reality which is not God.

Saying God doesn't exist is to say that God is not the supreme and ultimate reality, not that there is no ultimate reality.

TzarPepe(763) Disputed
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"when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened."

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LOL christians are either too scared to post one or cant think of any that havent already been answered or arguments we havent already distroyed.