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  1. osgart

    What tools or mediums does God use to create the universe?

    I know fundamentalists say it is merely spoken into existence. How can anyone arrive at this conclusion? If you believe in God then surely God would necessarily have methods of creating the universe? Simply declaring God created the universe invites all kinds of questions as to the...
  2. osgart

    Are there consequences for refusing Islam, and any other religion who holds consequences over humani

    Feel free to inform the non believers of the consequences. It's great to know where everyone is coming from.:):tophat: No ad hominems please.
  3. osgart

    No topics, no issues, just a thread for aimless meanderings

    Whew! With all the intense issues in the world, I took this space to breathe.
  4. osgart

    What are the attributes of a worthy God?

    What would make God worthy of admiration and praise? What would make God worthy of worship? And if you have no God, or many Gods feel free to answer. I have nothing to debate myself, but I thought a debate forum would be the best way to explore the reasons people find a God worthy, or unworthy.
  5. osgart

    Just Curious: What is the logical and scientific basis for accepting physicalism/materialism is fact

    I often here physicalism and materialism asserted as being fact. However I never hear that point of view explained or expounded upon. Is this conviction assumed to be true based on subjective or objective senses and experiences? Is it rigorously tested? Can it be falsified as an hypothesis...
  6. osgart

    Using he or she in sentences is politically incorrect

    Why should I care? I've used he and she all my life. It's perfectly natural.
  7. osgart

    Goals and Purposes in creation

    Does humanity exhibit goals and purposes? or Are humans mindlessly made with every function of a human being is arbitrary and signifying nothing? How do you justify your position? Some very reasonable people consider the idea that meaning and purpose is apart of the universe. That somehow life...
  8. osgart

    What does your religion say about how believers should get along with non believers?

    I just want to see where people stand on this matter. We all have to live in the same world and society. So it's very important to have the best society possible, and obviously that means that believers will always have to find the best way to get along with non believers, and vice versa.
  9. osgart

    How does one test their own religion?

    Is religion falsifiable? Can we apply the scientific method to religion? Who here approaches religion from the ground up assuming nothing yet entertains existence as a mystery that requires some kind of spirituality and possibly a creative aspect requiring agency? People invest their own...
  10. osgart

    It's Bad News.

    The Truth went up for sale, and nobody is buying. They found other things to do.
  11. osgart

    Is physicality all that exists? Are there intrinsic properties to the physical?

    How do you know that what's physical is all that exists? Intrinsic properties are the properties that have an aboutness to them. Is physicality an emergent property of a deeper existence? How do you know what you know being a physicalist/materialist?
  12. osgart

    What is hate?

    Do people feel justified in hating? Is it that people don't live up to one's standards? Or is it entirely without cause? Is there no peace with hate? Is it the other side of love? Who hates?
  13. osgart

    The Inescapable language of the mind

    The mind is made to know and remember. The mind is made to think and figure out things to do. The mind works with ideas. The body is built to use the environment. The mind is made to interpret and understand things for now and future reference. We build our future off of our past remembrances...
  14. osgart

    Do all lives matter?

    Is there worth or potential for worth in every human being? If Other, please explain!
  15. osgart

    A, B, C or X, Y, Z

    Do religious people want to know the ending before they begin the journey? Science is like A, B, C Religion rushes onto X, Y, Z and skips the rest of the steps. Is religion impulsive about ultimate questions and thus prone to presumption, and assumption? How many people go right for the...
  16. osgart

    What evidence out there crushes religious faith?

    And the objections to those evidences? Soul, spirit, God in the general sense, and underlying conscious reality in the general sense. Just curious! I'm not after a specific religion. So nothing about specific religions. Proofs will suffice too! Stick to objective facts, and inferences!
  17. osgart

    Morality for self sake or morality for the sake of others

    Which is better?
  18. osgart

    Holding an Atom in place!

    Quantum physicists "hold" individual atoms in place for first time What are the implications of this achievement? How revolutionary is this? And what do you foresee coming from this?
  19. osgart

    Do you consider RF .....

    Friendly, Weighty, A fun place, A battleground of issues, A place to grow, A place for those who wish to ridicule, A human experiment, Mostly secular members, Mostly religious members, A safe place for discussion, Not for the faint of heart, Everything listed, Nothing I listed, Or something else?
  20. osgart

    Infinitesimal possibility

    Infinitesimal possibility occuring in a universe that is 10>82 billion numbers of atoms in the observable universe. The possibility of a single cell forming in its exact sequence to function? Suppose you have an infinitesimal amount of possibilities occuring each second over 5 billion years...
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