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Does science prove the existence of god?

The Voice of Reason

The Voice of Reason

Doctor of Thinkology
Truthsayer said:
Why is this question still being asked? In my own understanding, all creation was born of a concept. All that we consider to be "realty" was born fr someone's imagination. Matter follows thought so to speak. Before the artist can create the painting, sculpture, song, book, etc..., it must first be in his mind as an "idea". If it can be imagined, then it is possible. We put a man on the moon, remember? an "impossibility" 200 years ago, but because someone thought of it as being possible, it happened! If God absolutely did not exist, then neither would the concept of Him.
How can one be so blind as to ask the question then not believe the answer?
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You are confusing accomplishments achieved by man's efforts based in science (i.e. putting a man on the moon) with a philosophical question that has no basis in our natural world.

If you think that the existence of an idea establishes the existence of an entity, perhaps you could explain the absence of gryphons, unicorns, and winged horses such as Pegasus?

If you can't provide us with fossils of such creatures, maybe you could expound on where Valhalla actually is, and give us some insight into the thoughts of Odin, Thor, and the rest of their ilk?

Nothing exists solely because we can conceive of it. You are assuming a causal relationship between conception and existence.
 
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Autodidact

Autodidact

Intentionally Blank
Truthsayer said:
If God absolutely did not exist, then neither would the concept of Him.
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Why do people even say things like this that, on a moment's thought, are clearly ridiculous? Can you not think of any concepts that exist independent of what they are about? Like say, every fictional character, pagan deity, or mythological creature? The concept of a unicorn exists--does that mean that unicorns exist?
 
Storm

Storm

ThrUU the Looking Glass
Autodidact said:
Why do people even say things like this that, on a moment's thought, are clearly ridiculous? Can you not think of any concepts that exist independent of what they are about? Like say, every fictional character, pagan deity, or mythological creature? The concept of a unicorn exists--does that mean that unicorns exist?
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In a way they do. :p
 
Autodidact

Autodidact

Intentionally Blank
Yes, and that's all we conclude from the existence of a concept--that the concept itself exists, or that thing it is a concept of exists in the imagination. Nothing else.
 
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