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  1. Nick Soapdish

    Why are you an atheist?

    If you are an atheist, what is the biggest reason?
  2. Nick Soapdish

    Christianity and War

    This was a topic that was brought up in another thread, and it seems there is a common conception that Christians are war mongers and advocate violence. Despite what some war mongers in the past have said and did in the name of Christianity (whether it was sincere or not), I thought I would...
  3. Nick Soapdish

    Freewill compatible with materialism

    Autodidact requested I create this thread so here it is! :D I used to be a materialist and this very topic turned me towards mysticism and spiritualism. If nature determines all things, doesn't that mean we are determined by nature? In a sense we all would be automatons, programmed by...
  4. Nick Soapdish

    God outside of Time

    This topic came up in another thread. How can God exist outside of time? It is a good question, because God is perceived as a mindful, acting entity, and it seems like the passage of time is necessary for "acting" and "thinking". My answer is that God is capable of existing outside of time...
  5. Nick Soapdish

    God of the Gaps

    I have heard the God of the Gaps argument come up several times lately and so I thought it was appropriate to start a new thread on it. First off, the argument can treat the belief in God merely as a means to explain how the physical world works. That is the purpose of science, not theology...
  6. Nick Soapdish

    Heart or Mind

    Where do you think the belief or non-belief in God originates? The heart or the mind?
  7. Nick Soapdish

    Christians: The Joy of Worship

    This has been a challenging year for my family and I. Last December I was diagnosed with colon cancer and in May I went in for surgery to have it removed. There were complications and I was stuck in the hospital for 3 and a half months and went through a total of four major surgeries. One...
  8. Nick Soapdish

    Is a Grand Unified Theory of physics possible?

    I am very skeptical that there can be one. Whether you believe in naturalistic evolution or creation, humans are made to adapt with our environment. We are very proficient at anticipating and predicting how nature behaves around us; this is key to our survival. Our spacial awareness and...
  9. Nick Soapdish

    Intellectual Bankruptcy

    Since the enlightenment, we have seen a fascinating development of Western philosophy. The landscape is dominated by the transition from Christianity to deism, to naturalism, to nihilism, to existentialism, to postmodernism. We are now left in a world where the dominant philosophy tells us the...
  10. Nick Soapdish

    Fundamentalist

    What do you think of when you hear the word "fundamentalist"? There is no doubt that this word has a negative connotation these days and I was curious what people's thoughts are on it. I would consider myself a "fundamentalist" because I believe in the fundamentals of my religion. How does...
  11. Nick Soapdish

    Where did "I" go?

    Hello Everyone. I have been away for a while, but thought I would come back and try to prevoke some interesting debate. :) My argument is basically a criticism against atheism. Not all forms of atheism, but just of the sort that belongs with materialism and naturalism. This form of atheism...
  12. Nick Soapdish

    Universe Alpha

    I live in the foothills of the Catalina mountains in Tucson. I know that the Catalina mountains exist and that they have specific rock formations that exist which are held together by specific EM forces which exist in a specific space-time framework. If we call this Universe, with its spacetime...
  13. Nick Soapdish

    Disembodied Mind

    Suppose we have reverse-engineered the brain with a suffient level of detail to predict the decision a person makes given an exact set of inputs (sensory inputs, memory, etc). Suppose I am given the inputs for a person who is deciding whether to propose to their girlfriend. I then work through...
  14. Nick Soapdish

    Logical empiricism bad?

    In the past 70 years, our fundamental understanding of nature has not improved substantially. This sudden drop off is remarkable considering that during the previous 200 years the progress was spectacular. We have not run out of open areas for discovery. Also, during the past 70 years...
  15. Nick Soapdish

    Christians: Separation of Church and State

    How many Christians believe that there should be a separation of church and state? By this I mean that the government should not have an official religion and that there should be no organizational or financial ties between government entities and churches.
  16. Nick Soapdish

    Superman and Christ (Spoiler Warning)

    As a warning, this post contains some spoilers for the new Superman movie, so skip it if you haven't seen it yet and don't want to have key elements of the plot revealed. I was stunned by the amount of Christian allegory in the new Superman movie. It was far more prevalent and up front and...
  17. Nick Soapdish

    Aslan is on the move!

    Wahooo!!! :woohoo: For those of you that don't know, I am a big C.S. Lewis fan and I am very excited the new Narnia movie. Anyone think it will hold true to the spirit of the book? I always worry if the author is not involved in the production.
  18. Nick Soapdish

    Finite Space and Time

    Does relativity show us that time and space are not infinite? I believe so. If there is no absolute time and space, then it is only meaningful to talk about frames of reference, and what the position of something is relative to something else. Therefore, for space and time to be infinite...
  19. Nick Soapdish

    Is Science Incomplete?

    This subject came up in a different thread and I thought it might be an interesting subject to discuss in more detail, particularly for anyone with an interest in mathematics. Kurt Gödel is generally regarded as the most significant mathematician from the 20th Century. He was a close friend...
  20. Nick Soapdish

    Idealism and War

    A while ago Deut started a thread Anti-Humanism and the Enabling Power of Religious Dogma In this thread he basically asserted that "theology ... enables the sweeping and brutal dismissal of humanity on the basis of virtually nothing". I have been thinking about this...
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