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In light of Wallstreet and our Bank industry today I see it being as much of a dream today. ;) Good joke! :)
Or puffy clouds, less wear and tear. ;)
Everyday I appreciate the joy of living. I walk outside and marvel at the Earth. If this is a gift handed to me, I'll be happy to thank whomever is responsible once I can identify the party in question. Admittedly I have it pretty good by virtue of where I live. I imagine there are locations on...
I think the problem is attributing everyday occurrences, especially unexplainable occurrences, or random events with favorable outcomes to a divine source. I call it the Big Brother Syndrome. ;) Additionally, the debate is who or what do we thank? Are the circumstances that led to our creation...
Realistically, I am against the death penalty because the thought of putting just one innocent person to death based on human bias is distasteful to me.
If I thought a person could be judged accurately and is guilty without doubt of a heinous crime, honestly I am undecided on the issue. Would...
If you want to get an idea of problem with human beings describing the divine, take a quick look at Revelation 21 and a description of a city from heaven made up of jewels and gold. While jewels and gold could be metaphors for the indescribable value of heaven and may have a great impact on...
I don't think anyone is trying to intimidate you, unless intimidation is asking questions, offering divergent views, or expressing a lack of commitment to your way of thinking. Statements like "But be assured, I am not going to hurt you." are condescending, introduces conflict, hindering the...
Thanks for checking. After I was given suggestions not to use certain words in this forum, I checked too. :) There are "unintelligent" applications for the word. As I explained to Quaxotic, my intent in using the word "create" was not to imply intelligence/God. My explanation should be enough...
I understood the tone of your reply and your implication that my secret thoughts on creationism were leaking out. You are incorrect. I consider possibilities, but have made no commitment. Based on our limited knowledge I see no reason to place more certainty on the notion the universe lacks...
Does not mean you are right either. I concede that many of the uses for "create" do imply intelligence, but the word can also be applied to unintelligent applications such as "this machine creates noise". Where no noise existed, when this machine was turned on it caused the noise to come into...
Along with your search for truth, I suggest you also seek humbleness and stop assuming. When magma escapes the Earth's crust, a volcano is created. Is that my attempt to assign intelligence to the event? Either that or you need to work on language comprehension.
Some series of actions occurred (my definition of "something") to create the universe. I did not imply that something was intelligent or at least did not mean to, but it could have been, just as easily as it could be some unintelligent happenstance. I suggest you relax and think more about...
From an observational standpoint, I think it would be hard to tell what is motivating a computer to act in any particular way. Most of this comes from science fiction so I am free thinking. :) Maybe someone with more knowledge of computer sciences could jump in.
For self awareness or at least...
Do scientists know what process and function in the brain gives us or any creature consciousness? There are studies being done to record the memories of the brain. There are people who seem to think that if an electronic imprint of someone's brain could be made and transplanted to a robot brain...
These things are evidence of a force (feel free to call it God) that created the universe and an environment where life can exist. But that is not the problem. I think everyone would agree that "something" created the universe. The problem is when humans start attributing characteristics to this...