Intelligent Design is not creationism

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Quote from Veyron 16.4:

The only thing that can possibly explain the known universe and its potential for and exhibition of, intelligence through mankind, is the absolute existence of a Creator with extensibility both within and without our physical frame of reference. There can be no other answer.

So, you see, using some very basic math an some common sense and intellectual honesty, one can show the logical proofs for the existence of God.


Quote from OPTIONAL777:

So could monkeys fly out of your butt...

Sorry, but I fail to see the logical connection between the two statements.

Can you redirect?
 
Quote from Veyron 16.4:

Logically inconsistent, for the reasons just given above.

The Universe is most definitely not infinite, basic physics 101. The proponents; Bondi, Gold and most notably Boyle in the mid 1940's, were simply proven wrong first by Einstein and then later confirmed by Hubble, with his proof of the existence of low level cosmic radiation. A derivation on the physics that explains this truth should be well understood by the eighth grade - if not most assuredly by the 11th, in most school systems throughout the U.S.

So, that brings us back to my proffer above. Still, unbreakable.

Wow.

Fred Hoyle, not Boyle.

Einstein's "Cosmological Constant" was added to G.R. to support "Steady State". Not until Hubble's Law in 1929 (distance and recession velocity) did Einstein dispose of his CC addition to G.R.

Penzias and Wilson discovered CMB radiation in 1964.
 
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On the second premise of "I don't think there is any absolute truth in the physical world," I'll wait for the other respondent to give his answer before I demonstrate why this is a serious problem for the Atheist, on more than one level. [/B]
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If you had said "no," absolute truth does not exist (as so many Atheists and Evolutionists do when asked), then that statement alone would have been enough to end the debate, as you would have clearly demonstrated a strong propensity towards circular logic. Using an "absolute" to rule out an "absolute" is by its very definition, circular and therefore eliminates one from having the intellectual capacity to argue on a broader scale about the source and origin of the Universe.

On what other levels is that a problem?
 
Quote from Veyron 16.4:

If you had said "yes," absolute true does exist (without the slick qualifiers of 'in mathematics' or 'in nature' etc.) absolutely, then you would have been correct in your assessment and bound to answer the follow-up question of:

Where does absolute truth obtain its source and origin?"

Following the well established universal constant that for every effect, there must be an associated causality within the known universe, one has to also conclude that there can be no cause without a preceding effectual outcome. This if a thing within our known universe exists, there must a point of instantiation for said thing. Forward, therefore, if absolute truth exists, then it must also have a point of instantiation, source and/or origin.

The logic is unbreakable, but I don't mind a healthy (on the merits) debate with anyone who thinks they can. :)

Wow!
 
Veyron 16, this thread is advanced for me but you use easy math for your proof of god. So is N=god what you are saying?
If that is what you are saying than here is my question.
You say 0+0=0 , and that is true.
To have a cause for the universe, nothing + nothing = nothing, so nothing + __?__ have to be greater than 0 to be proof of cause (something). So people ask what cause the universe, and answer the big bang. Then people ask what cause the big bang, and answer colliding membranes, and what cause colliding membranes.... and keep asking what cause everything before that. So you want the answer to N. You say N have to be creator because
We know 0+0=0
You say 0+N>0 So you are limit god (N) to be >0
But then you say god have no limits. Hmm?
So if god has no limit, then god is not 0+N>0
God with no limit would be: 0+N>0 IF N>0<0>0 something like that I think.
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Quote from Veyron 16.4:

Stu, not really.

What was asked was: "Does absolute truth exist." What was given as an answer was: "In mathematics" and "In nature."

Remaining intellectually honest, those were qualified answers and not absolute answers. The question itself defines that boundaries within which the answer is either qualified or unqualified. The answers given required precedent. An absolute answer would have by definition required dependency. So, logically, "in mathematics" and "in nature," cannot possibly be an answer for "what is absolute truth." This is not merely splitting hairs. This is a straight forward logical assessment of the facts as they were/are.

The answer to the question was a very important one for the reasons I have outlined above in my second to last post.

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Goodness me Veyron. How can you make so much inconsistency and illogical mistake without checking yourself?
Look, here is the way it appears to shape (or rather doesn't shape) up.

You asked the question "Does Absolute Truth Exist?"
It is fair to say absolute truth exists and is demonstrated in math nature and existence.

You seem to agree to absolute truth, which you asked of 'does it exist' , is in math and nature, and agree outright to the absolute truth of Existence.

You seem to have no logical conflict with Existence but for no logical reason yet made, you do with Math and Nature?
Would you like to have another go at trying to explain why that is so? And please if you do, could you keep it concise.

Let me just say, if your intention was that to in some way prove by asking "Does absolute truth exist." that God was to be the only "absolute truth", even though there is no verifying evidence whatsoever of God, quite unlike there is of the absolute truth of Math, Nature and Existence, it’s not really going to happen - is it!

As for your "no wiggle room logical proof" of [0+0]+N = God thing or whatever it is, you cannot arbitrarily attach God to the symbol N and say math proves the existence of God. You may well be able to do that at the laughingly named "Discovery Institute" but not in any formal math exercise.

Your 'unbreakable logic' as you call it breaks itself into bits. In reality nothing to do with logic, but comes across as a question begging self defeating set of assumptions supported on no more than an egocentric self conviction that you are right.


There is no math, there is no science, there is no logical argument in or for Intelligent Design and Creationism. There never has been.
Trying to use math or logic to prove what is essentially the emotional desire for a Creator/Intelligent Design/Creationism isn't going to work.

No offense intended.
 
"could you keep it concise."

I'd be glad to keep it concise...

Let me guess, your parents were bloody authoritarian types...

LOL!

Hey Mr. Black Pot:

"but comes across as a question begging self defeating set of assumptions supported on no more than an egocentric self conviction that you are right.

I wonder if you have any idea how much egocentric self conviction that you are right comes flooding through your posts...

Classic, just classic.

Damn good show man, damn good show...

Always good for a laugh dude, always...

Quote from stu:

Goodness me Veyron. How can you make so much inconsistency and illogical mistake without checking yourself?
Look, here is the way it appears to shape (or rather doesn't shape) up.

You asked the question "Does Absolute Truth Exist?"
It is fair to say absolute truth exists and is demonstrated in math nature and existence.

You seem to agree to absolute truth, which you asked of 'does it exist' , is in math and nature, and agree outright to the absolute truth of Existence.

You seem to have no logical conflict with Existence but for no logical reason yet made, you do with Math and Nature?
Would you like to have another go at trying to explain why that is so? And please if you do, could you keep it concise.

Let me just say, if your intention was that to in some way prove by asking "Does absolute truth exist." that God was to be the only "absolute truth", even though there is no verifying evidence whatsoever of God, quite unlike there is of the absolute truth of Math, Nature and Existence, it’s not really going to happen - is it!

As for your "no wiggle room logical proof" of [0+0]+N = God thing or whatever it is, you cannot arbitrarily attach God to the symbol N and say math proves the existence of God. You may well be able to do that at the laughingly named "Discovery Institute" but not in any formal math exercise.

Your 'unbreakable logic' as you call it breaks itself into bits. In reality nothing to do with logic, but comes across as a question begging self defeating set of assumptions supported on no more than an egocentric self conviction that you are right.


There is no math, there is no science, there is no logical argument in or for Intelligent Design and Creationism. There never has been.
Trying to use math or logic to prove what is essentially the emotional desire for a Creator/Intelligent Design/Creationism isn't going to work.

No offense intended.
 
Quote from Veyron 16.4:

Stu, not really.

What was asked was: .............. blah, large scale.............

some amusing blah:
"That's unbreakable.

So, the only way possible for that to be true, is if God Himself was eternally infinite, which He has already declared Himself to be with:

I am the Alpha AND the Omega. The First AND the last. The beginning AND the end.

This is the total encapsulation of all that has been, is now and will be in our future. Thus, only that which is infinite, capable of existence outside of our known frame of reference (our Universe) and singularly having such capacity sufficient to formulate the instantiation of our known Universe, would be, can be and is the only possible source and origin for all that we know and all that we don't yet know.

Why?

Because within our Universe:

[0+0] = 0,

and,

[0+N] = N, where 'N' represents a positive value.

Therefore, one cannot seriously argue a "Big Bang," (effect) without dealing with its first cause/first premise, which by logical extension must imply a source and origin being both extant and pre-existing outside of itself (the singularity) as well as having sufficient intelligence to produce it AND the signature that points backwards to its point of origin, namely intelligence demonstrated through function.

Function ~ Intelligence.
Intelligence ~ Purpose.
Purpose ~ Capacity for Design.
Design ~ Function.

An infinite, enclosed, self-sufficient, self-sustaining function, outside of which, nothing else can possibly exist. Yet, another definition for the God who creates all things."

......... more large scale soporific blah..........
there was no big bang pinhead... there's no god either btw except in the far corners of yr mind... just sharing :)
 
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Wow.

Fred Hoyle, not Boyle.

Einstein's "Cosmological Constant" was added to G.R. to support "Steady State". Not until Hubble's Law in 1929 (distance and recession velocity) did Einstein dispose of his CC addition to G.R.

Penzias and Wilson discovered CMB radiation in 1964.


Well, typo of a single character included (I think I am allowed to make those - you've certainly made enough), Steady State is a non-starter. Since that was the underlying premise for countering an argument previously made, then it becomes a non-starter, making your point here equally in error.

It was Einstein's theory of general relativity that needed Hubble's discovery of background radiation to formally proof it. To the point, both make sure that Steady State theory never saw the light of day again in the mind of serious cosmologists from that point forward.

Does anyone here suggest that the Universe is infinite? I hope not as that would cancel out just about every modern theory for the source and origin of the Universe currently in existence today.
 
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On what other levels is that a problem?

You might want to extrapolate on exactly what you'd like a response to. I don't get the basis for the question being asked, here.
 
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