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Old 10-29-2002, 02:55 PM   #11
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<strong>How can this thread not belong in the EOG forum? Unless you've missed something, this was posted to help prove the EXISTANCE OF GOD.

Tell me, what is this forum called agian?</strong>
It depends on what you want to discuss specifically. Harun covers a lot of topics. By looking at Harun's article, if you want to get into cosmology/astronomy arguments for theism, then this is the right forum for it.
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Old 10-29-2002, 03:03 PM   #12
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<strong>How can this thread not belong in the EOG forum? Unless you've missed something, this was posted to help prove the EXISTANCE OF GOD.

Tell me, what is this forum called agian?</strong>
This, as can be seen above, is the Existence of God(s) forum.

Linking to someone else's less than scholarly rant about "The Fall of Atheism" hardly constitutes your personal argument for the existence of a god does it?

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Old 10-29-2002, 03:16 PM   #13
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The article gushes:

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The idea that the universe had existed forever was discounted and it was discovered that it had a beginning; in other words, it was scientifically proved that it was created from nothing.
This is not the case. Nothing is known even down to the Planck Time, much the less what happened before the Planck Time. Besides, even if there is a "zero time" for the Universe, that doesn't mean it was spawned from nothingness--there was a singularity at the "zero time" at the least. And for all we know, the universe itself is perhaps the ultimate harmonic oscillator--expanding and collapsing in an endless cycle.

The article is rubbish, like every religion on the face of the planet.
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Old 10-29-2002, 03:17 PM   #14
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Mr. al-Mahdi,


Welcome to Internet Infidels Discussion Forum. This section here, Existence of God(s) prime purpose is to allow discussion and evaluation of specific philosophical arguments for or against the reality of a "divine" being.

If you have a specific philosophical argument you wish to share and discuss with us feel free, but discussion of generalized articles are appropriate on other sections of the board.

I am going to transfer this to Science and Skeptism, where the article linked to will get more replies. Mr. al-Mahdi is welcome to post any philosophical argument for the existence of God in EoG and will not be allowed to be flamed.

Again Mr. al-Mahdi I wish to welcome you to Internet Infidels discussion board.

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Old 10-29-2002, 03:19 PM   #15
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To paraphrase Mark Twain:

The reports of [atheism's] death are greatly exaggerated...
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Old 10-29-2002, 03:21 PM   #16
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Mohamed,

Few people here have space (or time) to address everything in the whole article. Many of us would comment on a short paragraph or argument, though. Is there one particular paragraph that you regard as presenting the best argument for the falsity of atheism? If so, please describe it.

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Old 10-29-2002, 03:24 PM   #17
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Mohamed, I'm putting this in a place where I am sure you will get many more responses, and feel more at home, too. Enjoy.

Added- Oops. That was aimed at RR&P...

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