Filius Prodigus

“It's the God in the gaps argument” How so? “Not the expanded 3 dimensions you see but the underlying principle” Huh? “Hell at this point some people think the universe might be a simulation... Built by.... Aliens or a single super smart alien or... A god” Anything/anyone but the Christian God- right?

@Jess182fr @FiliusProdigus @HarlysCorner It's the God in the gaps argument 😔 but where did the universe come from? Not the expanded 3 dimensions you see but the underlying principle Hell at this point some people think the universe might be a simulation... Built by.... Aliens or a single super smart alien or... A god

Aurora Borealis is caused by the Sun, not God. Americans are blithering idiots.

“If everything needs a creator then even the creator needs the creator, this cycle never ends till we find the answer.” You’re missing the point. The kalam cosmological argument states that “everything that *begins* to exist, must have a cause.” God is eternal; infinite. He has no beginning. He is the uncaused Causer. God is the only logical answer to the problem of infinite regress. “As of now all we know is that the Big bang is the beginning of the universe.” Good. Now, follow the argument to its conclusion- if everything that begins to exist must have a cause (all of our uniform and repeated experience supports that claim), and we know that the universe began to exist, then the universe must have an external cause. Since all space, time and matter (the universe) began to exist at a finite point in the past, then whatever caused the universe to exist must be spaceless, timeless, and immaterial.

@FiliusProdigus @StrawHatFreya @HarlysCorner If everything needs a creator then even the creator needs the creator, this cycle never ends till we find the answer. As of now all we know is that the Big bang is the beginning of the universe.

@Rel_Tan_Kier @HarlysCorner So, the universe had a beginning? Hmmm.

@FiliusProdigus @HarlysCorner Gas. Compressed Hydrogene that is there since beginning of the universe

@StrawHatFreya @HarlysCorner Good. Keep going. What did those gases come from? While you’re pondering that, why don’t you look into infinite regress.

@FiliusProdigus @HarlysCorner The creation of the entire universe gasses in space mixing together.

@atKensai Come home. You’re wasting time that you’ll regret later.

You are relying on special pleading and a misunderstanding of physics to reach a predetermined conclusion. - Misunderstanding 'Natural': Your definition of natural causality is purely classical. In quantum mechanics, uncaused events (like radioactive decay or quantum vacuum fluctuations) happen constantly. Nature already contains uncaused phenomena. - Misapplying Causality: Causality requires time (a cause must precede an effect). General relativity demonstrates that time itself began with the universe. Asking what 'caused' the universe forces a temporal concept onto a state where time did not exist. - The Non-Sequitur Leap: Even if we grant the necessity of an 'uncaused causer' outside of spacetime, concluding 'It's God btw' is a massive leap unsupported by your premises. An uncaused origin is just as logically likely to be an impersonal, non-conscious physical state. In fact, theoretical physics models like the Hartle-Hawking state demonstrate mathematically how a universe can be finite but entirely self-contained without a boundary or a 'beginning,' rendering an external first cause unnecessary. You are establishing a rule (everything needs a cause), breaking your own rule (except this one thing), and then arbitrarily assigning that exception to your preferred deity. Exactly your only game.

@DrFrankTurek Church is to your spirit, what the gym is to your body. It’s being surrounded by (somewhat) like-minded people who share at least one common goal.

Why is going to church so important?

@DrFrankTurek ESV and NASB95

What is your favorite Bible translation?

@MasterMaliq Muslims: “We love Jesus! We love Jesus more than Christians do!” Also Muslims: “Jesus is not God. Jesus *was* just a prophet!” 🤡

If your god can die... sorry, that's not God. Mine never tasted death. Never sleeps 😴 Never slumbers Never lost a battle Never fell for Satan's tricks He's GOD, zero human attributes. Period. 💪

@Curi_Christian It’s undefeated.

Why did Solomon fall from grace?

@Robbservations2 @darwintojesus “your brain is programmed via nature, nurture and experience” I agree. The environment you grow up in, the “way you were raised,” and the situations you find yourself in- limits and even influences your decisions. But, they are always and only your decisions.

@darwintojesus Again…you see it that way because of how your brain is programmed via nature, nurture and experience. Reality proves your cognition faulty.

Things that make no sense if morality is subjective: -apologies -moral outrage -moral arguments -literally everything we experience about morality

@darwintojesus Subjective morality = no morality

@Askwhyisit Easy. Hoffa. 🤣

What is God's biggest secret?

“What vice do you want to eliminate from your life?” Pride. I think if I could truly eliminate pride from my life, then everything else would fall in line. “How are you going to do it?” The same way you eat an elephant. One bite at a time. The trick (I assume) is to spend more time at the table, so to speak. That’s where discipline comes in- and I don’t have any. To use another cliche, it is too often two steps forward and then two steps back. Though, I can say that the scale is moving in the right direction.

Christians What vice do you want to eliminate from your life? How are you going to do it?

“All new born babies are Atheists. 😅” Ummm … ackshually… Research indicates that children are naturally inclined to believe in God, suggesting that belief in a higher power may be a default position from birth. Studies show that young children exhibit a predisposition to see order and purpose in the world, which aligns with the concept of a designer or deity. Studies Supporting the Idea That Belief in God is Innate: "Religion is Natural" Paul Bloom 2007 Children have a natural inclination to believe in divine agents and mind-body dualism. This suggests that belief in God is cognitively natural. "The Intuitive Theist" Deborah Kelemen 2014 Young children are predisposed to see design in nature, indicating an innate belief in a God-like designer. "Born Believers" Justin Barrett 2012 Children are naturally receptive to the idea of God due to their cognitive development, which includes agency, purpose, and design detection. "Children's Understanding of God" Various 2005 Research shows that children differentiate God from humans, attributing characteristics like immortality and omniscience to God without anthropomorphizing. "The Development of Religious Belief" Justin Barrett 2008 Children exhibit a tendency to ascribe purpose and design to the world, supporting the idea that belief in God is a by-product of their mental architecture. Summary of Concepts •Agency Detection: Children can distinguish between animate and inanimate objects, leading them to attribute agency to God. •Purpose Detection: Young children seek purpose in events, which aligns with the belief in a higher power. •Design Detection: Children recognize patterns and design in nature, reinforcing the idea of a creator. These studies collectively suggest that belief in God may be a default position for children, emerging from their cognitive development and natural inclinations.

@D_Preacher_1 It is something taught. All new born babies are Atheists. 😅

Do people believe in God because they found evidence, or because they were taught to believe as children?

I’m telling you -this is how cars got here. Just random, unguided processes acting on whatever materials that just happen to be laying around. I mean, it makes so much sense. Things create themselves all the time.

@JoelKatz @DivinelyDesined “But we know almost precisely how the eye *evolved* from simpler structures.” *must have*

This is called the argument from irreducable complexity. The problem is that nobody has ever identified any biological mechanism that is irreducibly complex. For example, you cite the eye as a supposedly irreducibly complex organ. But we know almost precisely how the eye evolved from simpler structures. thehumanevolutionblog.com/2015/01/12/the…

Here is why The Theory of Evolution fails. At some point in the evolutionary past, organs like livers, brains, eyes, etc did not exist. They had to "evolve" into existence. The origin of these novel organs would require brand new, never before seen genetic sequences (DNA segments) to code for novel proteins, which would need to be engineered into novel biological machines, which are then combined with other machines to facilitate system-wide function. This also requires MORE genetic sequences to help with regulation, development, placement, guidance, timing, etc. Are you starting to see the problems? It's not just one change at a time adding up over eons. It's a whole coordinated host of changes that must take place. But this simply does not happen. Evolutionary mechanisms do not construct novel coordinated systems. Many experiments have tried to produce or observe organisms creating novel biological structures through evolutionary mechanisms, and they all fail. Every single one. Either they observe pre-existing parts being reused or optimized for some task, or they see mutations destroying or removing things. What we don't see is any progress towards novel systems. No novel proteins, no novel cell types, no novel genetic sequences...nothing that evolutionary theory requires. Unless evolutionists can present that data, the theory fundamentally fails. Evolution optimizes what exists; it doesn't construct new things. Only intelligence invents novel functional coordinated systems.

@darwintojesus These lies must stop. That’s obviously a golden fried labradoodle.

I realize this is a joke but why would this be wrong from a pro-abortion standpoint. A dead body has no feeling, no brain waves, it’s not person… if we can kill it why can’t we eat it?

@ClownWorld This post offends me.

We’ve become a society that gets offended by everything.