Duane Morse #fundie

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Did you know that Hale-Bopp, on its pass previous to 1997, passed by the earth 105 years before the flood? It was only 5 years after that Noah had his three sons and began constructing the ark in preparation for the global flood that the Lord had warned him about.

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I went ahead and read through the rest of that thread on Bibleforums.org.
As I've observed in the past (though possibly incorrectly), the modern Christian openly accepts that their religion is based completely in faith. Initially I have no problem with this. Many people need to believe something in order to bring some sort of purpose to their lives that nature itself cannot. Many people feel the need to attribute life or the universe with a meaning that modern science doesn't directly indicate. My problem with this reveals itself when we look at the thought process required to make such an assumption. In order to accept the idea that since modern science cannot explain many things a creator must be present, one must first ignore one of the most fundamental laws of logic: one must accept the false dichotomy of "current science" and "established religion". The only possible argument is that since science cannot currently explain everything there must be a so-called "greater power". As the Big Bang theory stands we can only estimate the nature of the events following the Big Bang back to one Planck time (10^-43 seconds) after... something. Within this Planck epoch it is theorized that the four fundamental forces were unified and that elementary particles did not exist. What came before such an event? Science cannot currently provide an answer for that. Why did such an event happen? As science is objective, it cannot provide an answer for that either. This is where the false dichotomy of the creationist takes over: since science cannot explain it, it must have been the result of the work of a great creator who, by definition and apologetics, cannot be fully comprehended by the human mind. He is permanently out of reach. Thus the creator has planned the universe from the beginning, etc. Of course the concept continues to fall apart from there (especially in Christianity with the "free will"/"divine plan" paradox), but that's my main problem with creationist theory. The sheer willingness of those who subscribe to creationism to ignore logic is one of my main reasons for being an atheist.

Duane Morse #fundie bibleforums.org

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