Originally Posted by Jankinonya:
Wait...what? Crumb, I thought you were insisting on using scientific rules in this discussion?
Crumb your stance is merely a guess, and opinion as you said. DF's is the default. Without any kind of substantiated evidence why would you believe? Why should anyone believe in a supernatural being?
You brought science into this discussion, yet now you back away and say science has nothing to do with it.
If all we have to go on is that its possible, then I could name at least 10 other ways the Universe came into existence. I have heard the idea that we could all just be part of a computer game. That we are nothing more than a Sims game. No way to prove or disprove that idea in this day and age, so its just as much of a possibility, right? Is your mind open to that Crumb?
Yes, my mind is open. I am agnostic, stated many times before There is a wealth of anecdotal evidence that many accept as proof of the existence of a supernatural being. In fact, personal experiences are acceptable as evidence in court. So if your best friend told you they saw an angel, would you believe them or have them committed? When I said-----
Given that you are trying to put parameters around something that would have none, it is a futile effort.-------I was NOT inferring that a 'being' exist, just that if it does, we would have no way to determine it's existence. That is, there would not be any scientific proof. So a scientific study of a supernatural being would be like having a blind deaf man describe a baseball game. It's there, it exists, but he has no proof of it.
So whether any Gods exist or not, it's impossible to use the scientific method to find out. It goes back to the usual replies of God exists-You're delusional.
Once someone has made a personal decision on the matter, then they cannot be objective.
I have not made that decision. I have simply said it's possible, but I don't know.
To each his own and demeaning the opposing view serves no purpose.
Peace.