Why bother with God? (General)

by David Turell , Friday, May 20, 2011, 01:01 (4746 days ago) @ xeno6696

From my position on the fence, I can see no evidence for any of them ... beneficence, omniscience, omnipotence, as listed by David ... since the world as I see it could just as easily reflect the opposite. -I don't list those characteristics, religions do. I'm not sure of God's characteristics. 
 
> I once said that a last refuge for God resided in the consciousness... I find this less and less true. -When you can explain consciousness to me, then I will accept your statement. 
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> The lectures I watched were in dealing with the topic of Free Will. Something that we've spent some time on in the past few months. He completely eliminated determinism as a viable option; while on the physical level cells behave as determined automatons, it turns out that this is inconsequential regarding the question of free will. (I can post the lectures for those interested...)-Please do.
> All approaches to Intelligent Design to date have not resulted in anything that can be empirically tested--nor have such tests been proposed via thought experiments. What utility is an explanation that you can't subject to correlation and causation? I posit none. When you read Dembski and Behe... you have reinterpretations of evidence, but nothing you can take to a lab. What use is a reinterpretation that doesn't allow you to advance?-What if the reinterpretation is correct? I believe Behe has suggested some real testing. I'll have to look for it.