Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Why can't it be defined?Go ahead and define it. I'm waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Go ahead and define it. I'm waiting.Are you suggesting that if I can't do something, no one can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 No. I did not say that. I said that God can't be defined. At least, not in a useful way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panpareil Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 One definition of god is to be undefinable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I said that God can't be defined.And why not?At least, not in a useful way.I know people who seem to make good use of their definitions of God.One definition of god is to be undefinable.I always liked that joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Even things that can't be defined have characteristics that can be defined. Life, for instance, can't be defined but has characteristics. Living things have digestion, elimination, growth, movement, etc.Does God have characteristics? In classic Monotheism, God is All Knowing, All powerful and All God. Pantheism goes into a different direction with different characteristics. The purely philosophic God -- First Cause, etc. -- has different characteristics.In the end, I doubt if any of it really matters at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youch Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Religion versus Science?!?!What is the question, exactly??? The two are different, and similar, all at the same time. Some now even say they agree.......is that your question? (I understand the OP did so 4-5 years ago.....nevertheless)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Even things that can't be defined have characteristics that can be defined. Life, for instance, can't be defined http://i.word.com/idictionary/life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Cadre Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Creationism and evolution are two completely different theories, explaining two completely different concepts.Anyone with common sense understands that."common sense" tells you that the world is flat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuchulain Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 the world is flat, right????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kaman Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 the world is flat, right?????Looks flat from what I can see with my eyes. Pictures don't count, they can be doctored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks flat from what I can see with my eyes. Pictures don't count, they can be doctored.Really? It looks pretty lumpy to me. Even the flattest places I've lived had some rolling hills. Also, there is a clear curvature visible when I look out from the beach.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kaman Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really? It looks pretty lumpy to me. Even the flattest places I've lived had some rolling hills. Also, there is a clear curvature visible when I look out from the beach....The Earth is flat as in flat upon a disc. Get close to the edge of the disc and you will see curvature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Get close to the edge of the disc When you approach a cliff, you can't see the shape of the drop-off until you're looking down at it. And the beach is not close to what I can see from it. I've been out there in boats. It's BIG. Like Yo Momma Joke big... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Now that we have had our giggles -- does anybody still think that science and religion are compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Now that we have had our giggles -- does anybody still think that science and religion are compatible?There is nothing about the two that makes them fundamentally incompatible. But specific religions are incompatible with science and science is incompatible with specific types of religiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 There is nothing about the two that makes them fundamentally incompatible. But specific religions are incompatible with science and science is incompatible with specific types of religiosity.Religions are often in dispute with science except where science proves religion is accurate. Anything that doesn't jibe, religion rejects. Science is all about factual findings or probable theory, and really couldn't care less about religion. IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuchulain Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Science as an idea doesn't care one way or the other, true. My religion doesn't reject science. I am sure there are others who don't as well. If science disproves something I believe, then I reevaluate my beliefs, and determine where the error occurred, and redesign accordingly. Admittedly, I haven't heard of many religions willing to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Admittedly, I haven't heard of many religions willing to do that.Religious beauracracies, like any bureaucracy, move slowly. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/31/world/after-350-years-vatican-says-galileo-was-right-it-moves.htmlThe laity, who make up the bulk of any religion, are usually more pragmatic, less dogmatic, and therefore more open to change. Edited April 23, 2015 by mererdog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 The biggest conflict continues to be Creationism vs. Evolution. In particular, what is taught in Public Schools.The Catholic Church has made peace with Copernicus and Galileo. There are elements of Islam which have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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