I Am Supposed To To What I Am Told
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JJ disproves the existence of God
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Part 1.
From my balcony, with a stick, I could throw a lacrosse ball on to the beach. From this height, it would make a random pattern in the pebbles.
Primitive civilizations would have called this pattern ... "Creation".
As the tide came in, it would randomly change the pattern.
Primitive civilizations would have called this NEW pattern ... "God's Great Scheme".
Part 2.
Now, let's say I wanted to try to reproduce "God's Great Scheme".
I would find it impossible to throw another ball, and recreate the same pattern.
Why?
Primitive civilizations would say that it was impossible to reproduce something which could only have been created by a "Divine Creator" (ie. me, on my balcony).
Other people might say that the primitive tribes are confusing the principles of "cause and effect".
Part 3.
If someone a long way away (say, Blackpool) threw a lacrosse ball onto their own beach, the resulting pattern would be similar in some way, but different in many ways.
Primitive civilizations would have called the Blackpool pattern ... an "alien civilization".
Part 4.
Now, are these two patterns in the sand, which are impossible to reproduce, evidence of the existence of God?
If the pattern had been a bit different, would Primitive civilizations have said ... "God got it wrong?"
Or would Primitive civilizations have looked at the other random result, and said that that was ALSO proof of "God's Great Scheme"?
Or is it proof of one thing only ...
Provided you don't have to predict the outcome in advance ... no matter what the outcome is, you can look at it and say ... "This is what God intended"?
Now, hang on a minute ... I have to go and retrieve my lacrosse ball.
From my balcony, with a stick, I could throw a lacrosse ball on to the beach. From this height, it would make a random pattern in the pebbles.
Primitive civilizations would have called this pattern ... "Creation".
As the tide came in, it would randomly change the pattern.
Primitive civilizations would have called this NEW pattern ... "God's Great Scheme".
Part 2.
Now, let's say I wanted to try to reproduce "God's Great Scheme".
I would find it impossible to throw another ball, and recreate the same pattern.
Why?
Primitive civilizations would say that it was impossible to reproduce something which could only have been created by a "Divine Creator" (ie. me, on my balcony).
Other people might say that the primitive tribes are confusing the principles of "cause and effect".
Part 3.
If someone a long way away (say, Blackpool) threw a lacrosse ball onto their own beach, the resulting pattern would be similar in some way, but different in many ways.
Primitive civilizations would have called the Blackpool pattern ... an "alien civilization".
Part 4.
Now, are these two patterns in the sand, which are impossible to reproduce, evidence of the existence of God?
If the pattern had been a bit different, would Primitive civilizations have said ... "God got it wrong?"
Or would Primitive civilizations have looked at the other random result, and said that that was ALSO proof of "God's Great Scheme"?
Or is it proof of one thing only ...
Provided you don't have to predict the outcome in advance ... no matter what the outcome is, you can look at it and say ... "This is what God intended"?
Now, hang on a minute ... I have to go and retrieve my lacrosse ball.
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The argument goes something like this: `I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, `for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'
`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
`Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets
himself killed on the next zebra crossing.”
........... Douglas Adams
`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
`Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets
himself killed on the next zebra crossing.”
........... Douglas Adams
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