KATE said- I don't believe the Bible is from God. Shrodingers Wave equation leaves gaps that only God fills IMO. You have had a go at proving God does not exist with me I am still not satisfied.
So you don't believe in the Bible; can you explain exactly where you got your conception of God from, then?
In Western Culture, most people get their introduction to the concept of God from their environment (siblings, etc), and whether you admit or or even realize it or not, you cannot ignore the cultural influence of an Abrahamic God of the Bible, AKA Jehovah.
Granted, some will want to alter the God hypothesis in their mind to turn that into some amorphous and nebulous deity who exists just beyond our plain of existence in order to explain it's indetectability, but that's just a mental game some play to justify a way of making a deity in OUR image. It's actually mental masturbation, as it makes the person feel good, but it's not effecting reality outside of their own brains.
KATE said- Explain to me, without links....if you will, why atoms decided by themseves they needed to vibrate. Shrodingers Wave equation explains why and how they vibrate, but not how it all came about. We just know they do. We accept it.
You might as well ask why a rock needs a reason to exist?
It seems to me you're still trying to project your preconceptions on the World around you, which is a fundamental human trait, yes, but it's pointless. You're only imploring a "God of the gaps" argument (again), and that's fine (as long as you recognize it for what it is), but realize that time wasted filling gaps with answers that don't actually ANSWER the question (by not actually explaining anything) is time spent not learning about what is KNOWN.
The Universe doesn't owe you or I an explanation as to why it's here, and thinking that it DOES is a collosal waste of time vs starting to learn ABOUT it, and seeing what answers it DOES provide.
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Kate said-
It is fair to say intellectual intimidation is a dogmatic approach. I have never met anyone with a high IQ who denies evolution, however I have had contact with dogmatic evolutionists who have a low IQ. Have you?
BTW, dogmatism is NOT linked to IQ, unfortunately. Some of the lowest IQ individuals are also the least skeptical (most gullible, and hence hop between religions since they cannot dogmatically commit to a belief), whereas some of the most dogmatic types have high IQs, but they've allowed their egos to control their decision-making processes such that they dogmatically reject counter-evidence without evaulating it, since they've concluded they cannot be wrong (and are not open-minded to consider alternatives).
Adam
