Posts by Mr.Finkelstein

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A Growing Problem for Materialists

by Sea Breeze in

the famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.

matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.

scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.

Mr.Finkelstein

Spiritualists fight for their ideological beliefs of a eternal god creator for sociological reasons such as their own self empowerment, redemption of their sins, their own eternal existence after they die etc. etc.

Scientists and their varying studies have none these psychological connections, rather they strive for objective truth to understanding how this universe came to be by studying physical evidence .

Unfortunately scientific discoveries do not connect or support all the appealing aspects of which spiritualism can offer in spite of getting closer to the truth of how, why and what.

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A Growing Problem for Materialists

by Sea Breeze in

the famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.

matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.

scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.

Mr.Finkelstein

25 questions to ask theists or spiritualists ......

The question “Why is there something rather than nothing” presupposes “nothing” as being the normal state of affairs. Why believe that? Why can’t we flip the question on its head? In other words, why can’t it be the case that the normal state of affairs is for things to actually exist and nothingness itself would be weird? (HT: Thy Kingdom Come (Undone))
Given that the universe has a finite age, why did the universe begin with time rather than in time?
Why is so much of our universe intelligible without any appeal to supernatural agency? Why does the history of science contains numerous examples of naturalistic explanations replacing supernatural ones and no examples of supernatural explanations replacing naturalistic ones?
Why is the physical universe so unimaginably large?
If you believe that visual beauty is evidence of God, why isn’t the universe saturated with auditory, tactile, or other non-visual types of sensory beauty?
If you believe the universe is fine-tuned for intelligent life, why isn’t our universe teeming with life, including life much more impressive than human life?
Why would God use biological evolution as a method for creation? Do you have any answer that is independent of the scientific evidence for evolution?
Why would God desire to create embodied moral agents, as opposed to unembodied minds (such as souls, spirits, or ghosts)? Why is the human mind dependent on the physical brain?
Did Australopithecus have a soul? What about homo habilis? Homo erectus? Neanderthals? Why or why not? (HT: Keith Parsons)
How do souls interact with physical matter? Do you have any answer that is not tantamount to “I don’t know?” (HT: Keith Parsons)
If you believe humans have free will, why would humans have free will if God exists? Why are we able to exercise free will in some situations but not others?
Why are pain and pleasure so connected to the biological goals of survival and reproduction, but morally random? Is there some greater good that logically requires (or logically requires risking) that suffering be used to motivate animals to pursue the biological goal of self-preservation? Does some moral end make it desirable for suffering to continue even when it serves no biological purpose? For example, why do sentient beings, including animals which are not moral agents, experience pain or pleasure that we do not know to be biologically useful?
Why do only a fraction of living things, including the majority of sentient beings, thrive? In other words, why do very few living things have an adequate supply of food and water, are able to reproduce, avoid predators, and remain healthy? Why would God create a world in which all sentient beings savagely compete with one another for survival? Why do an even smaller fraction of organisms thrive for most of their lives? Why do almost no organisms thrive for all of their lives?
Why is there social evil, i.e., instances of pain or suffering that results from the game-theoretic interactions of many individuals?
Why does God allow horrific suffering (and relatively little glorious pleasure)?
Why does horrific suffering often destroy a person, at least psychologically, and prevent them from growing morally, spiritually, and intellectually?
Why is there nonculpable (reasonable) nonbelief in God? Why are there former believers, i.e., people who, from the perspective of theism, were on the right path when they lost belief? Why are there so many people who gave their lives to God only to discover there is no God? Why are there lifelong seekers? Why are there converts to nontheistic religions and especially nonresistant believers who arrive as a result of honest inquiry at nontheistic experiences and beliefs? Why are there isolated nontheists, i.e., people who have never so much as had the idea of God?
Why do some believers feel there is evidence for God’s existence on which they may rely, but in which God is not felt as directly present to her experience, and may indeed feel absent?
Why are there such striking geographic differences in the incidence of theistic belief? Why does theistic belief vary dramatically with cultural and national boundaries? For example, why does a population of millions of non-theists persist in Thailand but not in Saudi Arabia? And why has the global incidence of theistic belief varied dramatically over time, i.e., during the existence of the human species?
Why do only some people have religious experiences? In particular, why is it that most of the people who do have religious experiences almost always have a prior belief in God or extensive exposure to a theistic religion?
For those people who do have religious experiences, why do they pursue a variety of radically different religious paths, none of which bears abundantly more moral fruit than all of the others?
Why do so many people report not experiencing God’s comforting presence in the face of tragedies?
Why does the the relatively new discipline of cognitive science of religion support the claim that we have a Hyperactive Agency Detection Device (HADD), which causes human beings to naturally form beliefs about invisible agents? Considering HADD’s poor track record of producing true beliefs about invisible agents in general, why should we trust it when it produces a belief about one invisible agent, the God of theism?
Why does God allow such confusion or disagreement among people, including theists, about what is morally good or bad and morally right or wrong?
Why should we believe that, of the innumerable deities worshipped by human beings over the ages, yours is the one that really exists? Why believe in Yahweh rather than Zeus, Odin, Marduk, Ishtar, Osiris, Quetzalcoatl, Madame Pele, Ahura-Mazda, etc., etc., etc.? (HT: Keith Parsons)

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A Growing Problem for Materialists

by Sea Breeze in

the famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.

matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.

scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.

Mr.Finkelstein

You can make a theist or spiritualist spin their heard around by asking them to define a god through information.

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Today s wt

by road to nowhere in

quote from the introduction:.

some apparently claimed to have received a special, mystical knowledge from god.e but their teaching contradicted jesus’ message and encouraged selfishness and a lack of love.

so john calls these teachers antichrists, or those who teach against christ.

Mr.Finkelstein

But the way the WTS apply it, one has only to disagree with the current teaching of the Watchtower magazine, to attract that accusation.

That's the inherent corruption of this organization orchestrated by the top leading men,

Selling products was their game and they cultivated power, control and money through their endeavors.

With all that in their hands do you think they were not set about protecting what they had gained ?

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A Growing Problem for Materialists

by Sea Breeze in

the famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.

matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.

scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.

Mr.Finkelstein

...and on the 7th day mankind rested from telling how the universe came to be, for he knew that there would be more stories to tell.

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Today s wt

by road to nowhere in

quote from the introduction:.

some apparently claimed to have received a special, mystical knowledge from god.e but their teaching contradicted jesus’ message and encouraged selfishness and a lack of love.

so john calls these teachers antichrists, or those who teach against christ.

Mr.Finkelstein

The leaders of the WTS have always opposed Jesus in his instructions in preaching his Gospel, preaching a false tainted commercialized version and self anointing themselves into power at the same time.

Would god choose false prophet apostates as his earthly chosen ones for all mankind ?

Not according to scripture.

Those who disobey Jesus's instructions and preach or say things he did not gave them to say, will not be part of his new Kingdom .

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A Growing Problem for Materialists

by Sea Breeze in

the famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.

matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.

scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.

Mr.Finkelstein

Seabreeze is postulating that information came first before the material world came to be.

How does he support and originate that suggestion should be easy to understand in how and where ............ "WORD"

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Today s wt

by road to nowhere in

quote from the introduction:.

some apparently claimed to have received a special, mystical knowledge from god.e but their teaching contradicted jesus’ message and encouraged selfishness and a lack of love.

so john calls these teachers antichrists, or those who teach against christ.

Mr.Finkelstein

They just described themselves , they are also scripturaly false prophet apostates .

Their activity as religious literature charlatans made them so.

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Twisting Micah 6:8 to fit the Governing Body's narrative

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

mark sanderson: “wisdom is with the modest ones” (prov.

here is governing body member mark sanderson reading micah 6:8 from the new world translation.

twisting micah 6:8 to fit the governing body's narrative to be ''loyal'' to jehovah and ingrained into every member's brain to also include the ''governing body.

Mr.Finkelstein

I think the (G)reat (B)ullshit boys are a little nervous these days of losing their flock, seems to be a lot about keeping loyal to them(Jah) these days.

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I bought these two books out garage saleing

by mickbobcat in

the truth that leads to eternal life at a church rummage sale.

1968 printing and a 74 printing of god's eternal purpose now triumphing for mens good.

i know the truth book has some things in it that are a bit damning.

Mr.Finkelstein

Those books are valuable to only those who like theological bullshit.

Its ironic that the truth now leads people away from the WTS and its adjoined JW religion.

The WTS/JWS always boast about the great circulation numbers but neglect the point that its teachings and bible interpretations are false and misleading and the doctrines created by the WTS were done so to enhance the circulation of the literature the WTS publishes.