If there were no God

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The countryside around me, rural West of England, takes some beating for undreariness. Tomorrow can wait.
 
An alternative view would be, everything has always existed.

An atheist would say that matter has always existed since the creation of matter and energy cannot come out of nothing. This breaks the first law of thermodynamics.
 
Agreed.

For a dialogue to occur, we must start off on mutually agreed upon axioms and then build from there.
 
The Universe is like an old Victorian house stuffed full of strange and even bizarre furnishings.
 
Posts like this make me suspect that you are a troll.
 
I live a few feet from the Atlantic Ocean in what is called the “Sunbelt” of the South Eastern United States. I’ve certainly come to appreciate the few dreary days we have. Today, like most days this time of year, it is hot and humid. I was in U.K. again last September and found the rainy, cool days a refreshing change. What a beautiful place!
 
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Since God is real, those are questions I don’t worry about.
 
Hopefully, no one is here merely to spread their own agenda.
 
You might consider resolving this in a more direct and less theoretical fashion. Simply ask God if He exists and then see what happens. You might be amazed.
 
Say that with a French accent and you can really impress people. 😎
 
AlNg said:
I am not sure that I see how materialism could explain how consciousness could arise naturally from pure matter.
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While we know that consciousness is a supernatural property of the soul, I don’t think it’s impossible for atheists to come up with a secular theory to explain it. How I don’t know.
 
Well cats and dogs do have some level of consciousness and are definitely self-aware. Atheists can point to the brain instead of the soul as the source of consciousness. A blow to the head can cause a person to lose consciousness.

I have actually seen software which appear to be conscious but of course is just a result of some fancy programming.
 
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How many of the seemingly unanswerable questions about the actions or non-actions of God would be answered if one examined them with the beginning premise that He doesn’t exist?
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The unsatisfying answer that atheists give is “meh… it’s all coincidence & blind luck.”
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I’d be keen to see any quote by any atheist at any time that suggests that morality is ‘all coincidence and blind luck’.

If you can’t find one then perhaps you might take a moment to retract that statement.
 
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Yet, explaining the fact that there are of billions of believers would still be a tough nut to crack, especially if there were no God. You’d be left with the impossible task of every atheist or agnostic, proving that all religion is just mass delusion. So far, every effort to prove that has been a dismal failure.
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If you can’t prove that all other religions are delusions, then you haven’t made any worthwhile point.
 
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