Zzyzx wrote:
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arian wrote:
Zzyzx wrote:
Perhaps you would like to back up and demonstrate that you KNOW and can verify with credible evidence that the universe had a beginning.
so I demonstrated that in both religious science fiction (Big-bang theory) AND in the History book called the Bible the universe is said to have a beginning. And I said that; "If there is a beginning, it is not, nor can ever become Infinite. That finite cannot become infinite"
All you show is that there are CLAIMS that the universe had a beginning – some theories from scientific study and some tales from religious folklore (that sometimes masquerades as history). Neither has been demonstrated to be truthful and accurate.
Thanks Zzyzx.
OK, .. and you say this because? .... ?
Please refer back to my previous posts for more details regarding you point-blank rejections. Another example would be the summery of Zzyzx as I understand him:
"I look at the sky, but I don't look at the sky. If I do look into the sky all I see is pretty twinkling lights that I was told were stars and galaxies. That is sufficient for me, I don't ask where it all began or where it all ends, and I don't care what some scientists tell me, or what some Bible tells me, it means nothing to me, .. so prove to me that the universe is infinite, not that I care?"
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
To show you, or
PROVE to you 'Infinite', I ask you to look out into the universe, out into space and ask: "What do I see?"
If you say 'Infinity, or infinite space filled with stars', ..
You seriously error when attempting to pontificate about what Zzyzx sees or says. In truth as I look into the night sky I see points of light that are identified by astronomers as stars and galaxies – and the moon which I can examine in some detail with my telescope (a 4" Celestron refractor).
I make absolutely NO speculations or conjectures about infinity (or about origin of life, or demons, or devils). Those things are of no importance or interest in my life and I do not pretend to have knowledge that I do not have. Perhaps it is a difficult concept for many Theists to grasp since they often seem to think that they KNOW about such things after reading ancient speculations / opinions / stories or listening to sermons about the same or having personal emotional or psychological episodes (or "visions" or hallucinations or whatever).
What? Are you saying you can see galaxies with a 4" Celestron? I can barely see the ring (not rings, but a ring) around the tiny bright speck called Saturn which is right here in our own tiny solar system with an 8", and you can see galaxies with a 4"?
How, .. and I do mean HOW do you know that what you are looking at is not some ancient speculations / opinions / stories of things happened billions of years ago from listening to sermons about some speck of whatever that Big-banged? Or from having personal emotional or psychological episodes (or "visions" or hallucinations or whatever)? How?
I'm serious my friend, since I have told you at least 500 times in debates that I am not a Theist, yet you still keep referring to me as a Theist. I even made a Post called: "My God I'm an atheist!" .. remember?
I have also asked that we keep religion out of this debate, and what do you keep doing, or what are your rejections of my scientific claims? That's right, not proof, and you even say that you are not even interested in any proof one way or another about things like infinity, the beginning of the universe etc. either about God, or Infinity, or whether there was a beginning to the universe or not? But you did create a Post on my claim that I can show undeniable scientific proof of our Creator.
Only it seems, .. you are not really interested in hearing about it because Zzyzx doesn't really care about God, gods, Creator, Infinity, origin of life, demon or devil, or if the universe had a beginning or not?
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
But then you will just say: "Zzyzx does not look out into space, so your detailed undeniable evidence is null, .. nothing but preaching that does not belong in the 'Christianity and Apologetics sub forum'.
Dead wrong speculation about Zzyzx again. I live in the country where night views of the sky are not obstructed by ambient light – and I own and use a telescope.
Everyone in this entire world 'looks into space', we don't need a telescope for that. Lovers lay in the grass on a beautiful clear-sky evening just staring at the stars, then there are those of us that look for some kind of answers to questions we have? And as I said, we don't have to be religious for that. Why do you insist on making science out to be about religion?
Here is people in general looking into the night sky:
"Hmm, .. I wonder how this was made? Who made it?"
"Buzzz! .. you said 'who made it?', that's religious!"
"Maybe there is a being out there like us who created all the things that we didn't? Like a Creator for instance?"
"Buzzz, .. you mentioned 'Creator'! That is also religion!"
How about the astronomer who dedicates his entire life watching and documenting stars? He gets up every day at that exacts same time for months, even years to watch and document a speck of light with even tinier moons around it! Now tell me that's not a very religious hobby/job?
Does that mean that astronomy is a religion, .. that the astronomer is some religious priest with his religious practices worshiping some form of god or gods?
Without some basic ground rules, the word religion could be ascribed to anyone with a repetitious job, especially if he loves his job. It could be also used for people who create and worship god/gods in church, through repetitious prayer etc.
I know you know this. This is why you do everything possible, even to the point of being silly to stop me from answering your post. You know that if we define religion, my explanation of our Creator would be outside of religions that create gods, or the religious science that is dedicated in creating 'creators' like 'Evolution, Big bang'.
Zzyzx wrote:What I do NOT do is speculate about infinity, the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, and other such issues that are currently beyond human understanding (beyond human ability to demonstrate knowledge). Empty, unverifiable, indemonstrable claims of knowledge do not impress me at all – and do not fare well in debate (as you may have noticed).
"Infinity, the origin of the universe, the beginning of life" may be beyond your understanding, or the refusal thereof, but is definitely not mine. As I have demonstrated hundreds of times, including the true definition, and the existence of 'nothing'.
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
Zzyzx wrote:
Speculation concerning the origin of the universe is meaningless to Zzyzx. What you speculate concerning the origin is less than meaningless
So what you are saying is that 'Undeniable scientific fact based on evidence' is meaningless to Zzyzx?
To what undeniable scientific fact do you refer?
My detailed and scientific fact about the 'originator, Creator' of the universe. You keep insisting to keep 'Creator/Originator' of the universe within your religious understanding. Anything outside of religion; "does not compute to Zzyzx".
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
So why the hell did you call me out on my claim to scientifically prove the existence of the Creator??
I often challenge claims of knowledge that are not substantiated. If you CLAIM to have undeniable scientific evidence of the creator, I (and Forum Rules) expect you to substantiate your claims.
Under YOUR religious guidelines, correct? Lol..
Zzyzx wrote:When you cannot do so that is "egg on your face" – meaning you have made a boast that you cannot fulfill. It is not uncommon for people to become emotional, personal and even abusive when their claims are challenged and they cannot rise to the challenge.
"Emotional, personal, abusive" .. you forgot, and; "totally irrational and unfair".
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
Zzyzx wrote:
The bible may be regarded as a "history book" in church or in Christendom; however, it is NOT so regarded in debate here in the C&A Sub-forum. Those who wish to elevate the bible to history book status are welcome to do so in Holy Huddle or TD&D sub-forums.
Who are you to dictate where, how, and when I can consider the Bible as a "history book"??
You are entitled to consider the bible whatever you wish. However, you are NOT entitled to claim in debate that it is a history book without being able to substantiate that claim. Christian scholars and theologians disagree with that claim.
maybe the religious Christians and theologians who make a living peddling their gods disagree, but
'non-religious' honest scientists/archeologists don't. This is why I want to keep religion, which you religiously insist on keeping, .. OUT of this debate.
Why are you darn stuck on religion Zzyzx? Have you tried atheism yet? Because that would be a start. But not the religious cultic atheism, but the scientifically accepted fact that;
created gods are not the Creator God!
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
You guys refer to at is a book on religious mythology, so are you saying that you are limiting my reference of the Bible to Hebrew Mythology or something, otherwise I cannot debate in the C&A sub-forum? Do I also have to refer to my God as an evil, cruel unloving dictator or I am 'out of here'?
Forum Rules and Guidelines, established and approved by the Christian site owner and administrator state clearly that the bible can NOT be used to prove anything true and is NOT considered any more authoritative than any other book.
Show me where I said that the Bible is true, and that I am revealing a Christian Creator, or the Christian religious view of the God in the Bible?
I said the Bible backs up my scientific observation of our Creator God. YOU are the one who keeps bringing the Christian religious scholars and their divined ideas into this. Unless this is also the Forums interpretation of 'civil debate'; twisting and turning what I say out of proportion, claiming things I didn't say nor mean!?
And what?
Say what? The Bible is no more authoritative than any other book when it comes to our Creator God? That when I scientifically prove the obvious existence of a Creator that I cannot refer to the Bible to point out more details about what and whom I am talking about?
So are you suggesting that you guys cannot refer to any Big-bang Evolutionary bible/books as some kind of authority on either the Big-bang theory, or Biological Evolution?
OK, that sounds like fun, I may even start a thread on: "Prove Undeniable Scientific Evidence on either the Big bang or biological Evolution, without using books either on the Big-bang or Evolution as any authority or findings in them as proof on any of these two subjects." .. since those books are no more authoritative then any other book (example; "Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics")
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
Sorry Zzyzx, but I am neither your slave, nor one of your sheep
I own no slaves or sheep and have no use for either.
You know well what I meant, that you chain and limit my freedom of speech within your religious views, and follow them because "everyone does" or is the popular thing in this New World Order. What I meant was this "Obey" mentality that is controlling humanity, .. it will never happen,and may God help me to keep it that way.
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
when it comes to my God and the use of the Bible. You may have been a big part in removing the Bible from schools, and prayer from schools, or may even be planning to kick me off this forum,
I prefer that you learn to debate within Forum Rules and Guidelines so you do not self-destruct as so many do by blatantly ignoring rules and guidelines. The Forum needs credible theistic debaters that can learn to present rational arguments in favor of their theistic position. Unfortunately those people are in short supply.
Sorry, but you will not force me to make 'rational arguments for' any religious theistic, or atheistic positions. I am not religious, how can I explain this to you? I am NOT a theist, nor am I here to prove the existence of some theistic-god/gods or any other
created beings. I am NOT going to allow you to pull me into talking theology here, even if you do get to convince other Moderators to 'self-destruct' me unless I do.
I will not become a religious theist/atheist just to please you. Come on Zzyzx, be fair. You are now threatening me with 'self-destruction', just so I will heed to your version of
Creator, which you say you have absolutely no use for!?
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
.. but you will never dictate when and where I can refer to the Bible, and 'what' I can refer to the Bible as.
Otseng, site owner and administrator, DOES determine what can and cannot be done on his site.
Notice that there are sub-forums set aside for debate or discussion that DOES consider the bible to be a valid source of truth. Those include Holy Huddle and TD&D. However, the C&A sub-forum (this one) is a level playing field in which NO theological viewpoint is given favorable treatment.
Is this fair that you keep pulling me into your "religion/theological/fairytale/mythical/Bible thumper/preaching trap, so you could convince Moderators whom I have a lot of respect for (whether they see things my way or not) to kick me off?
I don't think this Forum would stoop to such unfair and unjust levels. Just because you or some others here cannot accept NEW evidence because of religious upbringing, doesn't mean everyone, or the majority here don't. I have been here long enough to know.
Can we PLEASE get back on track to the OP? And please, as I asked multiple times of you, please leave 'religion' out of this debate. What you are doing is just not fair, and I have shown you this over and over again. I say "I'm gay today" You say; "why are you a homosexual to day?". This is not fair debate.
Zzyzx wrote:It appears as though many Christians are accustomed to having their position favored and competing views silenced or disallowed. That doesn't apply here and many cannot adjust to being "just another voice" rather than being given some special recognition by virtue of their religious beliefs.
There you go again... my Lord. "I AM NOT RELIGIOUS OR AM DEBATING THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION'S God/gods or religious theistic beliefs in some supernatural beings who divine to their diviners about any theistic gods." I honestly don't understand why are you keep doing this?
Again, ... how many times is this now?
I am here to
'reveal by Undeniable Scientific Evidence' our
Creator.
Not gods created by the tens of thousands of religions out there.
Not the
created, but the
Creator.
Not
'one from the many finite' gods out there, but the
INFINITE, one and only God, the 'Creator'.
Thank you.
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
It's no wonder none of you want to meet me in person,
Have you requested to meet Forum members in person and been declined?
Yes sir, .. many times with e-mail, home address, and phone number.
Zzyzx wrote:Do you really think that you are more capable or convincing in person than in print? If you have some personal need for such contact, I may be willing to meet you here in Arkansas to test your resolve.
Please don't be teasing me buddy!? That would be, ... AWESOME DUDE, .. as my kids would say.
Of course, why, don't you agree that 'in-person' would be much, much more meaningful, or humane then referring to someone for years only as 'arian'? ESPECIALLY if Otseng to whom I am so grateful for creating this sight, and those I had some really deep disagreements with like; McCulloch, DI, Clownboat, and equally the rest too many to mention here, and of course how could we leave out Joey Knothead? It is only in-person we can see the true genuineness of a person, whether we agree on subjects or not, wouldn't you agree?
And I don't mean a courtroom style meeting either, but as I have suggested, a friendly, get to know each other, human encounter where we can eat, drink and laugh. Not just meet with you Zzyzx, but it would be an honor to meet everyone here that could afford to do this, it would be well worth the sacrifice (since I'm sure we're all just surviving) everyone that you and me have debated with these few years. I mean I would be honored to meet you, even if you just want to shake hands and tell me; "OK, we met, now get lost!" lol
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
you couldn't face me or look me straight in the eye with these kind of responses.
As with every other speculation you have attempted to make relating to Zzyzx, you are dead wrong. There is nothing that you could do in person that would limit my responses. If you propose that you could do so physically or through personal intimidation that is the biggest mistake you have made.
See, this is exactly what I mean. In person you could right away tell if I was trying to get my message across by intimidation, right? Physical threat is NOT, or never has been one of my traits, just ask my kids, especially about such critically important debates as we have here. Again I believe you see me in the wrong light because we only have our debates to judge by. I am NOT religious. I am NOT advertising my church, or some Christian denomination, or other religion.
When I say I am tough, it is because I have taken a lot of beatings in my life.
When I say I am fearless, it is because I say; "What the hell, after what I have been through, what else is there to fear? I truly believe that when my time comes, it will be exactly, not one minute before, nor a minute later then when My God says or allows. This doesn't mean I don't hate turbulence, or needles. .. lol.
If I was religious, yes I would understand why you would think 'intimidation'. And if I was advertising some church, then I would most likely (from what I've seen) use excessive kindness and offer you entertainment, jokes, promises of great wealth etc. which I'm sure you hate as well.
This is why it is so much more powerful to talk/debate in person. This is exactly why God used His Prophets and even His Son to personally talk to us. He can't do it in person-person so He uses Angels in physical form, or His Son to personally give His message. Actually I can see just from these last few debates why you would think this, it does seem, and I'm sure to others also, that in person we would be at each others throats, lol.
Not only that, but imagine how different and more meaningful, and more respectful our debates would be after we spend some time getting to know each other? Matter of fact I am already kind of feeling guilty for the tone in my responses above. I'll have to go and re read it, not that I would change anything, maybe only the tone.
Once as friends that meet or even have met, we wouldn't have to worry about telling each other off for being rude, don't you think? Like this, it feels like i'm debating the computer, but once we meet, we see that person when we debate.
Hey, I met my wife through mail-order brides, and I can attest to that that she is not the person I wrote to, nor the pictures I married. Yea a picture is like a thousand words, .. which I made up with my mind, "in my dreams" as they say.
Like our debates, I'm sure that even you probably said a few times to yourself: "Man this arian, what a little hardheaded asshole!" lol.
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
But as 'Zzyzx' you are safely hidden in a Forum separated from the other person by miles and miles of cables. here anything goes without seeing anyone.
In reasoned, honorable debate it is the conflict of ideas that matters NOT the personalities or the physical presence.
I have no need to hide from anyone and have no need to see opponents in debate because I respond to their written statements not their physical appearance.
Well you are special then. But for now I will be the judge of that once after you see me and I see that you don't laugh.
Zzyzx wrote:On a different forum a Fundamentalist got so upset that he made direct personal threats to me. I asked how soon he could make the trip to Arkansas. He must have heard his mother calling him.
Ha, ha, ha, .. yea I can see that. I also want you to know I make mistakes, sometimes even hurt people unintentionally (I don't mean physically). Until that is cleared up between us, I feel very uncomfortable in that persons presence. I find it extremely difficult to look someone in the eyes that I know I hurt in some way, or if that person thinks I hurt him/her. For this reason I feel the urgency to make things right.
But it seems, or I feel that I am not making myself clear here. Maybe because I know I had very little education, and struggle to express myself, especially with the things God has revealed to me. (Of course I don't expect you to believe in God just because I do, and that I believe it was His revelation) There is just too much evil in the world, too many evil people with evil intentions that have ruined it for everyone.
Zzyzx wrote:arian wrote:
Like in Vegas ay? "What goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas."
That doesn't hold true for Las Vegas (and probably very rarely for anywhere else).
Well, ... yea you're right, it doesn't. We have texting now, and either the wife or the husband after a while reads the others texts, .. lol "YOU DID WHAT?"
Zzyzx wrote:Now tell me how all the blustering has anything to do with Undeniable and Scientific Evidence of THE Creator.
Even if the bible was permitted as proof of truth, it certainly isn't scientific, and isn't undeniable evidence of anything, much less a creator – it is just a book of stories by unidentified religion promoters who can't be shown to have known what and who they were talking about.
Again my friend, I am NOT talking about the Bible creator or that I can prove Bible God scientifically. The Bible is specific that "No one can see God, nor can God be seen". What I can show you is the
Creator of all things, including influence men to write down things, and explain to man that He has SOLE influence/say so as to the when, where and how on all these things, except on our free will. This 'God' I understand
as THE Creator
is THE Creator whether we had the Bible or not. Matter of fact, take a good look at the Bible (little books), they have been lost for a long time, found in caves, in the dirt, pieces here and pieces there, correct?
If that was ACTUALLY 'Gods Word', you think God would let it be trampled upon by men, .. lost in the sands of time? No my friend, Gods Word is not tarnished or gets filthy by men sins and negligence. You can't dirty Gods Word, but remains as pure and clean as the day He spoke it.
"All things shall pass away, but my Word abides forever" and no man, no matter how evil or how far they go away from God and try to pervert it as the snake did with Eve, it remains forever, in its purest form.
God speaks through ALL His creation including us men, and just because we deny to hear Him (because of sin) doesn't mean it is lost. We are lost, so we have to go out and search our way back, through the forest of all these man-made religions, especially all them that were created using the Bible.
Religions think that now that they put together the little books, they have God in their pockets. "Yep, we have Bible God right here, come see He is here!" or "Come see He is out here in the desert!"
Uh hum, .. the JW's have them their way, the Mormo worshippers have Him theirs, everyone who buys or gets a Bible think that now they own God. "A way for them to make money mostly"
Look, .. the Christians present to us what, .. about 38,000 slightly different versions of God, right? What do they call each and every one of those gods? Bible God right?
Now I'm sure I may have slipped back into that indoctrinated mindset more than a few times, but that was a mistake which I believe I have corrected many times.
Honestly Zzyzx, I was so happy that you asked me to present a scientifically verifiable 'Creator', which I don't know how or why God revealed to me one who is one of the most unschooled around, but He did.
I believe it was my stubborn hard headedness for one, because I watch and listen, and when I hear or see injustice I will pursue it until God puts a wall I can't climb in front of me. If it's by Satan, I will climb it even if it kills me, so I guess God says enough, I guess when it's for no good use anyways.
But the only way I can do this is if we agree on some ground rules first, it is to rinse out the flaws from the actual words and their meanings like for example; homosexuality from the word gay. Otherwise we'll just continue banging our heads, and end up insulting each other.
Creator first, once we establish the true meaning of Creator apart from the 'created', then we can go on to specifics as to who He is, Why were we created etc. Again, I will never use the Bible as the source of proof to what I say, but just supporting evidence because it makes sense. If Buddha said something to support the idea and the existence of 'Creator', then I will use that. God IS, and there should be supporting evidence all over the place, on the Earth, in space, in the planets, stars, galaxies, .. everywhere, right?
There should also be evidence of a Devil, demons, people who promote evil, or who intentionally corrupt good.
But "what is truth?" that too I can answer AFTER we agree on my Undeniable Scientific Evidence of Creator.
The Bible says: "Seek and you shall find, knock and it will be opened unto you!", I don't just read that and make excuses and cut out words like Christians do and say regarding knowing God; "Well, no one can fully know God!"
Really? Then what the hell they go to church for 30 plus years or more? Not to actually find God, or to KNOW Him since they believe he cannot be fathomed?
You see the difference between what I tell you and religion? I demand to know the God before I worship Him. If Jesus was the Word of God (that's what I heard people say) and said that we can search and find God since He is not far from any of us, then I expect to find Him, or the Bible is really just full of mythical stories like you say. We are to look everywhere, everywhere we can, books, movies, aps (ok, maybe that's to much) especially science and observing the world and the people around us. I heard somewhere that we were created in Gods image, OK, so I go and investigate that!
Thanks again my friend, as my daughter would text: "BFF". The first time I seen that in one of her texts, I honestly started to chew her out, until she cleared up my perverted mind.
"Best Friend Forever dad, .. gosh, Really, Wow!!"