Gods Infinity Problem
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I don’t judge or label you anything (well, that’s not completely true lol) ... your fellow brothers in Christ do...
Take it up with them.
“I’m just not buying anything you’re selling”
You just said:
"Except the book that defines a “Christian” is the measuring tool.
Like, a doctor. Sure, you can call yourself “one” BUT to measure if a person really is a “Doctor” ...(you figure it out)"
What exactly are you attempting to use the tool for then?
@Homer
Jesus wept, seriously Homer, whitefire13 didn't write the fucking bible ffs.
THE BIBLE and core CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE define christianity. Like everyone else she is merely pointing out that your claims don't match that definition.
The atheists here don't decide what a Christian is, but they can point out when someone makes the claim to be one, yet their posts contradict this.
Again this is such a very simple concept, that it's hard to believe anyone could get it so wrong.
If I claimed I was Spanish, then post by post it transpired I'd never been to Spain, had no Spanish relations, and didn't speak Spanish, and you asserted you didn't think I was Spanish . Would that mean you were making an arbitrary subjective judgement on what a spanish person is? Or simply pointing out objective facts.
Don't answer ffs, it's a rhetorical analogy.
***Duh,***
I don’t know Johan, I mean, Homer...it’s soooo hard to keep you two strait...(jacket)
@HEY TIN!!! The chess game was fun. Now let's play a game of "Hide and Seek." I'm gonna go hide and you try to find me! (Get serious, this place stinks too bad for a hiding place)
@HEY TIN!!! The chess game was fun. Now let's play a game of "Hide and Seek." I'm gonna go hide and you try to find me! (Ahhh yes! A little spot of poo on the floor. Evidence that I was here, but am no more. Good try).
Re: Cog's game of hide and seek
...*thinking to self*... Hmmmm.... Wonder if I should tell Cog I am sitting on the roof looking through the skylight window watching him run from room to room?.... *strumming fingers lazily on window pane while contemplating*.... Nah. Wouldn't want to ruin his fun... *watches as Cog runs down hallway*...
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@David K. Re: Trap Pic
Hey, just make sure you get to him quickly after he gets trapped. Remember last time he had almost chewed off one of his hands trying to escape before we could get to him.... *scratching head in puzzlement*.... And to this day I STILL cannot figure out how he figured that would help him get out... *shaking head in wonderment*... Anyway, just be nearby and act quickly. I really don't want to try stitching his arm again.
I have bad news Tin
I had a dart gun ready (as you cautioned) and assumed it was full of tranquilizer. But someone (not pointing fingers ... but) someone substituted the tranquilizer with LSD.
We are not fully sure what transpired for the next twelve hours, but after we put out all the fires, tried to clear the streets of debris, and finally got all the children and sheep (yes, but that's another story) into safe custody, he surfaced.
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LOL
@David K. Re: Cog's LSD trip
Hey, truth be known, I'm just glad I don't have to stitch him up again. Although... I admit I do feel a little bad for the sheep. Great hair style, though!... *impressed nodding of head*...
Teams of counselors are being flown in to deal with the traumatized sheep.
We are still trying to figure out exactly what happened to this poor creature.
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I kept my eye on him the whole time ...
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@INFINITY PROBLEM MY ASS! God has a REALITY problem.
Wait.... God has an Infinity problem?... *scratching head*... But I always figured he drove a Cadillac.... *shrugging shoulders*... Oh, well. Anyway, what's the big deal? If it's still under warranty he should just take it back to the dealership to get it fixed?
Mind you, there is an argument that you need a mind to deal with reality, those that don’t are mindless... or perhaps don’t mind something (as in care) or mind their children (look after)...
I don't see an "infinity problem" when it comes to God and the existence of the Universe, because there seem--to me--to be some underlying fallacies when it comes to discussing what infinity actually means.
For example, consider two identical number lines placed one on top of the other, and parallel to each other. Let us also assume that these number lines are endless and stretch to infinity on both sides of the zero point (ie: to negative infinity to the left of the zero, and positive infinity to the right of the zero).
So . . . on both lines, we have all integers marked.
I could attach all integers on the bottom line with every fifth integer on the top line, and let us carry this to infinity.
Your intuition might tell you that I won't be able to do this, since--by only using every fifth integer on the upper number line to label every integer on the botton line--that there are only 20% of the fifth place integers available to do this . . . but this isn't true.
There are an infinite number of integers, and an infinite number of fifth place integers, since the definition of infinity is the quality of endlessness.
Both God and the Universe could be infinite, and this doesn't preclude omniscence.
None of this means that I neccesarily believe in God (I'm very agnostic, actually), but we're quick to point out the fallacies of Creationists who try to use science to censor the teaching of evolution in schools . . . so we should examine our own fallacies with the same degree of criticism if we are to avoid being hypocrites.
Uh, Kevin, re: “Both God and the Universe could be infinite, and this doesn't preclude omniscence.”
I mentioned numbers and god is counting them.
If he had to count them, he wouldn’t be “omniscient”.
Thought I covered this.
Maybe He wanted to count them? Why not?
True...re-read “mind” post.
@Infinity Problem?? You mean that stick has been up his ass for longer than 6000 years?
@David.
1. God does not require infinite knowledge. (Infinity is not a number or a goal or something that can be measured.) "Infinite Knowledge" really does not make much sense. God only requires sufficient knowledge.
2. How in the hell would you know that knowledge is finite? One of the dumbest things yet uttered on this site. Certainly this requires demonstration.
3. Infinities do not exist? "For generally the infinite has this mode of existence: one thing is always being taken after another, and each thing that is taken is always finite, but always different." — Aristotle, Physics, book 3, chapter 6.
Explain the sequence of adding one to the previous number, for an infinitude...
1+1 =2, 2+1 = 3, 3 + 1 =4...... Certainly this exists.... There are also potential infinities, like the expansion of the universe. (Not provable at this point in time but from all we know, potentially infinite.)
God's only problem is that you have made the assertion his "Knowledge" must be infinite and then doubled down the the assertion that "Infinities are impossible." Neither premise holds water.
The infinite is a concept and not a thing. You are making an equivocation fallacy by simultaneously asserting infinity is non-existent and a thing obtainable by a god.
That's a complete bull. You couldn't have known knowledge if it was infinite. What you know is finite. But, you can say infinite is what you haven't learned so far. In fact, what we're talking about here is LIMITS. Time and/or space limits.
Agreed...welcome Bonzo.
I have issues dealing with "infinity" because to me it barely qualifies as an abstract concept, and has zero application in this known universe.
This known universe has had it's mass calculated at 1.5×1053 kg.
This known universe has had it's start point calculated at 3.8 billion years ago. If there was no time before the big bang, then time has a start point, and if thus not infinite. The time line does not extend to infinity in both directions.
This known universe has had it's diameter calculated at 93 billion light years. Until someone can prove that there is "something" outside of our universe, I can not accept infinite distance.
Can anyone tell me what was the specific temperature of the very center of Rigel the instant Ötzi the Iceman was murdered? When someone can and prove how they arrived at the correct number, I can not accept that knowledge is infinite.
So best I know, mass, time, distance, and knowledge are not infinite. And if we can not have an example of "infinite" to study how can we even begin to prove that? I do not know if anything is infinite. There may be a god, something may be infinite. But I will not accept any of that without evidence.
I am applying the same standards of evidence as the god question, that forced me to reject the god claim.
People talk about infinity as if it was real, just like they talk about a god. But no one can prove either.
@David
Scientific and mathematical illiterate here, so please don't yell at me
Ok, I think I understand your post.
However, it is my understanding that 'infinity' has different meanings in philosophy, science and mathematics(?) Like the notion of 'nothing'
In principle, it is my position that all knowledge has value. My understanding of the term 'infinity' is very limited . I'm not sure if I'm capable of understanding in depth. The science is certainly beyond me and likely to remain so.
@ cranky47 & Whitefire13
When this thread was created, I tried to figure things out, and could not arrive at making any contribution to understanding "infinity". But after a few days of pondering, and because I now have some training (thanks to all the wonderful people this forum) I decided to approach "infinity" from the same perspective as "god".
Both "infinity" and "god" can be incredibly difficult terms to define and nail down as to exactly what they are. And both seemed to posses that elusive quality of being whatever one chose it to be.
At least with "infinity", I was able to define limitations.
Trust me cranky47, my knowledge on these fields of science place me in the category of "knows just enough not to nod off in lectures". I have few books on astronomy, and trust me, some of the concepts are a real mind-fuck to grasp and comprehend. Some took me years, some I still wrestle with. But, I read, I watch videos, I try to learn and comprehend.
But one weird concept is the shape of our universe. It may be open, closed, or flat. Huh? WTF does that mean?
It's weird shit, but it does address "infinity". I am not going to try to explain the geometry of the universe, there is a huge amount of information on the internet concerning "shape of universe".
The one and only example of "infinity" I have identified is Pi.
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@David...” This known universe has had it's start point calculated at 3.8 billion years ago. If there was no time before the big bang, then time has a start point, and if thus not infinite. The time line does not extend to infinity in both directions.”
I would respectfully point out we can only “measure” what is “here” (including the point of expansion) .... we may have calculated our “universe” at this point, however, is it still expanding? And we have no way of “calculating/measuring” (yet) the “before” expansion of said universe.
Perhaps we are just a “bubble” being blown that will pop, or not...
Infinity in numbers is only limited by its “usefulness”. Very intelligent math people stop at certain points, because for now, the “usefulness” doesn’t require going further into the infinity of them.
Mind you, I’m not a super smart math person, so I could totally be “off” on this, but this is how I’ve understood the idea of “infinity”.
We limit based on “usefulness” or lack of access to areas that are not yet “known” to us (the mystery).
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