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Sat 14 Feb, 2009 01:28 am
Only atheists deny miracles
Question: The majority denies miracles because today majority of the people knows science. Therefore, you cannot deny our side by showing the majority as the minority.
Answer: Only atheists deny miracles. Science keeps silent about the miracles because it cannot explain the miracles. Silence does not mean negation. In the books of science you do not find any topic with the name ?denying miracles?. It only mentions the topics like light, heat, electricity etc., which are the topics of analysis of known and knowable items of the world. It never touches the unknown and unknowable aspects. In fact the uncertainty principle of Heisenberg establishes that there are certain concepts, which are beyond the accuracy of our senses and even sophisticated instruments like electron microscope etc. Therefore, science is neutral and cannot be added to atheists or theists.
The atheists are definitely in negligible minority compared to theists. Therefore, people denying miracles fall under minority only. The theists also accept the concepts proved by science, which are related to the world. These theists accept miracles also as unimaginable events about which science does not speak at all. Therefore, there is no contradiction between theists and science. The theist never says that the revolution of fan is unimaginable miracle and hence, the theists never oppose science. In fact, atheists oppose science by denying miracles about which science keeps silent.
@dattaswami cv,
Perform one. Perform one right now.
Also, the Heissenberg Uncertainty Principle says nothing of the sort.
@Sabz5150,
Why do you dislike 'Athiests' so much?
@Numpty,
Numpty;63943 wrote:Why do you dislike 'Athiests' so much?
I do not dislike athiest, but i do not agree to their belief.
@Fatal Freedoms,
I deny miracles and I am not an atheist...I am a Deist, a recognized religion and a religion that denies the existence of miracles! So it is not only atheists that deny miracles, it is also some religions too...:patriot:
@Ares cv,
Ares;65818 wrote:Do well to consider that we do not scientifically know everything... Some might say we barely know anything. A miracle could be ascribed to the unknown, nothing more than unexplained phenomenons. Therefore, science is silent on what you call 'miracles' because it has nothing to talk about, its stumped and cannot explain it. There are certain variabled in nature which I imagine are not scientifically explainable, they don't follow the pattern; Oddballs you could say... I'm no scientist but thats my view on it. Also if majority rules worked even the slightest bit the world wouldn't be in the crap hole we are now. Majority rules works only so long as the people aren't ignorant or brainwashed. Anywho :peace:
P.S. Which is actually sort of against theism... If nature does not follow an orderly code and breaks off from its "norm" then you could say there is no supernatural being controlling it. There is no perfection in nature if there are variables which do not fit; that is the very definiton of an imperfection.
Jesus did several miracles directly in the presence of public. But still He was crucified. Generally miracles are misinterpreted as magic or the events that might have happened in a routine way based on probability. Even today there are several people who perform miracles. God has given the power of performing miracles to even devilish people because miracle is the fundamental experiment to establish the concept of unimaginable nature of the unimaginable God and hence needs a wide propagation. Even today we have a clear demonstration of miracles by Bhagavan Shri Sathya Sai Baba. Several scientists have studied Him closely and accepted the genuine reality of His miracles. But some atheists with conservative mind misinterpret these miracles as magic. Of course magic also exists separately. If there is copying in one center of examination. That does not mean the system of examination itself is wrong and should be condemned. Even though Lord Krishna gave the vision of cosmic form (Vishwarupa) and Kauravas fell unconscious, they concluded it as magic only. In every religion the conservative lot is present and so in the religion of atheism also. They pose themselves as scientists. The basic characteristic of a scientist is to have open mind to everything and to analyze deeply before the conclusion. If the desired conclusion is not obtained, they accept the concept of hypothesis, which is the available possible theory till it is disproved. Some of them say that they will analyze the miracle by day after tomorrow, since they analyzed today the unimaginable event of yesterday. They are forgetting that the yesterday and today were very near to each other and tomorrow is far off. Today by high jump you touched the top of the door. By some practice you may touch the roof of house by tomorrow. The top of the door and roof of the house are very near to each other. But you should not pose that you will touch the sky by day after tomorrow. All this is due to conservatism, ego and jealousy towards a co-human form in which God exists.
Universal-Spirituality
@Ares cv,
Ares;65824 wrote:So Scientists DO accept the reality of miracles???? Quit destroying your own OP. Also Christ was not crucified for his miracles, he was crucified because he insulted and outsmarted the pharisees of the day, even calling them hypocrites in from of their own people, for that, they crucified him.
Jesus did several miracles and even gave life to a dead person. But He couldn?t save Himself from crucifixion in the end. The soldiers stated this point and mocked at Jesus. Krishna even as boy, killed several demons who came in disguise to kill Him. Same Krishna, grown up well, couldn?t prevent a hunter who killed Him by mistake. Krishna laughed at sage Udanka, who was ready to curse Krishna and gave cosmic vision to him. Same Krishna didn?t control Gandhari, a common lady, giving curse to Him. Jesus and Krishna were certainly God in human forms.
When that is the fact, why both did not show the power of God to control the situation against to them? There must be a message in such action, apart from God?s wish to enjoy the role of an insulted person. God is bored with continuous success and happiness and some times likes to enjoy defeat and insult also. Apart from this self-entertainment from a negative role, there is a message for the devotees also because the action of God is always multidimensional. Another aspect in suffering with insult is to enjoy the sins of His devotees personally and get them relieved from sins. Another dimension is the message given to devotees regarding the defeat occurring due to their defects.
@Sabz5150,
Sabz5150;63942 wrote:Perform one. Perform one right now.
Also, the Heissenberg Uncertainty Principle says nothing of the sort.
It really does.You can only know either the position of the momentum of an electron. As stupid as the original post was, it was pretty clear that's what he was referring too.
@Grouch,
Grouch;65828 wrote:It really does.You can only know either the position of the momentum of an electron. As stupid as the original post was, it was pretty clear that's what he was referring too.
The statement:
"In fact the uncertainty principle of Heisenberg establishes that there are certain concepts, which are beyond the accuracy of our senses"
is NOT what Hiessenberg's principle says. What you said is correct. What separates the two is
why.
The OP is attempting to use the old and tired "Science can't know all!!!" argument in order to make a gap for God, and fails horribly.
@Sabz5150,
Sabz5150;65830 wrote:The statement:
"In fact the uncertainty principle of Heisenberg establishes that there are certain concepts, which are beyond the accuracy of our senses"
is NOT what Hiessenberg's principle says. What you said is correct. What separates the two is why.
The OP is attempting to use the old and tired "Science can't know all!!!" argument in order to make a gap for God, and fails horribly.
ugh
and yes, knowing both the location and momentum of an electron is out of the current realm (beyond the acuracy of our senses) of science.
His inference, while badly worded, is correct in this limited scope.
@Ares cv,
Ares;65818 wrote:Do well to consider that we do not scientifically know everything...
Indeed, this is true.
Quote:Some might say we barely know anything.
The true extent of human knowledge is uncertain.
Quote:
A miracle could be ascribed to the unknown, nothing more than unexplained phenomenons. Therefore, science is silent on what you call 'miracles' because it has nothing to talk about, its stumped and cannot explain it.
Until all the parameters are known then they cannot be fully explained. Good science is often making abstract concepts and making them into mathematical concepts.
Quote: There are certain variabled in nature which I imagine are not scientifically explainable, they don't follow the pattern; Oddballs you could say...
Or "anomalies" as they are known in science.
Quote: I'm no scientist but thats my view on it. Also if majority rules worked even the slightest bit the world wouldn't be in the crap hole we are now.
Quite true.
Quote: Majority rules works only so long as the people aren't ignorant or brainwashed. Anywho :peace:
Not necessarily.
Quote:P.S. Which is actually sort of against theism... If nature does not follow an orderly code and breaks off from its "norm" then you could say there is no supernatural being controlling it. There is no perfection in nature if there are variables which do not fit; that is the very definiton of an imperfection.
This is an interesting thought...
@Grouch,
Grouch;65833 wrote:ugh
and yes, knowing both the location and momentum of an electron is out of the current realm (beyond the acuracy of our senses) of science.
His inference, while badly worded, is correct in this limited scope.
No, not at all.
The mere existence of an electron is beyond our senses regardless of whether electrons move or not. What the uncertainty principal establishes is that the exact position of an electron is beyond our ability to known using current techniques.
It has nothing to do with our senses.
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;65839 wrote:No, not at all.
The mere existence of an electron is beyond our senses regardless of whether electrons move or not. What the uncertainty principal establishes is that the exact position of an electron is beyond our ability to known using current techniques.
It has nothing to do with our senses.
You are arguing symatics here and doing it badly.
For the scope of the argument and post, senses != touch, taste, sound, sight, smell. But encludes things able to be determined through current science, such as the existance of an electron, and its postion or momentum.
@Grouch,
Grouch;65843 wrote:You are arguing symatics here and doing it badly.
For the scope of the argument and post, senses != touch, taste, sound, sight, smell. But encludes things able to be determined through current science, such as the existance of an electron, and its postion or momentum.
What the hell is "symantics"?
Whether you are using a microscope or just your eyes are you still not using sight?
Current science does not exclude our senses, it extends it. The reason we do not know the position of any given electron is not because we cannot perceive it with our sense (with the aid of 'tools') but because of the techniques we use. The only reliable method of locating an electron also causes it to move at the same time, so by the time data gets back to us it is inaccurate.
I don't even know why we are arguing this. This is rudimentary knowledge, something you should have learned in high school.
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;65847 wrote:The reason we do not know the position of any given electron is not because we cannot perceive it with our sense (with the aid of 'tools') but because of the techniques we use. The only reliable method of locating an electron also causes it to move at the same time, so by the time data gets back to us it is inaccurate.
Ding, ding, ding... wake the kids and phone the neighbors, we have a winner!
This is why reliable teleportation is not yet possible.
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;65847 wrote:What the hell is "symantics"?
Whether you are using a microscope or just your eyes are you still not using sight?
Current science does not exclude our senses, it extends it. The reason we do not know the position of any given electron is not because we cannot perceive it with our sense (with the aid of 'tools') but because of the techniques we use. The only reliable method of locating an electron also causes it to move at the same time, so by the time data gets back to us it is inaccurate.
I don't even know why we are arguing this. This is rudimentary knowledge, something you should have learned in high school.
My bad I spelled with a Y like the corporation. Don't play dull, semantics.
You spend too much time repeating what I've I already said. What you think it ads to an argument I do not know. But you're a good 3 posts behind. :dunno:
As is stands, the comment made by the OP stands as true. Badly worded, but true, and you just defined why it is. Though its funny that in one post you say it has nothing to do with our senses and in the next it is our senses.