deism (vs. theism) – Uncommon Descent

At Mind Matters News: If extraterrestrials didn’t fine tune Earth, maybe there is a God

In the face of a grab bag of ideas like creation by ETs or countless universes (some run by cats), why does the idea of a Creator seem far out?

ET When we breathe, cough or sneeze, our bodies are expelling toxins. It cannot be a good thing to breathe in... – At Evolution News: Three stunners challenge...
mohammadnursyamsu @KF Your credibility that you take subjectivity seriously, is lacking. Because you assert morality as objective, and are ignorant of... – Is there such a thing as...
chuckdarwin Bornagain It is hard to miss; it is a common theme in your comments. However, I don't see its relevance.... – Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: Beauty in the...
Pater Kimbridge Jerry, if that were true, then hospitals and medical venues, where staff wear masks all day, would be the places... – At Evolution News: Three stunners challenge...
polistra Now we're starting to get somewhere. Open letters and petitions are meaningless. Protests only excite the psychopaths into more killing.... – Berkeley scientist and center director resigns...
kairosfocus MNY, please refrain from accusations like that; they are offensive beyond measure. Then too, I suggest that warrant of credible... – Is there such a thing as...
jerry Great example of why masks are counterproductive as we need all these other low levels of DNA to form immunity.... – At Evolution News: Three stunners challenge...
Pater Kimbridge Pathogens can be spread in this same way. Thanks for the additional validation that we need to wear masks during... – At Evolution News: Three stunners challenge...
bornagain77 CD, you do realize that I was talking about the self-refuting epistemology inherent in what Darwin's theory actually entails do... – Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: Beauty in the...
ET seversky: The problem is that science is trying to ascertain what are the facts. Scientists do that using science. The... – Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: Beauty in the...
chuckdarwin So what, exactly, is this “false and illusory” view? Is this short essay another veiled “correct” assault on the fact... – Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: Beauty in the...
ram Seversky @19, What do you care? You're just a troll. And everyone knows it. If you were a real philosopher,... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
bornagain77 Sabine Hossenfelder stated: "we do not have an empirically supported probability distribution for the constants of nature." First and foremost,... – Sabine Hossenfelder: No way to tell...
mohammadnursyamsu @KF Objectivity does basically exclude freedom, because facts are FORCED by evidence. You are just talking outrageous lies. The truth... – Is there such a thing as...
jerry There is an infinite number of possibilities for constants. What are the consequences of the one that happened. It’s not... – Sabine Hossenfelder: No way to tell...
kairosfocus MNY: materialists conceive of making a choice, the same as like a chesscomputer calculating a move That is the precise... – Is there such a thing as...
BobRyan From the OP, "Creation by an alien intelligence is the best way to account for our universe:" That is the... – At Mind Matters News: Harvard astronomer:...
mohammadnursyamsu @seversky The knowledge of good and evil, refers to conceiving of making a choice, in terms of using the facts... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
polistra Loeb says some sensible things, but this ain't one of them. Seeing aliens as our super-leaders is just an acceptable... – At Mind Matters News: Harvard astronomer:...
martin_r So, if i am not mistaken, this guy from Harvard is a creationist, right ? – At Mind Matters News: Harvard astronomer:...
Sandy I assume you’re appealing to the code-like nature of the genetic ‘code’, i.e. that’s it’s abstract and purely arbitrary. Are... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...