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Atheists & Agnostics

Duppers

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5. Yup.

Reply to Brainstormy (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 01:26 PM

Sep 2017

That's just it - using their reasoning, god cannot be explained without having another creator god. Etc, etc. They do not recognize their own fallacies.

The "something from nothing" angle is their most presented reason as to why "there MUST be a god. How else do we explain everything?"

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If you can explain... [View all] Duppers Sep 2017 OP

Osteen Duppers Sep 2017 #1

Doesn't even make sense. n/t Brainstormy Sep 2017 #2

Seriously? Duppers Sep 2017 #3

But it says "if you can explain God without a Creator" Brainstormy Sep 2017 #4

Yup. Duppers Sep 2017 #5

Lots of people have tried to do that... camelfan Sep 2017 #6

No, no, no Brainstormy Sep 2017 #8

Think of "Creator" in that sentence as meaning "prior cause" (n/t) Jim Lane Sep 2017 #11

Has always just driven me CRAZY! maddiemom Sep 2017 #9

Well, they explained that one very simply in Catholic school. Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #7

and that is usually the answer I have heard in various videos rurallib Sep 2017 #10

I was born in Baltimore. Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #12

LOL.............. raven mad Sep 2017 #13

True. And............. raven mad Sep 2017 #14

That always makes creationists angry. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #15