Sidewalker

Asked and answered Rainman.

So no, the word Christianity isnt mentioned anywhere in Bible as word. So we can say Christianity is made up and Christianity is just people adding words to Bible and then saying Bible says something which isnt found in Bible. Nowhere does Bible say "Your religion is Christianity or Catholicism by Bible".

Language is human, so all words are made up Rainman.

The word Bible isn't in the Bible either, what profound wisdom can you tell us about that?

BTW, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but believe it or not, the Bible was not written in English.

Also, in case you didn't know, it was written a long time ago.

The people that wrote it were Jews.

Lesson over.

You're welcome.

What do you think I have added, pray, tell?

Is Christianity mentioned in Bible ever anywhere?

Asked and answered Rainman.

https://www.debatecraft.com/forum/c/religion/posts/hu/show-me-where-bible-mentions-the-word-christianity?page=1&comment_number=10

The development of intellect, associated knowledge and technological development doesn't seem to make much, if any difference to ongoing levels of general human stupidity.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Canada is BRILLIANT.

I must visit.

Just don't go in winter.

FYI - winter is from September to May.

So you know what it is like to be a total reject?

No, I just imagine alternative reality where everyone loves me, where I came down from Heaven on the wings of Dragon to save humanity. So the trick is to just create different reality. You can imagine a different reality, and reality is product of mind anyway.

Abracadabra, watch me pull a different reality out of a hat.

Only people who can think magically can understand your arguments

Its not magic really, just basic deduction from law of identity.

SatanLucy Logic: Abracadabra, now watch me pull God out of a hat!

Maybe don't get so distracted next time, and Trump won't get re-elected.

We don't get distracted because when it comes to...hey look, another Tik Tok video.

Yes really. All of your statements prove God has a sense of humor, and you're the punchline.

Only people who cant think logically dont understand my arguments.

Only people who can think magically can understand your arguments.

If Trump attacks Venezuela there will be more Venezuelan refugees entering America.

If Trump can remove Maduro and have him convicted for trafficking drugs, there will be another pardon he can sell.

They will just have American presidents busy looking at the time while the coffins are buried.

That's the whole point, to have people looking at something other than the Epstein tapes and his cognitive decline.

Dead "suckers" and "losers" are a great distraction.

The Standard model says that time came into existence at the moment of the Big Bang, which means time began when the universe began, consequently, there was no "before" the Big Bang as the concept of time itself is considered to have started then. 

Do you know what "time" is? Let me guess, no.

Do you know what "logic" is? Let me guess, no.

You are contradicting your previous statement

Not really. All my statements prove God.

Yes really. All of your statements prove God has a sense of humor, and you're the punchline.

Sidewalker - Can the Universe be created?

No, the generally accepted Standard Model of Cosmology assumes conventional physics, especially the General Theory of Relativity, and utilizes the FLRW metric. Logically speaking, our current scientific model represents the Universe as uncreated.

Here’s what is meant by that, logically, for something to be created, it must temporally move from not existing to existing, there must have been a time when the universe did not exist, followed by a time when the universe did exist. But per the General Theory of Relativity, the Standard Model of Cosmology says that this is not the case, temporally speaking, the Universe is finite, around fourteen billion years old, but there was not a time when it did not exist, so it was not “created”.

The Standard model says that time came into existence at the moment of the Big Bang, which means time began when the universe began, consequently, there was no "before" the Big Bang as the concept of time itself is considered to have started then. The question of "what came before" is generally considered to be meaningless within the Standard Model of Cosmology. If there was no time when the Universe did not exist, then it is meaningless to say it was “created”.

Nothing cannot exist, and therefore, something could not have come from nothing,

Even if you say "Abracadabra" first.

The first cause argument, also known as a cosmological argument, is 

a philosophical and theological argument that asserts the universe's existence requires a first, uncaused cause, which is identified as God. The argument suggests that everything in the universe is caused by something else, and this chain of causation cannot go on infinitely, so it must start with a prime mover or uncaused cause. 

The argument's logical structure

Premise 1: Everything that exists has a cause.

Premise 2: The chain of causes cannot be infinite.

Conclusion: Therefore, there must be a first, uncaused cause (God) that initiated the chain. 

Examples and variations

Thomas Aquinas's argument: St. Thomas Aquinas formulated influential versions of this argument, such as the argument from motion, which states that change requires a mover, and the chain of movers must end with a first mover that is not moved by anything else.

The domino effect: A common analogy is a line of dominoes, where each domino falls because the one before it knocked it over. The chain of falling dominoes can only exist if there is a first domino that was pushed to start the process. 

Common objections and criticisms

Infinite regress: Critics question the premise that the chain of causes cannot be infinite, arguing that an infinite regress is a possibility.

God as an exception: Many philosophers, like Bertrand Russell, have pointed out that if everything must have a cause, then God must also have a cause. The argument seems to make an exception for God without sufficient justification.

The fallacy of composition: Some argue it is fallacious to assume that if every part of the universe has a cause, then the universe as a whole must also have a cause.

Causality beyond experience: Immanuel Kant argued that causality is a principle of our experience and cannot be legitimately applied to a transcendent, uncaused cause. 

AI - Can nothing exist?

No, “nothing” cannot exist, especially in a physical sense, as even the vacuum of space is filled with energy and virtual particles. Philosophically, "nothing" is a contradictory concept because the idea of existence is inherently tied to "something," even if that something is a thought or a void with properties. 

Philosophical and conceptual arguments

1. Contradiction: The very concept of "nothing" is difficult to grasp because it's defined as the absence of existence, making it a self-contradictory idea.
2. A conceptual tool: "Nothing" can exist as a concept in our minds, representing the opposite of "something," but it cannot exist as an independent entity in reality.
3. Absence vs. nothingness: While there can be an absence of a specific thing (e.g., "nothing in the basket"), this doesn't mean true, absolute nothingness exists. The basket itself and the air inside it are still "something". 

Scientific perspectives

1. The vacuum is not empty: According to modern physics, the vacuum of space is not truly empty. It is filled with fluctuating quantum fields, a phenomenon known as "quantum foam" where virtual particles constantly pop in and out of existence.
2. Energy is always present: Even in the coldest, emptiest possible space, there is still energy, which is a form of "something".
3. Physical laws: The laws of physics, such as the uncertainty principle, suggest that "nothingness" cannot exist in the physical universe and that there will always be some form of energy or field present. 

It is eternal or self caused.

You are contradicting your previous statement.... you are still not getting the logic thing.

Saying that something must exist, doesn't mean that it must exist. - SergeantLynch

So you dont believe in logic. - SatanLucy

That doesn't follow, what he said is he doesn't believe in magic.

Saying that something exists isn't a magical incantation that makes things exist. Over here in the real world, you can't just speak things into existence, you didn't even say "Abracadabra" first.

First logical step is an actual GOD, rather than a make believe one.

You cannot explain why things exist without a cause. So first cause is needed.

You cannot explain why a first cause exists without a cause. So first cause is not needed.

"Nothing' and "exists" are mutually exclusive terms, it makes no sense whatsoever to declare that nonexistence exists

It means that there is no existence, if you need translation.

No shit, and that's my point, to say that "no existence" exists, is a meaningless statement, if you need an explanation of simple logic.

For example, the basic category for theory of existence is: Something exists or nothing exists.

The syntax of the phrase makes no real sense. How can ‘nothing’ be a something which does not exist?

"Nothing' and "exists" are mutually exclusive terms, it makes no sense whatsoever to declare that nonexistence exists

If life was fair, I would be born 70 years later, in some nice advanced country.

Including you makes it unanimous; everyone wishes you weren't born yet.

Don't forget chatbots.

That's not "chatbot", do "chatbot".

The term often used to describe a person too foolish to realize they are being trolled is 

someone suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias where they are incompetent at something and lack the ability to recognize their own incompetence. They are overconfident, which prevents them from seeing the humor or the manipulation in a situation. 

you just earned a new title.

That's not a word, and that's not what it means.

Now do chatbot.

Is there a word that means "A person that is too fucking stupid to know when they are being trolled"?

American women like winning cases against pussy grabbers. Trump is a self declared pussy grabber.

Here is photographic evidence of Trump grabbing a pussy.

Which came first: culture or language?

Neither one, they evolved together as two aspects of the same development.

Six Demos ion. Congress have a PSA-type "ad" claiming Trump is committing unconstitutional crime,

That is not true, they did not claim that Trump is committing unconstitutional crime, what they did was remind soldiers that legally, they must follow the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which mandates the refusal of unlawful orders.

but none will cite the crime, as if breathing is criminal. Why are they so shy?

You want them to cite the crime they didn't mention?

Maybe because the allegation is a myth, like Russia, Russia, Russia?

Trump responded by throwing a conniption, which raises the question of what illegal orders does he intend to give. Can you cite the crime he wants to order the military to commit?

General anesthetic shows that the mind is not separate from the body.

When you turn off a radio the music stops, does that prove the radio was the source of the music?

You just now realized you have a brain disorder?

Sheesh, I guess you are the last to know, the rest of us already knew you have a brain disorder.

I prefer to call it a winter festival in honour of the Sun, our GOD and life giver, as it makes it's way back north again.

It doesn't matter what you call it, they both celebrate renewal and rebirth, essentially, they are two aspects of one and the same celebration, in terms of meaning, they have more in common than they do differences.

And fortunately my wife and I have similar views on the subject of Christmas and all the associated commercial tosh that goes with it these days.

Everything is commercialized, that's just an aspect of our culture of materialism, if you can think of a major celebration that hasn't been commercialized, let me know so we can monetize it.

Ignore it.

Do you decorate an evergreen tree? How about Yule logs, candles, a winter feast, those all originated in winter solstice celebrations before Christianity embraced them.

I even visit a cave this time of year in honor of the Calling of the Bears, went to Ruby Falls in Chattanooga last week.