elshamah888 wrote:i don't think this is true :
http://reasonandscience.heavenforum.org/origin-of-life-how-did-life-arise-on-earth-f2/rna-and-the-origin-of-life-t106.htm
In summary, RNA can perform only a few minor functional roles and even then usually as the consequence of researchers intentionally ‘engineering’ the RNA catalyst in question. Even in the face of extreme difficulty, most neo-Darwinians remain convinced that the RNA world must have existed, subsequently paving the way for the DNA-protein world. If it did not, the chicken-and-egg paradox -- from a materialistic perspective -- cannot be resolved.
Autocatalysis has been tested in the laboratory and proven. RNA can work as an enzyme and a ribozyme. Current predictions are based on the existence of protobionts, which need neither proteins nor RNA enzymes to begin the evolutionary process. Just simple thermodynamics.
elshamah888 wrote:have you read the thread i linked to ?
How do you explain where guilt comes from? How do you explain why all people in the world have this feeling called a conscience that seems to tell them that something is wrong, such as murder. How come people feel a heavy weight on their emotions called guilt when they do something wrong, such as lie and steal, and the best thing to do to take the weight off themselves is to tell the truth and/or ask for forgiveness. If God doesn't exist, then how could you rationally explain all that?
But morality is a memetic and not inherent; we learn what is right and wrong, we are not born with it. We simply wouldn't exist if we taught our children that killing any person anywhere was good whenever beneficial.
we don't know it in a absolute sense. But all evidence , scientific, and philosophical, indicates so:
The second premise of the kalam cosmological argument is supported by both philosophical and scientific arguments. Arguments under the former category involve showing that the existence of an actually infinite number of things is metaphysically impossible. If the universe never began to exist, then its past duration would be actually infinite. [5] Since actual infinities cannot exist, then the past duration of the universe must have been finite, implying that the universe must have begun to exist. Even if one grants that it is possible for an actual infinite to exist, it still cannot be formed by successive addition, and henceforth the past duration of the universe must be finite. From a scientific perspective, the beginning of the universe is strongly supported by modern big bang cosmology. The proponent of the KCA thus finds himself comfortably seated in the midst of mainstream cosmology. Combined, these two reasons lend strong support to the truth of the second premise. Additionally, an eternal universe is ruled out by the second law of thermodynamics.
Before I move on, I just want to offer some definitions of the different types of infinity lest my opponent choose to attack that particular argument.
Potential infinities are sets that are constantly increasing toward infinity as a limit, but never attain infinite status. A more accurate description would be to say that their members are indefinite. An actual infinite, by contrast, is a set x that contains a subset x' that is equivalent to x. "The crucial difference between an infinite set and an indefinite collection would be that the former is conceived as a determinate whole actually possessing an infinite number of members, while the latter never actually attains infinity, although it increases perpetually. We have, then, three types of collection that we must keep conceptually distinct: finite, infinite, and indefinite."
http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5231
There is actually no scientific evidence that indicates anything about the conditions before the big bang. Using the big bang to support any theory on what happened before it is fallacious.
Modern cosmologists currently use the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker model to demonstrate that the universe is flat and spatially infinite. What problem do you have with infinity exactly?
i don't think so. God's Omnipotence must be defined:
http://reasonandscience.heavenforum.org/does-god-exist-origin-of-god-metaphysical-reality-f10/god-is-omnipotent-definition-t217.htm#1319
The claim that God can do anything has been the subject of a number of qualifications. First, many affirm the biblical view that God cannot do what is morally contrary to his nature. Similar to Anselm (Proslogion 7), Aquinas says that God cannot sin because he is omnipotent, since sin is a falling short of perfection (Summa Theologica, Ia.25.3). Nelson Pike says that it is logically possible for God to sin but he would not do what is against his nature. Aquinas also says that God cannot do other things that corporeal beings can do. And, he cannot do what is logically impossible, such as make a square circle. Descartes is one of the few to hold the contrary view, that the laws of mathematics and logic are subject to the will of God (Descartes’ Conversation with Burman, 22, 90).
So you believe in a god with logical limits
I genuinely like that! It's definitely more realistic. How limited is your god exactly? Lets say for instance that some of these constants were not finely tuned as they are, would that make it impossible for him to create life?
