@Sharon You are a bravely arrogant woman! Human-kind's knowledge is vastly over-rated when compared to the infinity of the universe. If science can explain our being why can't it explain how we came to be: The world is here, all plants and animals live in it, why is it so diverse yet so bio-dependent? All of that happened from microbes who 'decided' that they would part ways into different environments and develop differently? As though they had thought and planning skills. I suggest you leave your mind open to the concept of God (Good)and marvel at the unknown that surrounds you. Marvelling is the gift that God gives us - enjoyment of His world! Until you can say for CERTAIN, "There is no God.", don't presume that we are all fools and you are not.

@JollyRoger [quote] Human-kind's knowledge is vastly over-rated when compared to the infinity of the universe. [/quote]

Some things aren't know but there's no point hypothesizing a god to explain the unknown. All that does is add another unknown - namely the origin of that god.

[quote]All of that happened from microbes who 'decided' that they would part ways into different environments and develop differently?[/quote]

Why would anything need to decide? Anything that didn't develop to survive in a given environment simply wouldn't. No decision necessary.

[quote] Marvelling is the gift that God gives us - enjoyment of His world! [/quote]

Pot meet kettle. That's a very arrogant statement from one who calls me arrogant. Why believe it's your particular god anyway? There are thousands to choose from.

@Speedyman Unlike you, I don't have to resort to childish insults.

🤣🤣🤣@Sharon

“If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him.”

-- Mikhail Bakunin

@JollyRoger it does no good to speak truth to those who don't believe truth exists, and it does no good to show light to the blind

They ignore the truth and go on disparaging, correcting the ignorant only works if the ignorant wish to be rid of ignorance

@th3r0n So... you're not an evangelist? I think he could apologize for the tone of his message but I don't really think he's as 'hard rock' close minded as you do.

@JollyRoger would you persuade him then?

I can teach those who want to learn, and I do, but to those who wish to argue, I find no place to argue, only to educate

If I was trying to figure out by science it would be one thing, God does miracles for me, just as his word says when I have faith and no doubts he does it, without fail, though literally no doubt is a bigger thing than people realize

I've seen proof personally that shows beyond doubt that God is real and true, debating science when one has made up their mind doesn't seem to ever help

It's like asking you to prove that you exist while ignoring the obvious, it becomes impossible

@SW-User So, you think man created God but you believe in "God" (being a name for a higher power) - You shouldn't fear naming your belief! How would you like it if we were friends and I kept calling you 'Hey, Dude' all the time?

@JollyRoger I don't and won't call it god as it isn't God as portrayed to me by the established religions I've been exposed to.

@SW-User BUT: It's evident that you have a 'belief' that there was a creator.... That creator should be able to carry a name so you can refer to it easily.... "Herbie" comes to mind if you'd like it to be a paternal figure.

@SW-User Things are complicated and fractious enough as it is! lol

@SW-User A Goddess then 😎😘

@Elandra77 Very true 🌹

@JBird what is a God?

@FreestyleArt according to man made concept, God is a supreme character that is controls everything, universal judge and is responsible for creation of the universe to some

@TheWildEcho and then man created false gods

@DestroyerOfIdeologies Hmmmm. Did your father beat you?

@JollyRoger Hmmmm. Are you an a-hole who just insulted people who were physically abused?

@GodSpeed63 Don't get me wrong - I do believe in God. BUT:
As the book of Genesis was 'written' many thousand years after Adam's account of what happened in the Garden of Eden (Notice... Nobody asked Eve for her account) - all we have is a verbal account of what Adam reported to his kids - schools were pretty scarce back then - and the written word didn't come about for several thousand years after Adam died. [b]So, there is room for interpretation.[/b] The next point is that in Genesis, God seems to 'drop in' on Adam and Eve to see how they are doing in managing His garden. At no time do we get the impression that God sat Adam down and said things like, "Adam, see that dirt over there? That's what you are made of." "And by the way, while you were sleeping, I took one of your ribs and made a companion for you." So.... where did this 'stuff' come from? [b] Where does Santa Claus come from?[/b] It comes from people telling a tale over and over and embellishing it to impress their audience.
By the way... didn't I hear that just VERY recently they discredited veracity of the Dead Sea Scrolls? And then: we have the Books of Matthew, Luke and John who most scholars admit have been composed from the writings of many authors - AS WITNESSES told the stories to them. - Truth or convenience of memory?
And then we have the Lord's Prayer as translated by scribes in the employ of King James! - can you imagine Jesus telling his disciples that prayer with the words "... AND (you God) LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION..." as if my God would want to lead Jesus, the disciples or me and you into temptation!! And... the audacity of someone (attributed to Jesus himself) to ask God not to do that!

So... I rest my case that there is a strong possibility for corruption of fact in the Bible. NOTE: I do not say that the whole text is corrupt and I do not say that there isn't much to learn from reading it! BUT: if you are asking me to BELIEVE it, word-for-word? Try it on someone else!

@JollyRoger [quote]if you are asking me to BELIEVE it, word-for-word? Try it on someone else![/quote]

Who do you think wrote the Holy Bible?

@KA9ha in the same way my daughter and I created each other because she gave me purpose?

@SW-User They didn't know either.

@Emosaur Says the snot nosed kid that hates his parents. Too Funny.