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I quoted this about 70 pages ago, but its apt again Religiosity and intelligence "Why should fewer academics believe in God than the general population? I believe it is simply a matter of the IQ. Academics have higher IQs than the general population. Several Gallup poll studies of the general...

The fact that we are here needn't be considered fortunate/unlikely. Lottery example If you said before the event that person X was definitely going to win the lottery then the odds are massively stacked against you, millions to 1. But there has to be a winner somewhere, after the lottery has...

I agree credit due to DG for giving his best, great work DG! but his selective answering makes me feel he is aware of his position of weakness

DerbyGull has a great way of disappearing just when conversations get interesting, I have been having several good conversations with him throughout this thread and when he gets to a difficult area he ups and leaves. I know its not his job to field our questions but its quite fun when he does. :D

Why are cults bad?

That an instance of a cult, what characteristics make up a cult?

How would you define a cult?

what's the point of this video Dgull? Vulnerable people like to join cults?

I can see the words but what does that actually mean? Where is your spirit located? Is his spirit with me too?

So we're no nearer an answer! What a shame, perhaps I was overoptimistic but I thought if anyone could crack the god question it would be NSC. Maybe there just haven't been enough pages yet. Maybe we should try a different tack, lets find out what we all agree on and work from there? I'll...

Can somebody update me with the progress being made on this thread? When I left it we had some religious zealots praising the lord and some atheists mocking them for their stupidity. A: Is this still the situation? B: How much longer can this go on for?

So you don't know much about it but you believe it all?

I thought if you believed in this stuff you would have researched it?

Did god create the angels and therefore Lucifer as well? If yes, did he create Lucifer's pride as well?

Interesting how people's interpretation of god is changing over time and he controls less and less as we learn more through science God of the gaps The term God-of-the-gaps argument can refer to a position that assumes an act of God as the explanation for an unknown phenomenon, which is a...

So if god created everything, he is responsible for everything. Why did he not create a perfect universe, with no naughty devil in it? and no Judas? If god was omnipotent I would have expected more from him, or is he just a bit of a rubbish god? (bit like a physio trying to be a football manager?)

Did god create the angels and therefore Lucifer as well? If yes, did he create Lucifer's pride as well?

So god created the devil? (was that a smart move?) what didn't he like about god's plan? what is god's plan?

Where did the devil come from? did god create him or was he always here? And is he all bad or just got a bad rep?

What does the devil look like? where does he live? and does he have a fork?