Comments by "pinball1970" (@pinball1970) on "World Science Festival" channel.

  1.  @davewalt1781  Check out the reference I gave you, Bart Ehrman is a Biblical scholar and has written a book on it. Check it out
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  2.  @davewalt1781  Jesus? He is dead. The idea of a human sacrifice to me is a disgusting tribal notion.
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  3.  @davewalt1781  Hades is Greek
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  4.  @davewalt1781  That is not what scholarship is
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  5.  @davewalt1781  I do not want nor did I ask for a human sacrifice for me. I find the idea disgusting and also ridiculous, how can killing a human have anything to do with absolving my sins? It's nothing to do with any one else. I take responsibility for my mistakes, my mess ups and wrong doing no one else.
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  6.  @davewalt1781  Ok Dave that is your view. It is not my view.
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  7.  @davewalt1781  How do you know that? Free will could be an illusion.
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  8.  @davewalt1781  Why is it a who? Is there a 'who' controlling the stars?
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  9.  @davewalt1781  Stars are explained Scientifically. They don't need a supernatural explanation.
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  10.  @davewalt1781  I really don't know if we have free Will or not. It's not about control it's about determinism
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  11.  @davewalt1781  Science and the Bible absolutely do NOT sit together.
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  12.  @davewalt1781  Why does it have to be a who?
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  13.  @davewalt1781  I was raised a Christian, my sister still is
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  14.  @davewalt1781  That is not what I mean by free will. Think of it this way, image a pool table and I am just about to break. The table and balls are perfect, brand new, I break and the balls split, who is controlling where the balls go after? No one is, they scatter according to forces and angles. So it was at the Big bang, the moment after who controls the balls?
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  15.  @davewalt1781  Google Irpinia earth quake 1980, that changed me
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  16.  @davewalt1781  Ok let's not get into global flood or Evolution (sick of those subjects) let's go for Joshua, the sun stopped in the sky so he could keep fighting. Comments? Scientifically what would that mean?
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  17.  @davewalt1781  After 1980 I had doubts about what God was. I went looking for him. Creation and global flood were not a problem (metaphors) other religions were simply wrong. It was when I began studying the old testament that my faith started to crumble. I came to the conclusion that the OT was written and inspired by men not gods. I have studied the Bible ever since, as an academic activity. Jesus? He was just a man, an impressive man but a man all the same. Some messages of love and kinship, some not so.
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  18.  @davewalt1781  I began with NT, if I would have began with the OT I would have had objections far earlier.
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  19.  @davewalt1781  Rape, murder, slavery, genocide and misogyny are pretty easy to understand.
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  20.  @davewalt1781  The fact we have Scientific explanation for observed phenomenon means we do not need a supernatural agency to make sense of it.
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  21.  @davewalt1781  My faults are mine Dave that's it. I'm an adult, if I mess up break the law or god forbid take another person's life I expect to pay for it, be punished according to the law. I was not born on sin this is a nonsense concept, have you ever seen a child being born?
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  22.  @davewalt1781  Just tell me where Science needs the supernatural
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  23.  @davewalt1781  My kids birth was very traumatic, he was emergency C section. Science got him out alive. Like I said this original sin thing is just a claim from he Bible for me.
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  24.  @davewalt1781  Cosmologists are working out the origins of the universe as we speak, some models do not have a 'beginning' as such so no creator required.
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  25.  @davewalt1781  Determinism and free Will are difficult subjects. I recommend Jim Al Kalili on this subject. We could have free will but you have to do a lot of unraveling, think pool balls
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  26.  @davewalt1781  Archaeological digs disproved a lot of OT claims, Science has disproved the creation myth, the flood myth is not original. Parts of the NT are invented, no census for the birth of Jesus, no woman taken in adultary, chapters added to Mark. Et al
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  27.  @davewalt1781  God, the Bible and religions are completely irrelevant to the scientific method and the knowledge which is based on evidence. Religions are based on faith not evidence.
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  28.  @davewalt1781  You arbitrarily assign things to god without looking at the details. Do you assign viruses to god?
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  29.  @davewalt1781  I am not sure I mentioned but I have a degree in applied Biology but I felt completely helpless watching the birth of my son unfold. I am not a Dr so there was nothing I could do or say apart from my baby is now in tachycardia and my Mrs is severely hypertensive! Don't let them die please!! I'll never forget those words, 'the baby appears to be in distress.' Anyway he was ok. They worked fast and efficiently to get him out, I watched. That's the first time I ever saw anyone smacked up on morphine. I said, ' Babe he's perfect he's beautiful, I love you.' She said, 'uh.' or something like that. I'll never forget it.
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  30.  @davewalt1781  Just say god started the BB, every thing that happens after is pool balls. Do we have free will? I am not convinced either way, some physicists say probably not because of the pool balls. What about the brain? Choices? I don't know mate, Science is my thing, this area blows my mind a bit. A lot!
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  31.  @davewalt1781  Cosmology works on models and data that can be tested. Certain models fit/explain the data better, that's how it works. Peer reviewed literature published in journals. I'm not sure where you get this simplistic, ' talk is cheap,' idea. If you think this way consider all the satellites and global communication systems including the internet you use now. Science works.
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  32.  @davewalt1781  You are a good guy
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  33.  @davewalt1781  Cancer? I'm sorry mate, my heart and love go to you and your family.
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  34.  @davewalt1781  and I hope you will continue to be a miracle
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  35.  @davewalt1781  It's just banter most of the time, apologies if I came over as an ass at first. I have so many Creationist friends now as a result of discussion like this!
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  36.  @davewalt1781  I respect you Dave, I respect your resilience and courage. My views on Jesus are mixed. The Bible we agree is probably one of the most important books ever written.
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  37.  @davewalt1781  That is a big ask Dave! I have not done that since I was 24. It is weekend I have time, I will do it, just for you.
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  38.  @davewalt1781  Here we go. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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  39.  @davewalt1781  Hi Dave. Yes it's a powerful text. I think you are a beautiful guy
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  40.  @davewalt1781  AND I would stand against any god demon or devil to protect you. They can take me or my soul if they want but they will have me to answer to if they touch you. You have my word on that.
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  41.  @davewalt1781  You have made me think Dave, I'll be honest. I did not hate the religious before we talked but I forgot how strong and positive, powerful and beautiful theists can be. I failed in that respect I think, god or no god. Keep posting and keep me in the loop.
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  42.  @davewalt1781  I have been reading a lot of the Bible NT since we talked. It's amazing stuff. You think people were really that smart 2000 years ago!! Wow. Who was Jesus? He was impressive but from god? I know you have prayed for me mate but some things are not meant to be. Honesty is important and I have to tell you where I am rather than what you would like to hear. I could be wrong but I have to be true to myself.
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  43.  @bigbabatunde1218  What you posted is stupid nonsense. You are clueless regarding the Theory.
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  44.  @hummingbirdbumblebee4618  What you posted was unscientific rambling nonsense. Of course god has never been proven by Science. How could it? Science is empirical and god is supposed to beyond nature. Also why should an atom be proof of god Anyway? All process back to the BB are natural.
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  45.  @2fast2block  I get an alert and can read it but either OP has removed it or the algorithm as it is not on the thread
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  46.  @ilsagita5257  Thanks for the information. I have been to your country many times and I love the people and the food!
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  47. ​ @ecospider5  when was this talk? I am 20 minutes in and there is no mention of Hubble Gaia or Webb (telescopes)
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  48.  @amrahmed7856  It's hard to tell. I'll take your word for it
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  49.  @late8641  Nor does he claim to be, the God Delusion is just his perspective. Have you read it?
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