firoz85 said:
** Correction
Yes we are finite in ourself but that does not mean we are absolutely without intelligence.Finite enough to acknowedge that there is immaculate intelligent design, metaphysics that we cannot comprehend , science that does not fullly explain it or contradicts and hence we have to acknowledge a Supriority out there.
The superiority that you refer is the unknown of science!
So the superiority of some 1000's of years ago is not so superior today since we've come to understand the reasons behind it!
firoz85 said:
However we are not infinite wise enough to say unequivocally that there is no God out there and that nature came to be by 'mere chance of a big bang'.
For us humans to say so convincingly that the earth fell just the right distance from the sun to support life , that the trees give just the right amount of oxygen to support life and that the balance of night and day,etc,etc is all just 'mere chance' is wrong,even by scientific standards.
What makes you think it just happened? This is a transformation of billions of years... the right amount of oxygen, sunlight etc. etc. the formula was ignite when it was the right time... not that it happened from the word go! instantly!
Your theory of "Earth just fell" is totally wrong way of looking at it...
Lets take an example:
Humans need X amount of Oxygen in the atmosphere
If this is the FACT then what you are saying here is....
It cannot be by chance that the atmosphere exactly having an X amount of Oxygen that is the ideal amount we need
But this is totally wrong way of looking at it... what you should be seeing here is..
It is bacuase X amount of Oxygen is present in atmosphere therefore life on earth could sustain and adopted to use that amount!
If you look at it that, nothing has happened by chance! everything had reasons behind it!!
firoz85 said:
To be finite does not mean 2 extremes i.e 'to deny God' or 'blind faith in God'.To be finite in my opinion is yes to acknowledge that there is a force behind creation of earth , of life and of nature . We can research into the how of it , the science of it but we can never truly try to comprehend the entirety of things and here is where faith comes in. So its a balance of faith and reason.
The GODs we hear in today's world are totally different from what we are talking here... like I mentioned the superiority is very relative term, things once we thought was superior isn't superior anymore so its in a constant state of transformation or evolution...
If you call that the GOD then it is totally different from GODs from religions... because people believe it is GODs word written in the HOLY BOOKS, and then GODs expect us to pray them...
But GOD themselves say they are almighty... if they are almighty then why they created all this? why they created us? the forces govern the universe? why they expect us to pray them?
There must be something they getting out of this? So if they are getting anything out of it... which means they are very much dependent on us... if they are dependent on us.. then can they be Almighty?
So these kind of OBVIOUS questions are related with the term GOD!! So if this is the GOD you are talking about then... these questions should be answered first!
So like you said we are not absolutely without intelligence.. from our view point this is very very simple logic... you created something for a purpose, the result is here but the purpose contradicts BIG TIME!!