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Welcome to Defending Christianity My name is Oliver Tseng and I’m the founder of the debating forum DebatingChristianity.com. This site is a collection of posts I’ve made on the forum. The forum was started in 2004 to provide a civil and respectful forum to debate Christianity and any religious topic. Since then, over a million …

Steady state theory

POI wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 6:32 pm I admit cosmology and theoretical physics are not my fields of expertise. I took some classes to fulfill my medical goals, decades ago, but that’s really it. Bottom line, you only appeal to the argument from authority in this debate. You have not provided anything other than …

Kalam cosmological argument

[Replying to William in post #4228] The KCA states: 1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause. 2. The universe began to exist. 3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalam_cos … l_argument interpretation of the conclusions the premises point to is influenced by certain theists’ interpretations and conclusions (despite their denials that this …

Laws of thermodynamics

POI wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 11:26 pmOur universe is considered to be actually real and has always existed in one form or another, as matter/material can neither be created nor destroyed The argument the universe is eternal based on matter/energy cannot be created or destroyed is a misunderstanding of the first law of thermodynamics. …

Animals and morality

Diogenes wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:21 pm And certainly other animals are moral creatures. https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_moral_behavior_in_animals?language=en I disagree and it would be interesting to deep dive into this. Earlier I brought up examples of animal behavior: otseng wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:08 am Animals also eat their young, behead their mates, kill other animals, …