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Originally posted by frudi_x:
Yorick, i never said we humans understand all the natural laws that govern the behavior of the universe. but not knowing something that exists doesn't mean that something doesn't exist, you said so yourself. whether or not we know all the natural laws doesn't affect the universe obeying them.
and on the nature of the creator Timber has already posted pretty much what i would have.
i would only add, that the fact that most people believe in a creator doesn't prove his existence, as many of these beliefs cotradict eachother. they can't all be right, if they believe different things, can they? and it's not like popular belief has always been guaranteed to be right...
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The point is you haven't factored in peoples experiences with the creator in your assertions. You've just completely disregarded human accounts.
As to whether they are all right, well of course they disagree... on some issues. All agree on a cognisant being creating the world. It is the character and makeup of who or what that being is that begats disagreement. Every culture had a creation myth. Every culture. Coincidence, or remnants of collective memory?
In a trial, do lawyers only present scientific evidence, or do they also take the word of witnesses? If you go to a doctor, does he just examine the physicality or does he/she get information from your descriptions? Especially eye doctors, psychologists and ear doctors. Human testimony is vital in ascertaining facts about a situation. In ascertaining whether there is a creator or not, the billions of humans swearing black and blue that there is - even dying for him in some cases - surely makes something in your head say "hang on... maybe there's something in this."