"Wally" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

If you would ask yourself the questions that I posed, then "God"
becomes an inescapable conclusion.

Why does it become an inescapable conclusion?

Ask yourself the questions.

You asserted that it was an inescapable conclusion, and I'm asking you to
explain why you think that. I asked myself the questions years ago, and
didn't come to the same conclusion that you did.

What conclusions did you reach?


The fact that you seem to
think that I will if I 'ask myself the questions' is arrogant.

Correct! I am arrogant.

You are a bit arrogant too, aren't you?




I've considered all the available options.

What makes you think that the real explanation has been covered by
any one of the available options?

Nothing!

So, what you're effectively saying is that there are a bunch of ideas, we
have no idea if any of them are correct, so we'll just pick one anyway.


I'm trying to conduct this conversation from a scientific
viewpoint.

You're kidding!

No! Why do you question me?




I'm quite happy to consider alternative explanations.
Do you have an alternative to offer? I'd really like to hear it!!

Of course not! What a preposterous notion!

Ah!




You don't have any hypothesis at all, do you?

See above. See below.


There isn't much above, is there?





I bet that you find it much easier to criticise ...

I haven't criticised - I've stated my opinion and I've questioned some of
the reasoning presented here. You don't seem to have responded to very
many
of my comments. Why not?

Time????




... than to formulate a real opinion.

What, exactly, is a "real opinion", Donal?


If you want to disagree with me, then you should have the balls to put
forward your own beliefs.

I already have. The fact that you have responded to virtually none of my
questions in earlier posts in this thread leaves me wondering if you even
bothered to read them.

My apologies. I *do* read all posts to the ng. However, I don't have
enough time to post all the answers that I would like to.




I already stated that I don't think we humans have
very much knowledge of the universe and that I don't think we're in a
position to go making proclamations about its origins.

I agree with that conclusion.


Regaards

Donal
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