Physicist proves Jesus as son of God

Physicist and film-maker Dr Phil Moran gives a step by step logical guide to show that it makes perfect sense to be a Christian.
As part of his on-going project "A Cure for Religion" he is looking for people of any faith to join him on his quest for "the truth". In the film, his challenge is to disprove the existence of God and convert religious fundamentalists to atheism. At the same time, he will be open to conversion to the faith of the people taking part.
Anyone interested in taking part should send an e-mail to faith@ffab.co.uk

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[drfoxcourt]

Wow. How can someone engaged in physics be this pathetically illogical. Moran claimed that his proof has no assumption, and then every step has an unwarranted assumption.

I might use the same method to determine just about anything. Are Unicorns white? Yes or No? Well the most popular color when depicted is white, therefore unicorns are white.

[philmoran]

@drfoxcourt Very good point. Please read the spiel that goes with the video to see what it's really about. The interesting question for me is where the logic breaks down and why.

[StygianDysnomia]

You seriously do not understand what a "logical proof" is.

You could have saved all those steps and just said, "Oh, well if Christianity is true, then Jesus is the son of God!"

[philmoran]

@StygianDysnomia Good point. I could also put in many other steps that deal with all the objections along the way - but life is too short. Read the spiel that goes with the video to see what it is about. Phil

[PFWoody488]

I bet he proved it with his Jesusometer while wearing his best tinfoil hat.

[trythinkingnow]

@philmoran Phil- I am wondering how many of the faithful actually miss the contradiction in the no/assumptions/multiple assumptions statements on the way to the chrsitianity endpoint. Are they more prone to being absent logical thinking when the subject is their religion? While atheists immediately catch on and stamp their feet, do the faithful even notice? Signed...a foot stomper..

[stage1411]

@philmoran I also didn't like the idea that maybe this video could be used out of contexts, but as trythinkingnow suggests, in another comment response to me, if I understand him correctly, anyone who would take this video, use it, and agree with its contents would actually be doing themselves a disservice. Good luck with your film.

[stage1411]

@philm Apologies for the strong response. When I saw this I was shocked, as it is completely at odds with how, even a semi competent physicist, would behave. I felt compelled to respond. I quickly realised that this could not be serious, but still found it annoying that the word physicist was been used in the title of the video, in reality it is more like: A film maker who happens to be a physicist, is making a film and doing an experiment in psychology.

[friedie1jeff]

@philmoran Of course logic can never be successfully used to prove something that is false, such as the idea of a 6000 year old earth. However, there are existing many concepts of God. in fact, there are many perspectives on God sometimes from deep thinkers of the same religious faith.  And some of their works are quite scholarly. However, theological concepts concerning God should never be commingled with scientific concepts concerning cosmology or any other science.

[philmoran]

@friedie1jeff I think you're right. Using logic to prove the Earth is 6000 years old is useless. It won't work for the simple reason that it isn't true. The existence of God though, is more tricky because the notion of God is a continually shifting idea. Shoot down one concept and another pops up.

[philmoran]

@stage1411 Thx. Read the spiel that goes with the video to see what it's about. I am an atheist making a film called A Cure for Religion. The real question is where does the logic break down & why. At each stage I note the different possible answers and then simply follow the direction that can be investigated. The logic works - bt only kind of. & whether it is of any use is a completely different matter. I am a physicist btw, but as it's an odd film I don't blame anyone for strong responses.

[trythinkingnow]

@stage1411 I don't think it is possible to provide any additional ammunition to gullible christians for propaganda purposes at this point!!

[trythinkingnow]

@stage1411 I think you missed the objective of the video entirely...and the purposeful lack of logic employed in its content. His very point IS that the argument he provides IS bollocks..yet is also a common one.

[stage1411]

@trythinkingnow Yes I agree, this is probably true, but then he is a psychologist pretending to be a physicist as part of the experiment? That is very annoying, it gives out of contexts ammunition to gullible Christians, that can then use this video for their own propaganda.