Greg Koukl - Is God Merely a Function of the Brain?

Taken from our blog, Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason looks at the question, "Is God merely a function of the brain?" For more information, visit http://www.str.org.

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[Abokaru]

I'm starting to view God as the function of creation. This started with the concept that ideas are merely functions. Our input is what we observe, our output is our reflection and thoughts.

One could ask what is the perfect chair, but as long as you can sit on it the function is fulfilled. Every chair is perfect.

God is the function that manifested everything in existence and science tries to understand the output of God the physical plane. The functions that exist via creation. Just a thought

[hovsec]

as he said if u believe in god because u need a parent figure, or because u r afraid to death, or because u feel alone, that doesnt mean god exists, it only means u believe in him because u need to, not also it cannot be disproven that god exists, but if he existed wouldnt we know? do we have to make excuses and attribute everything to him so we can accept his existance?

[NephilimFree]

It's comical that the sun is shrinking at such a rate that discredits evolutionism? Well, if one can avoid all arguments that way, it's convenienvt, but it sure isn't intellectual, and it isn't worthy of my time.

I have a right to be condescending. people like you tell little kids there is no God and it all created itself. Everyone who does such falacious and harmful things is a criminal to mankind in my opinion.

[NephilimFree]

So, just a complaint, nothing intellectual. Let's check your next post.

[VeryEvilPettingZoo]

You falsely said I claimed the universe IS infinite. You claim, quite absurdly, that science has discredited evolution, and shown that God created the universe and life. Your argument about the Sun is comical. (Guess what "Sporty", there's a NASA solar physicist in my family, and I studied physics in school, including some graduate work. Your BS is wasted.) On and on it goes. You're rude, condescending, not very bright, and wrong with every breath. I'll have no further interaction with you.

[VeryEvilPettingZoo]

"It's a fact" "Use my head" "Think before I speak" "now dear boy" "I can help you" - such comments directed at me over your claim that the universe can't be both infinite and expanding. I even gave you a trivial example showing how it's possible (ignored of course). I've solved Einstein's General Relativity field equations for some very simple model universes. I know what I'm talking about. So you're condescendingly certain, yet completely ignorant - that's an ugly combination.

[NephilimFree]

Try disputing that Sporty. Science has discredited evolutionism, both biological and cosmological evolution.

Did you know the sun shrinks at a rate that proves it cannot be even 1 million yrs old? You don't believe that do you. It's true. There's so much you don't know because you do not study the objections in science to your worldview. You do not want to hear such knowledge. So long as what you want to believe is more important to you than the truth, you will remain in that little hole.

[NephilimFree]

The HOX genes that develop the limbs of man and apes are different genes and are in different chromosomes. This proves the DNA of man and ape cannot be related. Translocation of genes in the embryo is fatal, and in the born is causes gross deformity or death. Natural Selectio would remove such dysfunctional creatures from the gene pool and they would be unfit to survive. This is true of many creatures evos claim are related, such as fish and amphibians. The Darwinian tree of life is disproven.

[NephilimFree]

I can't help you grasp concepts such as this. If you deny because you're afraid of what science has taught us, I can't help you. If you are simply uninformed, I can help you, but you seem unable to be helped since you are denying a simple premise that is a scientific fact.

No dear boy, the universe cannot be infinite and expanding. Sorry.

[NephilimFree]

As if that weren't enough, we know that the First Cause is God. We know this because all things have a cause. The universe had a cause. It's cause must be outside of time, space, and matter, which comprise the universe. This makes it SUPERnatural. It's also personal because iot chose to create instead of allowing nothingness to continue. It therefore has mind.

The infinite which is supernatural and a person describes God. There can be no other cause for the universe. Philosophy verifies it.