I like you a lot buddy, but I don't think you've thought this through. Let me explain.
In this worldview, if everyone is their own king, then why have laws? Why is it wrong to steal or even murder?
For the survival of the species. Because we have a desire to survive and spread, we instinctually know that killing each other is "wrong". If we kill each other at random, we will die off. If we steal from each other, we will cause others to kill us. As social creatures, we've relied on our group skills to survive, and to develop.
I think you believe in macro-evolution,
Macro-evolution is scientific fact. Even the pope (John Paul 2: The Revenge) admitted to this.
so answer me this; if we are just a random bunch of chemicals, why should we "punish" people?
I don't think we should "punish". Rehabilitation is what I preach, but that's another topic.
After all, we wouldn't send baking soda to jail for reacting with vinegar.
Baking soda isn't a member of our species, nor is it even a living entity.
So why should we be angry for a bunch of chemicals destroying another bunch of chemicals? How can chemicals be angry at all?
You're rather oversimplifying what we are. Even if you don't view biology as a legitimate science, you must recognize that we are, in fact, made out of "chemicals". (We're carbon-based, to be more specific.) Why is it that we need god's permission to act civil? If you were unaware of Christianity, would you be robbing and stealing? What does that say about you, if that's the case?
If everything is material, then how could we have laws of logic? We know they exist because I am coming up with a comeback just now. Laws of Logic can't exist in a totally material universe.
Why can't logic exist in a material world. Our brains are proportionally much larger than any other species on Earth. Why do you find it so unfathomable that we can't outthink other creatures without the assistance of an invisible tyrant? I don't feel as though I need permission to think.
Also, Laws of Logic do not vary from person to person. If they did, arguing would be totally impossible.
Some people do have different "rules of logic". You and I, for instance, think very differently from each other. There is a huge logical fallacy coming up in your next chunk of text, for instance.
The only way they could exist is if we had an intellegent Designer.
SO because you don't understand how the brain functions, there must be a supernatural being? Suppose that's true, what gave this super natural being the ability to think? Your solution only brings about an infinite loop of questions. As a staunch believer in Occam's Razor, I can't accept your overly complex explanation.
The Big Bang couldn't create laws of logic because the Big Bang was hypothetically material. Please respond, I want to hear your comeback.
The Big Bang explains how this current universe came to be. It does nothing to explain how our brains evolved. You're combining multiple theories, and not understanding any of them.
If the universe was "intelligently designed", the intelligent source wasn't too intelligent. Why so much empty space? Why is the universe expanding away from itself at an accelerating rate if no "bang" occurred? Why did this intelligent creator create Smith's Cloud which is set to wipe out the Milky Way in 40 million years? Why even bother making an entire universe and solar system when we're the only ones who matter? It's overly complex for something built by a supposed intelligent being.
~~~~~~frezal: No "what's it like in your little world?" type posts if you please.
You know I'm capable of far more than that.
Now some questions for you:
If we have another life, why bother doing anything in this life? You'll live forever anyway, so why even bother going to the doctor?
If God sets the rules and enforces them upon death, why should we bother doing anything about it? The bad people (atheists, Muslims, Jews, Hindu, Buddhists, etc.) will be burned literally forever, and the good people (adherents of your particular brand of Christianity) will live forever while being forced to worship a supernatural being. Where is heaven, by the way? You'd think somebody would have found it by now.
If you need god's permission to think, do you really think for yourself? Is there really such thing as free will if god already know what you're going to do before you do it?
What about chimps? They can clearly think. They have funerals, use tools, and do many of the same rituals that we do. Do they also have god's permission to think, or did they just evolve a complex neurological system as a means of surviving?
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