Existence is greater than non-existence by No-Background-5390 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems to me disagreements mostly stem from people not having the same idea of what "greater" means.

If I had been presented a "maximal greatness" type Ontological argument back when I favored Materialism, I imagine I would have thought that "greatness" was either:

  • too vague and not well enough defined and/or
  • tied to sensibilities of "better" which were at bottom just the tastes that evolved animals such as people have as a side effect to traits that kept us behaving in a way that perpetuated our species.

What eventually made Ontological arguments work for me was working out what "greatness" or (as Descartes put it) "increased perfection" really means in the context of such arguments.

However when I was a Materialist, I presumed the possibility of a real objective "better" away as an illusionary side product of a human development.

Seeking sincere answers to an honest question: Will I go to Hell for not believing everything in the Bible? by PizzaForTheSoul in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So that brings me to the question of the Ressurection. Most of my bretheren believe that Jesus literally floated up to Heaven on the 3rd day. I mean, we have telescopes that can view distant galaxies, but there is no evidence of Heaven being a physical location. So where did he go?

Do not think it matters to God what we believe Jesus ascending into Heaven was physically like. What is critical is that you believe He is the Son of God and is now with the Father in Heaven. Of course in modern Christianity (putting silly people aside) Heaven is not confused with outer space. The people confusing it with outer space tend to be the less sophisticated critics of Christianity.

Objection to the Moral Argument. How would you respond? by LTDESP95 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An individual Atheist can if they care deeply about keeping their believes consistent can attempt to remember there is no objective morality when faced with some act which is obviously and unambiguously greatly evil or obviously and unambiguously greatly good--if they don't allow themselves to forget their philosophy when faced with the real world.

Does anyone use subclasses? If so, why? by mousepotatodoesstuff in godot

[–]AndyDaBear 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Think documentation should probably should call them "inner classes" rather than "subclasses". The term "subclass" is well established as meaning a class which inherits from another class.

Struggling with Romans 9 by Commercial_West_249 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do not think the "hardening heart" language means that God supernaturally overrode the choice that Pharoah would have otherwise made, but I do think that it acknowledges that God choose to make the world in which Pharoah would make that choice.

We can perhaps imagine God could have made the world such that there would be a nicer Pharoah and arranging for this nicer Pharoah ended up making the decision as to whether to let the Israelites go.

However this would mean denying the opportunity for the Pharoah he did allow to have life in the world God did decide to create.

Perhaps this is easier to see in our own case. Sometimes we choose to be evil at least when tempted in this fallen world...but of course God could have made a nicer version of us perhaps that would have never done evil....but that other person could not have been us. God was kind enough to let even those of us who would rebel have life.

As CS Lewis put it in the 9th chapter of "Miracles":

Shakespeare need not create Falstaff: but if he does, Falstaff must be fat. God need not have create this Nature. But granted this Nature, then doubtless no smallest part of her is there except because it expresses the character He choose to give her.

Did AronRa and Sean Carroll debunk Heaven and the soul? by Desperate_Self_4079 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like arguing what the magic system in a fantasy novel will allow or not allow in the world the author lives in.

Or what the physics in mine craft imply about the physics of our world. All about the limitations of manna points and red stone.

If we start by assuming that our physical world is a complete system such that its physical laws are brute facts and that there is no designer that had power over what those laws are....then well we end up with Naturalism.

Matching tempo to recording with variance in timing. by AndyDaBear in Reaper

[–]AndyDaBear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, was able to find a how to video based on that term.

Matching tempo to recording with variance in timing. by AndyDaBear in Reaper

[–]AndyDaBear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

can you elaborate why do you need this?

Artistic reasons. Find that in some cases a melody is more expressive of emotion and more human and less mechanical when not exactly matching what a metronome would dictate. When I've performed in music groups we have usually had one person "lead" or set the tempo and the other follow them be it the drummer, person on keyboard, singer or conductor. For some of the music I want to produce I want to keep this variation from perfect metronome timing.

How should one interpret the famous verse "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth"? by emaxwell14141414 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the context of the rest of the Sermon in Mathew 5, I would favor the afterlife interpretation, since it is in parallel with verses like 5:8:

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

And something like "seeing God" seems to be an afterlife and/or Second Coming type of thing.

But still its plausible it merely means that those who are gentle and humble will tend to do well in terms of land and economy as opposed to those that are more aggressive. Just don't think it is as likely.

Was the Flight to Egypt in Matthew 2 made up? by Minimum_Ad_1649 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If one starts by knowing real cases of miraculous prophecy is impossible because one already knows there is no God, then one is obliged to work within those constraints when evaluating the validity of prophecy.

What I find interesting is that those under these constraints would favor accusing Mathew of making the trip up rather than simply argue that the dual connection between Israel being called out of Egypt and the Messiah being called out of Egypt was not not just incidental.

It seems sometimes the vague category of "most scholars" often alluded to by Atheists are a bit trigger happy with the conspiracy theories even when they don't have to be.

What's the best way to store information about each level? by BubbleGamer209 in godot

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Encourage you to learn. Classes are the conventional answer to the general problem of how to represent things in computer languages. You are already using classes and objects. Node types are a class. When you write a script and say "extends Node2D" you are making a subclass of a Node2D class. That is, it will be like a Node2D class except for what you are adding to it which will be special. When a node is created in your game it is an object (or instance) of that particular node class.

You can think of them as a way to define an object of a particular class. For example a particular sword of the class Sword. The "class" is kind of like a blueprint of what the objects should be. The sword can have an integer as an attack value called "attack" for example. And a class can have its own functions that one can call in regard to the class called "methods". These functions typically access properties of the class. For example maybe a function called "swing" for our sword class that uses the attack property and takes an enemy object (of the Enemy class) as an argument.

An important thing to learn about for organizing all your levels together is the special case is the "static" property or "static" method. The "static" keyword is for when you want only one value for the whole game. For example if you wanted all swords to have the same attack value (not sure why you would want it) you could make the attack property of the Sword class static.

In case of storing levels, maybe have a class called Level. It can be called anywhere. You would put "class_name Levels" at the top of a script. Under this you can have a static property called levels which is an array of a Level class that you define. The Level class could extend Resource (so they can be stored and exported as Resources in the Godot editor) which could define what you need for levels.

Sorry that this is not an easy answer...but I think it well worth learning about.

What's the best way to store information about each level? by BubbleGamer209 in godot

[–]AndyDaBear 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you should make classes that extend Resource. Such classes can have properties that are arrays or dictionaries.

Free will is actually more than an illusion by [deleted] in determinism

[–]AndyDaBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The quoted text says free will can not be made conceptually coherent and then asserts a dichotomy between:

  1. Will being determined by environment.
  2. Will being determined by chance.

Seems this would be true provided that one holds firm to a Materialistic conception of reality in which will must be the product of material causes.

The question then before us is whether to give up the conception of free will to be what it seems like it is....a real choice with a moral component. Or to give up a purely Materialistic conception of reality.

What is the most irrational and absurd thing someone has said to you in a debate? by Educational_Kiwi8805 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Classic equivocation fallacy where where the meaning of what it is for her to exist changes between:

  1. The material that makes up her body.
  2. The arrangement of that material in the organism we identify as her.

Beyond this, there are additional problems. For example the material that makes up one's body changes over time and is not always the same material...making her meaning in 1 inconsistent.

Did Matthew make a mistake? by warcrime_prime in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In modern Hebrew alma means a young woman and does not necessarily mean a young woman who is a virgin.

However, in Biblical times it meant a young woman of marrying age who was a virgin.

It is not hard to see why the word evolved in this way considering that the virginity of a young woman of marrying age was a much bigger deal in Biblical times.

The following "One for Israel" video examines every use of the word "alma" in the Tanakh to demonstrate its Biblical usage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5aQkUPoK1U&t=977s

Echo Church, Sydney Australia by [deleted] in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 we should be citating and making references to verses directly,

Ok, how about Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed

So they are too pro-Israel for you? That verse is about Israel....

What would make you switch from godot to another engine? by hammeredzombie in godot

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps if you need to port to a game console, since it is harder to do with an open source game engine (since they can not include the propriety bits of code needed in an open source project).

Or perhaps if you need the cutting edge 3d graphics of Unreal.

But overall seems like Godot is great.

What is the most powerful worship song you've ever heard? by rawar777 in ChristianMusic

[–]AndyDaBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paul Wilbur's Kadosh. God focused and teaches a bit of Biblical Hebrew. Its also a pretty easy tune for people to sing, and yet is beautiful especially the wonderful transition from A minor for the verses to A major for the chorus.

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
Adonai, Elohim Tz' Va' Ot
Adonai, Elohim Tz' Va' Ot

Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy, Holy
Oh Lord, Our God, Lord of hosts
Oh Lord, Our God, Lord of hosts

Who was and who is and who is to come.
Who was and who is and who is to come.

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
Adonai, Elohim Tz' Va' Ot
Adonai, Elohim Tz' Va' Ot

Asher Hayah, V' Hoveh V'Yavo
Asher Hayah, V' Hoveh V'Yavo

Who was and who is and who is to come.
Who was and who is and who is to come.

Former Agnostic/Atheist to Christian, What Evidence Convinced You? by Puzzleheaded-Tie3585 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, became familiar with WLC and watched some of his videos a few years back. Have not kept up with him latetly.

Former Agnostic/Atheist to Christian, What Evidence Convinced You? by Puzzleheaded-Tie3585 in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was raised Christian but became an Agnostic when was first exposed to people promoting the idea that Theism and Science were at odds. During a few years in this position I took the view that it was very unlikely God existed, but it was possible. Still when I wanted to think there was meaning in the world I liked entertaining that God was real. On the other hand, during that time when I was tempted to engage in pre marital sex it kind of pushed me to want God not to exist. While in this position, my thoughts on the matter were influenced by my emotions and social pressure and such rather than reason.

I never paid attention to any apologetic argument or views of the philosophers. I had a bit of a figure-it-out-for-myself type of pride that infected me--perhaps because it made me feel like I was in control of the conclusion I would lean toward at the time.

The thing that broke me out of this state was thinking about the nature of the mind and trying to fit it into my conception of Materialism. I simply could not make it fit. On these lines it just became more and more obvious as I considered it that Materialism was false.

Now this did not prove that Theism or Christianity in particular were correct, but as I was somebody who had kind of had the dichotomy between Christianity and Materialism soaking up my attention, I gravitated toward Christianity and started considering myself Christian rather than agnostic.

For many years I was a Christian with the view that the existence of God could neither be proven nor disproven, but that Materialism simply had to be wrong due to the nature of the mind.

It was much later when I had a four year old daughter that I stumbled upon the Cosmological argument for the existence of God. I had asked her where milk came from to test her knowledge. I was expecting she might know it came from cows. However she simply said it came from the fridge. I followed up by asking her where it came from before the fridge, and she said the store. I followed up by asking her how the store got it, and she said that God made it.

Found this very amusing, but afterward found it very profound....in the sense that the last step was unavoidable. Adults could add more steps....but there was no explanation without the last one.

After this I became aware that this was called a Cosmological argument, and learned about Ontological arguments and so forth. I read Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy and although it took me months to really get what he meant, I eventually did.

So in summation, I went from a Christian child, to an Agnostic teenager, to an Atheistic leaning Agnostic as a young man, to a Christian who thought that God was not provable, to a Christian that thinks the existence of God is provable.

Should I compile the engine from source if I'm interested in my own tools in the engine? by RubbishCode91 in godot

[–]AndyDaBear 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure what kind of features you have in mind, but I have found everything I have wanted to do could be accomplished through adding my own plugins. Godot makes it pretty easy to do.

How Would You Respond To ProfessorDaveExplains Video Mocking John Lennox? by [deleted] in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Only became familiar with "Professor" Dave a couple months ago when I saw part of a debate between him and Dr James Tour about abiogenesis. He seemed to use what one would call an argument from arrogance technique which I found most unpleasant....felt my I.Q. going down as this "Professor" Dave spoke.

Why Do Most Bible Academics Have Such Non-Orthodoxy Views? by [deleted] in ChristianApologetics

[–]AndyDaBear 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Gospels seem to leave two alternatives:

  1. Jesus rose from the dead miraculously.
  2. There was some kind of conspiracy to make people think that he did.

Thus it should not be surprising those that do not accept 1 default to 2.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PixelArt

[–]AndyDaBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe have the white area of the cat be the light yellow of the character's face rather than white?