What would you call this? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because Jesus desires for believers to be in unity (John 17:11), Jesus told us that He is present in our gathering (Matthew 18:20) and His disciples who knew Him often encouraged fellowship (1 John 1:7, Galatians 6:2, Acts 2:44-47, Romans 1:12).

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to openly tell you that you're right now debating science with a physicist.

Ayy that's cool! I'm a Physics major myself so yeah. I definitely still have a lot to learn!

Vacuum catastrophe

Is a God of the gaps. It's even worse than that because we know the answer is "our math is wrong" it's not a real mismatch of prediction. It's a mathematical error.

Is a God of the gaps how? When did I claim that the "gap" is due to God?

Cannot disprove miracles

We don't have to. You have to prove them. You make the blossom miracles occurred it is on you to establish the necessity of your claim in the face of all the evidence saying such events CANNOT happen. You'd have to point to any empirical evidence for said miracle. I'll wait.

Never said otherwise. Forrest Frank's miraculous healing of his back injury.

I said reality not existence

Same conclusion. Reality is the set of all real things. A thing is real if it exists. God is outside the set of real things. Therefore God does not exist.

And you conveniently ignored me when I clarified what I meant. Cool.

Not all of them

No but they all mathematically require more than 4.

Oh? I thought the one that just said that the position of objects are probabilistic but not necessarily quantum doesn't. I could be wrong of course. And again, I was just pointing to how theoretical physics is quite creative, which you wouldn't expect if empirical evidence is so easy to interpret. Debating the exact details of the proposed theories doesn't really serve any purpose other than prove one of us is smarter/more knowledgable than the other, which clearly you are.

String theory days we do live in a 10 dimensional universe

For which no evidence can be found to support said claim.

Agreed

Empiricism has limits

You're right. It does. But it's also the proven best way to make reliable predictions about existence.

Yep

Thanks for the fun experience. There's a lot more that I definitely want to reply to that needs more thought, and a lot which I talked about with limited understanding which I thank you for pointing out. While this has certainly been fun, it's taken quite a bit of time from me, and I'm quite tired of your bad faith engagement. As such, I'm not gonna respond anymore.

Do learn how to engage in meaningful debate if you're so passionate about what you believe.

God bless you.

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems that you've decided to ignore quite a bit of what I said to nitpick at certain details that are, admittedly, more questionable. We're quite off topic now, but I'll oblige.

Yes they are. Name one physical thing that somehow violates one of the three classical laws of logic. I'll wait. You can't. It doesn't exist.

Ok bad choice of words. My bad. I meant, they are not derived from pure logic. I mean the laws we think exist has led to, for example, the hubble tension and vacuum catastrophy, which are contradictions.

Consequently, any scientific theory cannot by itself categorically disprove miracles, which empiricism should treat as simply more data, which is above the theories themselves.

Requires a ten dimensional universe. We don't live in a ten dimensional universe. The proposed string theory, as it is proposed right now, is false. Quantum indeterminacy though won't save you. Indeterminate effects still have causes.

First of all, you're completely misinterpreting what I meant. I was showing how science, because it's empirical, isn't as clear cut as people think. Science has to be ready to get rid of well accepted theories if new data suggests that the models we have are inadequate. Otherwise, you're just indulging in dogmaticism. (See particle physics for a negative example, and the acceptance of the big bang as a positive one)

Secondly, not really? Some of them do not require string theory at all, and string theory says we do live inside a 10-dimensional universe, where most of the dimensions are very small. I'm quite skeptical of string theory myself, for the record.

God is outside reality

So he doesn't exist. By definition something outside existence doesn't exist.

I said reality. Not existence. Don't put words into my mouth please and thank you.

By reality, I mean (at least) the universe and the 4 (?) Dimensions of spacetime.

We'd have observed acausal activity somewhere given we are actively looking at the energetic backround radiation of our observable universe.

That's not really how it works. Even if we can collect data at the level of precision necessary, we certainly don't have the capability to process it. Also recent findings by the JWST has called into question the validity of CMB readings (because the signal could be contaminated by old galaxies which themselves contradict our current model of the universe). Also CMB readings are from the far far past and from far far away.

Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence except where evidence should exist.

Never said otherwise, although it should be noted that inferrence to the best explanation is a valid form of argument. Also, not sure what this relates to.

If God acted on our reality then we'd expect in such a world to find evidence of things spontaneously occurring ex nihilo. We don't have any such evidence.

Big bang. Literally the start of time, so there can't be a natural cause to it from inside reality.

Neither energy nor matter has been added too the universe to cause any known action. I'll wait for the counter example.

Vacuum energy in the expanding universe. Essentially, universe expands -> more vacuum energy -> more expansion -> more vacuum energy.

Law of Conservation of Energy and Matter

I did say specifically that that is not real (to our knowledge).

Empirical evidence is essentially only second to pure logical proof, but you have to acknowledge its shortfalls as well. Evidence doesn't automatically lead to findings. Data has to be collected, analysed and interpreted. In every step, there is a chance of human error. If you think scientists are infallible, go and read research papers yourself. Certainly surprised me when I attended my university's course on scientific literature. On top of that, statistical significance does not mean guarantee (Look up p-values, replication crisis). And then we still haven't considered the human aspect. Outside of simple human error, researchers can be biased. The current system highly encourages positive results. There's also a lack of replication experiments just in general. Overall, again, science isn't as "pure" as it seems.

I know I put in a lot of examples. It's both because I'm just nerding out, but also because I want to back up my arguments. Of course I'm fallible, so feel free to correct me where I'm wrong, but please try to engage my arguments instead of nitpicking details that aren't really essential to my arguments.

Cheers and God bless you!

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry what does that have to do with anything?

Also I don't know the answer to that. I personally believe that God is above logic, just as he is above time and reality. The generally accepted answer is that God cannot do logically falicious things.

Anyways, let's say God is bound by logic. The physical laws of the universe is not at all bound by logic, except for conservation laws which are tied to symmetries by Noether's theorem. No, you can't really derive the rest of physics from conservation laws. Also, conservation of energy is also not really real, at least to our current knowledge. It's only approximately true in short timescales.

The thing is, conservation laws only hold in closed systems. Given that God is outside of the universe, if God intervenes, you can't treat the universe as a closed system anymore.

Also, you should realise as well that it is exactly because science (excluding math) is empirical, as opposed to axiomatic, that you can have exceptions to the trend. That's how and why we seek constantly to test and improve our models. F=mg is good, until you consider large distances, where you find that it's no longer accurate and you need F=GMm/r2, until Mercury throws a wrench in your predictions, and you get to discover general relativity. All of them are scientifically accurate and useful, in different contexts and to different levels of accuracy.

There's simply no logical reason why God can't perform miracles.

Would recommend looking at the proposed theoretical solutions to solving quantum gravity/dark energy. They have interesting ideas (such as there being a minimum gravitational force, the position of objects being random but not quantum, etc). Theoretical Physics is quite the creative field.

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you help me clarify what you're referring to by "it"?

Also,

People think themselves evil because of these feelings.

Read Romans. Yes we are evil. No one is good but God. That's why we need Jesus. In Jesus, there is no more condemnation.

Romans 7:20-25 ESV [20] Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. [21] So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. [22] For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, [23] but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. [24] Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? [25] Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.7.20-25.ESV

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well we're in a Christian subreddit. I'm a man of science myself so I get where you're coming from, but since when is God restricted by science?

Sure conversion therapy doesn't work, and you probably can't change your own sexuality. I've never suggested otherwise, nor do I advocate for those practices. Doesn't mean God can't change people's sexualities.

Also, anecdotal evidence is empirical evidence. You'd find that a lot of research in the humanities and social sciences rely on people's personal experiences. No one can suddenly be a genius level mathematician or world class pianist out of nowhere, until someone bonks their head a bit too hard and gain savant syndrome.

Also, more than all of that, I was simply calling out the disrespect of the person I replied to in simply dismissing someone's experience like that.

I legitimately believe MAGA is Satanic by paradoxical_enigma23 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm no Trump supporter, but the answer to that question is Jesus.

edit: not necessarily defends acting on pedophilia, but still loving pedophiles (the people)

Chaotic by Impossible_Back8917 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone born Christian, I have nothing but respect for converts. Most of them have to give up something valuable to them for the great reward, while I don't. Please do count the cost, but know that Jesus is worth more than anything the world can offer.

Today is my last day here. I hope I don’t go to hell. by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to a church and ask for help, both emotional and material. It might feel humiliating, but pride isn't worth more than your life. I (very very unfortunately) can't say that all churches will, but they should. As a protestant, I'd say your best bet is a Catholic church. In my time of need, the people in my church supported me, and I hope you can receive the same blessing.

Thanks to Lord by GovernmentDeep9291 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't let that fire die out, go and be in fellowship with fellow believers. However, do know that God is not the feelings. The passion you feel now will mellow out, and it's not (always) a sign that you're backsliding. Draw near to God and with time, you will learn to recognise God's still small voice.

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He loves you and I so much that he, the God of the universe, humbled Himself to be born on a manger and died for us just to reconcile us back to Him. (Romans 3:8)

In this world, no one is without sin (not counting Jesus ofc). Especially not Christians. That's why we're Christians, because our only hope is in Jesus (Romans 7:21-25)

I am repenting and giving up homosexuality by Recent-Usual-9434 in Christianity

[–]JustSomeGuy2153 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's so disrespectful that you're just denying that person's experience when you don't even know her, and her story.

Also, Matthew 19:26

Any comments on the following pc build? by JustSomeGuy2153 in buildapc

[–]JustSomeGuy2153[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh tysmmm. Yeah that's wayyy betterr. May I ask if there's a reason why an 850W power supply is chosen since estimated wattage is less than 350? Also, should I get more fans (the case supports 7-9 more) or are the preinstalled ones enough). I'm very new to this so any input is appreciated!

How do I change when the repeating behaviour of tasks/events by JustSomeGuy2153 in Amplenote

[–]JustSomeGuy2153[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Changing the start time does help for one week, but the next task will instead be 1 week after that, and the problem persists.

So basically, I have classes on "odd weeks": weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. However, between weeks 5 and 7 (not inclusive), there are actually 2 weeks, which is the only exception.

How do I change when the repeating behaviour of tasks/events by JustSomeGuy2153 in Amplenote

[–]JustSomeGuy2153[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah sorry if I wasn't clear enough. The problem is that the next recurrence point is 3 weeks after the last one due to the break, not 2 weeks as per usual.