Hoops Has Turned Agnostic/Atheist

[_Molok]

As an atheist who is also an artist, I find this thread somewhat amusing and more than a little sad.

Why?

Because you love Jesus and that infuriates me. No, just some of the opinions on art were a little disheartening.

[_Hoops]

Because you love Jesus and that infuriates me. No, just some of the opinions on art were a little disheartening.

I would way way way much rather see what you have to tell us about art. Please go ahead.

[_Molok]

As an atheist who is also an artist, I find this thread somewhat amusing and more than a little sad.

Feel free to answer Shades' question, as I'm sure you would answer it much better than I.

The question of art being easier to explain than science? Art has no rules and multiple meanings sometimes layered in one piece. I mean I suppose I could explain the Mona Lisa as a picture of a lady with half a smile, but that wouldn't help you understand it any better.

[_Hoops]

The question of art being easier to explain than science? Art has no rules and multiple meanings sometimes layered in one piece. I mean I suppose I could explain the Mona Lisa as a picture of a lady with half a smile, but that wouldn't help you understand it any better.

I don't think it's me that you need to convince, it's your fellow aah. But I understand... since they're part of the aah brethren you don't dare show them how wrong they are.

Plus, we have the additional tactic of waiting for me to explain how I see art and then slamming my fingers in the atheist car door. It's all just so utterly predictable.

The evidence just keeps stacking upon itself.

[_Molok]

Plus, we have the additional tactic of waiting for me to explain how I see art and then slamming my fingers in the atheist car door. It's all just so utterly predictable.

The evidence just keeps stacking upon itself.

is this what you think Im doing or are you referring to other people on the thread?

[_Buffalo]

I don't think it's me that you need to convince, it's your fellow aah. But I understand... since they're part of the aah brethren you don't dare show them how wrong they are.

Plus, we have the additional tactic of waiting for me to explain how I see art and then slamming my fingers in the atheist car door. It's all just so utterly predictable.

The evidence just keeps stacking upon itself.

Exhibit B

[_Dr. Shades]

Once again: How does art prove the existence of God?

[_Dantana]

Once again: How does art prove the existence of God?

Maybe because it indicates sentience?

That there doesn't appear to be any explanation for sentience to develop in strictly evolutionary cosmology. The organism does not gain an advantage by being self aware. Why are we not simply zombies?

Even if it is advantageous to the organism to be self aware, it seems to me the anguish/fear of death and the unknown, would cause this mutant to kill itself, or worse....develop religion

[_Buffalo]

Once again: How does art prove the existence of God?

Maybe because it indicates sentience?

That there doesn't appear to be any explanation for sentience to develop in strictly evolutionary cosmology. The organism does not gain an advantage by being self aware. Why are we not simply zombies?

Even if it is advantageous to the organism to be self aware, it seems to me the anguish/fear of death and the unknown, would cause this mutant to kill itself, or worse....develop religion

I would answer that you can't have high intelligence without sentience, and high intelligence is clearly an evolutionary advantage.

[_Hoops]

Once again: How does art prove the existence of God?

It doesn't.