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John Clayton

Christian Teacher

John Clayton is a teacher of Christianity, traveling the United States giving lectures on the subject "Does God Exist?". He has a Masters degree in Geology and Earth Science from the University of Notre Dame.
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John Clayton's Opinions

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In Genesis, you are reading a description analogous to Flatland. The concept is that, a God, who is in a higher dimension than are we, a God who has the same kind of relationship to us which the sphere had to Flatland, that, this kind of being touched our little "Flatland" so to speak, and in violation of all of our laws of science created matter out of nothing. God is so superior to us, he exists in such a higher dimension than do we that what is natural and ordinary to him is miraculous to us.
01 Jan 1990    Source


Agree
Not only does the Bible maintain that there was a cause (a creation) but it also tells us what the cause was. It was God. The atheist tells us that "matter is self-existing and not created." If matter had a beginning and yet was uncaused, one must logically maintain that something would have had to come into existence out of nothing. ... In order for matter to come out of nothing, all of our scientific laws dealing with the conservation of matter/energy would have to be wrong...
27 Aug 2007    Source


Comparisons with Other Experts and Influencers

The similarity between John Clayton and each expert and influencer is calculated by looking at how the same questions were answered. These figures are used to calculate conforming, nonconforming, and projected opinions. The accuracy of the analysis depends on John Clayton's coverage, which grows with the number of their opinions entered into TakeOnIt.

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Barack Obama
United States President
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Osama Bin Laden
Leader of Al Qaeda
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Bill Maher
Political T.V. Host, Comedian
100% agreement / 1 opinions

David Foster Wallace
Novelist, Essayist, English Professor
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Iconic Philosopher of 20th Century
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Roy Spencer
Meteorologist
100% agreement / 1 opinions

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In-Between
Mostly Disagree
Friedrich Nietzsche
Iconic Philosopher of 19th Century
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Edward Witten
Physicist who pioneered M-Theory
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Steven Pinker
Psychology Professor
25% agreement / 1 opinions

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Bertrand Russell
Iconic Philosopher of 20th Century
0% agreement / 2 opinions

Austin Cline
Philosopher
0% agreement / 2 opinions

Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary Biologist, Writer, Atheism Activist
0% agreement / 1 opinions

John Stuart Mill
Philosopher, Political Economist, 19th Century
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Karl Marx
Father of Communism
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Roger Waters
Musician, Pink Floyd
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Conforming Opinions

John Clayton's conforming opinions are opinions that align with the group of experts and influencers John Clayton typically agrees with.

Coverage Answer Question
High Agree Does God exist?
Medium Agree Must God exist to explain how the universe began?

Projected Opinions

John Clayton's projected opinions are opinions John Clayton is expected to have if their opinions align with the experts and influencers that they typically agree with.

Coverage Answer Question
Medium Disagree Did the US Government play a part in the 9/11 attacks?
Medium Agree Is free trade generally beneficial for a country?
Medium Neutral Is global warming caused primarily by humans?
Medium Neutral Did complex life evolve through the process of natural selection?
Medium Agree Is there life after death?
Low Agree Should gay and straight couples have the same legal benefits?
Low Neutral Should the federal government ban gay marriage?
Low Neutral Should Intelligent Design be taught in science class?
Low Neutral Is abstinence-only sex education effective?
Low Agree Should the Kyoto protocol be adopted?
Low Neutral Is it legitimate for the US to label their enemies "terrorists"?
Low Disagree Is the Holocaust a myth?
Low Disagree Is the IPCC objective?
Low Agree Is the theory of evolution falsified by fossil evidence?
Low Agree Are our enemies innately evil?
Low Disagree Will IPCC climate models make accurate predictions?
Low Mostly Disagree Is politics a waste of time for ordinary citizens?