ANSWERS: 12
-
As Newton said, a theory is a theory is a theory.
-
Not at all, the longer human society exists, the more it learns how little it knows. About anything. We may have framed God to be something that we can wrap our heads around, but that doesn't mean a "God" of some sort does not exist...my own belief is that there is a God, and God is in everything, and is universal conscious energy. After all, what is the thing that created the big bang, and what came before it? Our finite minds may never be able to describe it in terms other than God.
-
No, not really. Maybe it takes Faith to know the difference.
-
I think the big bang explains so much. How did it get started, I'm not sure. I think the hypothesis that a "god" started it and then walked away has merit. The hypothesis that a god is still around listening to prayers and performing miracles does not.
-
it is t me for every person that argues the big bang is dumb because something had to make all the stuff to go bang, I have to argue well then who made the god that made the stuff that went bang? IF a god could always have been here, then it is just as plausible to me that space junk could have been too...the truth is we will never know or at least not while we are alive and the real answer is probably something so far out our little primitive brains can't even conceive it
-
No, because the bottom line is in the Big Bang theory goews against any rational thinking since it basically determines that from a vacuum something formed. Where in any science or chemistry does "something" become of "nothing?" It cannot happen. Believing that even if the big bang happened, someone or something had to place that first molecule or particle there to set it off.
-
What created the possibility of the big bang then? No I think there is/was a God of some kind (but I don't see how it could be the God of The Bible because The Bible is just preposterous). Contradictions: A contradiction is what happens when two or more statements are incompatible. The Bible is full of such contradictions and they begin in the opening chapters of Genesis where we find two creation stories that contradict each other on the order of the alleged creation as well as the way things were created. Doublets: A doublet, in biblical terms, is the repetition of story lines wherein the characters or emphasis is different. Examples of these doublets include the two creation stories, the two set of commandments (and possibly a third), the three patriarchs prostituting their wives out and the census of the Israelites under David. In fact, I don’t think there is one story in the Bible that does not have a different version. Such things call into question the authenticity of these stories as well as their origins. A penchant for exaggeration: The bible simply cannot simply tell a story. It exaggerates to the point of being absurd. For example, it describes a flood that is so great in magnitude that the highest land-based mountains are subjmerged. While there is evidence that flooding occured in the area, there is absolutely no evidence for a flood of this size. The Biblical World: The bible describes an earth that is a dome covered flat and stationary island-like surface that is the center of the universe in which it is magically suspended. This is flatly false. The earth is a slightly oval shaped planet that rotates on its axis with an orbiting satellite we call the moon. The earth also orbits the sun which is the center of our galaxy with eight other such objects and their respective satellites. Our galaxy is but one of many in the universe and like the others it is in continuous motion. Science: The bible is completely at odds with practically every branch of science. It states that humans and other animals were created as is. Evolutionary biology has the evidence that says we and the other animals evolved over the course of millions of years. The Bible states that the earth is thousands of years old. Various branches of the physical sciences (astronomy and geology for example) have the evidence that the earth is billions of years old and that the universe itself is even older that it. Archaeology and anthropology undermine the uniqueness and factualness of the Bible stories (ie, the flood of Noah is older than the biblical account, the collapsed wall of Jericho predates the biblical story). History: The Bible is also at odds with the actual history of its times and often tells stories upon which there is no evidence to support. The greatest of these is the alleged exodus out of Egypt. It didn’t happen. The same applies to the story of Esther. It routinely gets the history of surrounding civilizations wrong such as crediting a “Darius the Mede” with the taking of Babylon when it was Cyrus of Persia. Cruelty: The Bible is full of cruelty in some form or another. From the execution of rape victims to the genocidal slaughter of non-Israelites, there isn’t much in abject violence that is not condoned, even demanded, by the the biblical authors. Of all the ethical problems with the Bible, it is Christianity itself that points out the biggest injustice which is the damning of our entire species due to the specific acts of two individuals. No rational group or individual concerned with justice punishes the innocent for the crimes (real or imagined) of the guilty. The biblical god consitently breaks this simple idea and routinely punishes the innocent for the alleged sins of others to such a degree that an entire religion has been built up around the idea of punishing the innocent in place of the guilty. Anonymous Authors: No one knows who wrote the bulk of the texts that make up the Bible and most of the names we’ve been given are from tradition. This applies to both the Old Testament and the New Testament. We also do not know when they written and can only make “best guesses” regarding their origins. I read once (and agree) that if you get five biblical scholars in a room, you’ll get seven different opinions on biblical authorship. For every “Moses didn’t write this” is a “of course, not - Aaron did” and a “you’re both wrong, Jacob did” and of course “no, all three of you are wrong. Moses wrote it.” And round and round we go. Magic: The bible promotes a view that is completely at odds with how we understand the universe and all things in it. Polite people call that view “supernatural in origin”. I call it plain ole “magic“. Magic in the bible includes a talking snake, a talking donkey, a tree that makes you smart, a tree that makes you immune to death, food falling from the skies, rods turning into snakes, water being turned into blood, water coming out of a rock, people rising from the dead, the sun standing still, witches resurrecting the dead, non-corporeal finger writing on walls, people taking three day rides in the stomach of a whale, virgins giving birth and countless angels and demons inserting themselves into the affairs here on earth. Accordingly, this view promotes the idea that reality can be suspended at any moment without warning and makes dealing with said reality near impossible.
-
Sorry, wrong spot!
-
I'm not assuming that cells carry out tasks requiring superior intelligence, it's absolutely true. They are extremely complex, and the more we learn about them the more we learn how incredibly complex these little things are. The fact that things are "just right" does hint to superior intelligence and the exact order of things in nature is a sign of it also. Everything has order in life.That whole thying about no absolutes is false, because there are absolutes in every field of study. Math has exactness, sports have rules, music has pitch, science has meters, language has precice meanings, foreign language has translations, history has facts, countries have borders. Everything on this earth has order. Their is a standard that was created. You say I'm being biased? Well are you any different? I'm not saying "I believe in God and I want to prove it" because nobody can technically prove God exists. I know that all ready. If you don't know that, you're a moron. But I believe that God did create the entire universe. "Don't you see how biased you're being?" Please. You're just as biased as a Secular Humanist. Although you think you have no religion, you do. And it permeates every side of our country. Muslims can have their way, Atheists can say whatever they want, Hindus, Cosmic Humanists, Marxists, Leninists can have their way. But don't you dare believe in God they all say. That is the most terrible thing you can do. Am I biased? Just as much as you my friend. Just as much as you.
-
6) Strict faithfulness; devotions to one's vows. Sounds like someone I know named Anti-Semantic. Yes...13 years of studying theology, religions, science, and math and I have no idea what I'm talking about. By the way, using the dictionary to prove that I have no idea what I'm defending makes no sense. I really don't have enough time for people like you.
-
Except this isn't Christian logic. This is how atheists perceive Christians to think.
-
The big bang theory although it still remains a theory, it has been mathematically approved up to an instant very very very close to its start. This time instant is called "Plank time" and it is only 10^(-43) seconds (the number 1 follows after 43 zeros). Nobody knows what happens before that. They can only assume. Only God (who is The Architect) knows what happens before that tiny amount of time. To answer the question now, I would say that the big bang theory "touches" The Architect. I don't know about all the omni-stuff, I am investigating. All I could say is that from this point on the things are beyond my limited human mind. We are talking about the infinity here. How far-fetched can be one infinity from another? Can any one answer that?
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC

by 