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    Thread: Origin of Matter
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(June 12, 2017 at 9:38 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: RedSox Wrote:Understood.  If we’re always left asking “where does that come from” would that logically lead to the belief that at least one of the foll...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 12, 2017 at 10:18 am
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

(June 10, 2017 at 6:51 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: (June 5, 2017 at 12:26 pm)RedSox Wrote: Hi all, this is my first time posting.  I'm a Christian and I want to discuss what is the origin of matter?  Woul...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 10, 2017 at 9:21 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

People get the wrong idea about laws of nature. They think that this is something that is set and nature gets in trouble when it breaks it. What they are are observations of what happens.  Why those t...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 7, 2017 at 2:19 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

As long as we remain in the realm of science, there will always be the question: and where does that come from, or, why is that the way it is.   Understood.  If we’re always left asking “where does t...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 7, 2017 at 10:53 am
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

Almost. We can't extrapolate from within the cosmos to the cosmos itself without more evidence than we have, so the cosmos may or may not obey some conservation principle of it's own. The evidence is ...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 7, 2017 at 10:01 am
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

Mister Agenda, thanks for the comments (in italics)!  Some responses below (non-italicized)... Matter and energy only transforming and never being created or destroyed is a principle that applies wit...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 6, 2017 at 11:02 am
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

(June 6, 2017 at 3:38 am)Alex K Wrote: (June 5, 2017 at 9:55 pm)RedSox Wrote: What is the origin of the positive energy?  Are quantum fluctuations a process that occurs that produces positive ener...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 6, 2017 at 9:48 am
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

(June 5, 2017 at 4:35 pm)Alex K Wrote: @RedSox If the total energy is zero, you can have a distribution of this net zero by having positive energy in one place and a deficit in another. I don't th...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 9:55 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

(June 5, 2017 at 3:32 pm)Alex K Wrote: Dear RedSox, The question concerning the origin of matter is a very interesting one which is hotly debated in the scientific community. However, I get the imp...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 4:01 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

(June 5, 2017 at 2:16 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: What I said was that whatever the cause it would be natural. No supernatural or paranormal thing has ever been found to actually be real when properly ...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 2:42 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

(June 5, 2017 at 2:23 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Can you first describe what you mean by "supernatural", and "paranormal"? Sure thing… supernatural: a :  departing from what is usual or normal especiall...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 2:38 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

downbeatplumb There is no choice there is only "natural". How this occurred we don't know but we do know that whatever it was must have been natural. Downbeat, thank you for the Hawking excerpts.   ...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 2:06 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: RE: Origin of Matter

Minimalist, I don't think I was clear enough. I was asking if the origin of matter must be one of the four categories I listed (it doesn't need to include all of the four categories). If supernatura...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 1:19 pm
    Thread: Origin of Matter
Post: Origin of Matter

Hi all, this is my first time posting. I'm a Christian and I want to discuss what is the origin of matter?  Wouldn't the origin have to be something (1) natural, (2) nothingness/null/void, (3) super...
RedSox Physical Sciences 50 18811 June 5, 2017 at 12:26 pm