(October 6, 2012 at 12:44 am)Akincana Krishna dasa Wrote: Great comment. In the case of having dumb energy that just is, how do you get consciousness? Like how does dumb matter and energy become human consciousness?
Here's the problem. You are positing this -
? -> god -> magic god process -> singularity -> big bang -> universe
The evidence points to -
? -> singularity -> big bang -> universe
These 2 statements do not have equal merit.
We are fine with that initial unknown. You are just piling on more layers of unknowns where none are needed, and for which no evidence exists.
You have to explain how your god came to exist. What process he used to create the universe? Why a perfect being would even need to create anything in the first place? And plenty more.
What you are positing has no explanatory power. Your "God did it" does not explain a thing. In fact, it just sweeps the entire question under the rug.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
