(June 30, 2012 at 7:48 am)Micah Wrote: A comeback to you saying you don't need to consider something? If you don't want to consider something that could be possible, and if looked at from the perspective of Christianity, then a bit more than just possible, then whatever. Be completely close-minded.
It's not that I don't want to consider something, it is that I don't need to consider something.
I do not need to consider that god could have created the universe because I do not know there is a god! This is not being closed minded (by the way, it is a trait of christians to try and label others closed minded) - it is simple common sense!
I also do not need to consider it possible that a magical sandal could have created the universe either - again, I do not know that a magical sandal exists.
I can only consider things that I know to be real, and yes that list of things can be added to as we learn more.
So here is how it is, in summary for you...
1 I consider it "possible" that the universe could have came from nothing, or even be eternal. The big bang could just be one point in a series of events in an eternal universe, it's "possible". None of those possibilities need god.
2 The big bang could have been THE start. It's "possible" it came from nothing, it's "possible" it had no cause. No need for god.
3 Is it "possible" that the universe was created by a supreme being? I don't know a supreme being exists, so currently I don't need to aknowledge that "possibility" at all. It's completely irrelevant.
Bring a god to the table, then it opens up a new "possibility" to discuss. Science learns new stuff every day.
Quote:I am a Christian? No, I am not. How is that possible when I don't think that a god exists?
For now...
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
