(November 25, 2012 at 2:15 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote:(November 25, 2012 at 2:04 am)journeyinghowie Wrote: So, if you call yourself a rational atheist, why do you think atheism is rational? I believe that science (particularly physics) has basically proven that there is a God of some sort. Here's how:
Through the Big Bang theory, we see that the universe has now been widely accepted to have a beginning.
ähhhhmmm actualy no.
The experiments and work conducted in Cern with the large Hydron colider have also the purpose to determine what happened before the big bang.
So, well, I see nothing wrong with taking something unknown and saying "god was it" as a personal statement, but it shouldnt be a universal statement or rule which would then hinder further investigation of the unknown.
I admit that I dont know what happened before the big bang - but this doesnt hinder me to find out more about that unknown.
And Herzlichst Willkommen to das Forum.
Science is STILL trying to figure out if all this came from something or nothing. BUT even Steven Hawkins and MOST OF THE 99% of scientists at his level, say that a cogintion IS NOT required as a starting point.
