RE: God of the Gaps
April 22, 2013 at 10:34 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2013 at 10:53 am by JesusHChrist.)
(April 22, 2013 at 9:02 am)Wheeler1552 Wrote: IMO, even the staunchest atheists have to be open to the idea that a God-like being could exist in cases where we have gaps in scientific knowledge. Think about the Big Bang - even if it did create the universe, what was there beforehand? What lies outside the boundaries of our universe?
Thoughts?
Oh yes, because that has worked so well in the past. Let's see how this position worked against a few prior knowledge gaps:
1. Rain -- some rain god pissing/crying/whatever
2. Lightning -- some lightning god mad/warring/whatever
3. Disease -- some demon/god mad/teaching a lesson/whatever
4. Motion of bodies -- some god carrying the body through space
5. Motion of celestial bodies - some god in a chariot taking care of biznas
6. Tides -- some ocean god dude stirring up trouble
Hmmmm, so far in every settled issue, looks like God-dudes are batting zero. But I suppose there is always hope for god-lovers in the "time before" the big bang (whatever that means) or abiogenesis. By my reckoning, that's about all that's left for a god to do.
The unemployment rate in the god economy is hitting an all time high I'm afraid. I wouldn't advise any young folk of getting into the deity business. Too risky.
And now the news for gods -- No gods were involved in an accident on the M1 today....
