(January 11, 2014 at 7:07 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:Quite the opposite captain. (yeah... you like the sound of that, don't you?)Quote:Why should we care if there are black holes?
Why should we care if dark matter is for real?
Why should we care about the Big Bang and if universal expansion will be going on forever or if it will reverse, at some point?
Those are interesting questions but if your point is that conceding that "God exists" is meaningless would therefore mean that "big bang happened" is also meaningless and that conceding that would be a terrible thing, then you're just doing the appeal to consequences fallacy.
We typically concede that "big bang happened" is meaningful. We even endeavor to find the most precise timing for that big bang.
If this is meaningful, then knowing that there is a god is also meaningful. Perhaps more meaningful, if that god wishes to interact with us... perhaps as meaningful, if that god is oblivious to our existence.
Now, if enter the realm of mental masturbation, then anything can be said about such an entity... Do we really want to fill up the forum's Database with all that drivel?