RE: Where did the universe come from? Atheistic origin science has no answer.
September 26, 2014 at 4:02 pm
I've always been unable to understand the people who use things like this for proof of the existence of God. Let's take pi. I had someone use this. Someone said look how often pi show up! Look how well it orders nature!
Well, so what? Pi is a ratio. It's a nice ratio, and a very useful ratio, but still just a ratio. It shows up a lot because it is easy for people to conceive of circular things. Circular motion, circular coordinates, etc. it doesn't mean anything. It's is something we have made up.
"Well look at math! Look how well it works! Look at our base ten number system and how logical it is!" It is logical to us because we have ten fingers. Perhaps other sentient species work in base eight, base six, or whatever and it's perfectly logical to them. Maybe they all use binary and are laughing at our ridiculous base ten system. The point is that mathematics is a tool used and created by people. It provides no proof of any supernatural entity.
Nor do certain physical properties. One I hear often is the gravitational constant G (not to be confused with g, acceleration due to gravity). They say look how well tuned it is! G is a relationship that describes the interaction of particles with mass. No more. It is an expression of the interaction of masses. Why should this prove God? Why should the physical interaction of masses indicate a God? It's similar to the idea of pi proving God. It simply proves that we have the ability to set up ways of understanding fixed phenomena.
Well, so what? Pi is a ratio. It's a nice ratio, and a very useful ratio, but still just a ratio. It shows up a lot because it is easy for people to conceive of circular things. Circular motion, circular coordinates, etc. it doesn't mean anything. It's is something we have made up.
"Well look at math! Look how well it works! Look at our base ten number system and how logical it is!" It is logical to us because we have ten fingers. Perhaps other sentient species work in base eight, base six, or whatever and it's perfectly logical to them. Maybe they all use binary and are laughing at our ridiculous base ten system. The point is that mathematics is a tool used and created by people. It provides no proof of any supernatural entity.
Nor do certain physical properties. One I hear often is the gravitational constant G (not to be confused with g, acceleration due to gravity). They say look how well tuned it is! G is a relationship that describes the interaction of particles with mass. No more. It is an expression of the interaction of masses. Why should this prove God? Why should the physical interaction of masses indicate a God? It's similar to the idea of pi proving God. It simply proves that we have the ability to set up ways of understanding fixed phenomena.
